Day Tripping: July 30

Music Masters

George Guy is the son of sharecroppers from Louisiana who was born in 1936. Twenty years later, Buddy Guy packed his guitar and moved to Chicago to become the king of Chicago Blues.

“If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.”

Buddy has been an influence on every major rock guitarist in history. If you have never seen him play live, what are you waiting for? Luckily, at only 75-years-young, you still have some time.

Everything else you need to know about this great man, you can hear right here.

Today is:

Paperback Book Day — Pick up a novel and a beverage and get comfortable. Oh, you might as well grab a snack too because today I also…

National Cheesecake Day

Musical Ride

Remember the SARS epidemic in 2003? For some reason, the city of Toronto was hit hardest by the virus scare and over that summer was losing tourism dollars.

The Rolling Stones came along and put on a benefit concert to coax people back to the ‘Big Smoke’. SARSfest featured an entire day of performances from The Guess Who, Rush, and The Blues Brothers with Jim Belushi filling in for his late brother, John.

The Stones closed the event after AC/DC took the stage and knocked it out of the park. Justin Timberlake didn’t fare so well, getting pelted and booed off the stage.

Here’s one from the Rush set that day.

Interesting Notes

Teamsters' boss Jimmy Hoffa went missing from a Michigan restaurant parking lot in 1975. He was declared dead exactly seven years later.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman made over sixty films during his career, including the highly acclaimed The Seventh Seal which is considered one of the greatest films of all time. Bergman died in 2007 at 89.

Notable Births

1939 —Another fine filmmaker, Peter Bogdanovich

1941 — Teenage idol from the fifties and sixties, Paul Anka

1970 — Christopher Nolan is also a pretty good movie director

K. Barrett Maria Rattray Maryam Merchant Dr Mehmet Yildiz Tree Langdon Myriam Ben Salem Phil Truman Chelsea Mandler MAT Terry Mansfield Hollie Petit, PhD. Terry Trueman Dr Preeti Singh John Gruber Bill Abbate James G Brennan ScienceDuuude Marcus Liam Ireland Claire Kelly Noorain Hassan, BMS Amy Pierovich David Acaster Nora Thewriteyard David Perlmutter Joe Luca Holly Kellums Michael Burg, MD Lucy Dan Dave Logan

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