March 9
British blues' most psychedelic guitarist Robin Trower celebrates his 81st birthday today, the Procol Harum alumnus whose Hendrix-influenced solo work on "Bridge of Sighs" proved that cosmic blues-rock could create careers beyond the master's shadow… Boston suffered a devastating loss on this day in 2007 when lead singer Brad Delp committed suicide at 55 by carbon monoxide poisoning, ending the life of the vocalist whose soaring harmonies on "More Than a Feeling" had defined arena rock's most meticulously produced sound… Southern rock mourned a gritty frontman today in 2005 when Molly Hatchet's Danny Joe Brown died at 53 from renal failure caused by diabetes complications, ending the career of the singer whose "Flirtin' with Disaster" vocals captured the genre's raw power… Free jazz found its most radical voice when saxophonist Ornette Coleman was born on this day in 1930, the innovator whose abandonment of chord c...
