Good Wednesday Morning,
Hope you all had a great Tuesday and did a lot of playing. Thanks for dropping in to www.globalstrings.com. If you get your order in today you'll have them before next weekend. That's the way to go. Order in, ship 'em out, happy customer, better sound, better feel. DR's, Elixir, Ernie Ball, Hannabach, Savarez, SIT, Thomastik-Infeld and many more for your guitars, basses, mandolins, violins, etc. Don't forget a stringwinder and some cat's tongue brain picks when you order. Not much new news today so enjoy and All the Best. New strings should be arriving soon so stay tuned.
Today in Music History
1967 - The Who, opening for Herman's Hermits begin a US tour
1986 - Motley Crue's Vince Neil begins 30 day sentence for vehicular homicide
1986 - Paul McCartney releases "Press"
1988 - WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
Births in Music
1912 - Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, American folk singer/musician (This Land Is Your Land)
1966 - Ellen Reid, Canadian musician (Crash Test Dummies)
1971 - Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian singer
1984 - Chris Steele, Canadian musician, (Alexisonfire)
1707 - Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer
1839 - Edward Sydney Smith, composer
1854 - Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer
1855 - Richard Samuel Hughes, composer
1859 - Willy Hess, German violinist (d. 1928)
1883 - Alexandru Zirra, composer
1895 - Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Mo, singer (54th Street Revue)
1901 - Gerald Raphael Finzi, British composer (d. 1956)
1906 - Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, composer
1910 - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic
1917 - Arthur Leavins, violinist
1922 - Peter Andrew Tranchell, composer
1925 - Luis Antonio Escobar, composer
1926 - Jan Krenz, composer
1928 - Ole Schmidt, composer
1929 - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher
1930 - Eric Norman Stokes, composer
1933 - Del Reeves, singer/guitarist
1936 - Gloria Lambert, Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
1938 - Bob Scholl, rocker (Mellow Kings)
1939 - Karel Gott, Czech singer
1945 - Peter James Leonard Klatzow, composer
1950 - Gwen Guthrie, American singer (d. 1999)
1952 - Chris Cross, [St John], singer, musician (Arthur)
1952 - Bob Casale, AKA Bob 2, American Musician (Devo)
1952 - George Louis Francis Lewis, composer
1954 - Jos Zoomer, Amsterdam Neth, rock drummer (Vandenberg)
1960 - Ray Herndon, Scottsdale Ar, singer (McBride and Ride-Can I Count on You)
1962 - Jeff Olson, American musician
1966 - Tanya Donelly, American musician (Belly)
1973 - Adam Quinn, American bagpipe player
1975 - Taboo, American rapper
1981 - Yomi, Japanese vocalist (Nightmare)
Deaths in Music
1788 - Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60
1803 - Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies
1873 - Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63
1895 - Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65
1908 - William Mason, composer, dies at 79
1923 - Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61
1956 - Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58
1973 - Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
1975 - Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77
1975 - Madan Mohan, Hindi Film's Melodious Music director (b. 1924)
1982 - George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71
1984 - Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43
1993 - Leo Ferre, French singer/composer (Mon General), dies at 76
1994 - Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide
1994 - Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide
2005 - Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (b. 1924)
Today in the News
- Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, accuses Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. (BBC)
- Scientists at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne make potential breakthrough in curing Malaria. (BBC News)
- International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature reclassifies Makemake as the newest dwarf planet. (IAU WGPSN)
- The Taliban attack an outpost in Afghanistan, killing 9 ISAF soldiers. (Reuters) (International Herald Tribune)
- Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela wins Miss Universe 2008, and Miss USA falls down again for the second year in a row. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Belgian Brewer InBev buys St. Louis based Anheuser-Busch for 50 billion dollars. (MSNBC)
- The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert states that Israel has agreed to swap five prisoners with Hezbollah to provide the bodies of two Israeli soldiers captured in 2006. (AFP via Google News)
- A suicide bomber blows himself up next to a police patrol in Orūzgān Province of Afghanistan killing at least 18 people. (AP via Google News)
- Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Sydney, Australia for World Youth Day 2008 celebrations. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Okmok Caldera on the island of Umnak in the Aleutian Islands erupts, forcing the evacuation of the eastern side of the island to Unalaska Island. (Reuters)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy announces that Syria and Lebanon have agreed to establish embassies in each other's capitals. (AP via CNN)
- Six party talks being held in Beijing agree on steps to verify the end of North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (Al Jazeera)
- North and South Korea exchange words over the death of a South Korean tourist shot dead at the Kumgangsan resort in North Korea. (AP via Google News) (AP via the Guardian)
News from this Day in History
1865 - First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom died on the descent.
1943 - In Joplin, Missouri, George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of a African American.
1965 - The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.
Holidays and Observances
- France and all French dependencies - Bastille Day.
- Sweden - Birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, an official flag day.
- Saint Id
- Saint Libertus (d. 743)
- Saint Ulric (d. 1093)
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