Thursday, 8 June 2006

Todays birthdays

Boz Scaggs was born in Canton, Ohio. After learning guitar at the age of 12, he met Steve Miller at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. In 1959, he became the vocalist for Miller's band The Marksmen. After singing in bands such as The Wigs and Mother Earth, he recorded his first solo album Boz in 1965, which was not a commercial success. He traveled to Sweden as a solo performer and did a brief stint with the band The Other Side. Returning to the US, Scaggs promptly headed for the booming psychedelic music center of San Francisco in 1967. After being spotted by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, Scaggs secured a solo contract with Atlantic Records in 1968.

Julie Driscoll (born June 8, 1947, in London) is a British
singer and actress, best known for her 1960s hit versions of
"Wheel's on Fire" and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with the Brian Auger's Trinity.



Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750) best known for his Adagio in G-minor, the Adagio of Giazotto.