Jessica F Young Meeting a lovely girl: July 20th 2013: ~ 20th March 2020: The above date was when I first wrote to Jessica Fail Young who was an American living in Jackson, Tennessee. It so happened I was looking on face book at some of the writings on friend Georgina Flood’s facebook page when …
Rising Sons (band) Rising Sons was an American, Los Angeles, California-based band, which was founded in 1965. Their initial career was short-lived, but the group found retrospective fame for launching the careers of singer Taj Mahal and guitarist Ry Cooder. The original lineup was a 17-year-old Ry Cooder (vocals, six- and 12-string guitar, mandolin, slide …
Steve Priest Stephen Norman Priest Born (23 February 1948 – 4 June 2020) was a British bass player known as the lead and backing vocalist of the glam rock band The Sweet. Died (4 June 2020) Priest was born in Hayes, Middlesex. He made his own bass guitar and began playing in local bands as …
Jerry Douglas On this day Gerald Calvin “Jerry” Douglas (born May 28, 1956 in Warren, Ohio) is an American resonator guitar and lap steel player and record producer.In addition to his thirteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, …
Spinal Tap (band)
Thunder (band) Thunder are an English hard rock band from London. Formed in 1989, the group was founded by former Terraplane members Danny Bowes (lead vocals), Luke Morley (guitar, backing vocals) and Gary “Harry” James (drums), along with second guitarist and keyboardist Ben Matthews and bassist Mark “Snake” Luckhurst. Originally signed to EMI Records in …
Siegfried and Roy Siegfried and Roy were a duo of German-American magicians and entertainers, best known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers. It was composed of Siegfried Fischbacher (born June 13, 1939) and Roy Horn (born Uwe Ludwig Horn; October 3, 1944 – May 8, 2020). From February 1, 1990, until Horn’s …
Kansas (band) Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on album-oriented rock charts and later with hit singles such as “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind”. The band has produced nine gold albums, three multi-platinum albums (Leftoverture 6x, Point of Know Return 4x, The Best of …
Brian Howe Brian Anthony Howe (22 July 1953 – 6 May 2020) He was an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe’s career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its …
The Four Esquires The Four Esquires were an American vocal quartet from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The original four members were all students at the Boston University. Following the completion of their studies, they were signed in March 1956 by London Records. Their version of “Look Homeward Angel” was notable, but any possibility of a …