In music history today- notables of now and then

Just to jog your memory if you were around in the 60's when they began their popularity, or to add to your information if you only know of them but not how far back they were from, this is from L.A. RADIO.com www.laradio.com in today's music historical information.

BORN-
1943 - Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger born in Dartford, Kent, England.(Still a part of today's music."

1941 - Brenton Wood (Gimme Little Sign, Oogum Boogum Song) born in Shreveport. (Performed at Lincoln High in the past and has performed recently. (An LHS teacher, an accomplished musician, and fellow alumnus, whom I also consider a friend , Mr. Huff, also from the 60's, has performed with him over the years. )

1940 - Dobie Grey (Drift Away, Loving Arms, The In Crowd) born in Brookshire, TX. (Ramsey Lewis did the jazz intrumental version of "The 'In' Crowd," after it was originally performed by Gray.)

DIED-
1992 - Mary Wells (My Guy, Two Lovers, Laughing Boy) dies of cancer at 49.

1977 - Led Zeppelin halts tour when Robert Plant's son, 5, dies from a virus.


L.A. RADIO.com has more on radio's past, present and some ideas on the future, too. There is a free version with a lot of information every weekday.

That's good, but the suhscriber version is even better. At a yearly rate that amounts to roughly 10 cents a day, it's a bargain- and I think it is much easier to read through with it's different text formatting.

Sly Stone on KCRW-FM 89.9- Monday at 11 a.m

I was checking L.A. Radio.com www.laradio.com Friday column and see that Sly Stone, of the band, Sly and the Family Stone, the rock/r&b/funk star or whatever category he might fit, will be on the radio Monday morning. "Sly on Memorial Day. KCRW’s Chris Douridas interviews Sly Stone on Monday at 11 a.m." (link: Sly Stone on KCRW- during "Morning Becomes Eclectic" ) (Ed. note: this is now available as a podcast)

The interview of Sly will be about his personal history and career. I think it will be a recorded interview, but it might be live in the 11 a.m. hour. Here is a major talent that could have left a bigger mark in music history if he had been less of an artist and free spirit and more of a business man. That he did leave his mark as strongly as he did, even with his quirky bits of irresponsiblity speaks strongly to how talented a person he was in the music industry.

If you know about Sly Stone, you will know he has a reputation of being unreliable and missing shows and such for assorted reasons, and there was drug involvement affecting his life, as I recall. If you hear his music, you will see what his creative talent is about and hear that distintive sound. Sly and the Family Stone was a band with a powerful, very dynamic sound, that was an influence on many later groups. The band's songs often carried relevant social messages of the day.

KCRW FM from Santa Monica is at 89.9 on the FM dial. The home page is interesting as it doesn't show that frequency anywhere on the page, at least not very prominently so as to be noticed.