February Birthdays!
This month Off the Wall celebrates drum month and the following smattering of musical February birthdays, including a LOT of drummers! There aren’t any OTW staff birthdays so you can keep working on your signing and serenade next month 🙂
February 1: Weezer Drummer Patrick Wilson (1969); Superfreak Rick James (1948); Lisa Marie Presley (1968); Frank Zappa Drummer Jimmy Carl Black (1938)
February 3: Felix Mendelsohn (1809)
February 4: Alice Cooper (1948)
February 5: Duff McKagan, Guns N’ Roses bassist born in Seattle (1964), Bobby Brown (1969)
February 6: Bob Marley (1945), Natalie Cole (1950), The Who/Toto Drummer Simon Phillips (1957), Axl Rose (1962)
February 7: Garth Brooks (1962)
February 8: John Williams (1932)
February 10: Roberta Flack (1937)
February 11: Matt Dennis [Seattle-born composer] (1914-2002), Sheryl Crow (1962)
February 13: Peter Gabriel (1950)
February 15: Kinks Drummer Mick Avory (1944)
February 16: Bill Doggett (1916), Slayer Drummer Dave Lombardo (1965)
February 17: Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins (1972)
February 18: Yoko Ono (1933), John Travolta (1954), Megadeth Drummer Gar Samuelson (1958), Dr. Dre (1965)
February 19: Smokey Robinson (1940), Seal (1963), Phish Drummer Jon Fishman (1965)
February 20: Nancy Wilson (1937), Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), Travis Drummer Neil Primrose (1972), Rihanna (1988)
February 21: Carl Czerny (1791-1857), Nina Simone (1933-2003)
February 22: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters/Fourplay Drummer Harvey Mason (1947), Creed/Alter Bridge Drummer Scott Phillips (1973), James Blunt (1974)
February 23: George Frideric Handel (1685), Howard Jones (1955)
February 24: George Thorogood (1950)
February 25: George Harrison (1943)
February 26: Fats Domino (1928), Johnny Cash (1932), Michael Bolton (1953)
February 28: Drummer Willie Bobo (1934), Brian Jones (1942-1969), Bernadette Peters (1948), Cindy Wilson (1957)
February 29: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957), Dinah Shore (1916-1994)
