whitefang Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 bluesman JUNIOR WELLS would be 82 today,,,,and DAN HICKS would be 76. Give a look skyward and wish them a "happy". Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Hope Caevan reminds us of Django's next month like he usually does. Elvis pops up on January 8th. He's the only one I have memorized and only because one of my good buds has a birthday on the same day...but, I'll chime in now and then if I see some like Roy O, Roy B, Les, Chet, Jerry, Marty, Johnny, etc., as they always keep my spirits up LOL! Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Saw Junior Wells with Buddy Guy at a bar called The Rip Tide in Beach Haven New Jersey a very long time ago. That was the night I became a fan of Buddy Guy. He was playing a Gibson ES 335 that night and during one pause between songs he started playing blues licks with the volume controls turned down. He shut the whole bar full of young white folks who all paused to listen to him play, the rest of the band was silent, and to my astonishment so was the crowd. Then slowly he upped the volume and then the band kicked in. Anyways Happy posthumous birthday To Jumior Wells and Dan Hicks. Quote dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Today it's Eddie Jones' 91st birthday. Born just two months after Chuck Berry, he did a tune called "The Things I Used To Do" that was covered by Chuck, but many others like Clapton, SRV and Winter.--- Known as "Guitar Slim", he died young, way back in 1959. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Willie Mae"Big Mama" Thornton would have been 91 today. Had she NOT recorded the original HOUND DOG, ya gotta wonder if ELVIS would have got around to it or not. 1926 seemed to be a banner year for American culture..... Chuck Berry Mama Thornton Marilyn Monroe Hugh Hefner Fidel Castro Miles Davis Jerry Lewis GEORGE MARTIN Harper Lee And many other notables, some, like those listed above, have had a HUGE impact on American culture! And a huge impact on ME, since my Mother was born that year too. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Another favorite, reedman GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. would be 74 if still with us, while MC5's ROB TYNER( no relation to McCoy. ) would be 73. He incidentally DID adopt the last name TYNER after McCoy though. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Country crooner CHARLIE RICH would have been 85 today. And DICK WAGNER just missed being 75! Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 JOHN ABERCROMBIE, who left us earlier this year would have been 73 today. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 CHAS CHANDLER, Animal's bassist and Hendrix manager would have been 79 today, as well as elsewhere mentioned BIG BROTHER co-founder SAM ANDREW, who would have been 76. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 A few today.... Folk legend PHIL OCHS would have been 77 today... ALVIN LEE would be 73... as well as ZAL YANOVSKY of The Lovin' Spoonful. A happy birthday to all three, wherever they are. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 In a perfect world, FRANK ZAPPA would be celebrating birthday #77 today. CARL WILSON would be 71, PACO DeLUCIA would be 70. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 JAMES GURLEY of Big Brother and The Holding Co., who died just two days short of his 70th birthday, would be 78 today. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Folkster TIM HARDIN would have been 76 today, and LINC CHAMBERLAND(see also; "Forgotten guitarists") would have been 77. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Now, had he lived, legend SCOTTY MOORE would be 86 today... [video:youtube] Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Scotty Moore is my adopted mentor. It was his guitar playing that inspired me long before I ever knew his name. He wrote all of the guitar parts for Elvis's hits while he was at Sun Records and into the early years of RCA. Definitely a guitar King of Rock and Roll. That ES-295 Gibson he's holding is iconic...it put Rock and Roll on the map IMHO. A very sad day for me when he passed away, but his music always lives on! Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmac Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I agree with Larry Scotty was great to listen to. Anyone that plays guitar and heard his playing at least subconsciencely was affected in their style. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 And obscure rockabilly guitar slinger/singer DORSEY BURNETTE would be 85 today had he stuck around. He, along with many others, also did a cover of "Keep A-knockin' " [video:youtube]https://youtu.be/Mf62aWXEhEw And The Box Tops' ALEX CHILTON would have been 67. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Obscure bluesman Prez "Kidd" Kenneth would have been 84 today The Band's RICK DANKO would be 75 if all went well. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Today, BO DIDDLEY would have been 89. Here's two legends gettin' it on. [video:youtube] Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Liked him or not(I thought he was OK enough) JOHN DENVER would have been 74 today. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Early '50's R&B singer/guitar slinger DANNY OVERBEA would be 92 today. Think I'll drink "Forty Cups Of Coffee" in his honor. [video:youtube]https://youtu.be/keI5FXQIc-k Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 JOHN DENVER One of the 1st pop entertainers to openly & casually include allusions to, uh, herbal aromatherapy in his songs. [video:youtube] Also worthy for stating his love for his Honey b/c she "filled out his census"...or is it "filled up my sensi" ? & for having the courage to perform the slow waltz w/himself herein executed.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch7JGUIx1WU [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch7JGUIx1WU Further, here he invited one of the most talented but neglected singers of her & our time, Cass Elliot (aka the female Dave Crosby). Do it & done, John ! [video:youtube] Quote d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I have the Midnight Special DVD of John and Momma Cass doing that classic duet! John was definitely a great and talented song writer and so was Momma...they both left us much too soon! Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I almost fergot that JD wrote one of pop music's most enduring anthems, of such import I feel it's only proper to post it here instead of prying it into the prior entry. Toots Hibbert says "John & his friends can pass the pipe around my campfire anytime !" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PEHg4pxTk8 [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PEHg4pxTk8 Whirling halfway 'round the world to another island, we find that uke master Iz Kamakawiwo'ole, also knows what's what when he hears it. While based on Toots's arrangement catch his locally focused lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZw5AC_re6I [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZw5AC_re6I I can't leave out this ref since, well, it's Mr Ray Charles & while he, too, cops the reggae feel just take a moment outta yer busy day & dig his vocal [video:youtube] As was once said, "May you never hear Jimi Taylor again !" Quote d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Can't say enough about Cass' excellent voice. Gone too soon for sure. But since it's nowhere NEAR both Ray's and Iz's birthdays, I wonder why they were brought up HERE? Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 ... since it's nowhere NEAR both Ray's and Iz's birthdays, I wonder why they were brought up HERE? ...... That would be in the context of Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 October 12, 1997, known professionally as John Denver) & his James Vernon Taylor- (born March 12, 1948~not dead yet) -tromping hit song "Country Roads". Quote d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Toots, IZ and Ray were all doing their rendition of a John Denver tune. I thought Ray's was a little less reggae than the other two, but I loved the reggae versions of the song. Fits in, Since JD's BD was brought up... Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 ...... That would be in the context of Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 October 12, 1997, known professionally as John Denver) & his James Vernon Taylor- (born March 12, 1948~not dead yet) -tromping hit song "Country Roads". I suppose if this WERE a John Denver thread, it'd make perfect sense. But.......... Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Fang, I think this thread is about who ever you bring up for our comments (if we have any). If you post John Denver's Posthumous BD and people want to talk about him and/or post his music or renditions by other artists of his music, it becomes a thread about John Denver (at least for a little while IMHO). Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 Sure. But wouldn't that have made more sense(In John's or anyone else's case) if that was done ON the date of their births, when it was posted? And NOT nearly a WEEK LATER? And today, I'll mention this day would have seen SYD BARRETT turn 72; And recently passed MALCOLM YOUNG become 65. Honorable mention: British folk singer guitarist SANDY DENNY would have seen 71 if still with us. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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