They Say It's Your Birthday!

So, it’s official. Forty-five years ago this very day, I made my stage debut. Before offering me a hearty chorus of “huzzahs”, please consider other musical talents of note born on January 6. I had to look long and hard, cruising the Internet for at least 3-4 minutes to come up with the names of the aft mentioned rockinrollas….and I am sure you will be as gobsmacked as I was when I found out who shares my natal anniversary.
1967-Peter Loran, vocalist of the band Trixter.

1964-Mark O’Toole, bassist/drummer of the band Frankie Goes to Hollywood

1963-Paul Brindley, bassist of the band The Sundays

1959-Kathy Sledge, vocalist for the group Sister Sledge

After finding these first four names, I wasn’t all that impressed. I mean, it was better than telling people I shared my birthday with the Reverend Sun Yung Moon, founder of the “Moonies”, but still, where were the Rock and Roll genius’ I knew the “self proclaimed Goddess of the Groove” should share her zodiac sign with? MMMM, just wait…here come the heavy hitters…..

1953- Malcolm Young, guitarist for AC/DC.
Now, I will admit, I was a big fan back in the day. I like my music a little more, dare I say it, comfortably numb….which brings me to…

1946- Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd.
OMG! I share my birthday with a right freaking genius! OK, so he went mad and some of his later behavior rivaled Howard Hughes. I mean, don’t we all go a little mad sometimes….

1944- Van McCoy- if you are teetering on the edge of extinction as I am, you will remember, if not Van McCoy’s name, his biggest claim to fame, that all out and out classic disco party song…the Hustle. I am not too proud to admit, much to my friend’s chagrin that I put on my Candies F-me heels and my iced blue Satin disco dress and danced to this song at many a school dance. Ok, so I was 14…..and that excuses me!

1941-Sandy Denny, vocalist of Fairport Convention/Fotheringay. How did I not know that one of my idols shared a birthday with me? How I love Sandy’s soothing voice on the folk rock sounds. If you are familiar with Fairport Convention, which also boasted the talents of my beloved Richard Thompson and lovely Trevor Lucas, who was later part of Fotheringay, you will know that most of their music has a decidedly, imho, folk sound. Sandy’s second band, the very short lived one albumed Fotheringay, was a bit more folk/rock. To me, the album is so good that it hurts!

I can sleep now, knowing that as I near the end of the first day of my 45th year on Earth, I share this date with others who felt the pull of music, perhaps even more so than I do.