Chapter 01 — Today in music
On a day like today April 30
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1983
Muddy Waters dies, the man who electrified the Delta
Muddy Waters died, the Mississippi sharecropper who plugged in Delta blues in Chicago and created the template for the rock band. "Rollin' Stone" christened a band, a magazine and a Dylan song. When asked what the blues was, he had already sung the answer: he had his mojo working.
Muddy Waters
1943
Bobby Vee is born, the teenager who replaced Buddy Holly on a freezing night
Bobby Vee was born in North Dakota, the 15-year-old who took the stage in Fargo to cover the empty date after Buddy Holly's death in 1959. From that impossible night came a career with hits like "Take Good Care of My Baby". His band briefly included one Elston Gunnn: Bob Dylan.
Bobby Vee
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