Musical Birthday Notes – March 31st
Etta Baker – award winning blues guitarist/singer/banjo – long time player of the Piedmont blues – (3/31/1913 – 9/23/2006) William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell – country
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Etta Baker – award winning blues guitarist/singer/banjo – long time player of the Piedmont blues – (3/31/1913 – 9/23/2006) William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell – country
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis – blues singer/songwriter/guitarist – (3/2/1925 – 12/28/1995) Lawrence Albert Payton – singer/songwriter/vocal arranger/record producer – The Four Tops – (3/2/1938 –
Earl Scruggs – winner of multiple awards – popularized the 3 finger banjo picking style – Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys – Flatt & Scruggs
The provided content highlights various important figures within the music industry, spanning different genres and times. It includes DeFord Bailey, the first African-American performer on the Grand Ole Opry, jazz musician Clark Terry, country star Charlie Rich, Richard Allen Wagner associated with Alice Cooper and KISS, and The Beach Boys’ associate Gary Usher. Modern figures include Vanessa Hudgens of Disney’s High School Musical fame, and British pop artist Molly Hocking. Key figures from various bands such as The Pogues, Waterboys, and Firehouse are also mentioned.
Eddie Condon – jazz-swing guitarist/banjoist/band leader – (11/16/1905 – 8/4/1973) Herb Abramson – producer/record executive/co-founder of Atlantic Records – (11/16/1916 – 11/9/1999) Hubert Sumlin –
Ray Conniff – musician/bandleader/arranger – Ray Conniff Singers – (11/6/1916 – 10/12/2002) Paul English – drummer – long time association with – Willie Nelson –
Clifford Brown – jazz trumpeter – songs include – Sandu – Joy Spring – Daahoud – (10/30/1930 – 6/26/1956) Grace Slick – multi-award winning singer/songwriter/musician
Johnny Duncan – country singer – hits include – Thinkin’ Of A Rendezvous – It Couldn’t Have Been Any Better – She Can Put Her