December 17

Paul Rodgers (Bad Company, Free) is 73 today

 

Today in 1999, saxophonist Grover Washington Jr died of a heart attack at age 56

 

Paul Butterfield was born on this day in 1942

 

Today in 1982, Delta blues musician and songwriter Big Joe Williams died in Macon, Mississippi at age 79

 

Mike Mills (R.E.M.) was born on this day in 1958

 

Today in 2010, Captain Beefheart (Don van Vliet) died at age 69 from complications from multiple sclerosis

 

Today in 1969, Tiny Tim married Miss Vicki Budinger on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson