Jimi Hendrix b. November 27, 1942

If all the hippies cut off all their hair,
I don't care, I don't care.
  -"If 6 was 9" by J.Hendrix, 1968


js•2010

Little Steven Van Zandt b. November 22, 1950

It's time to accept our responsibility,
Freedom is a privilege, nobody rides for free.
Look around the world, baby, it can't be denied,
Why are we always on the wrong side?


I ain't gonna play Sun City


Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid by Steven Van Zandt 1985


js•2010

Randy Klawon b. October 28, 1951

"Girl, I'm just a jeepster for your love"
 -M.Bolan 1971


js•1982

Bill Wyman b. October 24, 1936

Well she held a bass guitar and she was playing in a band
And she stood just like Bill Wyman
Now I am her biggest fan.
  - Behind the Wall of Sleep, written by #PatDiNizio/recorded by #TheSmithereens 1986


js•2010

Chuck Berry b. October 18, 1926

His mother told him "Someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight."
  - Johnny B. Goode by C.Berry 1958


js•2010

John Winston Ono Lennon b. October 9, 1940

Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me.
Limitless, undying love which shines around me
Like a million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe.
Jai guru de va om.
Nothing's gonna change my world.

- "Across the Universe" by J.Lennon/P.McCartney 1968




js•2001/2010

Ray Charles b. September 23, 1930

Hit the road, Jack
and dontcha come back no more,
No more, no more, no more!
Hit the road, Jack
and dontcha come back no more.
I guess if you say so,
I'll have to pack my bags & go....


  - by Hit the Road Jack Percy Mayfield 1961


js•2010

Chrissie Hynde b. September 7, 1951

The middle of the road,
Is trying to find me.
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me.
But I got a smile for everyone I meet.
Long as you don't try dragging my bay,
Or dropping a bomb on the street.
 -Middle of the Road by C.Hynde 1984
js•2010

Dave Nida b. August 27, 1951

Well, I'm a king bee, baby,
Buzzin' around your hive.
Well, I'm a king bee,
Buzzin' around yo' hive.
Well, I can make honey, baby,
Let me come inside.

 -I'm a King Bee by Slim Harpo 1957

js•1972

Elvis Costello b. August 25, 1954

The women in Poughkeepsie
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy,
But I hear in Ypsilanti
They don't wear any panties,
Once they gargle with the finest champagne,
They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
  -Sulphur to Sugarcane by T-bone Burnett & Elvis Costello 2009


js•2010

Joe Strummer b. August 21, 1952

London calling, now don't look at us,

All that phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust

-London Calling by J.Strummer, M.Jones 1979

•js2010

Sir Michael Philip Jagger b. July 26, 1943

Well now we're respected in society, 

We don't worry about the things that we used to be. 

We're talking heroin with the president, 

Well it's a problem, sir, that we can't prevent.

    - Respectable by M.Jagger/K.Richards 1978

•js 1994

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

You gotta pay your dues
If you wanta sing the blues,
and you know it don't come easy.
  - It Don't Come Easy by R. Starkey/G. Harrison 1971










js•2001/2010

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE b. June 18, 1942

Michelle, my belle.

These are words that go together well,

My Michelle.

Michelle, my belle.

Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble,

Très bien ensemble.

I love you, I love you, I love you.

That's all I want to say.

Until I find a way

I will say the only words I know that

You'll understand. 

 -Michelle by J.Lennon, P.McCartney 1965

js•2001/2010

Ian Hunter b. June 3, 1939

The shows gotta move, everybody groove

There ain't no trouble on the streets now.

So if the going gets rough,

Don't you blame us

You ninety-six decible freaks!

You gotta stay young, you can never grow old

It's good for your body, it's good for your soul

It's the golden age of rock and roll.

-The Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll by Ian Hunter 1974

js•1974

Charlie Watts b. June 2, 1941

"Charlie's good tonight, ain't he?"
   -Mick Jagger, Madison Square Garden, 1969


"And the drummer, he's so shattered,
Trying to keep on time,
And the guitar player look damaged,
They've been outcasts all their lives"
 -Jigsaw Puzzle M.Jagger, K.Richards 1968

"I just play the drums for Mick & Keith. That's all I really do, innit?"
  -Charlie Watts, 1994






js•1997

Ronnie Wood b. June 1, 1947

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.
Ooh la la
Ooh la la laa yeah
-Ooh La La R.Lane, R.Wood 1973

js•1997

Steven Tyler b. March 26, 1948

I'm back!
I'm back in the saddle again!
-J.Perry 1976


js•1998

Nick Lowe b. March 24. 1949

The beast in me
Is caged by frail and fragile bonds,
Restless by day
And by night, rants and rages at the stars,
God help the beast in me.
-N.Lowe 1994


js•2010

Lou Reed b. March 2, 1942

"You keep hangin' round me
And I'm not so glad you found me,
You're still doin' things that I gave up years ago."   


-L.Reed 1973

js•2010

Roger Daltry b. March 1, 1944

Welcome to my life, Tattoo,

I'm a man now, thanks to you

I expect I'll regret you

But the skin graft man won't get you

You'l be there when I die

Tattoo"

  -P.Townshend 1967

js• today at lunchtime

Brian Jones b. February 28, 1942

"I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black"-M.Jagger,K.Richards 1966c.1969

Johnny Cash b. February 26, 1932

"But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die,

And when I hear that whistle blowing. I hang my head and cry..."

-J.Cash 1956


c. 2010

George Harrison b. February 25, 1943

 

"It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
All the world is birthday cake,
So take a piece but not too much"

-It's All Too Much G.Harrison 1967

js•2001/10

Carl Czaga b. February 11, 1952

"I ain't got no pedigree,
but if you try me you'll see,
I'm ALL THE ANIMAL
that you'll ever need!"
 -C.Czaga 1990


c. 1982

Alice Cooper b. February 4, 1948

"I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart,

Took eighteen years to get this far.

Don't always know what I'm talkin' about,

Feels like I'm livin in the middle of doubt..."


 - I'm Eighteen by M.Bruce, A.Cooper, D.Dunaway, N.Smith, G.Buxton 1970



js•1976

Etta James b. January 25, 1938

At last, my love has come along, 
My lonely days are over. 
And life is like a song, 

Oh, yeah, at last....

Allen Toussaint b. January 14, 1938

Then something struck me,

Like lightning from up above,

While looking at the fortune teller,

I fell in love.

Now I'm the happiest fella,

I got married to the fortune teller,

I'm as happy as I can be,

And I get my fortunes told for free!

Elvis Presley b. January 8, 1935

Well, you may go to college,

You may go to school.

You may have a pink Cadillac,

But don't you be nobody's fool!