What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Just one birthday caught my eye today, and is the birthday of Rudolph Isley, from American group The Isley Brothers who first came to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, 'Shout', and then the 1962 hit 'Twist and Shout. The Isley Brothers also scored the hits 'This Old Heart Of Mine', 'Summer Breeze' and 'Harvest for the World'. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40.

Snowy White is such a great guitarist who fly's under the radar for many. Such a pity as his playing is simply brilliant

And in complete contrast....here's Dr Feelgood....

A blast for the past here. Elvis Costello is still going strong and he was here in NZ last summer I think....

That's all for now.......

Bob Seger made some very fine music....

Used to know this guy Martin here in Melbourne, Australia and I nicknamed him Frippertronics, he was related to Robert but then maybe all Fripps are....

I did have enough money to buy two Revox when I was at University.
But had my experiments with my tape recorder and a Korg keyboard!

Actually, a Terry Riley invention... to be precise.

Ahhhhhhh man that is just awesome, thanks for the upload and the history lesson

The world of music needs people like Fripp to explore and expand the boundaries of what's possible

A suggestion to me by the YouTube algorithm... delicious! She was a beauty. Thanks.

So aggressive and in the part. So emotionally "engaged".

My dear old Dad was a huge fan too!!

On the list of birthdays today is the late Marvin Gaye, singer, songwriter who had a 1968 US No.1 & 1969 UK No.1 single with ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ and a 1982 US No.3 & UK No.4 single with ‘Sexual Healing’. Gaye was a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late 1950s, and then signed with Motown Records subsidiary, Tamla. He started off as a session drummer, but later ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the 1960s. He was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul". He was shot dead by his father on April 1st 1984.

Also on the list is Canadian guitarist and songwriter Kurt Winter from Canadian rock band Guess Who who had the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.19 single 'American Woman'. Winter penned the hit singles ‘Bus Rider’ and ‘Hand Me Down World’, both of which were hits for The Guess Who. Winter died of kidney failure at the age of 51 on 14 December 1997.

There must be a huge party...after the virus is over....for the birthday of American singer, songwriter and musician Emmylou Harris who has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She has worked with numerous leading artists, including Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, The Band, Mark Knopfler, Albert Lee, Delbert McClinton, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Steve Earle and Ryan Adams.

Lastly today, it's happy birthday to the late Leon Wilkeson, bassist with southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd who had the 1974 US No. 8 single 'Sweet Home Alabama' the 1977 US No. 5 album Street Survivors and the 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'. Wilkeson was found dead on July 27, 2001, in a Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, hotel room; he was 49 years old. He had apparently been suffering from chronic liver and lung disease.