Happy Birthday to Candice Night (Blackmore’s Night). She is 53 today.

Happy 90th birthday to Frankie Valli

Duane Eddy.   Died at 86.  RIP.

Happy Birthday, Willie!

Big shout out to Willie Nelson, 91 years young today (and tomorrow). Willie explains that he was born just before midnight, April 29th, but his birth was not registered until April 30th. So he gets to celebrate two days.

Mike Pinder, the last surviving member of the original Moody Blues, has died.

He was 82.

Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers has died. He was 80.

The Beatles just announced that the Let It Be movie has been fully restored, and will stream on Disney+ beginning May 8th.

Looks like I’m in for another month of Disney+. Hope they will do the re-release on DVD. Then I’ll have a complete set of Let It Be. 😎

Happy Birthday to Ritchie Blackmore, 79 today! 🎸

Elton John and Bernie Taupin were awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The tribute was broadcast on PBS. If you missed the show, It is streaming on PBS.org or the PBS app. 

Performers include Annie Lennox, Garth Brooks, Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell, Jakob Lusk, Charlie Puth, Maren Morris, Metallica, and host Billy Porter.

Elton’s band backed several artists, and Sir Elton performed three songs at the end of the show: Mona Lisas And Mad-hatters (once said it was his favorite), Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting, and Your Song.

Metallica’s Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding was awesome, and probably the surprise of the evening.

https://youtu.be/ON23_z-k_N8?si=RNqA7eSHd-yy8BS5

Clarence "Frogman" Henry died 4/7/2024.  RIP Frog Dude.