Happy Birthday To The February Rockers

Let's give these older, yet still rocking artists a well deserved  shout out on their birthdays. Long live their music.

Born in Surrey, England on February 13, 1950.  Peter Gabriel  singer and composer started as the frontman of Genesis in the '60s. Began a solo career in 1976. Peter's most recent album is New Blood released in 2011.

Born  in Lancashire, England (1942), Graham William Nash celebrated his birthday on February 2nd. Graham was a key member of the British band, The Hollies. As a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, this singer-songwriter is a rock icon which started in the late 1960s. He turned 73.

Born  in Detroit, Michigan (1948), Vincent Damon Furnier celebrated his big day on February 4th. this irrepressibly outrageous performer has been a  major force in hard rock starting around the 1960s. Way ahead of his time and an influence to many yet to come. Became a solo act in 1975. He turned 67.

Born in Queens, New York (1950), Walter Becker is one half of  Steely Dan with Donald Fagen. Walter plays both bass and guitar for the band, Walter is a behind-the-scenes artist,as well; co-composing all of the Fagen's memorably  songs. He turns 65 on February 20th.

Other notables:

• The very talented singer-songwriter Carole King, Sadly passed in June 2014
• Dave Davies of The Kinks celebrated his birthday February 3rd (1947).