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@tweetingtruman.bsky.socialHappy 72nd birthday to the composer, guitarist, mandolinist, pianist, and accordionist in the Pogues, and guest musician for several other bands, James Fearnley!
#JamesFearnley
#ThePogues
#MusicHistory
#MusicTrivia
@tweetingtruman.bsky.socialHappy 78th Birthday to singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and political activist Jackson Browne!
#JacksonBrowne
#MusicHistory
#MusicTrivia
@tweetingtruman.bsky.socialHappy Birthday to the bass guitarist, songwriter, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals, & founding member of The Who, John Entwistle, who would have been 82 years old today (1944-2002)
#JohnEntwistle
#TheWho
#MusicHistory
#MusicTrivia
@tweetingtruman.bsky.socialHappy Birthday to rhythm guitarist, co-lead vocalist, co-founder of the Beatles, half of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership, keyboardist, & solo artist, John Lennon, who would have been 86 years old today (1940-1980)
#JohnLennon
#TheBeatles
#MusicHistory
#MusicTrivia
@adjucioso.bsky.socialFour signature sounds, four unusual instruments: Mellotron, Electro-Theremin, Clavinet and talk box. Which one can you hear in your head just by seeing its name? #Adjucioso #MusicHistory #ClassicRock
@jansensjamz.bsky.socialFrom their album “Never Loved Elvis” (1991): #MusicHistory
@inyim.bsky.socialZephyring Back to the Hit That Put Cardi B on Top
@tomhicksmedia.bsky.socialWhat happens when six different musical worlds collide in the same week?
#ChartCollision #1982Music #80sMusic #MusicHistory #ClassicRock #ClassicCountry #RnB #DanceMusic #RetroMusic #TomHicksMedia
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@grandaha.bsky.socialThose trading leads and overlapping call-and-response in Sly's band didn't come from funk — they came from the gospel quartet, straight out of church. The most radical thing about the Family Stone was how they democratized the microphone. #SlyAndTheFamilyStone #Funk #MusicArchaeology #MusicHistory
@grandaha.bsky.socialEveryone knows "I'll Take You There" — two chords, a bassline lifted from a Jamaican record. But the real story starts in 1956, when a Mississippi barber plugged in a tremolo-rigged guitar and cut "Uncloudy Day." New episode out now. 🎧 #TheStapleSingers #SoulMusic #MusicHistory #MusicArchaeology
@grandaha.bsky.socialEveryone calls "There's a Riot Goin' On" Sly's burnout record. Listen closer: it's a demolition job. He dragged a drum machine into a home studio and dismantled the clean session-musician sound on purpose. The murk is the message. #SlyAndTheFamilyStone #Funk #MusicArchaeology #MusicHistory
@kdubradio.bsky.socialHow Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust changed the charts forever.
@adjucioso.bsky.socialFour movie songs didn’t just own the soundtrack—they reached No. 1: Eye of the Tiger, Flashdance... What a Feeling, Ghostbusters and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now. Which pairing is strongest? #Adjucioso #MusicHistory
@guitaranon.comBruno Mars was born October 8, 1985. The man who would turn pop and funk into the biggest songs of the 2010s started his life today.
#thursdayinmusic #onthisday #musichistory #musicfacts #musiclover
