Celebrating 13 January
Birthdays
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1947 – John Lees, guitarist, Barclay James Harvest
1954 – Trevor Rabin, guitarist, Yes
1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian rock musician
1957 – Don Snow, keyboardist, Squeeze
1957 – Jim Paris, bassist, Carmel
1959 – James LoMenzo, bassist, White Lion
1961 – Suggs, singer, Madness
1961 – Wayne Coyne, guitarist, Flaming Lips
1962 – Trace Adkins, US country singer/songwriter
1964 – David McCluskey, drummer, Bluebells
1975 – Rune Eriksen, guitarist, Mayhem
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Died on this day
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1979 – Donny Hathaway, soul singer (born 1945)
2007 – Michael Brecker, saxophonist, Brecker Brothers (born 1949)
2010 – Teddy Pendergrass, soul singer (born 1950)
2016 – Giorgio Gomelsky, producer, impresario (born 1934)
2017 – Alexis Mardas (Magic Alex), electronics wiz (born 1942)
2019 – Glen Dale, guitarist, The Fortunes (born 1939)
2021 – Tim Bogert, bassist, Vanilla Fudge (born 1944)
2021 – Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist, New York Dolls (born 1951)
2021 – Duke Bootee, rapper, producer (born 1951)
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And on this day in...
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1968 – Johnny Cash played his Folsom Prison show
1973 – Eric Clapton played his come-back Rainbow concert
2003 – Pete Townshend arrested on suspicion of child porn offences
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