Los Lobos - Bertha (live '97)
Today is guitarist David Hidalgo's birthday! He's singing here.
"This one goes out to Jerry!" RIP Jerry.
#DavidHidalgo #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Bertha #GratefulDead #MusicCover
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@djmikev.bsky.socialLos Lobos - Bertha (live '97)
Today is guitarist David Hidalgo's birthday! He's singing here.
"This one goes out to Jerry!" RIP Jerry.
#DavidHidalgo #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Bertha #GratefulDead #MusicCover
@djmikev.bsky.socialBoomtown Rats - Up All Night
Today is Sir Bob Geldof's birthday! He was up all night, folks!
@djmikev.bsky.socialBilly Strings - Runnin' on Empty (live '23)
#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#BillyStrings
#JacksonBrowne
#MusicCover
#CoversSunday
#MusicBirthday
Yesterday was Billy Strings' birthday! Loved this cover since I first heard him do it in the summer of '19.
@djmikev.bsky.socialThe Roots - Web
Today is Black Thought's birthday! A top 5 favorite emcee for me. Love him here. "What a keyboard got to do with a drum and all?"
#BlackThought #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #HipHopSaturday #MusicChallenge
@djmikev.bsky.socialKeb' Mo' - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
Today is Keb' Mo's birthday! Celebrate with this Nick Lowe cover. Great song, great version.
#Keb'Mo #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #MusicCover #NickLowe
@djmikev.bsky.socialLindsey Buckingham - Big Love
Lindsey Buckingham is celebrating a birthday today! Killing it here on Big Love. I use a 1970s pic of LB as my profile pic on LinkedIn. Bc LinkedIn is stupid and that's funny.
#LindseyBuckingham #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #BigLove #LinkedIn
@djmikev.bsky.socialStevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood (live)
SRV was born today in 1954! One of the greatest to ever pick up an axe. Gone way too soon!
#StevieRayVaughan #SRV #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #TheBlues #MusicCover #LarryDavis
@djmikev.bsky.socialGillian Welch & David Rawlings - Brokedown Palace (live '24)
#GillianWelch #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #GratefulDead #DavidRawlings
"Make myself a bed by the waterside"
Goosebumps and dopamine, folks.
@djmikev.bsky.socialGillian Welch & David Rawlings - Cold Rain and Snow
Today is Gillian Welch's birthday! She's touring some Dead tunes with David Rawlings. Great stuff! Dig in!
#GillianWelch #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #GratefulDead #DavidRawlings
@djmikev.bsky.socialOutkast - So Fresh, So Clean
Today is R&B artist Freddie Jackson's birthday! Which makes me think of this song and this line:
"Cooler than Freddie Jackson sipping a milkshake in a snowstorm"
That's pretty cool!
@djmikev.bsky.socialThe Police - Murder by Numbers (live '83)
Today is Sting's birthday! Brilliant songwriter. This song is still a jam.
"This song is about the cynical manipulation of large numbers of people. It does happen!"
@djmikev.bsky.socialAlbert Collins - If Trouble Was Money (live '85)
Albert Collins was born today in 1932! RIP. A smoking performance here.
@djmikev.bsky.socialTrey Anastasio Band - Night Speaks to a Woman (live '03)
Trey is celebrating a birthday today! This song is a funky jam.
#TreyAnastasio #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Night #Speaks #Woman
@djmikev.bsky.socialCissy Houston - Midnight Train to Georgia
Cissy Houston - Whitney's mother, also known as the Duchess of Gospel - was born today in 1933! This predates the Gladys Knight version.
#CissyHouston #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #Midnight #Train #Georgia
@djmikev.bsky.socialKoko Taylor was born today in 1928! I first heard this song through the Dead's version. Written by Willie Dixon, who wrote in his autobiography that a Wang Dang Doodle was slang for a good time - a party!
#KokoTaylor #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #WillieDixon #GratefulDead #TheBlues
@djmikev.bsky.socialBob Dylan - License to Kill
Today is reggae bassist Robbie Shakespeare's birthday! RIP. He and Sly Dunbar played with Bob on Infidels. Including this brilliant track.
#RobbieShakespeare #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #BobDylan #LicenseToKill
@djmikev.bsky.socialLos Lobos - Are You Experienced? (live '20)
Today is César Rosas' birthday! Love their rendition of this great Hendrix song.
#CésarRosas #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #LosLobos #MusicCover #JimiHendrix
@djmikev.bsky.socialRoxy Music - Jealous Guy (live '82)
They started doing Jealous Guy in the early 80s after John Lennon was murdered. RIP John.
#BryanFerry #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #MusicCover #JohnLennon
@djmikev.bsky.socialRoxy Music - Like a Hurricane (live '82)
Bryan Ferry is celebrating a birthday today! Here he is with is band Roxy Music just killing this Neil cover back in '82.
#BryanFerry #MusicBirthday #MusicSky #MusicCover #RoxyMusic #NeilYoung #LikeAHurricane
@djmikev.bsky.socialChildish Gambino - Me and Your Mama
Today is Donald Glover's birthday! I really enjoyed this record when it came out; giving it a listen again today.
#DonaldGlover #ChildishGambino #MusicBirthday #MusicSKy #Me #YourMama