ON THIS DATE IN 1967 A BABY BOY WAS BORN TO WENDY AND DONALD COBAIN IN ABERDEEN WASHINGTON AND DESPITE A TON OF OBSTACLES THAT INCLUDE DRUG ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS, AND FRAGILE MENTAL HEALTH…KURT DONALD COBAIN WOULD PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE GRUNGE ROCK MOVEMENT OF THE EARLY 90’S WITH ANGST FUELED LYRICS, AND A GENERATION X REBELLION, NIRVANA’S CO FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN, KURT COBAIN IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ROCKERS OF ALL TIME. ON HIS 14TH BIRTHDAY, HIS UNCLE OFFERED HIM EITHER A BIKE OR A USED GUITAR AS A GIFT…KURT CHOSE THE GUITAR AND SOON WAS LEARNING TO PLAY LED ZEPELIN’S “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN” SADLY, NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO, COBAIN’S FRAGILE MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG ABUSE COMBINED WITH A TUMULTUOUS MARRIAGE AND I SUSPECT A LACK OF KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE THE GLOBAL MEDIA ATTENTION RESULTED IN COBAIN’S DECISION TO END HIS LIFE AND MANY GEN X’ERS, INCLUDING ME, WERE SHOOK…COBAIN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN NIRVANA’S FIRST YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY IN 2014, ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE NAMED HIM ONE OF THE 100 GREATEST SONGWRITERS OF ALL TIME, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS AND SINGERS OF ALL TIME…. TODAY WE CELEBRATE KURT COBAIN,ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME, ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 57TH BIRTHDAY WITH A SINGLE OFF OF THE 1991 ALBUM THAT HELPED TO LAUNCH THE GRUNGE MASTERS INTO THE STRATOSPHERE… “IN BLOOM”…IT’S A PRETTY SONG AND I LIKE TO SING ALONG…AND IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
