January 9
Led Zeppelin's guitar wizard Jimmy Page celebrates his 82nd birthday today, the session musician turned rock god whose innovative production and mystical riffs on albums like 'Led Zeppelin IV' made him one of the most influential guitarists in rock history… Folk music's most unwavering conscience Joan Baez celebrates her 85th birthday today, the soprano whose pure voice and political activism made her the face of 1960s protest music while her relationship with Bob Dylan added romantic intrigue to the folk revival… We remember glam rock's most theatrical showman, David Johansen on his birthday today in 1950, the New York Dolls frontman who influenced punk before reinventing himself as lounge singer Buster Poindexter - the lounge alter ego Johansen created in the 1980s… South African rhythms met American jam bands when Dave Matthews was born today in 1959, the singer-songwriter whose Dave Matthews Band became one of the 1990s' biggest touring...
