April 29th...

Toots Thielemans (04/29/22) plays the Duke Ellington (04/29/1899)
composition "Sophisticated Lady" on Night Music:



Otis Rush (04/29/34):



Klaus Voormann (04/29/38), bassist (he's in there, like Prego):



Klaus Voormann, producer of Trio:



Tommy James (04/29/47):



"The song is famous for a unique "wobbly" vocal effect near the end of the song. To produce this effect, Tommy James plugged his microphone into a guitar amplifier, flipped the tremolo switch, and repeatedly sang the line "crimson and clover, over and over". When it was released in December 1968, many listeners thought he was saying "Christmas is over" instead of "crimson and clover."" (You mean Christmas isn't over?)

Michael Karoli, Can guitarist (04/29/48):

Big Day in Krautrock!

Holger Czukay of Can, born March 24th, 1938...




Neu! doing "Hero," live in 1974. Klaus Dinger, born March 24th, 1946, created the Motorik beat, also known as dingerbeat and Apache beat. (When I posted this, I hadn't heard that Klaus Dinger had passed away, and, in fact, found out only today, when Krauty McKraut mentioned it on his radio show. For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Dinger
http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?15,7616)