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Today in Musical History, June 13th:
1942: James Carr one of the great soul shouters, b. Coahoma, MS
Today in Musical History, June 14th:
1931: Autry DeWalt Mixon, AKA Jr Walker, b. Blytheville, AR
Today in Musical History, June 15th:
1843: Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist, b. Bergen, Sweden-Norway
"I am sure that my music has a taste of codfish in it." - Edvard Grieg
Today in Musical History, June 16th:
1965: "Like A Rolling Stone" has a difficult birth; Dylan spent several days tearing his hair out, grinding out over 30 takes while trying to bring the song together during unusually chaotic sessions at Columbia Studios -
Until Al Kooper came up with the organ riff, the song went from 3/4 time to 4/4 time, and BOOM - "The Greatest Song Of All Time", according to Rolling Stone magazine, and quite a few people who supposedly know about such things.
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