Throwback: Happy 59th Birthday, Greg Dulli!

May is a busy month in music history:

• The 91st anniversary of the birth of the legendary godfather of soul James Brown was on May 3
• The legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter celebrated his 87th birthday on May 4
• The 68th anniversary of the birth of the great soul artist Sharon Jones was on May 4
• The 82nd anniversary of the birth of one of the most beloved singer/songwriters in country, Tammy Wynette was on May 5
• Echo & The Bunnymen‘s Ian McCullouch celebrated his 65th birthday on May 5
• Van Halen co-founder, drummer — and most important Eddie’s brother, Alex Van Halen celebrated his 71st birthday on May 8
• Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan celebrated his 62nd birthday on May 9
• U2‘s Bono celebrated his 64th birthday on May 10

Greg Dulli, one of the most criminally underrated rock singer/songwriters celebrates his 59th birthday.

I love Dulli’s work with The Afghan Whigs — and have loved them for quite some time now. But his work with The Gutter Twins, The Twilight Singers and as solo artist is equally amazing and is worthy of your time, if you’re not familiar with it.

But in the meantime, the happiest of birthdays to Mr. Dulli. May there be many, many more!