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It's Ground Hog Day!!
I've seen there was no shadow for Wiarton Willie or Shubenacadie Sam so yeaah, it's an early spring. Enjoying the weather today? Cold, grey day out there but hey, it's winter? a lot of fun shoveling, walking, etc. Hope you all make the best of it. After the shoveling, well, of course there's the playing and when it comes to the playing there's the strings. Improve your sound with the best strings on the globe from globalstrings.com. D'Addario, D'Aquisto, DR, Dean Markley, Elixir, Ernie Ball, Hannabach, John Pearse, Savarez, S.I.T., Thomastik-Infeld to name a few. Especially on a day like today. Order on line and in a short few days your strings are in your mailbox. Beautiful. Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Violin and even Uke are in stock and awaiting shipment to you. Canada's players get their strings at globalstrings.com. Enjoy your day and All the Best.
Today's Birthdays In Music
1927 - Stan Getz, Phila, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey Bands)
1942 - Graham Nash, English guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
1669 - Louis Marchand, composer
1714 - Gottfried August Homilius, composer
1748 - Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer
1773 - Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer
1804 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
1817 - Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer
1840 - Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer
1844 - Leander Schlegel, composer
1847 - Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer
1856 - Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer
1873 - Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess)
1875 - Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer
1883 - Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer
1888 - Candelario Huizar, composer
1901 - Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall)
1904 - Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer
1908 - Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer
1908 - Pavel Sivic, composer
1911 - Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer
1911 - Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish tenor
1912 - Burton Lane, Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow)
1919 - Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss vocalist
1925 - Michel Paul Philippot, composer
1927 - Richard Vance Maxfield, composer
1929 - Reiner Bredemeyer, composer
1934 - [Clyde] Skip Batten, LA Calif, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
1937 - Martina Arroyo, NYC, opera soprano (NY Met)
1940 - Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
1941 - Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer
1943 - Peter MacBeth, rocker (Foundations)
1944 - Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
1945 - Ronnie Goodson, rocker
1946 - Howard Bellamy, Darby Fla, vocalist (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow)
1947 - Derek Shulman, rocker
1947 - Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James and Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1948 - Alan McKay, rocker (Earth Wind and Fire-Boogie Wonderland)
1948 - Tony DeMeur, rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge)
1949 - Ross Valory, SF, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms)
1949 - Jetty Weels, Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai)
1951 - Alphonso Johnson, jazz bassist
1973 - Sergio Gonzalez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1977 - Shakira, pop singer (2002 UK No.2 single 'Whenever Wherever') |
