ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

• Bob Dylan
  78th Birthday
 
• Rosanne Cash
  64th Birthday

1963 - Elmore James

US blues guitarist and singer Elmore James died of a heart attack aged 45. James wrote 'Shake Your Money Maker' covered most successfully by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (IMHO). Known as "The King of the Slide Guitar", James influenced early Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Richards and blues based musicians everywhere. I know of nobody who enjoyed the blues who didn't play (or try to) 'Dust My Broom' the first number like that I learned on guitar.

Paul Butterfield again . . . the single

1966 - Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart appeared at the Whisky a Go Go. West Hollywood, California. Supported by Buffalo Springfield and The Doors!

There were two nights it would seem and worth noting by this time The Doors were the house band so the other two were headliners


Monday 23 may 1966: Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, California.
Main Band: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Buffalo Springfield.

Thuesday 24 - friday 27 may 1966: Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, California. 
Main Band: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Buffalo Springfield.

1968 - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones released the single 'Jumpin Jack Flash' in the UK, the track gave them their seventh UK No.1 hit. Keith Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, where they were awoken one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack – that's jumpin' Jack."

1969 - Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan's album 'Nashville Skyline' peaked at No.3 in the US chart. The singer's ninth album, it also scored Dylan his fourth UK No.1. The album featured 'Lay Lady Lay', which became one of Dylan's biggest pop hits, reaching No.7 in the US, his biggest single in three years.

2003 - Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney made his first ever live performance in Russia when he appeared in-front of 20,000 fans in Red Square.

BIRTHDAYS

One of my favourite Reggae stars of all time 

1938 - Prince Buster

Jamaican singer, songwriter and producer, Prince Buster. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that later reggae and ska artists would draw upon. Buster died on 8 September 2016, in a hospital in Miami, Florida, after suffering heart problems.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSEANNE CASH

1955 - Rosanne Cash

Born on this day in Memphis, Tennessee, was American singer-songwriter and author, Rosanne Cash, the eldest daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin. She won a Grammy in 1985 for 'I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me', and has received twelve other Grammy nominations. She has had 11 No.1 country hit singles, 21 Top 40 country singles and two gold records.