Buddy RIch, the indefatigable force on the drums, was born on this day (Sept 30) in 1917...six months before the United States entered WWI. Hear him go to war with his young sidemen on his band bus.

Personal reminiscences and a fond farewell to the songstress with the sultry, honey-toned contralto voice

Sonny Sharrock's ferocious distortion-laced six-string attack liberated a generation of avant garde guitarists.