May 6
Heartland rock's most authentic voice Bob Seger celebrates his 81st birthday today, the Detroit singer whose "Night Moves" and blue-collar anthems proved that Midwestern grit could compete with coastal sophistication while his Silver Bullet Band delivered working-class rock across six decades of honest storytelling… Rock and roll songwriting lost one of its greatest architects today in 2002 when Otis Blackwell died at 70 from a heart attack, ending the career of the songwriter who wrote Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up" while never receiving proper recognition for creating the King's sound… College rock's most reliable guitarist Mark Bryan celebrates his 59th birthday today, the Hootie & the Blowfish member whose playing on "Hold My Hand" helped make the band the mid-1990s' most unlikely multi-platinum success story before their inevitable commercial decline… Jazz guitar lost one of ...
