Larryz Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 We miss you Leo! You and your guitars are still with us! Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenji13 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 It is his 109th birthday? My first guitar was Fender, and I am loving guitars ever sing. Happy Birthday, Fender! Kenji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 For a fleeting time I used to wonder if country singer FREDDIE FENDER was related. But "Fender" wasn't the singer's real last name. Whitefang 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 August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Today is the 101st anniversary of JOHN LEE HOOKER's birth. A LOT of guys' earliest known bluesman, I joyously enjoyed seeing him included in that all-star cast that showed up in THE BLUES BROTHERS movie. Whitefang 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 August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 Today marks the 113th birthday of ARTHUR CRUDUP. Whaddya think Elvis would have recorded without him? Whitefang 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 August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 He would have recorded That's When Your Heartaches Begin by the Ink Spots from 1941. Elvis recorded this song originally for his mother in his private collection at Sun Studio in 1953 prior to Arthur Crudup's That's Alright. But Elvis and the boys owe everything to Arthur as that was their 1st hit and one of the 1st rock and roll hits recorded in 1954. Elvis later had a gold record hit with That's When Your Heartaches Begin when he moved to RCA in 1957 as the B side of All Shook Up. He also recorded the song in 1956. Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 That question was RHETORICAL anyway, Larry. Nobody could really answer it with any accuracy. Anyway.... Today marks what would ahve been CHARLES "BUDDY" HOLLY's 82nd birthday, had the weather been better, or the pilot. Whitefang 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 September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Sorry, I thought you were asking what we think... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Here's a cool one! Both RILEY B.(B. B.) KING and CHARLIE BYRD were born this day in 1925! How often does THAT sort of thing happen? Whitefang 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 September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Well, often enough for HANK WILLIAMS and BILL BLACK to share Sept. 17! But a couple of years apart. Whitefang 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 September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Hank Williams is one of the country greats of all time and Bill Black was a rock and roll pioneer...RIP. Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 And today would have been the 84th birthday of the ORIGINAL "5th Beatle"-- BRIAN EPSTEIN Whitefang 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 September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 And today, is the 125th anniversary of the birth of LEMON HENRY"Blind Lemon" JEFFERSON And I'm hoping somebody is keeping his grave clean! Whitefang 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 October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 CHUCK BERRY would have been 92 today! Whitefang 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 October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Chuck Berry will always be remembered as one of our greats and one of the founders of rock and roll! Here's one of my favorite tunes with him "rockin on Bandstand": [video:youtube] Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Ya might say he taught everybody abt R&R [video:youtube] & the tributes started right away [digCochran's solo!] [video:youtube] & the kept goin' for,well , ever [video:youtube] One John after another fellto his sway [video:youtube] [video:youtube] born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 [video:youtube] However... [video:youtube] d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 We used to think(for a very short spell) that maybe Chuck's legend was more that than fact, as it seemed( and you'll notice from that clip) that he wasn't really playing when we saw him on TV and such. But it was WAY before we really knew anything about "lip-syncing" an d pantomiming to pre recorded playback. But when he showed up at The Grande Ballroom in '68, he showed he really COULD play and do those acrobatics at the same time. Of course at that time, he was but a mere 42 years old. Whitefang 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 October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Of course, as my esteemed colleague knows, it didn't & doesn't matter what happened on a TV set. Chuck Berry wrote the book of rock gtr playing & songwriting. Young Chuck (no lip-sync) [video:youtube] Old Chuck (age = 69) [video:youtube] d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 That clip with Springsteen tickles me in that in Chuck's autobiography, Bruce wrote the preface and mentions back when his band was still a bunch of just local New Jersey kids, and Chuck was still known to have promoters come up with a backing band for his performance dates, Bruce's band got the gig. He mentioned they were all scared as hell and asked Chuck, "what songs are we going to play?" and Chuck answered "We doin' Chuck Berry songs." and left it at that. But after it was over, Chuck told them they did OK, and they settled down after about a week. Whitefang 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 November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 OK, today marks what WOULD have been JIMI HENDRIX's 76th birthday. But like some say.... "Don't cry because it's gone, but be happy that it happened!" And notice "JIMI" spelled "JIMY" Whitefang 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 November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 Kinda sad that HERE at least, NO love shown for Jimi on the anniversary of his birth! Shocked and disappointed in y'all... Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmac Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I did not get to this yesterday but I am a Hendrix fan. Same for Chuck Berry. I do appreciate reading about the birthdays but I barely keep track of my own birthday. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Well, I've for some time now, have been at an age when I'm jealous of those guys that have a birthday every YEAR, since MINE seem to come every SIX MONTHS! Whitefang 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 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 And today, bassist supreme JACO PASTORIUS would have been 67! Whitefang 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, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 FRANK ZAPPA, if all went well, would be 78 today. Whitefang 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 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Today marks what would have been the 90th birthday of JOE PASS. Thought I'd show some earlier work. Whitefang 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 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Joe was/is one of my favorite jazz players...I can always remember his birthday for some reason. I guess because we both share the day together. A buddy was born on Elvis' birthday and it's easy to remember January 8th as well...may both of these stars rest in the heavens... [video:youtube] [video:youtube] Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 It was your birthday yesterday? Well then....HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY! Whitefang 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 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Hey Thanks Fang! Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Very welcome. Whitefang 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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