This week’s birthday celebrants.
Singer/songwriter/producer Michael Penn, August 1, 1958
Japanese avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Yoshihide Otomo, August 1, 1959
Public Enemy rapper Chuck D (born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour), August 1, 1960
Other August 1 birthdays:
Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Jerry Garcia, 1942
Deep Purple/James Gang guitarist Tommy Bolin, 1951
Def Leppard lead vocalist Joe Elliott, 1959
Traffic drummer/songwriter Jim Capaldi, August 2, 1944
Jesus Lizard singer David Yow, August 2, 1960
Other August 2 birthdays:
German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann, 1905
Country songwriter Hank Cochran, 1935
Brazilian drummer/singer/songwriter Naná Vasconcelos, 1944
British guitarist/singer Andy Fairweather Low, 1948
Mojo Nixon, 1957
Soul singer Syreeta Wright, August 3, 1946
Other August 3 birthdays:
Drummer Martin Atkins (Public Image Ltd., Pigface, Killing Joke, Ministry), 1959
Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield, 1963
Producer/Lightning Seeds leader Ian Broudie, August 4, 1958
Other August 4 birthdays:
Jazz trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong, 1901
American composer/administrator William Schuman, 1910
Jazz guitarist Herb Ellis, 1921
Session guitarist/solo artist/McCoys member Rick Derringer, August 5, 1947
Other August 5 birthdays:
French opera composer Ambroise Thomas, 1811
Germs guitarist Pat Smear, 1959
Adam Yauch AKA MCA of Beastie Boys, 1964
British guitarist Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, U.K.), August 6, 1946
Other August 6 birthdays:
Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln, 1930
Singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, 1969
Jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, August 7, 1936
Other August 7 birthdays:
Jazz guitarist George Van Eps, 1913
Country singer/songwriter Felice Bryant, 1925
Quicksilver Messenger Service singer/songwriter Dino Valente (born Chet Powers), 1943
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, 1958
Throwing Muses leader Kristen Hersh, 1966
