Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, Sting - 2 October 1951
Fragile
Desert Rose
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Gillian Welch - 2 October 1967
Hard Times
The Way It Goes
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James Donald Root - 2 October 1967
He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot
Slipknot
Psychosocia
Nero Forte
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Happy Birthday to the English bassist (and sometimes guitarist) Mike Rutherford, who is turning 75 today. He is the co-founder, and along with Tony Banks, the only constant member of Genesis, one of the biggest bands in the history of rock. Personally I like best the 1970’s versions of the band, that is the prog era So to celebrate Mike Rutherford’s birthday, buckle up for eight minutes of prog extravaganza with the most classic line-up of Genesis. Happy Birthday Mike Rutherford 
Genesis - The Return of the Giant Hogweed
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It’s a bit because of the video. Unfortunately you have to click to watch directly on utube
Army of Bagpipes
Remember - Scots don’t wear anything under their kilts 
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Happy Birthday to Patricia Ann Cole who is turning 79 today. This American singer is known professionally as P.P. Arnold. She first came to notice in 1965 as an Ikette, one of the backing singers behind Ike & Tina Turner. In 1966 she moved to England, where she has been based since then.
Initially P.P. Arnold had considerable success, with singles charting and collaborations with among others the Small Faces, Chris Farlowe and Nick Drake. However, her career never really took off, and she went on to become one of the underdogs in popular music. Yet another one of those musicians most people have never heard about, but still may heve heard. Among many other appearances, she’s one of the backing singers on Peter Gabriel’s big hit Sledgehammer.
Still, P.P. Arnold has done well as a session singer and in musicals. So she’s had a good, albeit more low-key career in music. And she is still active, with a short tour in Japan starting in a couple of weeks and a few more dates scheduled for the coming months. So why this excellent singers career never flourished is a good question. She most certainly had both the voice and the looks to become a star. So once again, Happy Birthday to P.P. Arnold
P.P. Arnold - I Go To Pieces Everytime (2002)
P.P. Arnold - Bury Me Down By the River (1969)
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I’d like to pay tribute to the English guitarist and bass player Chris Dreja. Yesterday it was announced that he passed away in late September, at the age of 79. Musically he is basically known from one band, namely The Yardbirds. This band was one of the best from the so-called British Blues Boom in the 1960’s, and had considerable success, with several hit singles. The biggest of these being Heart Full of Soul, with Chris Dreja on rhythm guitar.
The Yardbirds - Heart Full of Soul (1965)
The Yardbirds was also one of the stepping stones for three of the greatest gutarists ever, that being Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. When Beck and Page was members of the band at the same time, and the original bass player left, Dreja took over the role as the bassist of the band.
When The Yardbirds broke up in 1968, and Jimmy Page wanted to create The New Yardbirds. He offered Chris Dreja the job as bassist. Dreja reclined the offer, and the job went to John Paul Jones. And as they say, the rest is history. So one more song to the memory of Chris Dreja, this time on bass on an early sketch of what was to become a classic Led Zeppelin song.
The Yardbirds - Dazed and Confused (1968)
The reason Chris Dreja reclined Jimmy Page’s offer to be the bass player in what was to become Led Zeppelin, was that he wanted to pursue his other big interest in life beside music, namely photography. Among other things, he is the photographer of the band pic on the back cover of Led Zeppelin’s debut album. In addition, he drew the drawing on what is The Yardbirds best known album.
Thank you for the music Chris, and the photos and drawing. May you be remembered
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I came to think about it, whose song is it really… 
Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused (1967)
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Britain lost a national treasure yesterday, when Patricia Routledge passed away at the age of 96. She is known as an actress, with a long career in theatre, movies and television. She was a versatile actress, who had roles in Shakespeare plays as well as comedies. So what is an actress doing in a music topic, you may ask. Well, dame Patricia did sing too, both on stage, in TV-shows and on record. And I would like to honour her memory. So she’s in this topic now.
Anyway, comedy is what Patricia Routledge is best known for. She played Hyacinth Bucket, sorry Bouquet, in the classic British sit-com Keeping Up Appearances (1990-1995). It is one of my favourite comedy shows. I used to watch it all the time back in the day.
So thank you for all the laughs Patricia, and the songs. You will be remembered 
Patricia Routlegde - And I Was Beautiful (1973)
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Great episode and scene! This song even gives my goosebumps goosebumps…
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I think a bit balance is needed.
For the metal fans
NITA STRAUSS - Victorious ft. Dorothy
NITA STRAUSS - The Wolf You Feed ft. Alissa White-Gluz
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Mr. Paul is no more…
Great guy! I stood next to him in the smoking area at a Deep Purple concert, and we got to talking.
Triggerfinger was the opening act.
He asked me if I knew Triggerfinger, and I told him they were a great band and that it would be my first time seeing them!
He didn’t identify himself, but later, when he was on stage, I got a big wink from him after I gave him a thumbs-up!
Rest in peace, champ!
Paul Van Bruystegem “Lange Polle” passed away at the age of 66 after a long battle with illness. Until 2023, he was the bassplayer of Triggerfinger, along with singer Ruben Block and drummer Mario Goossens.
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A classic by whitesnake
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With all due respect to every member of Motörhead through the years, especially to Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee, the classic line-up of the band was between 1976 and 1982. It was the time when Eddie Clarke and Phil Taylor were backing Lemmy, respectively on guitar and drums. It was the time of Overkill, Bomber and Ace of Spades.
Today “Fast Eddie” (1950-2018) would have turned 75. Here’s to his memory
Motörhead - Bomber
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Here’s to the memory of Brian Connolly (1945-1997), who would have turned 80 today. This Scottish musician was the singer in Sweet, a band who had formidable success during the glam rock era in the first part of the 1970’s, with catchy and rocking tunes that bring back good memories for those of us who were there.
Sweet - Blockbuster (1973)
Brian Connolly quit Sweet in 1979. The reason given was his serious dwinking problem, although tensions and power struggles within the band may have been the real reason. However, Brian Connolly did unfortunately have a problem with alkohol, and due to this he struggled with his health from not long after he left Sweet until his death. Among other things, he survived several heart attacks.
Still, Brian Connolly was able to keep some kind of career going through the 80’s and into the 90’s, both as a solo artist and in various later incarnations of Sweet. But in 1997, at the age of 51, his health got the best of him.
I’ll end yet another of my rants here with a ten minute clip from 1995, with the Sweet classic Fox On the Run and an interview with Brian Connolly. It may be sad to watch, but still it shows that he did not give in. So here’s to Brian Connolly’s memory
Brian Connolly’s Sweet - Fox On the Run + Interview (1995)
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