BIRTHDAYS
1926: Bill Black (Elvis Presley Band)
1937: Art Neville (The Neville Brothers)
1939: Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations)
1942: Paul Butterfield
1949: Paul Rodgers (Free / The Firm / Bad Company / Queen)
1958: Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
1969: Micky Quinn (Supergrass)
EVENTS
1962: Bob Dylan arrived in England, the day before his first UK gig at the Troubadour Club in London.
1971: David Bowie’s fourth album, ‘Hunky Dory’ (his first LP for RCA), was released in the UK. The album had already been released in the USA at this point, as had the attendant single, “Changes”.
1982: Death of guitarist, Big Joe Williams [aged 79] .
1990: Albert King played a concert at Auckland Town Hall — I was there!
1995: A statue of the late Frank Zappa was unveiled in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic of Lithuania.
1997: David Bowie launched his BowieNet.
1999: Death of saxophonist, Grover Washington Jr. [aged 56].
2004: Death of saxophonist, Dick Heckstall-Smith [aged 70].
2016: Death of influential DJ / legendary ‘Rockline’ radio show host, Bob Coburn [aged 68].
Happy Birthday to Paul Rodgers ~ undoubtedly one of the greatest singers ever!!! Gonna get out my records by Free to play… Meantime, here is one of my fave Bad Company songs, “Shooting Star”, which is a tribute to Paul’s late former band mate from Free, guitarist Paul Kossoff.
