New this week: A mysterious brunette with a light-up goose and a giant tambourine... Maggie Walters is a singer songwriter from the Austin, Texas area. Her 2nd LP is called Midwestern Hurricane
3/8/08

Bumtech is a two-piece indie electro band formed by Portland, Oregon musicians Sharon Schloss and John Walterscheid. Their debut LP is called Beware Of D-G
2/9/08

Kevin Henderson is a guitar player with the rock band The Swigs. On his LP Watch Your Head he breaks out with a 2-CD solo effort. Check it out here:
2/9/08

A special thanks to all of you who have supported WFAQ-LP in 2007!! We look forward to a great 2008!
1/1/08

Birthdays

May 8: jazz pianist Mary Lou Willams (1910), blues legend Robert Johnson (1911), Top 40 radio format pioneer Todd Storz (1924), Ricky Nelson (1940), frat party scenemaker John Fred (1941), Paul Samwell-Smith of The Yardbirds (1943), Toni Tennille of the Captain and Tennille (1943), Chris Frantz of Talking Heads (1951), Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire (1951), Alex Van Halen (1955), Dave Rowntree of Blur (1964), Savage Garden's Darren Hayes (1972), Enrique Iglesias (1975)

May 9: Hank Snow (1914), Nokie Edwards of The Ventures (1935), Dave Prater of Sam and Dave (1937), Sonny Curtis of The Crickets (1937), Pete Birrell of Freddie and The Dreamers (1941), Tommy Roe (1942), Ritchie Furay of Buffalo Springfield and Poco (1944), Blood, Sweat and Tears' Steve Katz (1945), Billy Joel (1949), Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode (1962), Paul Heaton of The Housemartins (1962)

May 10: Fred Astaire (1899), Maybelle Carter (1909), session guitarist Bert Weedon (1920), Cliff Goldsmith (1925), Fats Domino (1929), Larry Williams (1935), Arthur Alexander (1940), "Groovy" Joe Poovey (1941), Danny Rapp of Danny & The Juniors (1941), Donovan born Donovan Phillip Leitch (1946), Graham Goldman of 10cc (1946), Dave Mason (1947), reggae drummer Sly Dunbar of Sly and Robbie (1952), Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie (1957), Bono born Paul Hewson (1960), Krist Novoselic of Nirvana (1965), Young MC (1967), Jason Dalyrimple of Soul for Real (1980)

May 11: Irving Berlin (1888), British blues diva Beryl Bryden (1920), record exec Ewart Abner (1923), Who manager Kit Lambert (1935), jazz pianist-composer Carla Bley (1938), Eric Burdon (1941), Les Chadwick of Gerry and the Pacemakers (1943), Arnie Silver of The Dovells (1943), Art of Noise's Jonathan Jeczalik (1955)

May 12: Burt Bacharach (1928), The Cardinals' Leon Hardy (1932), Jayotis Washington of The Persuasions (1941), Ian Dury (1942), singer-songwriter Billy Swan (1942), Ian McLagan of Small Faces (1945), Steve Winwood (1948), Billy Squier (1950), Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn (1955), Billy Duffy of The Cult (1959) Black Sabbath singer Ray Gillen (1959), Jason Biggs (1978)

May 13: editor of the Schwann Catalog William Schwann (1913), Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips (1926), The Weavers' Fred Hellerman (1927), Harold Winley of The Clovers (1933), Ritchie Valens (1941), Mary Wells (1943), Carolyn Franklin (1944), harp player "Magic" Dick Salwitz of The J.Geils Band (1945), bassist Danny Klein of The J.Geils Band (1946), Peter "Overend" Watts of Mott the Hoople (1947), Stevie Wonder born Steveland Morris (1950), Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac (1950), Paul Thompson of Roxy Music (1951), Darius Carlos Rucker of Hootie & The Blowfish (1966)

May 14: Frederick Van Pallandt of Nina and Frederick (1934), Bobby Darin born Walden Robert Cassotto (1936), songwriter Ed Labunski (1937), Jack Bruce of Cream (1943), Derek Leckenby of Herman's Hermits (1943), Gene Cornish of The Rascals (1945), David Byrne (1952), Ian Astbury of The Cult (1962), C.C. DeVille of Poison (1962), Mike Inez of Alice in Chains (1966), Fabrice "Fab" Morvan of Milli Vanilli (1966), Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block (1969), Freaky Tah of The Lost Boyz (1971), Natalie Appleton of All Saints (1973), R&B singer Shanice (1973)

Departures:

May 8: Abbey Road photographer Iain MacMillan (2006), jazz yodeler Leon Thomas (1999), Ronald Koal of Ronald Koal and the Trillionaires (1993), pianist Rudolf Serkin (1991), disco record exec Neil Bogart (1982), Graham Bond (1974)

May 9: Shel Silverstein (1999), blues harpist-vocalist Lester Butler (1998), cowboy-chic tailor Nudie Cohn (1984)

May 10: jazz pianist John Hicks (2006), confidante to the stars and Astral Studios mogul Burnetta "Bunny" Jones (1998)

May 11: singer-songwriter John Whitehead (2004), Noel Redding (2003), Chess Records singer-guitarist Danny Overbea (1994), Robert Nesta Marley (1981), banjo star Lester Flatt (1979)

May 12: R&B artist John Whitehead (2004), jazz clarinetist John LaPorta (2004), Perry Como (2001), sax man "Big" John Greer (1972)

May 13: session trumpeter Floyd Arceneaux (1992), Bob Wills (1975)

May 14: bluegrass singer-guitarist Jimmy Martin (2005), Frank Sinatra (1998), Rudy West of The Five Keys (1998), Keith Relf of the Yardbirds (1976), Fairport Convention's Martin Lamble (1969)