Musings of the Mage

Billy Joel turns 63 today!

Posted by Mage on May 9, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

William Martin Joel, or Billy as we all know him, was born on May 9, 1949 making him 63 today!

Man, there’s so many great Billy Joel tunes it’s hard to pick one……ah, heck, just give the entire Glass Houses album a spin – which is where the picture comes from incidentally…..

Or – check out this sweet little vid from back when Billy was in his 30s .

Happy Birthday Billy! You’re Still Rock & Roll!

Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch (MCA) Dead at 47

Posted by Mage on May 5, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, better known to millions as MCA, died earlier today in New York City after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 47.

Read the full story at Guitar World here.

Jack White Scores First U.S. Number One

Posted by Mage on May 2, 2012 in Today In Music | 1 comment

Sweet, no??

http://www.guitarworld.com/jack-white-scores-first-us-number-one

RIP Dick Clark

Posted by Mage on Apr 18, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

Dick Clark was truly instrumental in bringing what was, at the time, a somewhat unpopular form of music – Rock and Roll – into the mainstream and creating stars overnight with appearances on American Bandstand.
You will surely be missed by millions, but never ever forgotten.
Rest in peace, and for now, so long….

RIP Jim Marshall – The Father of Loud

Posted by Mage on Apr 5, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

http://marshallamps.com/

Slow birthday…….

Posted by Mage on Apr 1, 2012 in Today In Music | 1 comment

Can’t believe I almost missed Eric Clapton’s birthday….

bad me,…….

Eric Patrick Clapton, born March 30, 1945 – turns 67 this year!!!

Mr Slow Hand himself – just barely lost out to Gerry Rafferty for the wedding song…………

Oh wait……………………

Suppose anyone will really get this?

There’s clues people…. respond.

Steven Tyler is 64 today!

Posted by Mage on Mar 26, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

Steven Victor Tallarico, or Steven Tyler as we all know him from Aerosmith fame…yes, AEROSMITH, not freakin American Idol…was born on March 26, 1948 – making him 64 today.

Let’s relive some of the glory days of Aerosmith with this tasty clip….

David Gilmour turns 66 today!

Posted by Mage on Mar 6, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

Happy birthday to David Jon Gilmour, guitarist extraordinaire of Pink Floyd fame, who turns 66 today!

See the master doing what he does best…

Kurt Cobain would have turned 45 today…

Posted by Mage on Feb 20, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

Kurt Donald Cobain would have turned 45 today save for his tragic suicide in 1994.

I think a little ‘Lithium‘ should be in order…

The Day The Music Died

Posted by Mage on Feb 3, 2012 in Today In Music | 0 comments

53 years ago today was the fatal airplane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa that took the lives of all on board including Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and ‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson. Read more in this USA Today article.

The event has been memorialized near Clear Lake and the Surf Ballroom, and also in the song ‘American Pie’ by Don McLean.

Someday I should go see the memorial…..such a sad thing….