It wouldn't have been a crummy band. Not at all. Assembling a group from the musicians born on this day -- October 9 -- might even have yielded a minor hit or two.
The players:
John Lennon, songwriter, singer, guitar (1940): Imagine...
John Entwistle, bass, french horn (1944): Who? We're talkin' about My Generation...
Jeannie C. Riley, singer (1945): If we could just get her out of that P.T.A. meeting at Harper Valley...
Jackson Browne, songwriter, singer (1948): Doctor, his eyes have seen the years ...
Gary Bennett, guitarist, singer (1964): BR-549 was never the same after he left and the band dropped the hyphen ...
P.J. Harvey, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, harp, violin, cello, percussion, harmonica (1969): Uh huh, her... (I never got caught up in the Polly Jean thing, but Rolling Stone was clearly impressed: Two of her albums are ranked among the 500 greatest of all time.)
Speaking of which: Add two Top 500s for Lennon (and nine more for the Beatles -- including 4 of the top 10), six for the Who and three for Billy Joel, and you can the potential. Jeannie C. and Bennett? It's a twang thing...
Best thing about this band: NO DRUMMER.
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