The Week in Music Birthdays, March 6 - 9
Wes Montgomery, Jerry Naylor, Robin Kenyatta, Kiki Dee, Danyel Gerard, Townes Van Zandt, American Four, Renaissance, Isley Brothers, Dick Hyman, Gabor Szabo, Pearls Before Swine, Clara Rockmore, more
Greetings, comrades. It’s March 6, and as usual, there are birthdays to mark this week.
Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery was born March 6, 1923 in Indianapolis. He had a unique way of playing, reportedly because when he was a machinist with a full-time day job, and could only practice at night, he used his thumb to pluck the strings, keeping the volume down.
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