Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
Singer Ian Curtis of this seminal and influential band would have turned 67 today. Sadly he passed away in a tragic manner in 1980, only 23 years old.
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The Stooges - Loose (1970)
Guitarist Ron Asheton would have turned 75 today, if he hadn’t passed away in 2009 at the age of 60. Let us celebrate his memory with one of the most kick-ass rock songs ever recorded.
Ian Stewart & The Railroaders - Stu-Ball (1966)
English keyboardist Ian “Stu” Stewart would have turned 85 today. He was a co-founder of The Rolling Stones, but got “sacked” by order of their manager when the Stones were beginning to get more popular. Apparently he did not fit their image.
However, Ian continued to play with the Stones, both on records and concerts, up until he passed away in 1985 at the age of 47. In 1989 The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, and the band insisted that Ian’s name was included. No wonder he is often called “the sixth Stone”.
The song in this video is hardly more than a pleasant listen. But pleasant it is, and it seems like a fitting tribute to celebrate the memory of yet another of rock’s great sidemen, who unfortunately tends to get forgotten by the general public.
By the way, the band backing Ian here, certainly isn’t just anybody. It’s Keith Richards (guitar), Bill Wyman (bass) and Tony Meehan (drums, and one of the founding membes of The Drifters, who eventually evolved intoThe Shadows).
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Five Finger Deatch Punch - House Of The Rising Sun
The Troggs - Wild Thing
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David McWilliams - The Days of Pearly Spencer (1967)
This singer and songwriter from Northern Ireland is mostly forgotten today. Even a music nerd like me only heard of him a few weeks ago, when he suddenly popped up in my YouTube recommendations. I’m glad he did. I’ve been listening a little since then, and he is pretty good, with music sounding something like what Donovan and Scott Walker were doing around that time. This is his best known song, later covered by Marc Almond and David Bowie
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Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
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The Electric Prunes - I Had To Much To Dream (Last Night)
Happy story off the night - I thought I had one ■■■■ left: Alas, I had two beers left. It’s the simple things in life, one more ■■■■ and one more song. Cheers my friends 
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As the head of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger can now be described as “stoneold” with a clear conscience.
Happy eightieth, Mick!!!
Ringing the changes a bit, but how can you not be stirred in some way by this
Passed away today…
Sinead O’Connor
Troy
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (1967)
This American singer and songwriter had a huge hit with this great song, which is her debut singe. She never topped it, but still had a successful career, until she retired completely from the public eye in the first part of the 1980’s. After that she hasn’t given any interviews and has hardly been seen in public. However, she is still alive, turning 81 today. Happy Birthday to Bobbie Gentry!
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I’d like to pay tribute to Randy Meisner, who passed away on Wednesday his week at the age of 77. As the bass player and one of the singers and songwriters on the first five albums by The Eagles, he probably doesn’t need any further introduction. To celebrate Randy Meisner’s memory, here he is singing one of his songs, Take It To the Limit.
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Urge Overk__l - Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon
Noticed today that Blackie Onassis, the drummer in Urge Overk__l in the 1990’s, passed away on the 13. of June at the age of 57. It made me think of the band’s excellent version of the Neil Diamond song, which gave this alternative band their moment in the public spotlight, when Quentin Tarantino used it on the soundtrack to his movie Pulp Fiction.
Steve J. Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the guitarist for Deep Purple from 1994 to 2022. Morse has also enjoyed a successful solo career and was briefly a member of the group Kansas in the mid-1980s. Most recently, Morse became a member of the supergroup Flying Colors.[2]
here in a jam with Joe Satriani and Eric Gales
