Throwback: Happy 63rd Birthday, Flea!

We’ve managed to get through to October. Man, what a brutally stupid, cruel slog it has been. But we’re here.

October is a busy month in music history

• Donny Hathaway, was born 80 years ago on October 1
• The Human League‘s Philip Oakey celebrates his 70th birthday on October 1
• Sting celebrated his 74th birthday on October 2
• Chubby Checker, one of the pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll and R&B celebrates his 84th birthday on October 3
• Arguably one of the greatest guitarists and bluesmen ever, Stevie Ray Vaughan was born 71 years ago on October 3
• The Roots‘ Black Thought, arguably one of the greatest living emcees celebrated his 52nd birthday on October 3
• AC/DC‘s Brian Johnson celebrated his 78th birthday on October 5
• John Mellencamp celebrated his 74th birthday on October 7
•  CL Smooth, one of the more underrated emcees in the business celebrated his 57th birthday on October 8 
• Radiohead and  The Smile‘s Thom Yorke celebrated his 57th birthday on October 9
• PJ Harvey celebrated her 56th birthday on October 9
• The Who‘s John Entwistle, one of the most criminally under-appreciated bassists in rock history was born 81 years ago on October 9
• The legendary John Lennon was born on 85 years ago on October 9
• Thelonious Monk was born 108 years ago on October 10
• David Lee Roth, one of the greatest rock/metal frontman to ever live, and a member of the most beloved Van Halen lineup, ever, celebrated his 71st birthday on October 10
• The legendary Art Blakey, was born 106 years ago on October 11
• Daryl Hall, best known for his work with the blue-eyed soul duo Hall & Oates one of the most commercially successful duos ever, celebrates his 79th birthday on October 11
• MC Lyte celebrated her 55th — yes, 55th! — birthday on October 11
• Sam and Dave‘s Sam Moore was born 90 years ago on October 12
• The Smithereens‘ founder and first frontman, Pat DiNizio was born 70 years ago on October 12
• Sammy Hagar, one of rock’s great frontmen celebrated his 78th birthday on October 13
• Art Tatum, one of the greatest — and somewhat unheralded — jazz pianists to ever live was born 116 years ago on October 13
• Thomas Dolby, who had a smash-hit with 1982’s “She Blinded Me With Science” celebrated his 67th birthday on October 14
• The godfather of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti was born 87 years ago on October 15
• Jazz great Roy Hargrove was born 56 years ago on this day

Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Flea, one of the greatest bassists in rock celebrates his 63rd birthday today. He’s a vital and forceful part of some of the biggest and most beloved songs of the 90s.

Happy birthday, Flea! May there be many, many more!

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