Courteeners
Ashley Gearing
Deerhunter
Clark Beckham
Jessica Sutta
Birdy
Eddy Arnold
Dwight Twilley Band
K.T. Oslin
Trini Lopez
ROLE MODEL
A Thousand Horses
Utah Phillips
Little River Band
Josh Ward
Brian Eno
Musical Birthday Notes – May 15th
- Eddy Arnold – country singer/songwriter/guitar/banjo/actor – hits include – What’s He Doing In My World – Cattle Call – Make The World Go Away – 1943 Grand Ole Opry – 1966 Country Music Hall of Fame – (5/15/1918 – 5/8/2008)
- Baba Oje – best known as an actor and his association with the multi-award winning Afrocentric hip-hop group – Arrested Development – (5/15/1932 – 10/26/2018)
- Utah Phillips – folk singer/songwriter/storyteller/poet/guitar/labor organizer – referred to as “The Golden Voice Of The Great Southwest” – (5/15/1935 – 5/23/2008)
- K.T. Oslin – multi-award winning country singer/songwriter/keyboards – hits include – 80’s Ladies – Hey Bobby – I’ll Always Come Back – (5/15/1942 – 12/21/2020)
- Ian “Tich” Amy – guitarist – was part of the English rock band – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – (5/15/1944 – 2/15/2024)
- Graham Goble – Australian singer/songwriter/guitar/bass/producer – founding member of – The Little River Band – group hits include – Take It Easy On Me – Reminiscing – 1947
- Brian Eno – British singer/writer/musician/composer/producer/visual artist – Roxy Music – 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1948
- Gary Mervin Thain – bassist – best known with – Uriah Heep – group songs include – Easy Livin’ – (5/15/1948 – 12/8/1975)
- Dennis “Fergie” Fredericksen – musician/singer/songwriter – associated acts include – Toto – LeRoux – Survivor – Angel – (5/15/1951 – 1/18/2014)
- Phil Seymour – drummer/singer/guitarist/songwriter – The Dwight Twilley Band – solo artist – hits include – I’m On Fire – (5/15/1952 – 8/17/1993)
- Mike Oldfield – multi-award winning British progressive rock/composer/musician – best known for – Tubular Bells – 1953
- Andrew Eldritch – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – best known as frontman of the British goth rock group – The Sisters of Mercy – 1959
- Jon Sevink – fiddle-violin/tin whistle – best known with British folk alt-rock group – The Levellers – 1965
- Zoltan Bathory – guitarist/songwriter – Five Finger Death Punch – 1978
- Josh Ward – country singer – most of his success has come in his native state of Texas – albums include – Holding Me Together – More Than I Deserve – 1980
- Bradford Cox – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/actor – best known with indie-rock band – Deerhunter – solo projects include – Atlas Sound – 1982
- J Sutta (Jessica Sutta) – pop singer/songwriter/actress – associated acts include – Pussycat Dolls – 1982
- Devin Bronson – guitarist – associated acts include – Avril Lavigne – Sebastian Bach – David Cook – 1983
- Nick Perri – guitarist/songwriter/producer – best known with – Shinedown – associated acts include – Mount Holly – Silvertide – Perry Farrell – Matt Sorum – Christina Perri – 1984
- Zack Brown – country singer/guitarist – A Thousand Horses – group hits include – Smoke – (This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial – 1984
- Liam Fray – English singer/songwriter/lyricist/guitar – best known as frontman for indie rock band – Courteeners – 1985
- Ashley Gearing – country singer – songs include – Can You Hear Me When I Talk To You? – I Found It In You – 1991
- Clark Beckham – pop-soul singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – songs include – Runaway – Luckiest Man – 1992
- Birdy – award winning English indie-folk-pop singer/songwriter/piano/guitar – albums include – Birdy – Fire Within – Beautiful Lies – Young Heart – 1996
- ROLE MODEL (Tucker Pillsbury) – pop singer/songwriter – releases include EP’s – Arizona In The Summer – Oh, How Perfect – Our Little Angel – albums include – Rx – 1997