This week’s musical birthday celebrants.
Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker, February 20, 1950
The Cramps guitarist Poison Ivy (born Kristy Wallace), February 20, 1953
Other February 20 birthdays:
Blues pianist Jimmy Yancey, 1898
Buena Vista Social Club singer Ibrahim Ferrer, 1927
J. Geils Band guitarist John Geils, 1946
Spirit guitarist Randy California, 1951
Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly, 1953
The Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, 1963
Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, 1967
Uncategorizable singer Nina Simone, February 21, 1933
Other February 21 birthdays:
French organist/composer Charles-Marie Widor, 1836
Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia, 1893
Talking Heads keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison, 1949
Dream Syndicate singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Wynn, 1960
Blues singer/guitarist Corey Harris, 1969
Wire bassist Graham Lewis, February 22, 1953
Other February 22 birthdays:
Jazz saxophonist/clarinetist Buddy Tate, 1913
New Orleans singer Ernie K-Doe (born Ernest Kador, Jr.), 1936
Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV singer Genesis P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson), 1950
Poco steel guitarist/singer Rusty Young, February 23, 1946
Japan/Rain Tree Crow/Nine Horses singer David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt), February 23, 1958
Other February 23 birthdays:
Great Baroque composer (The Messiah) Georg Friedrich Handel, 1685
Blues-rock guitarist/singer Johnny Winter, 1944
Nine Inch Nails drummer/Marilyn Manson keyboardist/Tweaker multi-instrumentalist Chris Vrenna, 1967
Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones, February 24, 1942
Other February 24 birthdays:
Guarneri Quartet cellist David Soyer, 1923
British session keyboardist (Kinks, Move, Who, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Donovan) Nicky Hopkins, 1944
Singer/guitarist George Thorogood, 1950
Belgian singer Plastic Bertrand (born Roger Allen François Jouret), 1958
Dir en Grey drummer Shinya, 1978
Stanley Brothers co-leader Ralph Stanley, February 25, 1927
The Merry-Go-Round/solo singer/songwriter Emmitt Rhodes, February 25, 1950
Other February 25 birthdays:
Greek pianist Rena Kyriakou, 1918
The Beatles guitarist George Harrison, 1943
Velvet Underground bassist Doug Yule, 1947
Minor Threat/Bad Religion/Dag Nasty/Samhain/Meatmen/Government Issue guitarist Brian Baker, 1965
Russian pianist Lazar Berman, February 261930
Other February 26 birthdays:
New Orleans singer/pianist/songwriter Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino, 1928
Country icon Johnny Cash, 1932
Canned Heat singer/harmonica player Bob Hite, 1945
Detroit Wheels singer Mitch Ryder (born William Levise, Jr.), 1945
