roger ford

These are today's Birthday people....born September 11 in the years
mentioned :

BARBEQUE BOB (1902 Walnut Grove Ga)
Real name Robert Hicks blues vicalist & 2 string guitar pioneer

JIMMIE DAVIS (1902 Quitman La)
Country pioneer did You Are My Sunshine later Govenor of Louisiana

JAZZ GILLUM (1904 Indianola Ms)
Blues vcl/harmonica sideman on many records rcd for Bluebird etc

CHARLES PATRICK (1938 Newark NJ)
Lead singer The Monotones of Book Of Love fame

............and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us
this day........

LEON PAYNE (1969 San Antonio Tx)
Blind C&W singer penned I Love You Because,Lost Highway others

PETER TOSH (1987 Kingston Jamaica)
Founder member The Wailers (with Bob Marley) First rcd 1963

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EVENTS OF THE DAY

SEPTEMBER 11 1954

Kitty Kallen emulates her Amerrican success with "Little Things Mean A
Lot" in Britain where it reaches #1 this day displacing local David
Whitfield and "Cara Mia"

SEPTEMBER 11 1962

The Beatles record the best known version of "Love Me Do" this day at
Abbey Road Studios, London. One Andy White is in evidence on drums at
the session.

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ROGER FORD
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dianee

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That's "BarbeCue," "vocalist," and "12 string." If you like Blind Willie
McTell you'll probably like Barbecue Bob too. I sure do. Faves are "Ease
It To Me," "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues," and "Good Time Rounder." ----------

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I recently discovered his 1983 take on "Johnny B. Goode." It's very
different, of course....I like it. (And I'm no reggae fan!)

Of course a lot of folk from around here said their last goodbyes rather
suddenly on this date in 2001 too. I know you know that, Raj, but I felt it
had to be mentioned.

DianeE