80th birthday

Dead Rock 

The Rhythm Devil: Mickey Hart at 80

September 11, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 80th birthday, Airto Moriera, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Dead, Dead and Company, Europe '72, Flora Purim, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Sly and the Family Stone, The Dead, The Grateful Dead

Reflections on the Grateful Dead drummer’s Apocalypse Now era

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Summer Elegy: Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright at 80

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1978, 1996, 80th birthday, Broken China, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Ummagumma, Wet Dream

Looking inside the late keyboardist’s unsung solo work

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Rock Stones 

When You’re Old: Mick Jagger at 80

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, A Bigger Bang, Absolute Beginners, Blur, Bridges To Babylon, Charli XCX, Colin MacInnes, Icona Pop, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Nirvana, Pulp, The Rolling Stones, Wet Leg

Saluting rock’s rowdiest octogenarian

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Rock Stones 

Mick Jagger’s Eight Greatest Guest Spots

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 80th birthday, Buddy Guy, Carly Simon, Don Henley, Mick Jagger, Peter Tosh, Peter Wolf, The Chieftains, The Jacksons, The Rolling Stones

A birthday visit through the Stones singer’s side hustles

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Soul 

Spaced Cowboy: Sly Stone at 80

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Cynthia Robinson, D'Angelo, Everyday People, Fresh, George Clinton, Joe Perry, Larry Graham, OutKast, Prince, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Stand!, Woodstock

Honoring the unorthodox genius of a soul icon

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Beatle Remembrance Rock 

Breath Away From Heaven: George Harrison at 80

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 80th birthday, All Things Must Pass, Bob Dylan, Cloud Nine, Fab Four, George Harrison, Gone Troppo, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

Honoring the career of the not-so-quiet Beatle

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Jimi Rock 

Voodoo Chile: Jimi Hendrix at 80

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 80th birthday, Band of Gypsys, Both Sides of the Sky, Crash Landing, First Rays of the New Rising Sun, Jimi, Jimi Hendrix, Loose Ends, Midnight Lightning, Nine to the Universe, People Hell and Angels, Rainbow Bridge, South Saturn Delta, The Cry of Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Valleys of Neptune, Voodoo Soup, War Heroes

Why the guitar icon’s enduring legacy still resonates in 2022

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Funk Soul 

Isaac Hayes: The Soul Man at 80

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 80th birthday, Burt Bacharach, Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave, Soul, South Park, Stax, Stax Records, The Beatles, The Carpenters

Celebrating the life of the late, great Stax Records maestro

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Dead Remembrance Rock 

Captain Trips at 80

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Empire State Building, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, New York Yankees, Robbie Robertson, Robyn Hitchcock, The Grateful Dead

Robbie Robertson, The Yankees, the Empire State Building and more celebrate the heavenly milestone birthday of Jerry Garcia

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Beatle Pop Rock 

Paul Is 80!

June 17, 2022June 18, 2022 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 80th birthday, Fab Four, Got Back Tour, Linda McCartney, Macca, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Beatles, Wings

McCartney’s lifelong pop journey knows no age limit

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Soul 

LISTEN: Curtis Mayfield at 80

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Curtis Mayfield, Playlist, Spotify, Superfly

Honoring a soul giant with a day trip through his catalog

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Classical Experimental Pop Post-Punk 

John Cale: 80 and Ageless

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Brian Eno, Fear, John Cale, Kevin Ayers, Lou Reed, Nico, Paris 1919, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

Now in his eighth decade on Earth, the Velvet Underground viola master remains an explorer ever on the lookout for challenge

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Remembrance Rock 

Grown Up In Public: Lou Reed at 80

March 2, 2022March 12, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Andy Warhol, Boston, Heroin, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, RIP, Sweet Jane, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the man Lester Bangs once called a “pathetic death dwarf” but we hail as a forever hero

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Pop Remembrance Rock 

Get What You Pay For: Peter Tork at 80

February 13, 2022April 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 80th birthday, Dave Brubeck, Davy Jones, Jimmy Miller, Justus, Little Feat, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, MTV, Peter Tork, The Monkees

Remembering the funniest Monkee on his heavenly birthday

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Folk Rock 

The Art of Garfunkel

November 5, 2021November 9, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 80th birthday, Art Garfunkel, folk, New York City, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate, The Sounds of Silence

The taller half of the iconic NYC folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel at 80

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