March 3

Session music lost its most versatile master on this day in 2023 when David Lindley died at 78, ending the career of the multi-instrumentalist whose lap steel and fiddle work graced Jackson Browne's greatest albums while his own eclectic solo work proved no genre was beyond his grasp…

 

Folk-rock history was made today in 1966 when Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles after a chance traffic jam meeting, launching the band that would create "For What It's Worth" while serving as launching pad for legendary solo careers…

 

We remember blues harmonica legend Junior Parker on his birthday today in 1927, the vocalist whose "Mystery Train" influenced Elvis Presley and whose smooth style bridged blues and soul before his death during brain tumor surgery at 39 in 1971 cut short his influential career…

 

Hard rock mourned a pioneering guitarist on this day in 2012 when Ronnie Montrose took his own life at 64 after battling prostate cancer, ending the career of the musician whose self-titled band's debut influenced heavy metal while his struggles with depression proved fatal.