To celebrate Jeff Coffin’s birthday, hear the saxophonist perform with Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck on “#41” in 1998.
MonoNeon released a new single, “Full Circle,” featuring Mavis Staples and arriving on the beloved singer’s 85th birthday.
To celebrate Bela Fleck’s birthday, watch The Flecktones’ entire set from the 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival.
Celebrate co-founding Allman Brothers Band drummer Jaimoe’s 80th birthday with a smoking ABB reunion performance for the 1986 Volunteer Jam in Nashville.
Listen to four isolated bass tracks from early 1990s Phish shows to commemorate Mike Gordon’s birthday.
To celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday today, watch video of Dylan and The Dead’s collaborative set from Anaheim in 1987.
Joel Cummins, Jason Crosby, Marco Benevento and Matt McDonald shared thoughts on Phish keyboardist Page McConnell back in 2013 to celebrate his 50th birthday.
To celebrate Aretha Franklin’s birthday, watch The Queen Of Soul step in for famed opera singer Luciano Pavarotti at the 1998 Grammys to give one of her most memorable performances.
Today marks what would have been rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s birthday, honor the late legend by streaming a Spotify Playlist featuring her performing live.
Phil Lesh’s playing, or lack thereof, during a Grateful Dead concert in 1968 caused an angry Jerry Garcia to push his bandmate down the stairs backstage at the Carousel Ballroom.
One of Johnny Cash’s best-known songs was an important influence on a young Bob Dylan.
Legendary musicians Etta James and Taj Mahal performed the lullabye-inspired “Mockingbird” during an appearance on the ‘Late Show With David Letterman.’
Listen to an early recording of Janis Joplin singing in an atypically restrained style on song “So Sad To Be Alone.”
A 1966 recording session for “Beck’s Bolero” featuring Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page was the inspiration behind one of the band name Led Zeppelin.
David Bowie, who was born on this date 77 years ago, wrote a song after mistakenly thinking he met The Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed.
In July 1983, Stephen Stills participated in a tribute concert for blues legend Muddy Waters, where he teamed with Willie Dixon on a series of blues standards.
To celebrate Rock Danko’s birthday, listen to The Band’s August 1, 1973 set from Roosevelt Stadium in New Jersey opening up for the Grateful Dead.
To celebrate Chris Robinson’s birthday today, see The Black Crowes perform for Dutch TV’s ‘2 Meter Sessions’ in 1996.