Today in Rock History – 21st FEBRUARY:

BIRTHDAYS
1893: Andrés Segovia
1933: Nina Simone
1948: Paul Newton (Uriah Heep)
1949: Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads / The Modern Lovers)
1952: John Thomas (Budgie)
1952: Jean-Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers)
1962: Mark Arm (Mudhoney)
1967: Michael Ward (The Wallflowers)
1969: James Dean Bradfield (The Manic Street Preachers)

EVENTS
1958: The first Gibson Flying V guitar was shipped from the factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
1995: For the first time in seven years, Bruce Springsteen performed live with the E Street Band, at a New York City night.
2016: Death of guitarist, Piotr Grudziński of Riverside [aged 40].
2019: Death of singer / bassist, Peter Tork of The Monkees [aged 77].

Happy Birthday to Jerry Harrison, who is 75 today! This is one of the great songs he co-wrote with Talking Heads…