Rock & Roll Birthdays

• 1944 Michael Clarke, American rock drummer (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"; Flying Burrito Brothers, 1969-71; Firefall, 1974-80), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1993)

1958 Prince [Rogers Nelson], American funk, rock, R&B singer-songwriter and musician ("1999"; "Purple Rain"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2016)

• 1944 Boz Scaggs [William Royce], American rock singer-songwriter ("Lowdown"; "Lido Shuffle"), born in Dallas, Texas

Let's see if YT will let this one stand.

1951 Tony Rice, American bluegrass guitarist (J.D. Crowe and the New South), born in Danville, Virginia (d. 2020)

• 1979 Derek Trucks, American guitarist and founder of Grammy Award-winning The Derek Trucks Band (Tedeschi Truck Band), born in Jacksonville, Florida

• 1915 Les Paul [Polsfuss], American guitarist, songwriter and inventor (solid-body electric guitar), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin (d. 2009)

• 1934 Wild Jimmy Spruill, American blues guitarist, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina (d. 1996)

Once in a while you have to scratch.

• 1941 Jon Lord, British keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"; Whitesnake), born in Leicester, England (d. 2012)

On the Saipan I worked in the shop that was in charge of the PA systems. We hid an amp between two bins and put the speakers up in the ribs along the bulkhead. We played the hell out of this song at very high volume way too much. Don't really care for it now, but at the time we all loved it.