At this point, we’ve made it through about 90% of the year. It’s been a brutal soul-sucking slog of a year hasn’t it? But the show must go on as they say.
So, November is a busy month of music birthdays.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ frontman Anthony Kiedis celebrated his 63rd birthday on November 1
- Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen celebrated his 62nd birthday on November 1
- Mobb Deep’s Prodigy was born 51 years ago on November 2
- ONYX’s Sticky Fingaz celebrated his 52nd birthday on November 3
- Radiohead‘s and The Smile‘s Jonny Greenwood celebrated his 54th birthday on November 5
- Bryan Adams celebrated his 66th birthday on November 5
- The Screaming Eagle of Soul, Charles Bradley was born 77 years ago on November 5
- Living Colour‘s powerhouse frontman Corey Glover celebrated his 61st birthday on November 6
- Bad Religion frontman Dr. Greg Graffin celebrated his 61st birthday on November 6
- The Eagles‘ Glenn Frey was born 77 years ago on November 6
- The incomparable and legendary Joni Mitchell celebrated her 82nd birthday on November 7
- Bonnie Raiit celebrated her 76th birthday on November 8
- Salt-N-Pepa‘s Sandra “Pepa” Denton celebrated her 56th birthday on November 9
- Scarface, one of my favorite rappers ever celebrated his 55th — yes, 55th! — birthday on November 9
- Eric B and Rakim‘s Eric B celebrated his 62nd birthday on November 9
- Warren G. celebrated his 55th — yes, 55th! — birthday on November 10
- XTC co-founder and primary songwriter Andy Partridge celebrated his 72nd birthday on November 11
God — er, cough, cough, cough, Neil Young celebrates his 80th — yes, y’all, 80th! — birthday today. There are few artists, who could easily and effortlessly bounce between folk and rock — and be the legendary godfather of grunge. So let’s celebrate the man and the toweringly influential work.
Happy birthday, Neil! May there be many, many, many more!
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