March 21
Supertramp's dreamy voice Roger Hodgson celebrates his 76th birthday today, the singer-songwriter whose "Dreamer" and "Breakfast in America" showcased his optimistic counterpoint to Rick Davies' cynicism before his 1983 departure left the band without its most distinctive vocalist… Rock and roll lost its greatest inventor today in 1991 when Leo Fender died at 81 from Parkinson's disease, ending the life of the man who never learned to play guitar but created the Telecaster and Stratocaster, the instruments that define electric guitar's sound… The Delta blues lost its last direct link to Robert Johnson on this day in 2011 when "Pinetop" Perkins died at 97, ending the career of the pianist who had personally known the legendary guitarist and kept Mississippi blues alive into the 21st century… We remember blue-collar rock's most honest voice Eddie Money on his birthday today in 1949, the former New York cop whose "Tw...
