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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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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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


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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


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Randy Klawon b. October 28, 1951

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


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