Sir Richard Starkey MBE b. July 7, 1940

…take a trip, around the world,

hey hey!

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Hiram King "Hank" Williams, Sr. b. September 17, 1923

"No matter how I struggle and strive,
 I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" 

          by F. Rose & H. Williams 1952

js•2015

Sir Mick Jagger b.July 26, 1943

The lady then she covered me with roses,

She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.

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Bruce Springsteen b.September 23, 1949

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396,
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor.
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot,
Outside the Seven-Eleven store.
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town.
We only run for the money, got no strings attached,
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down.
    - "Racing in the Street" B.Springsteen 1978

js•2012

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

Lives on a farm, got plenty of 

charm, beep, beep.

He's got no cows but he's sure got 

  a whole lotta sheep.

And brand new wife and a family,

And when he comes to town,

I wonder if he'll play with me.

Laying in bed, watching tv, cookie!

With his mama by his side, she's japanese.

They scream and they cried, now they're free,

And when he comes to town,

I know he's gonna play with me.

He's a long-haired, cross-legged 

guitar picker, um-um.

With his long-legged lady in the garden 

  picking daisies for his soup.

A forty acre house he doesn't see,

'Cause he's always in town

Playing for you with me.

I play guitar, a - d - e.

I don't play bass 'causethat's too hard for me.

I play the piano only if it's in c.

And when i go to town i wanna see all three.

   -"Early 1970" by R.Starkey 1971

js•2012

Robert Allen Zimmerman b. May 24, 1941

People are crazy & times are strange.

I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range.
I used to care, but things have changed.

"Things Have Changed" by B.Dylan 1999                                    

         

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George Harrison M.B.E. b. February 25, 1943

Now the darkness only stays the night-time,
In the morning it will fade away.
Daylight is good at arriving at the right time,
It's not always going to be this grey.

All things must pass,
All things must pass away.
.

   -"All Things Must Pass" by G.Harrison 1970

js•2012

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

js•2011

(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


js•2011