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Events in Music
Events 1 - 13 of 13
1960-02-20 - Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig.
1968-03-15 - LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"
1969-06-08 - Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones
1973-08-25 - Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings
1974-05-06 - Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1974-08-03 - Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers
1975-06-01 - Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
1975-08-23 - Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
1977-10-07 - Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis
1980-03-01 - Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
1981-06-20 - Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats
Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix
1983-08-15 - Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
1993-07-31 - Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 780
1888-01-20 - Lead Belly,
Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), (d. 1949)
1893-02-21 - Andres Segovia,
Linares Spain, classical guitarist, (d. 1987)
1893-06-26 - "Big Bill" Broonzy,
Miss, blues singer/guitarist (Blues by Broonzy)
1896-04-30 - Gary Davis,
Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)
1898-07-21 - Sara Carter,
Virginia, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family)
1901-05-05 - Blind Willie McTell,
American ragtime singer and guitarist (d. 1959)
1902-10-25 - Eddie Lang,
American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
1903-12-13 - Carlos Montoya,
Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)
1904-11-16 - Eddie Condon,
Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show)
Blues Musician Lead Belly (1888-01-20)
1905-08-24 - Arthur Crudup,
American singer and guitarist (d. 1974)
1905-11-14 - John Henry Barbee,
American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
1906-01-08 - Serge Poliakoff,
Russian/French painter/guitarist
1910-01-23 - Django Reinhardt,
Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
1910-05-28 - T-Bone Walker,
Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
1913-03-02 - Celedonio Romero,
Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
1913-03-04 - Willie Johnson (guitarist),
American guitarist (d. 1995)
1913-04-04 - Muddy Waters,
[McKinley Morganfield], American blues guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
1913-08-07 - George Van Eps,
American guitarist (d. 1998)
1913-08-20 - Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten,
jazz guitarist
1914-02-09 - Ernest Tubb,
Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
1914-12-13 - George "Tiger" Haynes,
guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor)
1915-06-09 - Les Paul,
Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar)
1915-07-21 - Floyd McDaniel,
blues singer/guitarist
1915-11-30 - Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee,
Knoxville Tennessee, American blues singer/guitarist
1916-07-29 - Charlie Christian,
American jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
1917-08-22 - John Lee Hooker,
Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Boogie Chillen)
1917-09-02 - Laurindo Almeida,
Brazilian guitarist (developed bossa nova)
1918-04-18 - Tony Mottola,
Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)
1921-05-27 - Redd Stewart,
Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)
1921-06-07 - Tal Farlow,
American jazz guitarist (d. 1998)
1921-07-17 - George Barnes,
Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show)
1921-12-28 - Eddy Doorenbos,
Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist
1922-03-11 - Thom Kelling,
Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha)
1923-04-25 - Albert King,
Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues)
1924-05-06 - Denny Wright,
British guitarist (d. 1992)
1924-06-20 - Chet Atkins,
Luttrell Tenn, guitarist (Me & My Guitar)
1924-08-17 - Laurence Richard Deniz,
jazz guitarist
1925-04-14 - Bill Harris,
US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin')
1925-06-18 - Herman "Ace" Wallace,
blues guitarist/singer
1925-08-28 - Billy Grammer,
American country music singer and guitarist
1925-10-12 - Guitar Gabriel Robert Lewis Jones,
singer/guitarist
1926-01-03 - Danny Overbea,
blues singer/guitarist
1927-11-14 - Narciso Yepes,
Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)
1928-08-16 - Eddie Kirkland,
Jamaican/US blues guitarist (Have Mercy)
1928-11-25 - James "Jimmy" Johnson,
US gospel/blues singer/guitarist
1928-12-12 - Lonesome Sundown,
blues singer/guitarist
1929-05-02 - Link Wray,
American rock guitarist (d. 2005)
1929-06-15 - Nigel Pickering,
guitarist (Spanky & Our Gang)
1929-06-21 - Alexandre Lagoya,
Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999)
1929-09-18 - Louis Myers,
blues guitarist /harmonica player
1931-04-29 - Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan,
Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist
1931-06-10 - João Gilberto,
Brazilian singer and guitarist
1931-11-05 - Ike Turner,
Miss, AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love)
1932-10-01 - Albert Collins,
Leona TX, blues guitarist (Frosty, Showdown)
1933-09-18 - Jimmie Rodgers,
WA, singer/guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb)
1933-12-29 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth,
blues singer/guitarist
1934-01-09 - Julian B Coco,
Antilles, guitarist/tutor (Princess Christina)
1934-03-25 - Johnny Burnette,
Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16)
1935-01-09 - Kenneth "Buddy" Scott,
blues guitarist/Singer
1935-02-03 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson,
rock guitarist
1935-02-11 - Gene Vincent,
Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
1935-04-16 - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler,
blues singer/guitarist
1935-05-09 - Nokie Edwards,
Lahoma, Oklahoma, American guitarist (The Ventures)
1935-08-30 - John Phillips,
singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming)
1936-07-16 - Buddy Merrill,
Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1936-07-30 - George "Buddy" Guy,
US blues guitarist (Stone Crazy)
1937-01-16 - Bob Bogle,
Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
1937-02-10 - Don Wilson,
rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
1937-03-27 - Johnny "Clyde" Copeland,
US blues guitarist/singer (Lion's Den)
1937-05-09 - Sonny Curtis,
Texas, guitarist (Crickets)
1937-05-15 - Trini Lopez,
Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer)
1937-06-15 - Waylon Jennings,
country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
1937-08-06 - Baden Powell de Aquino,
Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1938-03-03 - Willie Chambers,
guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
1938-03-05 - Paul Evans,
singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road)
1938-07-06 - Franco,
Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader (Masumbuku)
1938-07-11 - Terry Garthwaite,
US guitarist/singer (Joy of Cooking)
1938-09-20 - Eric Gale,
US funk guitarist (Blue Horizon)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 100 of 164
1933-03-04 - Willie Walker,
US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
1938-08-16 - Robert Johnson,
US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
1958-08-15 - William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy,
US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65
1959-08-15 - Blind Willie McTell,
American ragtime singer and guitarist (b. 1901)
1963-05-24 - Elmore James,
blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1964-11-03 - John Henry Barbee,
American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)
1967-10-03 - Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie,
US folk singer/guitarist, dies at 55
1968-06-15 - Wes Montgomery,
jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48
1969-05-30 - John Cipollini,
guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45
1969-07-03 - Brian Jones,
guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25
1969-12-01 - Magic Sam,
American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
1970-09-03 - Al Wilson,
"Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1970-09-18)
1970-09-18 - Jimi Hendrix,
rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27
1971-10-29 - Duane Allman,
rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
1973-07-14 - Clarence White,
guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
1973-08-04 - Eddie Condon,
jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68
1974-03-28 - Arthur Crudup,
American blues singer and guitarist, dies of heart attack at 68
1975-03-16 - T-Bone Walker,
blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
1976-01-10 - Howlin' Wolf,
singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
1976-03-19 - Paul Kossoff,
rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
1976-12-04 - Tommy Bolin,
rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
1977-06-22 - Peter Laughner,
American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
1977-09-16 - Marc Bolan,
rock vocalist/guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29
1977-10-20 - Steve Gaines,
rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in air crash at 28
1978-01-23 - Terry Kath,
rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32
1978-12-27 - Chris Bell,
rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash
1979-01-09 - Sara Carter,
vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80
1979-09-28 - Jimmy McCulloch,
guitarist (Wings), dies at 26
1982-03-19 - Randy Rhoads,
heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25
1982-06-16 - John Honeyman-Scott,
guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs
1983-04-30 - Muddy Waters,
US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 70
1984-07-21 - Michael Osborne,
rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
1984-09-20 - Steve Goodman,
folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36
1985-10-12 - Ricky Wilson,
rock guitarist (B-52's), dies of AIDS at 32
1985-12-22 - D. Boon,
American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)
1987-03-20 - Norman Harris,
guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1987-06-02 - Andres Segovia,
Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
1987-09-22 - John F "Jaco" Pastorius,
rock guitarist (Weather Report), dies at 35
1988-08-14 - Roy Buchanan,
American guitarist (b. 1939)
1988-12-06 - Bill Harris,
US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63
1989-03-04 - Tiny Grimes,
American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. 1916)
1990-01-23 - Albert Collins,
guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57
1990-08-27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan,
blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
1991-01-08 - Steve Clark,
guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
1991-04-20 - Steve Marriott,
English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44
1991-06-23 - Bill Buysman,
Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies
1992-03-04 - Mary Osborne,
jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer
1992-04-20 - Johnny Shines,
Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76
1992-05-23 - Atahualpa Yupanqui,
Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies
1992-05-29 - Peter John "Ollie" Halsall,
guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43
1992-06-27 - Stefanie Ann Sargent,
guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 24
1992-07-15 - Henk van der Molen,
guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bijl), dies
1992-12-21 - Albert King,
US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71
1992-12-23 - Eddie Hazel,
US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42
1993-03-03 - Carlos Montoya,
flamenco guitarist, dies at 89
1993-04-29 - Mick Ronson,
English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46
1993-11-24 - Albert Collins,
blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
1993-12-05 - Douglas Hopkins,
guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32
1994-01-05 - Victor van Os,
Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
1994-01-09 - Silas Hogan,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82
1994-02-02 - John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn,
blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
1994-02-05 - Kenneth "Buddy" Scott,
blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
1994-02-14 - Gary "BB" Coleman,
blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47
1994-03-13 - Danny Barker,
US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at 85
1994-04-05 - Roy Smeck,
guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94
1994-04-07 - Lee Brilleaux,
British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41
1994-04-19 - Larry Davis,
blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
1994-05-06 - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59
1994-05-11 - Danny Overbea,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68
1994-05-23 - Joe Pass,
US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65
1994-05-26 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock,
American jazz Guitarist, dies at 53
1994-06-04 - Derek Lek Leckenby,
rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies at 48
1994-08-28 - Pieter de Cort,
Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25
1994-09-04 - Louis Myers,
blues guitarist /harmonica player, dies at 64
1994-10-01 - Scott Dunbar,
bluse vocalist/guitarist, dies at 90
1994-10-04 - Daniel Wood Gatton,
guitarist, dies at 49
1994-10-10 - Danny Gatton,
US guitarist, commits suicide at 48
1994-11-04 - Fred "Sonic" Smith,
guitarist, dies at 46
1995-02-03 - Turner Fodrell,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1995-02-18 - Bob Stinson,
American guitarist (b.1959)
1995-02-28 - Herman "Ace" Wallace,
blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
1995-03-24 - Joey Long,
blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
1995-04-23 - Lonesome Sundown,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1995-05-10 - Jimmy Raney,
jazz guitarist, dies at 67
1995-06-14 - Rory Gallagher,
Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
1995-06-27 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 61
1995-07-23 - Floyd McDaniel,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
1995-07-26 - Laurindo Almeida,
composer/guitarist, dies at 76
1995-11-07 - Jerry Daniels,
singer/guitarist, dies at 79
1995-11-19 - Shirley Bergeron,
singer/guitarist, dies at 62
1996-01-20 - Buster Benton,
singer/guitarist, dies at 63
1996-02-03 - Wild Jimmy Spruill,
blues guitarist, dies at 61
1996-02-13 - Daniel K Womack,
singer/guitarist, dies at 91
1996-02-16 - Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee,
American blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
