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June 1st, 2011
Can you believe it? It's already June 1st and the weather is absolutely beautiful here in Southern Ontario. We hope it's just as beautiful in your part of the country. Well, we're here to talk strings. Strings for all and or any instruments. Strings you can get from globalstrings.com where we keep a stock load of all the best strings from around the world. That's right - DR, Elixir, Hannabach, John Pearse, Savarez, SIT, Thomastik-Infeld and quite a few more for your guitars, bass, mandolin, violin, etc. If you haven't tried some of these we suggest you do so. Try some DR's or John Pearse for example, good prices and they last and feel great. SIT's are an excellent price and they really do Stay In Tune and of course, Elixir's, the original (and some say the best) coated string. You can't beat our prices and service so when you need strings think globalstrings.com. Your Canadian source for instrument strings. Keep pluckin' and strummin' and All the Best.
Birthdays on this Day in History
1947 - Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones)
1949 - Mike Levine, Canadian rock keyboardist/bassist (Triumph)
1974 - Alanis Nadine Morisette, Canadian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter (Jagged Little Pill)
1549 - Allesandre Spontone, composer
1611 - Felician Schwab, composer
1653 - Georg Muffat, composer
1755 - Frederico Fiorillo, Ital's violist/composer
1757 - Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder (Piano method)
1763 - Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer
1765 - Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer
1769 - Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer
1771 - Ferdinando Paer, composer
1776 - John George Schetky, composer
1804 - Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa)
1826 - Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor
1826 - Hermann Zopff, composer
1848 - Otto Valdemar Malling, composer
1892 - Samuel L M Barlow, composer
1898 - Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show)
1898 - Lieb Glantz, composer
1899 - Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)
1903 - Percy William Whitlock, composer
1905 - Dinora de Carvalho, composer
1909 - Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber orch)
1919 - Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer
1924 - Paula Hinton, dancer
1929 - Yehudi Wyner, composer
1941 - Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976)
1943 - Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist/singer (Buffoons)
1943 - Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award)
1945 - Frederica Von Stade, Somerville NJ, mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberfl”te)
1945 - Linda Scott, singer (Hey Look at Me Now)
1946 - Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera)
1950 - Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
1950 - Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1959 - Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music (Depeche Mode-Wild!)
1962 - Jesse Johnson, rocker (Time)
1963 - Mike Joyce, rock drummer (Smiths-Ask, Panic, London)
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