February 14
The Grateful Dead's captain found love today in 1994 when Jerry Garcia married filmmaker Deborah Koons, his third wife staying with him through his final health struggles until his death just 18 months later in August 1995… Pop's most flamboyant showman entered his first marriage today in 1984 when Elton John wed recording engineer Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia, the union lasting four years before divorce as the singer continued struggling with his sexuality and addiction… Rock's darkest poet Lou Reed married Sylvia Morales today in 1980 at his New York apartment, the union producing no children but lasting seven years before Reed's relationship with performance artist Laurie Anderson became his final great love… We remember folk's most ethereal voice Tim Buckley on his birthday today in 1947, the singer-songwriter whose five-octave range and jazz-influenced experimentations influenced his son Jeff before heroin and morphine killed him at 28 i...
