Rock & Roll Birthdays

• 1964 Wayman Tisdale, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns) and jazz musician, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2009)

• 1910 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player ("Smokestack Lightnin'"; "Killing Floor"), born in White Station, Mississippi (d. 1976)

• 1936 Jud Strunk, American singer and comedian (Laugh-In), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1981)

• 1954 Johnny Neel, American musician, singer and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, Dickey Betts), born in Wilmington, Delaware

• 1951 Bun E. Carlos [Brad Carlson], American rock drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), born in Rockford, Illinois

• 1977 Kenny Wayne Shepherd [Brobst], American blues-rock guitarist, born in Shreveport, Louisiana

• 1949 Dennis Locorriere, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Dr. Hook - "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'"), born in Union City, New Jersey

• 1947 Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish), born in Brooklyn, New York

• 1937 Waylon Jennings, American country singer and guitarist ("I'm A Ramblin' Man" ), born in Littlefield, Texas (d. 2002)

• 1943 (Mervyn) "Muff" Winwood, English songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin"), born in Erdington, Birmingham

• 1939 Billy "Crash" Craddock, American country singer ("Boom Boom Baby"; "Rub It In"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina

injinji said:

• 1937 Waylon Jennings, American country singer and guitarist ("I'm A Ramblin' Man" ), born in Littlefield, Texas (d. 2002)

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topcat said:

Well, his wife was good to look at.

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• 1914 Lester Raymond Flatt, American bluegrass guitarist (Flatt & Scruggs - Ballad of Jed Clampett; Foggy Mountain Breakdown), born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee (d. 1979)

• 1924 Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me & My Guitar), born in Luttrell, Tennessee (d. 2001)