Worst I ever encounter was 10CC back in Scotland they cancelled and refused a refund but said the tickets would be honoured when they came back that was 35 yrs ago ... still waitingPrompted by the entry on Axl Rose, just got through a book on the band Guns n' Roses. Seems that concerts starting several hours late and then finishing abruptly as Axl stormed off the stage were very common. Ah...the wild men of rock.
Re:Chas's Music Column - Bumber December Issue W/E 15th, 22nd & 29thr
tovo wrote:
Week In Review
August 12, 2010
Satan Collects On RoJo … Mr. Mojo Risin' On Trial … Lemmy Warts Stay On …
This is the week that was in matters musical…
1877, Thomas Edison finishes the prototype of his new invention, the phonograph, and hands it over to his master mechanic John Kreusi to build … Kreusi bets Edison two dollars that the contraption will never work …
1938, legendary bluesman Robert Johnson dies in Greenwood, Mississippi … Johnson's moonshine had been poisoned days earlier … known for his womanizing, the murderer was presumed to be the angered spouse of one of his paramours … it was rumored that Johnson's talent came at the expense of his soul, the result of a midnight deal struck with the devil at a Mississippi crossroads … probably the most influential bluesman to emerge in the 20th century, his songs and riffs have become a foundation for the genre …
1939, pioneering electric guitarist Charlie Christian sits in with Benny Goodman's group at a club in Bevery Hills, CA … Goodman isn't interested in hearing an electric guitar, but Charlie's manager John Hammond sneaks him onstage while Goodman is on a break … he proceeds to wow audiences and musicians alike with his seemingly endless single-string virtuosity …
1958, Italian singer Domenico Modugno joins the One-Hit-Wonders club with his chart-topping classic "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Del Blu)" … Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis, dies at age 46 from a heart attack brought on by hepatitis … Gladys' body is transported to Graceland and will lie in state there for two days …
1962, Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as The Beatles' drummer … rumor has it Lennon and McCartney are frustrated by Best's good looks, which attract the most groupies, leading them to hire the less attractive Starr … just kiddin' …
1964, The Kinks' first hit "You Really Got Me," written by Ray Davies on his mother's piano, enters the British charts …
1965, The Jefferson Airplane, finally cleared for take-off, plays their first live show at the Matrix Club in San Francisco … the band will ink a deal with RCA before the year's end, one of the first rock bands in the Bay Area scene to do so …
1966, John Lennon generates more controversy after his recent "Jesus" comments by publicly expressing his admiration for American draft dodgers while the band is in Toronto … in London, Cream begin recording their first single "Wrapping Paper" … not representative of their later power trio sound, the tune features lots of piano playing and crooning from Jack Bruce, but no blueswailing lead guitar from Eric Clapton, or pugnacious drumming from Ginger Baker …
1967, Fleetwood Mac plays their first gig at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival a month before John McVie joins the band and despite the fact that the band's name is derived from Mick Fleetwood's and McVie's last names …
1968, The Jimi Hendrix Experience performs their instrumental version of the "Star Spangled Banner" for the first time in concert … a year later, Hendrix will perform it at Woodstock …
1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Festival is held on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York … nearly half a million gather to celebrate "3 Days of Peace and Music" (and mud, lots of mud) and enjoy performances by a Who's Who of rock-and-roll, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ten Years After, and Jefferson Airplane … Mick Jagger is accidentally shot in the hand during the filming of Ned Kelly in Australia … even though his wound is not serious, he decides not to let it bleed …
1970, Jim Morrison's trial for allegedly exposing himself during a 1969 concert begins in Miami … Morrison will be found guilty on one count of profanity and one count of indecent exposure but will appeal the convictions …
1976, The Clash play their second gig, performing for friends at a rehearsal studio near London …
1977, 42-year-old Elvis Presley is found dead in his bathroom by girlfriend Ginger Alden … according to the autopsy, death resulted from coronary arrhythmia … it's a black day at Graceland when over 75,000 people gather to lay the King to rest … Presley is entombed near his mother in a marble mausoleum in Memphis at Forest Hill Cemetery … the day before the funeral, Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) sells more flowers than they have for any other single event … within days his passing becomes a media event of major proportions … it also sparks the debate as to whether his death has been staged and that he is really alive and well … the Police play their first gig as a threesome after guitar man Henri Padovani is booted from the band …
1978, The Police release their second single on A&M Records "Can't Stand Losing You" …
1979, XTC release their Drums & Wires album containing the single "Making Plans for Nigel" …
1982, Australia's Men At Work release their debut album Business As Usual featuring the single "Who Can It Be Now?" …
1980, performances are being filmed in the Santa Monica Civic Center for the concert movie Urgh! A Music War … caught on film are Wall of Voodoo, The Members, Pere Ubu, and Magazine …
1988, Michelle Shocked's album Short Sharp Shocked is released with an authentic cover shot of the artist being carted off by a pair of L.A. cops … her label, Cooking Vinyl, overprints sunglasses on a policeman's face and obscures a badge number to protect the innocent …
1990, in a tragic freak accident, part of a lighting rig falls on Curtis Mayfield during a performance in Brooklyn, New York … the incident leaves Mayfield permanently paralyzed from the neck down …
1992, Courtney Love has Kurt Cobain's baby, Frances Bean …
1995, on the last night of the Lollapalooza tour in Mountain View, California, Courtney Love blows her cork when the audience doesn't get ecstatic over her performance … security guards carry her off the stage when she begins to physically fight with audience members …
1997, promoting their upcoming Bridges to Babylon tour, The Rolling Stones show up for a media event at the Brooklyn Bridge in a red '55 Cadillac with Mick at the wheel …
1998, Pete Townshend plays to an SRO crowd at Chicago's House of Blues and raises $300,000 for Marysille Academy, a home for abused and neglected children …
2002, in an interview with Spin magazine, Motorhead leader Lemmy says he is thinking of having his notorious facial warts removed … Lemmy adds, "Yeah, I could sell them on the internet" … thankfully, he later clarifies he's not serious about the latter statement …
2005, Ozzy Osbourne announces that he won't be headlining on his annual Ozzfest shows any longer due to voice and other health problems … the singer says he will appear on a few select dates during the 2006 tour … Eminem cancels a European tour and checks into rehab … a representative says the sojourn is for a "dependency on sleep medication" … in what could be medically termed an Eminenema, the 11-date tour cancellation cleans out the rapper to the tune of $18 million in ticket sales … a reworked version of the musical Lennon opens on Broadway following a debut in San Francisco that met with hostile reviews … the storyline is revamped into a more linear flow when critics and audiences alike are mystified by the original libretto … Madonna breaks her collarbone, hand, and three ribs when she's tossed from a horse in England … the ride was in celebration of her 47th birthday … during an appearance on The Today Show, the performer-producer known variously as Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, and Puffy stuns the nation by announcing that henceforth he will be known as just "Diddy" …
2007, Uncle Kracker, a former disc jockey for Kid Rock, is arrested on a second-degree sex offense charge in Raleigh, North Carolina … police spokesman Jim Sughrue says a 26-year-old woman alleged that a man had committed a sexual act against her at the Ess Lounge, a downtown nightclub … Kracker, 33, is held at the Wake County Jail on a $5 million bond … a crazed fan who stalked former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon for over a year is cautioned by police for harassment and criminal damage … Sue Ellingham allegedly met the star after a gig and then started posting abusive messages on his website and wrote false claims about his sex life … as her obsession grew, she allegedly turned up at the school of the singer's five-year-old daughter and at his London home … Ellingham also trashed Coxon's farmhouse near Canterbury in Kent … Fats Domino is honored as an "American Music Legend" by the Recording Industry Association of America …
…and that was the week that was.
Arrivals:
August 12: R&B singer-songwriter Percy Mayfield (1920), singer-songwriter Joe Jones (1926), Porter Wagoner (1927), Buck Owens, creator of "The Bakersfield Sound" (1929), pop songstress Jennifer Warren (1941), Mark Knopfler (1949), August Darnell of Kid Creole and the Coconuts (1950), jazz guitarist Pat Metheny (1954), Suzanne Vega (1959), Roy Hay of Culture Club (1961)
August 13: jazz pianist George Shearing (1919), "Baby Boy" Robert Warren (1919), Don Ho (1930), Dave "Baby" Cortez (1938), Son Seals (1942), Dan Fogelberg (1951), Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (1953), Feargal Sharkey of The Undertones (1958)
August 14: swing and jazz violinist Stuff Smith (1909), R&B singer Jackie Brenston (1927), songwriter Carol Joyner Gourley (1938), Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts (1940), David Crosby (1941), Tim Bogart of Vanilla Fudge (1944), inventor of the slap bass, Larry Graham (1946), Slim Dunlap of The Replacements (1951), Sharon Bryant of Atlantic Star (1956), Kevin Cadogan of Third Eye Blind (1970)
August 15: blues harp player Buster Brown, born Waymon Glasco (1911), Oscar Peterson (1925), bluegrass-country singer Rose Maddox (1925), Bill Pinkney of The Drifters (1925), R&B singer Bobby Byrd (1934), singer Bobby Helms (1936), Peter York of the Spencer Davis Group (1942), songwriter Jimmy Webb (1946), Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers (1948), Tommy Aldridge of Black Oak Arkansas (1950), MCA of The Beastie Boys (1967)
August 16: baritone jazz crooner Al Hibbler (1915), jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans (1929), English country and pop singer Karl Denver (1931), chanteuse Eydie Gormé (1931), lead singer of The Dubs, Richard Blandon (1934), New Orleans R&B singer Bobby Mitchell (1935), R&B singer-songwriter Barbara George (1942), songwriter and touring musician Kin Vassy (1943), Barry Hay of Golden Earring (1948), J.T. Taylor of Kool & The Gang (1953), Tim Farriss of INXS (1957), Madonna (born Louise Ciccone) (1958), Chris Pederson of Camper Van Beethoven (1960), Emily Erwin of Dixie Chicks (1972), singer-songwriter-pianist Vanessa Carlton (1980)
August 17: '50s pop singer Georgia Gibbs (1919), Sam Butera, tenor sax player with Louis Prima (1927), Mark Dinning of "Teen Angel" fame (1933), bluesman Luther Allison (1939), Sib Hashian of Boston (1949), guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson (1954), XTC's Colin Moulding (1955), Gilby Clark of Guns N' Roses (1962), singer-songwriter Maria McKee (1964), Steve Gorman of Black Crowes (1965), Jill Cunniff of Luscious Jackson (1966), Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block (1969), Posdnuous of De La Soul (1969)
August 18: lyricist Otto Harbach (1873), folk singer Cisco Houston (1918), pop singer Johnny Preston (1939), singer-songwriter-producer-actor-author Nona Hendryx (1945), Dennis Elliot of Foreigner (1950), Ron Stryker of Men at Work (1957), lead vocalist and founder member of The Go-Go's, Belinda Carlisle (1958), rapper-singer-songwriter Everlast, born Erik Schrody (1969)
Departures:
August 12: free jazz drummer Rashied Ali (2009), singer-talk show host Merv Griffin (2007), Luther Allison (1997), John Cage (1992), Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto (1985), Buddy Holly producer Norman Petty (1984)
August 13: guitar legend Les Paul (2009), John Loder, founder of the punk label Southern Records (2005), composer David Tudor (1996), blues drummer Fred Below (1988), soul singer Joe Tex, born Joseph Arrington Jr. (1982), soulful sax man King Curtis (1971), R&B star Joe Hinton (1968)
August 14: Johnny Duncan (2006), Esther Wong, owner of the L.A. punk venue Madame Wong's (2005), Tony Williams, lead vocalist of The Platters (1992), Hawkwind vocalist Robert Calvert (1989), guitarist Roy Buchanan (1988)
August 15: record producer-pianist Jim Dickinson (2009), William Herbert "Lum" York, bass player for Hank Williams (2004), singer-songwriter Joe Seneca (1996), Jamaican singer-songwriter Jackie Edwards (1996), Thomas Wayne (1971), Stick Mcghee, born Granville McGhee, most associated with his song, "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (1961), influential bluesman Big Bill Broonzy (1958)
August 16: jazz drummer Max Roach (2007), percussionist Ray Romero (2006), country fiddler Vassar Clements (2005), Bobby DeBarge, member of R&B groups Switch and DeBarge (1995), Christian rock songwriter Mark Heard (1992), Stacy Sutherland, guitarist for The 13th Floor Elevators (1978), The King, Elvis Presley (1977), legendary bluesman Robert Johnson (1938)
August 17: Skatalite trumpeter, Dizzy Moore (2008), Bernard Odum, bassist with James Brown (2004), guitar-maker to the stars, Tony Zemaitis (2002), Chicago soul singer Johnny Sayles (1993), Phil Seymour, guitarist and singer with The Dwight Twilley Band (1993), singer-actress Pearl Bailey (1990), soul singer Lorraine Ellison (1985), Paul Williams, singer and guitarist for The Temptations (1973)
August 18: Pervis Jackson, founding member of the Spinners (2008), film composer Elmer Bernstein (2004), founder of the Country Gentlemen, bluegrass picker Charlie Waller (2004), Leonard "Chick" Carbo, lead singer of The Spiders (1998), Belgian impresario and concert promoter Freddy Cousaert (1998) highly regarded R&B and funk session pianist Richard Tee, born Richjard Ten Ryk (1993), psychedelic concert poster artist Rick Griffin (1991)
August 12, 2010
Satan Collects On RoJo … Mr. Mojo Risin' On Trial … Lemmy Warts Stay On …
This is the week that was in matters musical…
1877, Thomas Edison finishes the prototype of his new invention, the phonograph, and hands it over to his master mechanic John Kreusi to build … Kreusi bets Edison two dollars that the contraption will never work …
1938, legendary bluesman Robert Johnson dies in Greenwood, Mississippi … Johnson's moonshine had been poisoned days earlier … known for his womanizing, the murderer was presumed to be the angered spouse of one of his paramours … it was rumored that Johnson's talent came at the expense of his soul, the result of a midnight deal struck with the devil at a Mississippi crossroads … probably the most influential bluesman to emerge in the 20th century, his songs and riffs have become a foundation for the genre …
1939, pioneering electric guitarist Charlie Christian sits in with Benny Goodman's group at a club in Bevery Hills, CA … Goodman isn't interested in hearing an electric guitar, but Charlie's manager John Hammond sneaks him onstage while Goodman is on a break … he proceeds to wow audiences and musicians alike with his seemingly endless single-string virtuosity …
1958, Italian singer Domenico Modugno joins the One-Hit-Wonders club with his chart-topping classic "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Del Blu)" … Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis, dies at age 46 from a heart attack brought on by hepatitis … Gladys' body is transported to Graceland and will lie in state there for two days …
1962, Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as The Beatles' drummer … rumor has it Lennon and McCartney are frustrated by Best's good looks, which attract the most groupies, leading them to hire the less attractive Starr … just kiddin' …
1964, The Kinks' first hit "You Really Got Me," written by Ray Davies on his mother's piano, enters the British charts …
1965, The Jefferson Airplane, finally cleared for take-off, plays their first live show at the Matrix Club in San Francisco … the band will ink a deal with RCA before the year's end, one of the first rock bands in the Bay Area scene to do so …
1966, John Lennon generates more controversy after his recent "Jesus" comments by publicly expressing his admiration for American draft dodgers while the band is in Toronto … in London, Cream begin recording their first single "Wrapping Paper" … not representative of their later power trio sound, the tune features lots of piano playing and crooning from Jack Bruce, but no blueswailing lead guitar from Eric Clapton, or pugnacious drumming from Ginger Baker …
1967, Fleetwood Mac plays their first gig at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival a month before John McVie joins the band and despite the fact that the band's name is derived from Mick Fleetwood's and McVie's last names …
1968, The Jimi Hendrix Experience performs their instrumental version of the "Star Spangled Banner" for the first time in concert … a year later, Hendrix will perform it at Woodstock …
1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Festival is held on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York … nearly half a million gather to celebrate "3 Days of Peace and Music" (and mud, lots of mud) and enjoy performances by a Who's Who of rock-and-roll, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ten Years After, and Jefferson Airplane … Mick Jagger is accidentally shot in the hand during the filming of Ned Kelly in Australia … even though his wound is not serious, he decides not to let it bleed …
1970, Jim Morrison's trial for allegedly exposing himself during a 1969 concert begins in Miami … Morrison will be found guilty on one count of profanity and one count of indecent exposure but will appeal the convictions …
1976, The Clash play their second gig, performing for friends at a rehearsal studio near London …
1977, 42-year-old Elvis Presley is found dead in his bathroom by girlfriend Ginger Alden … according to the autopsy, death resulted from coronary arrhythmia … it's a black day at Graceland when over 75,000 people gather to lay the King to rest … Presley is entombed near his mother in a marble mausoleum in Memphis at Forest Hill Cemetery … the day before the funeral, Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) sells more flowers than they have for any other single event … within days his passing becomes a media event of major proportions … it also sparks the debate as to whether his death has been staged and that he is really alive and well … the Police play their first gig as a threesome after guitar man Henri Padovani is booted from the band …
1978, The Police release their second single on A&M Records "Can't Stand Losing You" …
1979, XTC release their Drums & Wires album containing the single "Making Plans for Nigel" …
1982, Australia's Men At Work release their debut album Business As Usual featuring the single "Who Can It Be Now?" …
1980, performances are being filmed in the Santa Monica Civic Center for the concert movie Urgh! A Music War … caught on film are Wall of Voodoo, The Members, Pere Ubu, and Magazine …
1988, Michelle Shocked's album Short Sharp Shocked is released with an authentic cover shot of the artist being carted off by a pair of L.A. cops … her label, Cooking Vinyl, overprints sunglasses on a policeman's face and obscures a badge number to protect the innocent …
1990, in a tragic freak accident, part of a lighting rig falls on Curtis Mayfield during a performance in Brooklyn, New York … the incident leaves Mayfield permanently paralyzed from the neck down …
1992, Courtney Love has Kurt Cobain's baby, Frances Bean …
1995, on the last night of the Lollapalooza tour in Mountain View, California, Courtney Love blows her cork when the audience doesn't get ecstatic over her performance … security guards carry her off the stage when she begins to physically fight with audience members …
1997, promoting their upcoming Bridges to Babylon tour, The Rolling Stones show up for a media event at the Brooklyn Bridge in a red '55 Cadillac with Mick at the wheel …
1998, Pete Townshend plays to an SRO crowd at Chicago's House of Blues and raises $300,000 for Marysille Academy, a home for abused and neglected children …
2002, in an interview with Spin magazine, Motorhead leader Lemmy says he is thinking of having his notorious facial warts removed … Lemmy adds, "Yeah, I could sell them on the internet" … thankfully, he later clarifies he's not serious about the latter statement …
2005, Ozzy Osbourne announces that he won't be headlining on his annual Ozzfest shows any longer due to voice and other health problems … the singer says he will appear on a few select dates during the 2006 tour … Eminem cancels a European tour and checks into rehab … a representative says the sojourn is for a "dependency on sleep medication" … in what could be medically termed an Eminenema, the 11-date tour cancellation cleans out the rapper to the tune of $18 million in ticket sales … a reworked version of the musical Lennon opens on Broadway following a debut in San Francisco that met with hostile reviews … the storyline is revamped into a more linear flow when critics and audiences alike are mystified by the original libretto … Madonna breaks her collarbone, hand, and three ribs when she's tossed from a horse in England … the ride was in celebration of her 47th birthday … during an appearance on The Today Show, the performer-producer known variously as Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, and Puffy stuns the nation by announcing that henceforth he will be known as just "Diddy" …
2007, Uncle Kracker, a former disc jockey for Kid Rock, is arrested on a second-degree sex offense charge in Raleigh, North Carolina … police spokesman Jim Sughrue says a 26-year-old woman alleged that a man had committed a sexual act against her at the Ess Lounge, a downtown nightclub … Kracker, 33, is held at the Wake County Jail on a $5 million bond … a crazed fan who stalked former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon for over a year is cautioned by police for harassment and criminal damage … Sue Ellingham allegedly met the star after a gig and then started posting abusive messages on his website and wrote false claims about his sex life … as her obsession grew, she allegedly turned up at the school of the singer's five-year-old daughter and at his London home … Ellingham also trashed Coxon's farmhouse near Canterbury in Kent … Fats Domino is honored as an "American Music Legend" by the Recording Industry Association of America …
…and that was the week that was.
Arrivals:
August 12: R&B singer-songwriter Percy Mayfield (1920), singer-songwriter Joe Jones (1926), Porter Wagoner (1927), Buck Owens, creator of "The Bakersfield Sound" (1929), pop songstress Jennifer Warren (1941), Mark Knopfler (1949), August Darnell of Kid Creole and the Coconuts (1950), jazz guitarist Pat Metheny (1954), Suzanne Vega (1959), Roy Hay of Culture Club (1961)
August 13: jazz pianist George Shearing (1919), "Baby Boy" Robert Warren (1919), Don Ho (1930), Dave "Baby" Cortez (1938), Son Seals (1942), Dan Fogelberg (1951), Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (1953), Feargal Sharkey of The Undertones (1958)
August 14: swing and jazz violinist Stuff Smith (1909), R&B singer Jackie Brenston (1927), songwriter Carol Joyner Gourley (1938), Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts (1940), David Crosby (1941), Tim Bogart of Vanilla Fudge (1944), inventor of the slap bass, Larry Graham (1946), Slim Dunlap of The Replacements (1951), Sharon Bryant of Atlantic Star (1956), Kevin Cadogan of Third Eye Blind (1970)
August 15: blues harp player Buster Brown, born Waymon Glasco (1911), Oscar Peterson (1925), bluegrass-country singer Rose Maddox (1925), Bill Pinkney of The Drifters (1925), R&B singer Bobby Byrd (1934), singer Bobby Helms (1936), Peter York of the Spencer Davis Group (1942), songwriter Jimmy Webb (1946), Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers (1948), Tommy Aldridge of Black Oak Arkansas (1950), MCA of The Beastie Boys (1967)
August 16: baritone jazz crooner Al Hibbler (1915), jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans (1929), English country and pop singer Karl Denver (1931), chanteuse Eydie Gormé (1931), lead singer of The Dubs, Richard Blandon (1934), New Orleans R&B singer Bobby Mitchell (1935), R&B singer-songwriter Barbara George (1942), songwriter and touring musician Kin Vassy (1943), Barry Hay of Golden Earring (1948), J.T. Taylor of Kool & The Gang (1953), Tim Farriss of INXS (1957), Madonna (born Louise Ciccone) (1958), Chris Pederson of Camper Van Beethoven (1960), Emily Erwin of Dixie Chicks (1972), singer-songwriter-pianist Vanessa Carlton (1980)
August 17: '50s pop singer Georgia Gibbs (1919), Sam Butera, tenor sax player with Louis Prima (1927), Mark Dinning of "Teen Angel" fame (1933), bluesman Luther Allison (1939), Sib Hashian of Boston (1949), guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson (1954), XTC's Colin Moulding (1955), Gilby Clark of Guns N' Roses (1962), singer-songwriter Maria McKee (1964), Steve Gorman of Black Crowes (1965), Jill Cunniff of Luscious Jackson (1966), Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block (1969), Posdnuous of De La Soul (1969)
August 18: lyricist Otto Harbach (1873), folk singer Cisco Houston (1918), pop singer Johnny Preston (1939), singer-songwriter-producer-actor-author Nona Hendryx (1945), Dennis Elliot of Foreigner (1950), Ron Stryker of Men at Work (1957), lead vocalist and founder member of The Go-Go's, Belinda Carlisle (1958), rapper-singer-songwriter Everlast, born Erik Schrody (1969)
Departures:
August 12: free jazz drummer Rashied Ali (2009), singer-talk show host Merv Griffin (2007), Luther Allison (1997), John Cage (1992), Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto (1985), Buddy Holly producer Norman Petty (1984)
August 13: guitar legend Les Paul (2009), John Loder, founder of the punk label Southern Records (2005), composer David Tudor (1996), blues drummer Fred Below (1988), soul singer Joe Tex, born Joseph Arrington Jr. (1982), soulful sax man King Curtis (1971), R&B star Joe Hinton (1968)
August 14: Johnny Duncan (2006), Esther Wong, owner of the L.A. punk venue Madame Wong's (2005), Tony Williams, lead vocalist of The Platters (1992), Hawkwind vocalist Robert Calvert (1989), guitarist Roy Buchanan (1988)
August 15: record producer-pianist Jim Dickinson (2009), William Herbert "Lum" York, bass player for Hank Williams (2004), singer-songwriter Joe Seneca (1996), Jamaican singer-songwriter Jackie Edwards (1996), Thomas Wayne (1971), Stick Mcghee, born Granville McGhee, most associated with his song, "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (1961), influential bluesman Big Bill Broonzy (1958)
August 16: jazz drummer Max Roach (2007), percussionist Ray Romero (2006), country fiddler Vassar Clements (2005), Bobby DeBarge, member of R&B groups Switch and DeBarge (1995), Christian rock songwriter Mark Heard (1992), Stacy Sutherland, guitarist for The 13th Floor Elevators (1978), The King, Elvis Presley (1977), legendary bluesman Robert Johnson (1938)
August 17: Skatalite trumpeter, Dizzy Moore (2008), Bernard Odum, bassist with James Brown (2004), guitar-maker to the stars, Tony Zemaitis (2002), Chicago soul singer Johnny Sayles (1993), Phil Seymour, guitarist and singer with The Dwight Twilley Band (1993), singer-actress Pearl Bailey (1990), soul singer Lorraine Ellison (1985), Paul Williams, singer and guitarist for The Temptations (1973)
August 18: Pervis Jackson, founding member of the Spinners (2008), film composer Elmer Bernstein (2004), founder of the Country Gentlemen, bluegrass picker Charlie Waller (2004), Leonard "Chick" Carbo, lead singer of The Spiders (1998), Belgian impresario and concert promoter Freddy Cousaert (1998) highly regarded R&B and funk session pianist Richard Tee, born Richjard Ten Ryk (1993), psychedelic concert poster artist Rick Griffin (1991)
Week In Review
August 19, 2010
The Truman Show … Falling For The Beatles … Rock-it Scientist …
This is the week that was in matters musical…
1906, the first Victrola phonograph, with wind-up drive and its own horn, is marketed by Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, for $200 …
1938, one of the most covered standards ever, "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, and Andy Razaf is recorded by Waller, a master of stride piano …
1947, in yet another demonstration that fame can get you almost anything, President Truman's daughter Margaret makes her singing debut before an audience of 15,000 at the Hollywood Bowl …
1958, Eddie Cochran's biggest hit, "Summertime Blues," enters Billboard magazine’s Top 100, where it will peak at #18 and sell over a million copies … it will later be covered by such groups as Blue Cheer and The Who …
1962, the #1 Billboard Pop Hit is "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva … the singer, a former babysitter for the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, achieves Cinderella-like stardom after the couple ask her to cut a demo of the song … both Grand Funk and Kylie Minogue will chart with their covers of the tune in 1974 and 1988 respectively …
1964, The Beatles begin their first tour of the U.S. at the Cow Palace in San Francisco … the Righteous Brothers and Jackie DeShannon are also on the bill … The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles is reportedly selling 25,000 copies of John and Paul's compositions a DAY …
1965, the bobbies (Police)show what they think of those unruly rock 'n' rollers by turning a fire hose on a bunch of Rolling Stones fans gathered at a planned TV taping in Manchester …
1966, The Beatles arrive in New York for a concert at Shea Stadium … a couple of girl fans threaten to jump from their hotel room's 22nd-floor window unless they see the group … they get to see some cops instead and are charged with disorderly conduct …
1967, The New York Times reports on a new noise-reduction system for records and tapes pioneered by the Dolby brothers … drummers everywhere pan the system as a cymbal killer …
1968, Who drummer Keith Moon caps a truly bacchanalian 21st birthday bash by driving a Rolls Royce into the pool at a Holiday Inn in Flint, MI … though a Moon biographer maintains it never happened, Who vocalist Roger Daltrey begs to differ … "I saw it. We paid the bill (for the damages). It was $50,000. It's vague now, but I just remember the car in the pool. And the chaos. And Keith being rushed off to the dentist after being arrested because he knocked his front tooth out … but then I read in the biography that never happened, so maybe I've been living someone else's life, I don't know" …
1969, Frank Zappa's "tired of playing for people who clap for all the wrong reasons," so he breaks up the Mothers of Invention … most of the other Mothers take it very hard since Frank didn't found the band and they have all been putting up with his dictatorial style in order to get to the big time … at the moment they finally arrive, Frank cuts them loose … some of the band members will play in later incarnations of the Mothers, but the original lineup is history …
1975, Queen begins recording "Bohemian Rhapsody" at Rockfield Studio One in Monmouth, Wales … altogether, five studios will be used, making it one of the most expensive singles ever … the 30-second opera portion takes three weeks to record with 180 overdubbed voices … the vocal harmony parts are duplicated so many times the original vocal parts are eight generations down … the original 24-track tape becomes so worn it has to be copied to a fresh tape …
1981, some simpering loser whose name we won't mention is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of John Lennon …
1986, Paul Simon releases his landmark Graceland album …
1990, a Nevada court exonerates heavy metal band Judas Priest in a $6.2 million civil suit filed by the parents of two youths who shot themselves allegedly as a result of listening to the band's records …
1992, after 10 years of going steady, Sting and Trudi Styler tie the knot …
1993, Snoop Dogg is arrested in connection with the death of Phillip Woldermarian, a member of a rival gang who was fired at and killed in a gang fight … Snoop and his bodyguard McKinley Lee are ultimately acquitted but the rapper will remain entangled in legal battles surrounding the case for three years … his video "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" with Tupac Shakur chronicles the difficulties each rapper faced as a result of their unrelated criminal prosecutions …
1994, drummer Dave Abbruzzese is dismissed as Pearl Jam's drummer … though the band tells the media he left to pursue music studies, Abbruzzese maintains he was fired for reasons unknown … fans speculate that singer Eddie Vedder was unhappy with Abbruzzese's media-friendly embrace of the band's superstardom, something the other members were uncomfortable with … Jimmy Buffett loses control of his plane on takeoff from Nantucket, MA … it flips and splashes down in the cold North Atlantic but Buffett is able to swim to safety … parrot heads everywhere breathe a sigh of relief …
1995, singer Natalie Merchant becomes the first guest on Elektra's new online chat site … the former 10,000 Maniacs frontwoman later says she won't make a habit of virtual chatting as it hurts her eyes and would make her feel lonely when her computer's off …
1997, a 50-mile section of Interstate 65 in Alabama is dedicated as the "Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway" …
1998, the little sister John Lennon had been told of but was never able to find materializes in the person of 53-year-old Ingrid Pedersen … she had been waiting for the death of her adoptive mother before coming forward … in Miami, a concert by Compay Segundo of Buena Vista Social Club fame is interrupted by a bomb threat … Segundo is accompanied by 13 fellow Cuban musicians all given special visas by the U.S. State Department … though no culprit is found, it is suspected the bomb scare came from an anti-Castro Cuban emigre …
2003, OSHA fines Derco LLC, the company that operated The Station club, $85,200 for violations that resulted in the fire that killed 100 Great White fans and a band member in February … the band itself is fined $7,000 … 200 fans are ejected from the Charlotte, North Carolina stop of the Ozzfest tour for alcohol and drug use … the show started at around 10 a.m. and the first group of partied-out attendees was ushered out just after noon, proving Ozzy Osbourne fans are not into pacing themselves …
2004, Queen becomes the first band to have a rock album legally released in Iran … the album is a compilation of the band's hits and includes an insert with lyrics and production notes … Queen's vocalist, Freddie Mercury, was of Iranian extraction … The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that filesharing services such as Grokster and StreamCast do not bear responsibility for user’s illegal activities … the ruling puts a crimp in the RIAA’s attacks on peer-to-peer services that enable the dissemination of MP3s … instead the recording industry will have to go after individual violators of copyright laws …
2005, Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, dies from a brain tumor at the age of 71 … in 1964 he demonstrated his first synthesizer that used a keyboard and controller … by 1971, his company, Moog Music, is producing the MiniMoog Model D, one of the first portable synths that soon will be a standard part of the keyboard array of artists such as Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman …
2006, Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton undergoes treatment for throat cancer, forcing him to sit out the first half of the band's Route of All Evil Tour, the first time he has missed any shows in the band's history … longtime band friend David Hull fills in until his return … a settlement of five separate suits is struck between Apple, maker of the category-leading iPod, and rival Creative Technology, manufacturer of the Zen player … the computer maker agrees to pay Creative $100 million in return for the use of Creative's patented technology which it had charged Apple had incorporated into its iPod … the payout gives Creative a shot in the arm but its trouncing in the marketplace by Apple continues unabated …
2007, now you can call him "Dr. May" … Queen guitarist Brian May earns his PhD in astronomy from London's Imperial College … May handed in his 48,000-word doctoral thesis, "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud," earlier in the month—36 years after he started it—and then took a three-hour oral exam … May already has two honorary doctorates … British neo-soul singer Amy Winehouse postpones her planned U.S. tour three weeks before the kickoff … word has it she needs to kick alcohol and drug dependencies …
2008, the Democratic National Convention in Denver takes on the look of a Lollapalooza show as dozens of top-flight acts descend on the Mile-High City in support of Barack Obama … artists include Melissa Etheridge, Dave Matthews Band, David Crosby and Graham Nash, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Wonder, and Daughtry … the inaugural Outside Land Music and Arts Festival is held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park … a flood of 130,000 fans including plenty of neo-hippies enjoy a star-studded lineup headlined by Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Tom Petty, and Wilco …
…and that was the week that was.
Arrivals:
August 19: jazz pianist Jimmy Rowles (1918), Cream drummer Ginger Baker (1939), singer Johnny Nash of "I Can See Clearly Now" fame (1940), vocalist Billy J. Kramer of the Dakotas (1943), Ian Gillian of Deep Purple (1945), Queen's John Deacon (1951), country singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack (1966)
August 20: jazz trombonist-vocalist Jack Teagarden (1905), country singer Jim Reeves (1924), jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney (1927), Paul Robi of The Platters (1931), bluesman J.J. Malone (1935), country singer-songwriter Justin Tubb (1935), Tom Coster of Santana (1941), Isaac Hayes (1942), John Povey of The Pretty Things (1942), James Pankow of Chicago (1947), Robert Plant (1948), Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy (1951), Rudy Gatlin of The Gatlin Brothers (1952), Doug Fieger of The Knack (1952), singer-songwriter John Hiatt (1952), Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit (1970)
August 21: William "Count" Basie (1904), big-band singer Savannah Churchill (1920), gospel singer Clara Ward (1924), songwriter Carolyn Leigh (1926), Kenny Rogers (1938), country picker James Burton (1939), Harold W. Reid of The Statler Brothers (1939), Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple (1952), Steve Smith of Journey (1954), Joe Strummer of The Clash (1955), Budgie—born Pete Clark—of Siouxsie and the Banshees (1957), Kim Sledge of Sister Sledge (1958), Liam Howlett of Prodigy (1971)
August 22: Claude Debussy (1862), classic blues singer Addie "Sweet Peas" Spivey (1910), pianist and bandleader Sonny Thompson (1916), John Lee Hooker (1917), Carolina Slim, born Edward P. Harris (1923), Bob Flanigan of The Four Freshmen (1926), producer Jerry Capehart (1928), Freddie Milano of The Belmonts (1939), Jackie De Shannon (1944), Donna Godchaux of The Grateful Dead (1947), Teresa Davis of The Emotions (1950), country chirper and writer Holly Dunn (1957), Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid (1958), Debbi Peterson of The Bangles (1961), Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears (1961), Tori Amos (1963), James DeBarge of DeBarge (1963), Layne Staley of Alice in Chains (1967), Matchbox 20's Paul Douchette (1972), Howie Dorough of Backstreet Boys (1973)
August 23: singer-dancer Gene Kelly (1912), country star Tex Williams (1917), The Drifters' Rudy Lewis (1936), Jamaican producer Bunny Lee (1941), Ramon Phillips of The Nashville Teens (1941), Keith Moon (1947), Rick Springfield (1949), Shadows of Knight's Jim Sohns (1949), Jim Jamison of Survivor (1951), Steve Clark of Def Leppard (1960), Dean DeLeo of the Stone Temple Pilots (1961), Colin Angus of The Shamen (1961), The Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder (1962)
August 24: bluesman and Elvis influence Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1905), jump-blues shouter Wynonie Harris (1915), country songwriter Fred Rose (1917), William Winfield of The Harptones (1929), David Frieberg of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1938), Mason "Classical Gas" Williams (1938), Ernest Wright of Little Anthony and the Imperials (1939), Procol Harum, The Move, and T-Rex manager Tony Secunda (1940), Joe Chambers of The Chambers Brothers (1942), soul singer Fontella Bass (1942), Jimmy Soul, born James McCleese (1942), John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1943), Jim Capaldi of Traffic (1944), Malcolm Duncan of Average White Band (1945), Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep (1945), Heart's Mike DeRosier (1951), Ben Harper bassist Juan Nelson (1958), Mark Bedford of Madness (1961), Pebbles, born Perri McKissack (1964)
August 25: Charlie Burse of The Memphis Jug Band (1901), composer Leonard Bernstein (1918), jazz reedman Wayne Shorter (1933), Walter Williams of The O'Jays (1942), jazz guitar phenom Pat Martino (1944), Tavares drummer Francis A. Donia (1945), Gene Simmons, born Chaim Witz (1949), Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford (1951), Elvis Costello, born Declan McManus (1954), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard (1962), Mia Zapata of The Gits (1965), DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy (1966), country chirper Jo Dee Messina (1969)
Departures:
August 19: LeRoi Moore, saxophonist with The Dave Matthews Band (2008), Joseph Hill, lead singer and founder of reggae band Culture (2006), Dorsey Burnette, bass player of rockabilly institution The Rock and Roll Trio (1979), 12-string guitarist Blind Willie McTell, composer of "Statesboro Blues" (1959)
August 20: Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan (1999), singer Rio Reiser (1996), masterful steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys (1988), jazz trumpeter Thad Jones (1986)
August 21: producer Jerry Finn (2008), Nashville session drummer Buddy Harman (2008), Robert Moog (2005), Tarheel Slim, born Alden Bunn (1977), country guitarist Sam McGee (1975)
August 22: singer Ralph Young (2008), honky-tonk legend Floyd Tilman (2003), blues pianist Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston (1987), bluesman John Lee Granderson (1979)
August 23: high-note jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson (2006), Eleanor O. Guest, one of Gladys Knight's Pips (1997), Skinny Puppy drummer Dwayne Goettell (1995), Broadway songwriter-director Oscar Hammerstein II (1960)
August 24: producer-arranger Gene Page (1998), Doug Stegmeyer, bassist for Billy Joel (1995), Jesse Bolian of The Artistics (1994), Gene Knight of The Showmen (1992), Motown drummer Larry Londin (1992), bluesman L.C. Greene (1985), trumpeter-pop singer Louis Prima (1978)
August 25: R&B star Aaliyah (2001), Ronnie White of The Miracles (1995), bandleader Stan Kenton (1979)
August 19, 2010
The Truman Show … Falling For The Beatles … Rock-it Scientist …
This is the week that was in matters musical…
1906, the first Victrola phonograph, with wind-up drive and its own horn, is marketed by Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, for $200 …
1938, one of the most covered standards ever, "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, and Andy Razaf is recorded by Waller, a master of stride piano …
1947, in yet another demonstration that fame can get you almost anything, President Truman's daughter Margaret makes her singing debut before an audience of 15,000 at the Hollywood Bowl …
1958, Eddie Cochran's biggest hit, "Summertime Blues," enters Billboard magazine’s Top 100, where it will peak at #18 and sell over a million copies … it will later be covered by such groups as Blue Cheer and The Who …
1962, the #1 Billboard Pop Hit is "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva … the singer, a former babysitter for the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, achieves Cinderella-like stardom after the couple ask her to cut a demo of the song … both Grand Funk and Kylie Minogue will chart with their covers of the tune in 1974 and 1988 respectively …
1964, The Beatles begin their first tour of the U.S. at the Cow Palace in San Francisco … the Righteous Brothers and Jackie DeShannon are also on the bill … The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles is reportedly selling 25,000 copies of John and Paul's compositions a DAY …
1965, the bobbies (Police)show what they think of those unruly rock 'n' rollers by turning a fire hose on a bunch of Rolling Stones fans gathered at a planned TV taping in Manchester …
1966, The Beatles arrive in New York for a concert at Shea Stadium … a couple of girl fans threaten to jump from their hotel room's 22nd-floor window unless they see the group … they get to see some cops instead and are charged with disorderly conduct …
1967, The New York Times reports on a new noise-reduction system for records and tapes pioneered by the Dolby brothers … drummers everywhere pan the system as a cymbal killer …
1968, Who drummer Keith Moon caps a truly bacchanalian 21st birthday bash by driving a Rolls Royce into the pool at a Holiday Inn in Flint, MI … though a Moon biographer maintains it never happened, Who vocalist Roger Daltrey begs to differ … "I saw it. We paid the bill (for the damages). It was $50,000. It's vague now, but I just remember the car in the pool. And the chaos. And Keith being rushed off to the dentist after being arrested because he knocked his front tooth out … but then I read in the biography that never happened, so maybe I've been living someone else's life, I don't know" …
1969, Frank Zappa's "tired of playing for people who clap for all the wrong reasons," so he breaks up the Mothers of Invention … most of the other Mothers take it very hard since Frank didn't found the band and they have all been putting up with his dictatorial style in order to get to the big time … at the moment they finally arrive, Frank cuts them loose … some of the band members will play in later incarnations of the Mothers, but the original lineup is history …
1975, Queen begins recording "Bohemian Rhapsody" at Rockfield Studio One in Monmouth, Wales … altogether, five studios will be used, making it one of the most expensive singles ever … the 30-second opera portion takes three weeks to record with 180 overdubbed voices … the vocal harmony parts are duplicated so many times the original vocal parts are eight generations down … the original 24-track tape becomes so worn it has to be copied to a fresh tape …
1981, some simpering loser whose name we won't mention is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of John Lennon …
1986, Paul Simon releases his landmark Graceland album …
1990, a Nevada court exonerates heavy metal band Judas Priest in a $6.2 million civil suit filed by the parents of two youths who shot themselves allegedly as a result of listening to the band's records …
1992, after 10 years of going steady, Sting and Trudi Styler tie the knot …
1993, Snoop Dogg is arrested in connection with the death of Phillip Woldermarian, a member of a rival gang who was fired at and killed in a gang fight … Snoop and his bodyguard McKinley Lee are ultimately acquitted but the rapper will remain entangled in legal battles surrounding the case for three years … his video "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" with Tupac Shakur chronicles the difficulties each rapper faced as a result of their unrelated criminal prosecutions …
1994, drummer Dave Abbruzzese is dismissed as Pearl Jam's drummer … though the band tells the media he left to pursue music studies, Abbruzzese maintains he was fired for reasons unknown … fans speculate that singer Eddie Vedder was unhappy with Abbruzzese's media-friendly embrace of the band's superstardom, something the other members were uncomfortable with … Jimmy Buffett loses control of his plane on takeoff from Nantucket, MA … it flips and splashes down in the cold North Atlantic but Buffett is able to swim to safety … parrot heads everywhere breathe a sigh of relief …
1995, singer Natalie Merchant becomes the first guest on Elektra's new online chat site … the former 10,000 Maniacs frontwoman later says she won't make a habit of virtual chatting as it hurts her eyes and would make her feel lonely when her computer's off …
1997, a 50-mile section of Interstate 65 in Alabama is dedicated as the "Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway" …
1998, the little sister John Lennon had been told of but was never able to find materializes in the person of 53-year-old Ingrid Pedersen … she had been waiting for the death of her adoptive mother before coming forward … in Miami, a concert by Compay Segundo of Buena Vista Social Club fame is interrupted by a bomb threat … Segundo is accompanied by 13 fellow Cuban musicians all given special visas by the U.S. State Department … though no culprit is found, it is suspected the bomb scare came from an anti-Castro Cuban emigre …
2003, OSHA fines Derco LLC, the company that operated The Station club, $85,200 for violations that resulted in the fire that killed 100 Great White fans and a band member in February … the band itself is fined $7,000 … 200 fans are ejected from the Charlotte, North Carolina stop of the Ozzfest tour for alcohol and drug use … the show started at around 10 a.m. and the first group of partied-out attendees was ushered out just after noon, proving Ozzy Osbourne fans are not into pacing themselves …
2004, Queen becomes the first band to have a rock album legally released in Iran … the album is a compilation of the band's hits and includes an insert with lyrics and production notes … Queen's vocalist, Freddie Mercury, was of Iranian extraction … The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that filesharing services such as Grokster and StreamCast do not bear responsibility for user’s illegal activities … the ruling puts a crimp in the RIAA’s attacks on peer-to-peer services that enable the dissemination of MP3s … instead the recording industry will have to go after individual violators of copyright laws …
2005, Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, dies from a brain tumor at the age of 71 … in 1964 he demonstrated his first synthesizer that used a keyboard and controller … by 1971, his company, Moog Music, is producing the MiniMoog Model D, one of the first portable synths that soon will be a standard part of the keyboard array of artists such as Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman …
2006, Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton undergoes treatment for throat cancer, forcing him to sit out the first half of the band's Route of All Evil Tour, the first time he has missed any shows in the band's history … longtime band friend David Hull fills in until his return … a settlement of five separate suits is struck between Apple, maker of the category-leading iPod, and rival Creative Technology, manufacturer of the Zen player … the computer maker agrees to pay Creative $100 million in return for the use of Creative's patented technology which it had charged Apple had incorporated into its iPod … the payout gives Creative a shot in the arm but its trouncing in the marketplace by Apple continues unabated …
2007, now you can call him "Dr. May" … Queen guitarist Brian May earns his PhD in astronomy from London's Imperial College … May handed in his 48,000-word doctoral thesis, "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud," earlier in the month—36 years after he started it—and then took a three-hour oral exam … May already has two honorary doctorates … British neo-soul singer Amy Winehouse postpones her planned U.S. tour three weeks before the kickoff … word has it she needs to kick alcohol and drug dependencies …
2008, the Democratic National Convention in Denver takes on the look of a Lollapalooza show as dozens of top-flight acts descend on the Mile-High City in support of Barack Obama … artists include Melissa Etheridge, Dave Matthews Band, David Crosby and Graham Nash, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Wonder, and Daughtry … the inaugural Outside Land Music and Arts Festival is held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park … a flood of 130,000 fans including plenty of neo-hippies enjoy a star-studded lineup headlined by Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Tom Petty, and Wilco …
…and that was the week that was.
Arrivals:
August 19: jazz pianist Jimmy Rowles (1918), Cream drummer Ginger Baker (1939), singer Johnny Nash of "I Can See Clearly Now" fame (1940), vocalist Billy J. Kramer of the Dakotas (1943), Ian Gillian of Deep Purple (1945), Queen's John Deacon (1951), country singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack (1966)
August 20: jazz trombonist-vocalist Jack Teagarden (1905), country singer Jim Reeves (1924), jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney (1927), Paul Robi of The Platters (1931), bluesman J.J. Malone (1935), country singer-songwriter Justin Tubb (1935), Tom Coster of Santana (1941), Isaac Hayes (1942), John Povey of The Pretty Things (1942), James Pankow of Chicago (1947), Robert Plant (1948), Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy (1951), Rudy Gatlin of The Gatlin Brothers (1952), Doug Fieger of The Knack (1952), singer-songwriter John Hiatt (1952), Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit (1970)
August 21: William "Count" Basie (1904), big-band singer Savannah Churchill (1920), gospel singer Clara Ward (1924), songwriter Carolyn Leigh (1926), Kenny Rogers (1938), country picker James Burton (1939), Harold W. Reid of The Statler Brothers (1939), Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple (1952), Steve Smith of Journey (1954), Joe Strummer of The Clash (1955), Budgie—born Pete Clark—of Siouxsie and the Banshees (1957), Kim Sledge of Sister Sledge (1958), Liam Howlett of Prodigy (1971)
August 22: Claude Debussy (1862), classic blues singer Addie "Sweet Peas" Spivey (1910), pianist and bandleader Sonny Thompson (1916), John Lee Hooker (1917), Carolina Slim, born Edward P. Harris (1923), Bob Flanigan of The Four Freshmen (1926), producer Jerry Capehart (1928), Freddie Milano of The Belmonts (1939), Jackie De Shannon (1944), Donna Godchaux of The Grateful Dead (1947), Teresa Davis of The Emotions (1950), country chirper and writer Holly Dunn (1957), Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid (1958), Debbi Peterson of The Bangles (1961), Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears (1961), Tori Amos (1963), James DeBarge of DeBarge (1963), Layne Staley of Alice in Chains (1967), Matchbox 20's Paul Douchette (1972), Howie Dorough of Backstreet Boys (1973)
August 23: singer-dancer Gene Kelly (1912), country star Tex Williams (1917), The Drifters' Rudy Lewis (1936), Jamaican producer Bunny Lee (1941), Ramon Phillips of The Nashville Teens (1941), Keith Moon (1947), Rick Springfield (1949), Shadows of Knight's Jim Sohns (1949), Jim Jamison of Survivor (1951), Steve Clark of Def Leppard (1960), Dean DeLeo of the Stone Temple Pilots (1961), Colin Angus of The Shamen (1961), The Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder (1962)
August 24: bluesman and Elvis influence Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1905), jump-blues shouter Wynonie Harris (1915), country songwriter Fred Rose (1917), William Winfield of The Harptones (1929), David Frieberg of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1938), Mason "Classical Gas" Williams (1938), Ernest Wright of Little Anthony and the Imperials (1939), Procol Harum, The Move, and T-Rex manager Tony Secunda (1940), Joe Chambers of The Chambers Brothers (1942), soul singer Fontella Bass (1942), Jimmy Soul, born James McCleese (1942), John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1943), Jim Capaldi of Traffic (1944), Malcolm Duncan of Average White Band (1945), Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep (1945), Heart's Mike DeRosier (1951), Ben Harper bassist Juan Nelson (1958), Mark Bedford of Madness (1961), Pebbles, born Perri McKissack (1964)
August 25: Charlie Burse of The Memphis Jug Band (1901), composer Leonard Bernstein (1918), jazz reedman Wayne Shorter (1933), Walter Williams of The O'Jays (1942), jazz guitar phenom Pat Martino (1944), Tavares drummer Francis A. Donia (1945), Gene Simmons, born Chaim Witz (1949), Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford (1951), Elvis Costello, born Declan McManus (1954), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard (1962), Mia Zapata of The Gits (1965), DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy (1966), country chirper Jo Dee Messina (1969)
Departures:
August 19: LeRoi Moore, saxophonist with The Dave Matthews Band (2008), Joseph Hill, lead singer and founder of reggae band Culture (2006), Dorsey Burnette, bass player of rockabilly institution The Rock and Roll Trio (1979), 12-string guitarist Blind Willie McTell, composer of "Statesboro Blues" (1959)
August 20: Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan (1999), singer Rio Reiser (1996), masterful steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys (1988), jazz trumpeter Thad Jones (1986)
August 21: producer Jerry Finn (2008), Nashville session drummer Buddy Harman (2008), Robert Moog (2005), Tarheel Slim, born Alden Bunn (1977), country guitarist Sam McGee (1975)
August 22: singer Ralph Young (2008), honky-tonk legend Floyd Tilman (2003), blues pianist Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston (1987), bluesman John Lee Granderson (1979)
August 23: high-note jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson (2006), Eleanor O. Guest, one of Gladys Knight's Pips (1997), Skinny Puppy drummer Dwayne Goettell (1995), Broadway songwriter-director Oscar Hammerstein II (1960)
August 24: producer-arranger Gene Page (1998), Doug Stegmeyer, bassist for Billy Joel (1995), Jesse Bolian of The Artistics (1994), Gene Knight of The Showmen (1992), Motown drummer Larry Londin (1992), bluesman L.C. Greene (1985), trumpeter-pop singer Louis Prima (1978)
August 25: R&B star Aaliyah (2001), Ronnie White of The Miracles (1995), bandleader Stan Kenton (1979)
Week In Review
August 26, 2010
"Hey Jude" Sets A Record … Derek & The Dominoes Lay Down "Layla" … Izzy Takes A Wizzy …
1955, Elvis buys his mama a pink Cadillac … Lovely boy
1956, Elvis begins recording his second album in Los Angeles … it is to include covers of Little Richard hits "Rip It Up," "Long Tall Sally," and "Ready Teddy" … Elvis even plays piano on some of the tracks …
1963, "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes hits the charts … the song will later be cited as the perfect pop song by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys … one can maybe hear a touch of it in Brian's own "Good Vibrations" …
1968, The Beatles release the single "Hey Jude" that eclipses Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" as the longest single to receive Top-40 airplay by nearly a minute at 7:06 … it is the first release from newly formed Apple Records and becomes The Beatles' biggest hit, going to number one around the world … the recording took two days and involved a 36-piece orchestra who also clapped and sang the na-na-nahs on the fadeout … the epic ballad begins with Paul playing the piano and ends with 50 layered instruments … "Piece of My Heart" by Big Brother & The Holding Company with Janis Joplin singing lead enters the charts … it is Joplin's and the band's first hit … Ray Charles' backup singers quit en masse over a wage dispute and band rules they consider unfair …
1970, Duane Allman begins sessions as a member of Derek & The Dominos … Eric Clapton praises Allman as the catalyst in a double-album project, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, that is completed in only 10 days …
1971, Paul McCartney's jaunty single "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is the number one pop hit of the week … the former Beatle reveals that he actually had an Uncle Albert who used to get drunk and quote the Bible …
1977, three people are nabbed in Memphis for attempting to steal the remains of Elvis … to prevent such thievery, Elvis is moved from the cemetery to a more secure resting place at Graceland …
1978, art-punk practitioners Television break up just a month after returning to New York from a West Coast tour … their proto-New Wave approach and unique guitar style sets aside nearly every accepted rule of rock guitar, making them guitar heroes to a legion of young rockers …
1989, G N' R's Izzy Stradlin is arrested in Phoenix for causing an in-flight public disturbance … he verbally abuses a flight attendant, urinates on the floor, and smokes in the non-smoking section of the plane … Izzy is apparently upset about the potty queue … the flight from Los Angeles to Indianapolis makes an unscheduled landing in Phoenix to dump him off …
1995, in a landmark rock 'n' roll event, veteran rocker Neil Young headlines the Reading Festival with Seattle's Pearl Jam backing him up …
1996, Isaac Hayes, co-writer of the song "Soul Man," writes a letter to senator Bob Dole protesting his use of the song in his presidential campaign that had changed the chorus to "I'm A Dole Man" …
1999, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is arrested at a show in Raleigh, N.C., charged with felony rioting and three counts of misdemeanor inciting to riot, assault, and disorderly conduct … the charges stem from bad behavior at a Greensboro concert in 1997 … Sixx allegedly assaulted a security guard and encouraged a melee among fans …
2000, The Doobie Brothers offer 15 new tracks for free download to launch the promotion of their latest album, Sibling Rivalry …
2002, Eminem draws boos at the MTV Video Music Awards after he calls Moby a girl and tries to pick a fight with the diminutive techno popper … Moby had called the rapper's music misogynistic and homophobic … Em also mixes it up with Triumph The Insult Comic Dog after Triumph tells the crowd "Eminem should lighten up. I mean, my mom was a bitch too, but I don't go writing songs about it." … this portion is removed from repeat broadcasts …
2006, one of the last iTunes holdouts, Linkin Park reverses their position and Apple begins selling all three of their studio albums along with bonus cuts and videos …
2007, The Stones wrap their Bigger Bang tour having grossed $558 million, eclipsing the record formerly held by U2's 2005 Vertigo tour that brought in a paltry $389 million … commenting on the end of the long-running tour, Mick Jagger acknowledges, "I'm sort of glad it's done. I need to do some resting" … rock pioneer Bo Diddley suffers a heart attack …
2008, a blogger who posted nine unreleased songs from the forthcoming Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy is arrested for violating a three-year-old law that prohibits such leaks … according to Kevin Cogill's girlfriend, the cops "let me get him a shirt and shoes without laces before they took him away" … Cogill is a former employee of Universal Records' distribution department …
2009, Noel Gallagher announces he's leaving Oasis …
Arrivals:
August 26: jazz and blues shouter Jimmy "Mr. Five by Five" Rushing (1903), Chris Curtis of The Searchers (1941), Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson (1948), Bill Rush of The Asbury Dukes (1952), Branford Marsalis (1960), Shirley Manson of Garbage (1966), Dan Vickrey of Counting Crows (1966), Adrian Young of No Doubt (1969)
August 27: bluegrass guitarist Carter Stanley (1925), harpist-keyboardist Alice Coltrane (1937), avant-garde guitarist Sonny Sharrock (1940), Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille (1942), Jeff Cook of Alabama (1949), Simon Kirke of Free and Bad Company (1949), Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson (1953), Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols (1956), gospel powerhouse Yolanda Adams (1962), Tony Kanal of No Doubt (1970), rapper Ma$e (1977), John Siebles of Eve 6 (1979), Mario (1986)
August 28: John Perkins of The Crew Cuts (1931), David Soul (1943), Daniel Seraphine of Chicago (1948), Wayne Osmond (1951), Shania Twain (1965), LeAnn Rimes (1982)
August 29: bluesman Jimmy Bell (1910), bebop innovator Charlie "Yardbird" Parker (1920), versatile jazz and blues chanteuse Dinah Washington (1924), gospel singer Marion Williams (1927), Dick Halligan of Blood, Sweat & Tears (1943), Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground (1944), Chris Copping of Procol Harum (1945), Stone Canyon Band bassist Patrick Woodward (1948), Dave Jenkins of Pablo Cruise (1949), Rick Downey of Blue Oyster Cult (1953), punk rocker G.G. Allin (1956), Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Frazer (1958), Michael Jackson (1958), singer-bassist Me'shell NdegeOcello (1969), Carl Martin of Shai (1970), Kyle Cook of Matchbox 20 (1975), David Desrosiers of Simple Plan (1980)
August 30: blues pianist Mercy Dee Walton (1915), Kitty Wells (1919), vaudeville-blues singer Olive Brown (1922), John McNally of The Searchers (1931), bluesman Luther "Georgia Snake Boy" Johnson (1934), John Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas (1935), Mick Moody of Whitesnake (1950), Horace Panter of General Public (1953), Sir Horace Gentleman of The Specials (1954), Martin Jackson of Swing Out Sister (1958), drummer Nicky Hammerhead (1960), Rich Cronan of LFO (1974)
August 31: jazz pianist Todd Rhodes (1900), tunesmith Alan Jay Lerner (1918), "Spider" John Koerner (1938), Jerry Allison of The Crickets (1939), Wilton Felder of The Crusaders (1940), Van Morrison (1945), Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions (1948), Gina Schock of The Go-Go's (1957), Squeeze singer-songwriter Glenn Tilbrook (1957), Tony DeFranco (1959), Chris Whitley (1960), Debbie Gibson (1970)
September 1: Brook Benton (1931), Conway Twitty (1933), Tommy Evans of The Drifters (1934), Archie Bell of The Drells (1944), Barry Gibb (1946), Greg Errico of Sly & The Family Stone (1946), The Jam's Bruce Foxton (1955), Gloria Estefan (1957), DJ Sprigg Nice of Lost Boyz (1970)
Departures:
August 26: songwriter Ellie Greenwich (2009), Laura Branigan (2004), Ronnie White of The Miracles (1995), zydeco squeezebox star Rockin' Dopsie (1993), "Professor" Eddie Lusk (1992), honking sax man Jimmy Forrest (1980), Lee Hays of The Weavers (1981)
August 27: Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990), KRS-One rapper Scott LaRock (1987), Bob Schol of The MelloKings (1975), Beatles manager Brian Epstein (1967)
August 28: DJ AM (2009), CBGB founder Hilly Kristal (2007), Sun Records rockabilly and songwriter Ronnie Self (1981)
August 29: rockabilly pioneer Ervin L. "Wee Willie" Williams (1999), rockabilly singer-songwriter Charlie Feathers (1998), record store mogul "Waxie Maxie" Silverman (1989), country star Archie Campbell (1987), eecentric DJ and Clash producer Guy Stevens (1981), blues legend Jimmy Reed (1976)
August 30: jazz vocalist Chris Conner (2009), trumpeter-bandleader Maynard Ferguson (2006), Swedish producer Denniz Pop aka Dag Volle (1998), keyboardist Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy (1995), Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground (1995), Thomas Sylvester aka "Papa" Dee Allen of War (1988)
August 31: Carl Wayne, singer for The Move (2004), Cajun artist Joe Berry (2004), jazz vibes man and bandleader Lionel Hampton (2002), rocker Vince Taylor (1991), bluesman Son Bonds (1947)
September 1: keyboardist-producer Wycliffe Johnson (2009), Jerry Reed (2008), Aussie rocker Ted Mulry (2001), composer Vagn Holmboe (1996), gospel singer Joseph Hutchinson
August 26, 2010
"Hey Jude" Sets A Record … Derek & The Dominoes Lay Down "Layla" … Izzy Takes A Wizzy …
1955, Elvis buys his mama a pink Cadillac … Lovely boy
1956, Elvis begins recording his second album in Los Angeles … it is to include covers of Little Richard hits "Rip It Up," "Long Tall Sally," and "Ready Teddy" … Elvis even plays piano on some of the tracks …
1963, "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes hits the charts … the song will later be cited as the perfect pop song by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys … one can maybe hear a touch of it in Brian's own "Good Vibrations" …
1968, The Beatles release the single "Hey Jude" that eclipses Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" as the longest single to receive Top-40 airplay by nearly a minute at 7:06 … it is the first release from newly formed Apple Records and becomes The Beatles' biggest hit, going to number one around the world … the recording took two days and involved a 36-piece orchestra who also clapped and sang the na-na-nahs on the fadeout … the epic ballad begins with Paul playing the piano and ends with 50 layered instruments … "Piece of My Heart" by Big Brother & The Holding Company with Janis Joplin singing lead enters the charts … it is Joplin's and the band's first hit … Ray Charles' backup singers quit en masse over a wage dispute and band rules they consider unfair …
1970, Duane Allman begins sessions as a member of Derek & The Dominos … Eric Clapton praises Allman as the catalyst in a double-album project, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, that is completed in only 10 days …
1971, Paul McCartney's jaunty single "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is the number one pop hit of the week … the former Beatle reveals that he actually had an Uncle Albert who used to get drunk and quote the Bible …
1977, three people are nabbed in Memphis for attempting to steal the remains of Elvis … to prevent such thievery, Elvis is moved from the cemetery to a more secure resting place at Graceland …
1978, art-punk practitioners Television break up just a month after returning to New York from a West Coast tour … their proto-New Wave approach and unique guitar style sets aside nearly every accepted rule of rock guitar, making them guitar heroes to a legion of young rockers …
1989, G N' R's Izzy Stradlin is arrested in Phoenix for causing an in-flight public disturbance … he verbally abuses a flight attendant, urinates on the floor, and smokes in the non-smoking section of the plane … Izzy is apparently upset about the potty queue … the flight from Los Angeles to Indianapolis makes an unscheduled landing in Phoenix to dump him off …
1995, in a landmark rock 'n' roll event, veteran rocker Neil Young headlines the Reading Festival with Seattle's Pearl Jam backing him up …
1996, Isaac Hayes, co-writer of the song "Soul Man," writes a letter to senator Bob Dole protesting his use of the song in his presidential campaign that had changed the chorus to "I'm A Dole Man" …
1999, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is arrested at a show in Raleigh, N.C., charged with felony rioting and three counts of misdemeanor inciting to riot, assault, and disorderly conduct … the charges stem from bad behavior at a Greensboro concert in 1997 … Sixx allegedly assaulted a security guard and encouraged a melee among fans …
2000, The Doobie Brothers offer 15 new tracks for free download to launch the promotion of their latest album, Sibling Rivalry …
2002, Eminem draws boos at the MTV Video Music Awards after he calls Moby a girl and tries to pick a fight with the diminutive techno popper … Moby had called the rapper's music misogynistic and homophobic … Em also mixes it up with Triumph The Insult Comic Dog after Triumph tells the crowd "Eminem should lighten up. I mean, my mom was a bitch too, but I don't go writing songs about it." … this portion is removed from repeat broadcasts …
2006, one of the last iTunes holdouts, Linkin Park reverses their position and Apple begins selling all three of their studio albums along with bonus cuts and videos …
2007, The Stones wrap their Bigger Bang tour having grossed $558 million, eclipsing the record formerly held by U2's 2005 Vertigo tour that brought in a paltry $389 million … commenting on the end of the long-running tour, Mick Jagger acknowledges, "I'm sort of glad it's done. I need to do some resting" … rock pioneer Bo Diddley suffers a heart attack …
2008, a blogger who posted nine unreleased songs from the forthcoming Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy is arrested for violating a three-year-old law that prohibits such leaks … according to Kevin Cogill's girlfriend, the cops "let me get him a shirt and shoes without laces before they took him away" … Cogill is a former employee of Universal Records' distribution department …
2009, Noel Gallagher announces he's leaving Oasis …
Arrivals:
August 26: jazz and blues shouter Jimmy "Mr. Five by Five" Rushing (1903), Chris Curtis of The Searchers (1941), Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson (1948), Bill Rush of The Asbury Dukes (1952), Branford Marsalis (1960), Shirley Manson of Garbage (1966), Dan Vickrey of Counting Crows (1966), Adrian Young of No Doubt (1969)
August 27: bluegrass guitarist Carter Stanley (1925), harpist-keyboardist Alice Coltrane (1937), avant-garde guitarist Sonny Sharrock (1940), Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille (1942), Jeff Cook of Alabama (1949), Simon Kirke of Free and Bad Company (1949), Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson (1953), Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols (1956), gospel powerhouse Yolanda Adams (1962), Tony Kanal of No Doubt (1970), rapper Ma$e (1977), John Siebles of Eve 6 (1979), Mario (1986)
August 28: John Perkins of The Crew Cuts (1931), David Soul (1943), Daniel Seraphine of Chicago (1948), Wayne Osmond (1951), Shania Twain (1965), LeAnn Rimes (1982)
August 29: bluesman Jimmy Bell (1910), bebop innovator Charlie "Yardbird" Parker (1920), versatile jazz and blues chanteuse Dinah Washington (1924), gospel singer Marion Williams (1927), Dick Halligan of Blood, Sweat & Tears (1943), Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground (1944), Chris Copping of Procol Harum (1945), Stone Canyon Band bassist Patrick Woodward (1948), Dave Jenkins of Pablo Cruise (1949), Rick Downey of Blue Oyster Cult (1953), punk rocker G.G. Allin (1956), Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Frazer (1958), Michael Jackson (1958), singer-bassist Me'shell NdegeOcello (1969), Carl Martin of Shai (1970), Kyle Cook of Matchbox 20 (1975), David Desrosiers of Simple Plan (1980)
August 30: blues pianist Mercy Dee Walton (1915), Kitty Wells (1919), vaudeville-blues singer Olive Brown (1922), John McNally of The Searchers (1931), bluesman Luther "Georgia Snake Boy" Johnson (1934), John Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas (1935), Mick Moody of Whitesnake (1950), Horace Panter of General Public (1953), Sir Horace Gentleman of The Specials (1954), Martin Jackson of Swing Out Sister (1958), drummer Nicky Hammerhead (1960), Rich Cronan of LFO (1974)
August 31: jazz pianist Todd Rhodes (1900), tunesmith Alan Jay Lerner (1918), "Spider" John Koerner (1938), Jerry Allison of The Crickets (1939), Wilton Felder of The Crusaders (1940), Van Morrison (1945), Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions (1948), Gina Schock of The Go-Go's (1957), Squeeze singer-songwriter Glenn Tilbrook (1957), Tony DeFranco (1959), Chris Whitley (1960), Debbie Gibson (1970)
September 1: Brook Benton (1931), Conway Twitty (1933), Tommy Evans of The Drifters (1934), Archie Bell of The Drells (1944), Barry Gibb (1946), Greg Errico of Sly & The Family Stone (1946), The Jam's Bruce Foxton (1955), Gloria Estefan (1957), DJ Sprigg Nice of Lost Boyz (1970)
Departures:
August 26: songwriter Ellie Greenwich (2009), Laura Branigan (2004), Ronnie White of The Miracles (1995), zydeco squeezebox star Rockin' Dopsie (1993), "Professor" Eddie Lusk (1992), honking sax man Jimmy Forrest (1980), Lee Hays of The Weavers (1981)
August 27: Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990), KRS-One rapper Scott LaRock (1987), Bob Schol of The MelloKings (1975), Beatles manager Brian Epstein (1967)
August 28: DJ AM (2009), CBGB founder Hilly Kristal (2007), Sun Records rockabilly and songwriter Ronnie Self (1981)
August 29: rockabilly pioneer Ervin L. "Wee Willie" Williams (1999), rockabilly singer-songwriter Charlie Feathers (1998), record store mogul "Waxie Maxie" Silverman (1989), country star Archie Campbell (1987), eecentric DJ and Clash producer Guy Stevens (1981), blues legend Jimmy Reed (1976)
August 30: jazz vocalist Chris Conner (2009), trumpeter-bandleader Maynard Ferguson (2006), Swedish producer Denniz Pop aka Dag Volle (1998), keyboardist Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy (1995), Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground (1995), Thomas Sylvester aka "Papa" Dee Allen of War (1988)
August 31: Carl Wayne, singer for The Move (2004), Cajun artist Joe Berry (2004), jazz vibes man and bandleader Lionel Hampton (2002), rocker Vince Taylor (1991), bluesman Son Bonds (1947)
September 1: keyboardist-producer Wycliffe Johnson (2009), Jerry Reed (2008), Aussie rocker Ted Mulry (2001), composer Vagn Holmboe (1996), gospel singer Joseph Hutchinson