Rock & Roll Birthdays

1950 Ian Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter

and Dave's brother

1942 Heinz [Burt], British rock bassist (The Tornados - "Telstar"), born in Detmold, The Free State of Lippe (now Germany) (d. 2000)

1944 Jim Armstrong, Irish rock guitarist (Them), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

1957 Robbie Grey, English rocker (Modern English)

1943 Jim McCarty, English rock drummer

1948 Steve Goodman

1951 Verdine White, American bassist

1930 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Twisted") and actress, born in London (d. 2020)

Amos Otis said:

1943 Jim McCarty, English rock drummer

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From wiki wiki:

James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance.[1][2] Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only member of the band to feature in every lineup.

Why couldn't they all be that easy?

1943 Roy Acuff Jr., American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee

1948 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter (City of New Orleans), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)

1940 Dobie Gray [Lawrence Brown], American musician and singer (Drift Away), born in Simonton, Texas (d. 2011)

1943 Mick Jagger, English rock vocalist (Rolling Stones), born in Dartford, Kent

1947 Al Anderson, American songwriter and guitarist (NRBQ - "Ridin' In My Car"), born in Windsor, Connecticut

These guys were really good at being bad. Crazy thing is once the real music starts, it has a minute or two where it doesn't suck.

1949 Roger Taylor, English rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody), born in Norfolk, England

1963 Andy Timmons, American guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It), born in Scottsdale, Arizona

1938 Bobby Hebb

highly recommended....the first half.

1941 Brenton Wood

1944 Bobbie Gentry [Roberta Streeter], American singer and songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe), born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi