This week’s birthday celebrants.
XTC/League of Gentlemen/Shriekback keyboardist Barry Andrews, September 12, 1956
Shudder to Think guitarist Nathan Larson, September 12, 1970
Other September 12 birthdays:
Country singer George Jones, 1931
Soul singer Barry White, 1944
Rush drummer Neil Peart, 1952
Fishbone founder John Norwood Fisher, 1965
Pianist/singer/songwriter Ben Folds, 1966
Bluegrass inventor Bill Monroe, September 13, 1911
Other September 13 birthdays:
Arnold Schoenberg, 1874
R&B singer/pianist Charles Brown, 1922
Chicago bassist Peter Cetera, 1944
MC5 guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith, 1949
Was (Not Was) singer Don Was, 1952
The Church singer/bassist Steve Kilbey, 1954
Avant-garde jazz guitarist/bassist Joe Morris, 1955
Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine, 1961
Strawberry Alarm Clock/Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King, September 14, 1949
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Steve Gaines, September 14, 1949
Other September 14 birthdays:
Italian composer Luigi Cherubini, 1760
Cuban bassist/composer/mambo popularizer/descarga master Israel “Cachao” López, 1918
Free guitarist Paul Kossoff, 1950
Avant-garde cellist Tom Cora, 1953
The Cowsills bassist Barry Cowsill, 1954
Drive-By Truckers guitarist/songwriter Mike Cooley, 1966
British neo-soul singer/anti-rehabist Amy Winehouse, 1983
German conductor Bruno Walter, September 15, 1876
Other September 15 birthdays:
Swiss composer Frank Martin, 1890
Country singer Roy Acuff, 1903
Jazz saxophonist/composer Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, 1928
Spanish conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, 1933
Opera singer Jessye Norman, 1945
Bad Brains guitarist Dr. Know (born Gary Miller), 1958
Wire/Githead guitarist/singer Colin Newman, September 16, 1954
Other September 16 birthdays:
German composer Hildegard von Bingen, 1098
French composer/educator Nadia Boulanger, 1887
Blues icon B.B. King, 1925
My Bloody Valentine singer Bilinda Butcher, 1961
Country music icon Hank Williams, September 17, 1923
Fugazi/Rites of Spring guitarist Guy Picciotto, September 17, 1965
Other September 17 birthdays:
American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes, 1884
The Tubes singer John Waldo “Fee” Waybill, 1950
“The Human Beat Box” Doug E. Fresh (born Douglas E. Davis), 1966
Puffy AmiYumi singer Ami Onuki, September 18, 1973
Other September 18 birthdays:
Pop-jazz singer/songwriter Michael Franks, 1944
Kansas singer/guitarist Kerry Livgren, 1949
Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Glenn Colvin), 1951
Jazz guitarist Emily Remler, 1957
