Stevie Wonder performing “Superstition” on Sesame Street. How cool is that?

I thought this would be a fun way for us to celebrate Stevie’s birthday.

Happy Rock and Roll Birthday to the amazing Stevie Wonder.

If you are thinking he’s gotta be older than 62, remember that Berry Gordy signed Little Stevie Wonder to Motown as when he was only eleven years old! Nice vision on that one, Berry.

Stevie is one of the legends who has provided the soundtrack of our lives, and for that I am immeasurably grateful.

In case you’re wondering, I’m listening to “Songs in the Key of Life.”

“I never wanted to be a star – just a great musician.”-Steve Winwood

Speaking from the peanut gallery, I’d have to say you are undeniably both of those, Steve.

On the anniversary of his birth, here’s Steve Winwood performing the Traffic classic, “Dear Mr. Fantasy.”

Stevie did a phenomenal version of this one last night in Milwaukee as the first encore.

I couldn’t let Eric’s Burdon’s birthday slide by without something from The Animals, so here they are doing “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.”

“You’ve got to create a dream. You’ve got to uphold the dream…”-Eric Burdon

It’s all about the dream. Without it, life is barely worth living…at least that’s what I think.

Happy Birthday, Eric!

On Eric’s 71st birthday, here he is back in the day performing “Spill the Wine” with the groovy funk rock band War.

Happy Rock and Roll Birthday to the splendiferous Eric Burdon, who turns 71 today.

Born in Newcastle, England, Eric came to fame as lead singer of the Animals, a scruffy looking outfit if there ever was one.  He later fronted the funk band War, with Lee Oskar.  He was widely known for his prodigious use of mind altering chemicals and unpredictable behavior, but survived nonetheless.

Burdon and the Animals rose to prominence with their version of “House of the Rising Sun”, an old New Orleans Blues song, and rode the British Invasion wave to popularity in the United States.  He was also among the first musicians to embrace and promote Jimi Hendrix when Hendrix first got to London.

Fittingly, the title of his autobiography is I Used To Be An Animal, But I’m Alright Now.

“Rock & Roll is not an age, it’s an attitude.”-Dave Mason

Indeed.

Happy Birthday, Dave!

In celebration of the grate Dave Mason’s birthday, here he is at Traffic’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame taking the lead on “Feelin’ Alright.”

Check out the phenomenal cast of characters on stage with them.