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Born on this day ... - Ruby - 13-05-2015
Peter âOverendâ Watts was born on this day in 1947, in Birmingham, England. Bass player and founding member of Mott the Hoople; another of those fairly short-lived yet pivotal groups â it was all about the timing, I guess. They had been about to chuck in the towel after disappointing sales of their Brain Capers album, when David Bowie, who had been following them and was a fan, got chatting to Watts and offered them âAll The Young Dudesâ which ended up taking off like a rocket.
The album of the same name and their following three led to increased fame, which ultimately also caused their demise, and after just a few years, the various members went their different ways. Watts and Griffin became members of the British Lions, a band that was singularly underwhelming, according to reviews, and when that fizzled out, Overend went on to a trying his hand at production. He eventually settled into dealing in antiques and has most recently gained recognition as the author of âThe Man Who Hated Walkingâ â a book documenting his travels, on foot, across the length and breadth of the British Isles. It is, by all accounts, a humorous read, particularly considering that prior to this new-found hobby, he was a self-proclaimed couch potato.
All glammed up here thoâ, when still a young dude - complete with signature knee high platform boots, silver hair and that crazy swallow base â¦
[video=youtube;VkqQj8Z_aVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkqQj8Z_aVY[/video]
Born on this day ... - CRAZY-HORSE - 14-05-2015
1936
BOBBY DARIN....
one of the best examples of genre-shifting ever,
this guy could sing rock n roll,jazz,blues,ballads and croon...
awesomely talented vocalist who left us way to early....
i personally dont have a favourite Darin track but i love lots of his tracks, heres one
that came straight to my mind once i saw it was his birth date today...
[video=youtube;uiGFZUnJgqU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGFZUnJgqU[/video]
Born on this day ... - Music Head - 14-05-2015
David Byrne - born on this day in 1952 in Scotland
that would make him 63
founding member of Talking Heads
R&RHOF in 2002
love watching this guy
[video=youtube;obAtn6I5rbY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obAtn6I5rbY[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 14-05-2015
Steve Hogarth (aka H) was born on this day in 1959, in Kendal, England. He took over as lead vocalist for Marillion after Fish left, and it was he who deliberated over whether or not to join them, not the other way around! Quite some confidence he showed there, given Fishâs fanatical following and lyrical prowess.
Whatever other criticisms are levelled at Marillion, and there have always been many, Hogarth is generally appreciated for the range and emotive aspects of his voice as well as for his phrasing. I quite like their big epic songs â two come to mind, âOcean Cloudâ from Marbles -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx5dzaYrcoQ, and âGazaâ from their most recent release, 2012âs Sounds That Canât Be Made - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5VKmyDEF6U (both require staying power, each being around seventeen minutes long)
A slightly shorter track from Sounds That Canât Be Made â
[video=youtube;1ev8wfWk1Bs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ev8wfWk1Bs[/video]
Born on this day ... - Music Head - 15-05-2015
Trini Lopez - born on this day in 1937 in Texas
that would make him 78
#20 US in 1965 with this
[video=youtube;CkQ-ZlitP-A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkQ-ZlitP-A[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 15-05-2015
Happy Birthday to Mike Oldfield â born on this in 1953, in Berkshire, England. The first album released by Virgin Records was his Tubular Bells; my personal preference is for Tubular Bells II (which was his first record released under a new label, after having fallen out of bed with Richard Branson) ...
[video=youtube;CHtvgjNVJc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtvgjNVJc8[/video]
Born on this day ... - Jerome - 15-05-2015
Ruby Wrote:Happy Birthday to Mike Oldfield â born on this in 1953, in Berkshire, England. The first album released by Virgin Records was his Tubular Bells; my personal preference is for Tubular Bells II (which was his first record released under a new label, after having fallen out of bed with Richard Branson) ...
[video=youtube;CHtvgjNVJc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtvgjNVJc8[/video]
Try his album 'The Songs of Distant Earth' - also if you ever get the chance his interactive video games called 'Tres Luna' & 'Maestro' - both are quite addictive.
Born on this day ... - Music Head - 16-05-2015
Jonathan Richman - born on this day in 1951 in Massachusetts
that would make him 64
from his Modern Lovers band came Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) and David Robinson (Cars)
[video=youtube;pzOEO2Iy7pQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzOEO2Iy7pQ[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 16-05-2015
Robert Fripp was born on this day in 1946, in Dorset, England. Iâm noticing a trend here â as John Frusciante quite rightly said, there is little to match the great guitar masters of the 1960âs and 1970âs. A large percentage of the most accomplished wielders of the axe sublime were born in the 40âs and 50âs, and thatâs not at all my subjective opinion, itâs a fact! :biggrin1:
Fripp, of course, IS King Crimson and also the proponent of what he calls Frippertronics, a system of looping he first expanded on forty years ago using analogue systems, nothing digital, although that came later, with technological advancement â cool live clip here to demonstrate ⦠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2wGj73hjTc. I have his Let the Power Fall which is a full album of Frippertronics â you have to be in the right mood to listen.
Fripp also developed a system of teaching he called Guitar Craft â students learned his cross picking techniques, tuning and so on, but the courses appeared to encompass a range of matters, something like a gild; focusing on ergonomics, personal development, philosophy and various other disciplinary challenges. Iâd have called it a âholisticâ guitar school (and just did) except I dislike the word! It was closed down 25 years after its beginning, in accordance with Mr Frippâs received guidance.
From wiki: âOver 45 years, Robert Fripp has been extremely active as a recording musician and a producer. He has contributed to more than 700 official releases. The Robert Fripp Discography Summary, compiled by John Relph, also lists 120 compilations and 315 unauthorised releases (such as bootlegs). This means that more than 1100 releases (including both official and unofficial ones, as well as both studio and live recordings) can be found with Robert Fripp participating.â
Not bad going for someone who started out tone deaf and with no rhythmical sense! His own quote - "Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice."
This version of Peter Gabrielâs âHere Comes the Floodâ is lovely in its simplicity, I think, and is from Exposure, the first of Frippâs four solo studio albums. (PG himself prefers it over the rendition on his own first solo album, which he referred to being as overproduced, and upon which none other than Robert Fripp plays too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb7htoJAK7g)
Thanks to Fripp's ongoing and seemingly successful war against allsorts of entities who infringe copyright (good King Crimson clips are hard to find), there's a good chance this might disappear without notice ...
[video=youtube;7wS8V8vCUqw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wS8V8vCUqw[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 17-05-2015
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie, or Erik Satie as he signed his name, was born on this day in 1866, in Normandy, France. He was a pianist and minimalist composer of the avant-garde school â his work is considered a precursor to todayâs ambient music. He was a bit of a renegade and an eccentric, and an imbiber of large quantities of absinthe; he died at the age of 59 from cirrhosis of the liver.
His Gymnopédies (for piano) and Gnossienes are probably best known and used in popular music â Gymnopedie No 1 has in total, or in part, been interpreted/arranged/performed by a diverse range of artists: Blood,Sweat & Tears, Sky, Gary Numan, Rod Argent, Janet Jackson and Lana Del Ray to name a few! Itâs also been used in a couple of film and documentary soundtracks.
John Hackett and Steve Hackett made an acoustic album named Sketches of Satie, arranging twenty of his pieces for guitar and flute which is beautifully done, IMHO â
[video=youtube;jvV81ydYmrA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvV81ydYmrA[/video]