Keith Richards b. December 18, 1943

You got my heart, you got my soul,
You got the silver, you got the gold,
You got the diamonds from the mine,
Well, that's all right, it'll buy some time.
  -"You Got the Silver" by M.Jagger/K.Richards 1969

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(art direction, lighting, stage design by Annie Liebovitz/Louis Vuitton)

Little Richard b. December 5, 1932

Oh, big conniver, nothin' but a jiver,
I done got hip to your jive.
I been told, baby, you been bold,
I won't be your fool no more!




   -"Slippin' & Slidin'" by Richard Penniman 1955


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John Winston Ono Lennon b. October 9, 1940

Say the word and you'll be free,
Say the word and be like me.
Say the word I'm thinking of,
Have you heard the word is love?
      "The Word" by J.Lennon/P.McCartney 1965


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John Alec Entwistle b.October 9, 1944

Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time,

He always joins me when I drink, and we get on just fine,

Just fine.

"Whiskey Man" by J.Entwistle 1966

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Buddy Holly b. September 7, 1936

Think it over what you just said,
Think it over in your pretty little head.
Are you sure that I’m not the one, 
Is your love real or only fun.
You think it over, yes, think it over, 
A lonely heart grows cold and old.
    "Think It Over" by J.Allison/B.Holly/N.Petty 1958


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Keith Moon b. August 23, 1946

Bell Boy! I got to get running now.
Bell Boy! Keep my lip buttoned down.
Bell Boy! Carry this baggage out.
Bell Boy! Always running at someone's bleedin' heel.
You know how I feel, always running at someone's heel.
-"Bell Boy" by Pete Townshend 1973




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Sir Michael Philip Jagger b. July 26, 1943

One time you were my baby chicken,
Now you've grown into a fox!
Once upon a time I was your little rooster,
But am I just one of your cocks?

It's rough justice on ya,
You're going to have to trust me,
It's rough justice,
But you know I'll never break your heart!
   "Rough Justice" by M.Jagger/K.Richards 2005


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Ringo Starr/Richard Starkey MBE b. July 7, 1940

The other day I saw you
As I walked along the road.
But when I saw him with you
I could feel my future fold.
It's so easy for a girl like you to lie.
Tell me why.


What goes on in your heart?
What goes on in your mind?
You are tearing me apart,
When you treat me so unkind.
What goes on in your mind?
    -"What Goes On?" by Lennon/McCartney/Starkey 1965


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William James "Willie" Dixon b. July 1, 1915

COMPOSITIONS :

Back Door Man

Bring It On Home

Crazy Mixed Up World

Dead Presidents

Diddy Wah Diddy

Hoochie Coochie Man

I Ain’t Superstitious

I Can’t Quit You Baby

I Just Want To Make Love To You

I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love

I’m Ready

I Want To Be Loved

Little Red Rooster

Mellow Down Easy

My Babe

The Seventh Son

Shake For Me

Spoonful

Wang Dang Doodle

You Shook Me

You Got To Move


...and many, many more.

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Brian Douglas Wilson b. June 20, 1942

I keep looking for a place to fit,
Where I can speak my mind.
I've been trying hard to find the people
That I won't leave behind.


They say I got brains,
But they ain't doing me no good,
I wish they could.


Each time things start to happen again
I think I got something good goin' for myself,
But what goes wrong


Sometimes I feel very sad
(Can't find nothin' I can put my heart and soul into).


I guess I just wasn't made for these times.


Every time I get the inspiration
To go change things around
No one wants to help me look for places
Where new things might be found.


Where can I turn when my fair weather friends cop out?
What's it all about?


Each time things start to happen again
I think I got something good goin' for myself,
But what goes wrong.


Sometimes I feel very sad
(Can't find nothin' I can put my heart and soul into)


I guess I just wasn't made for these times
    -"I just wasn't made for these times" by B.Wilsom/T.Asher 1966


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Just_Wasn't_Made_for_These_Times_(song)


http://youtu.be/IQyCOCtjyVY


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Sir Paul McCartney, MBE b. June 18, 1942

I'll give you all I've got to give
If you say you love me too.
I may not have a lot to give
But what I've got I'll give to you.
I don't care too much for money.
For money can't buy me love!

   -"Can't Buy Me Love" by J.Lennon/P.McCartney 1964

If I could sing like Paul McCartney, or get funky like Etta James,
I'd never change, I'd never change, I'd never change silver heeled ways.
       -"Silver Heels" by B.Welch/Fleetwood Mac 1974

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Ronnie Wood b. June 1, 1947

We used to shine, shine, shine, shine.
Say what a pair, say what a team.
We used to ride, ride, ride, ride
In a long black limousine


   -"Black Limosine" by M. Jagger/K. Richards/R. Wood 1982


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Pete Townshend b. May 19, 1945

Nothing gets in my way,
Not even locked doors.
Don't follow the lines
That been laid before.
I get along anyway I dare.
Anyway, anyhow, anywhere.
   -"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" by P.Townshend 1965


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James Brown b. May 3, 1933

Livin' in America - eye to eye, station to station,
Livin' in America - hand to hand, across the nation
Livin in America - got to have a celebration!!
    -"Living in America" by D.Hartman & C.Midnight 1985


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Roy Orbison b.April 23, 1936

Hey baby, jump over here,
When you do the ooby-dooby I just gotta be near!
Ooby-dooby, ooby-dooby, ooby-dooby, ooby-dooby,
Ooby-dooby, ooby-dooby, ooby-dooby, dooby-do-wah-do-wah-do-wah!!!

  "Ooby-Dooby" by W.Moore - D.Penner 1955

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Iggy Pop b. April 21, 1947

I said we will have a real cool time,
We will have a real cool time,
A real cool time tonight.


   -"Real Cool Time" by The Stooges 1969


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Nicholas Drain Lowe b. 24 March 1949

Without love, I'm incomplete.

Without love, I am not whole.

Without love, I'm barely on my feet.

I am dying without love.


   "Without Love" by N.Lowe 1979


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http://jacksketchbook.blogspot.com/2017/03/nick-lowe-b-march-24-1949.html

George Harrison MBE b. February 25, 1943

You don't realize how much I need you.
Love you all the time and never leave you.

   - I Need You by G.Harrison 1965
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Johnny Rotten b. January 31, 1956

We're so pretty, oh so pretty vacant,
And we don't care.
    Pretty Vacant -by Blah-blah-blah-blahblah


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Lucinda Williams b. January 26, 1953

Cotton fields stretching miles and miles,
Hank's voice on the radio,
Telephone poles, trees and wires fly on by,
Car wheels on a gravel road.
 "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"
                          by L. Williams 1998






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Warren Zevon b. January 24, 1947

I was staying at the Marriott
With Jesus and John Wayne
I was waiting for a chariot
They were waiting for a train
The sky was full of carrion
"I'll take the mazuma"
Said Jesus to Marion
"That's the 3:10 to Yuma
My ride's here..."

My Ride's Here by W.Zevon 2002

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Wolfman Jack b. January 21, 1938

Now you maybe want a man who throws round his money
But he ain't as cools a Wolfman Jack
And you might want yourself a man
who don't act so funny
But he ain't your fool like Wolfman Jack!
-Wolfman Jack by T.Rundgren 1972

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George Hanrahan b. January 3, 1955

"And to my left; bassist extraordinaire AND thee handsome-est man in the whole damn band....ladies & gentlemen....MR. George Hanrahan!!!!"
- announcement by J.Snyder at least once a night at every BALLS of FIRE gig from 1994 to the present, which was always followed by thunderous deafening applause.


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