Happy 75 to MARK KNOPFLER. The Dire Straits legend and
guitar wizard, was born on 12 August 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland.
With DS Knopfler recorded/released 6 LPs between 1978 and 1991. All here.
With a total of almost 120 million sold copies of their longplayers, they are
one of best-selling music artists of all time.
Even if you never heard any of those albums there’s a very great possibly that you
know the group’s 1978 blockbuster hitSultans Of Swing, that has at this very moment
more than 1 billion streams on Spotify and more than 380 millions view on YT.
As a solo artist he has 10 albums on his résumé with this year’s highly entertaining
LP One Deep River as the most recent one. Two Pairs of Hands is one of the 3 singles
on that new record.
He is one of those no-retirement-for-me musicians (Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, John Cale, Paul McCartney, and more) who will create music until their last breath. One of those artists who have music in their DNA. It’s in their soul, in their heart, it’s their life.
Over the years Knopfler, just like his dear friend Bob Dylan, started to look back and embrace the roots of music, giving it their personal twist, and let us all enjoy along.
Happy B!
Cornell struggled with depression for most of his life. He committed suicide
in a Detroit hotel room on 18 May 2017, after performing with Soundgarden
an hour earlier at the Fox Theatre. He was only 52. R.I.P.
Happy 67 to gothic rock icon PETE MURPHY.The spellbinding frontman of
legendary British band Bauhaus (1978–1983/2005–2008) who was born on
11 July 1957 in Nottingham, England.
Half of London‘s synth-pop giants Pet Shop Boys and their crystal clear voice NEIL TENNANT was born on 10 July 1954 in North Shields, Northumberland,
England.
Happy 70!
PSB have released 15 albums so far, with Nonetheless as their
most recent one. It came out last April. Here’s single Loneliness.
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Get crazy with the cheeze whiz)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Drive-by body pierce)
JIM MORRISON was born, named James Douglas Morrison on December 8, 1943.
The utterly charismatic frontman of classic rock band THE DOORS was found death
in his bathtub in his and his girlfriend Pam‘s apartment in Paris on July 3, 1971.
He was 27.
BRIAN JONES was born, named Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones on 28 February 1942.
At around midnight on the night of 2–3 July 1969, Jones was discovered at
the bottom of his swimming pool at. By the time the doctors arrived, it was
too late, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital at the age
of 27.
The coroner’s report stated it was a drowning, later clarified as “death by misadventure“, and noted his liver and heart were greatly enlarged by past drug and alcohol abuse.
DEBBIE HARRY was born, named Angela Trimble on 1 July 1945. Happy 78
to the iconic and incomparably charismatic Blondie singer/co-songwriter and
Sunday pin-up girl.
JEFF BECK, one of the genuine and pioneering guitar heroes in rock,
was born on 24 June 1944. He would have celebrated his 80th birthday
today.
He started his career with 60s blues beat band The Yardbirds (who also had
Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton in their changing line-ups). In 1967, he formed his
own band The Jeff Beck Group originally with Rod Stewart as the singer and Ronnie Wood on guitar. The JBG recorded 3 albums.
As a solo artist Beck released 11 LPs with Loud Hailer as the most recent
one that came out in 2016. He also recorded with many other artists.
He passed away last year, on 10 January, aged 78,
after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis
Happy 63 to Pimal Scream‘s (for me, one of the best bands ever, on record and on stage) frontman/songwriter who started his career with countrymen The Jesus And Mary Chain .
