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November 13, 1947 Toy Caldwell, the lead guitarist and primary songwriter in The Marshall Tucker Band, is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Instead of using a pick, he strums with his thumb, giving him a distinctive tone that helps set the band apart from other Southern rockers.
November 10, 1947 Glen Buxton (guitarist for Alice Cooper Band) is born in Akron, Ohio.
October 28, 1947 George Glover (keyboardist for Climax Blues Band) is born in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
October 24, 1947 Edgar Broughton (of The Edgar Broughton Band) is born Robert Edgar Broughton in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
October 17, 1947 Michael McKean, who portrays frontman David St. Hubbins in the fictional band Spinal Tap, is born in New York City. He's also known as wacky neighbor Lenny Kosnowski on Laverne & Shirley and brilliant but troubled lawyer Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul.
October 16, 1947 Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist and co-founder Bob Weir is born in San Francisco, California. The youngest member of the band (just 17 when they form), he anchors them musically and often contributes to vocals and songwriting, including on "One More Saturday Night" and "Truckin'."
October 13, 1947 Sammy Hagar is born in Salinas, California. After fronting the band Montrose and establishing himself as a solo artist with songs like "There's Only One Way To Rock" and "I Can't Drive 55," he replaces David Lee Roth as lead singer of Van Halen in 1985.
August 19, 1947 George Newsome (original drummer for The Climax Blues Band) is born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England.
July 15, 1947 Guitarist Peter Banks, a founding member of Yes who is with the band until 1970, is born Peter William Brockbanks in Chipping Barnet, North London, England.
July 11, 1947 Jeff Hanna of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is born in Detroit, Michigan.
May 15, 1947 Graeham Goble, guitarist and harmony vocalist of Little River Band, is born in Adelaide, Australia. He writes the band's biggest hit, "Reminiscing."
May 11, 1947 Butch Trucks (drummer for The Allman Brothers Band) is born Claude Hudson Trucks in Jacksonville, Florida.
April 30, 1947 Col. Bruce Hampton, leader of the Hampton Grease Band and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, is born Gustav Valentine Berglund III in Knoxville, Tennessee.
April 21, 1947 Iggy Pop is born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in Muskegon, Michigan. As a solo artist and with his band The Stooges, he literally bleeds on stage, often rolling shirtless in broken glass. His most POP-ular songs are "The Passenger" and "Lust For Life," both released in 1977.
March 25, 1947 Brinsley Schwarz is born in Suffolk, England. His self-titled band would include Nick Lowe.
January 8, 1947 David Jones is born in London. At age 18, he changes his name to David Bowie (after the Bowie knife) to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees.More
December 30, 1946 Punk rock icon Patti Smith is born in Chicago. Never all that popular (her big hit is a reworking of "Because The Night," written by Bruce Springsteen), she's one of the most influential singer-songwriter-poets of her time.More
December 26, 1946 Bob Carpenter (keyboardist, accordionist for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
December 25, 1946 Jimmy Buffett is born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He's raised in Mobile, Alabama, but his true home will always be in "Margaritaville."More
December 21, 1946 Carl Wilson is born in Hawthorne, California. He becomes lead guitarist in The Beach Boys when he forms the band with older brothers Dennis and Brian.
December 12, 1946 Denny Dias, founding guitarist of Steely Dan, is born in Philadelphia. In the summer of 1970, Dias is playing in a band called Demian, whose manager places an ad in the New York City arts paper The Village Voice that reads: "Looking for keyboardist and bassist. Must have jazz chops! No hangups." Donald Fagen and Walter Becker answer the ad, leading to the formation of Steely Dan.
December 9, 1946 Dennis Dunaway (bassist for the Alice Cooper Band) is born in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
November 20, 1946 Duane Allman (guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos) is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
October 11, 1946 Gary Mallaber (percussionist/backup singer for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Buffalo, New York.
September 5, 1946 Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar (a set of islands off the coast of Africa).More
September 5, 1946 Rock drummer Buddy Miles (of The Electric Flag and Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys) is born George Allen Miles Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. His grandmother calls him "Buddy" after jazz drummer Buddy Rich.
September 2, 1946 Billy Preston is born in Houston, Texas. He is raised in Los Angeles, California. Aside from being a sought-after session musician for acts like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, the affable performer with the gap-toothed grin becomes a star in his own right with a number of funky hits throughout the '70s.More
August 23, 1946 Rock singer Jim Sohns (of The Shadows Of Knight) is born in Chicago, Illinois. The band is known for their popular 1966 cover of Them's song "Gloria."
August 9, 1946 John Parry (trombonist for The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) is born.
July 19, 1946 Alan Gorrie (guitarist/vocalist/bassist for The Average White Band) is born in Perth, Scotland.
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