56th birthday of Dobro wizard - 13 time Grammy winner - Jerry Douglas, known from Alison Krauss & Union Station… Jerry Douglas, ft. Paul Simon and Mumford & Sons: The Boxer (Paul Simon) - from Travel...
John Fogerty: The Wall - from John Fogerty, 1975 (via doctoraftershave)
John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame is 68 today…
Gladys Knight and the Pips: I’ve Got To Use My Imagination - from Imagination, 1973 (via crystineelandra)
The Empress of Soul, Gladys Knight turns 69 today!
Hot Tuna: Ode for Billy Dean - from Burgers, 1972 (via drum-taps)
Papa John Creech (May 28, 1917 - 1994) was a unique cross-over figure - certainly the only black fiddler to contribute significantly to the San Francisco hippie music scene: Jefferson Airplane, Hot T...
T. Bone Walker: The Sun Went Down - from T-Bone Walker Sings The Blues, 1959 compilation (via frankcrimes)
T-Bone Walker (May 28, 1910 — 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, pianist and songwriter who was one of the most important pioneers of the electric guitar. His electric guitar solos were a...
While we’re working on some indie credentials on OF for once, here is a young artist confused about whether to be Jonathan Richman or Elvis Presley, so he opted to be a lot like both: Adam Green (31 ...
In memoriam Scottish new-wave guitarist John McGeoch - May 28, 1955 - 2004 - on what should have been his 57th… McGeoch played w. Magazine, Visage, Siouxsee and the Banshees, and PiL - and here is a ...
Matsumi Kanemitsu (May 28, 1922 - 1992): Hitchhikerghost, n.d. - lithograph (Smithsonian)
The Chrysler Building once had a seventy-first floor observatory, which was open to the public until 1945. The observatory featured a celestial motif, with sun rays painted on the walls, and Saturn-s...
May 28, 1930 – The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens… Photo: Henri Silberman
On May 28, 1588 The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England to stop English invo...
Today we stay clear of the more difficult Ligeti pieces and celebrate him with a melodic, upbeat little Bagatelle… Galliard Ensemble: György Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet - VI. Molto Vivace, ...
Franz Schubert: ‘Die Nebensonnen’ - from Winterreise (poems - Wilhelm Müller) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - baritone; Jörg Demus - piano (rec. 1966) (via fyeahoperasingers)
Composer György Ligeti (May 28, 1923 – 2006) was born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania. He briefly lived in Hungary before later becoming an Austrian citizen… Many of Ligeti’s wo...
German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was one of the most famous lieder singers of his generation. Fischer-Dieskau passed away 10 days ago, but would otherwise have turned 87 today…
Dee Dee Bridgewater: L’hymne A L’amour -from Midnight Sun, 2011 Dee Dee is 62 today… (via zenzin)
Kenny Drew Trio: Bossa Mood - from Morning, 1975 Kenny Drew, piano; Philip Catherine, guitar; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass (via jujujazz)
Dexter Gordon: Darn That Dream - from One Flight Up, 1964 Personnel: Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone; Kenny Drew - piano; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass; Art Taylor - drums (via chucklew)
Extraordinary Danish jazz bassist, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, affectionately known as NHØP, was born May 27, 1946 (d. 2005, sudden heart failure). NHØP played with everyone who came through Europ...
Paper Rival: Pacing The Cage (Bruce Cockburn) - from Paper Rival (EP), 2007 (via boywithbigcitydreams)
Bruce Cockburn: One Day I Walk - from High Winds, White Sky, 1971
Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn was born May 27, 1945 - 67 today… Cockburn’s 29 albums have presented songs in in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll. Favourit...
Inge Morath, celebrated Magnum photographer, 3rd wife of playwright Arthur Miller, was born May 27, 1923 (d. 2002)… Above - Inge Morath’s photo of Arthur Miller’s 2nd wife, Marilyn Monroe…
“He wishes he had never entered the funhouse. But he has. Then he wishes he were dead. But he’s not. Therefore he will construct funhouses for others and be their secret operator — though he would ra...
Birthday of one of my favorite eggheads: John Barth (b. May 27, 1930) is the undisputed king of introverted postmodernism. His games of narration and metafictional framebreaking are entertaining, but...
Miles Davis Quintet: Footprints - from Miles Smiles, 1966 Personnel: Miles Davis – Trumpet; Wayne Shorter – Tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock – Piano; Ron Carter – Double bass; Tony Williams – Drums (v...
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