Today’s Birthdays:
Blues singer Bobby Rush is 88.
Actor Albert Hall is 85.
Country singer Donna Fargo is 81.
Former Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., is 79.
Lyricist Tim Rice is 78.
Actor Jack Scalia is 72.
Movie director Roland Emmerich is 67.
Actor Matt Craven is 66.
Actor-comedian Sinbad is 66.
Actor Mackenzie Phillips is 63.
Author Neil Gaiman (GAY’-mihn) is 62.
Actor Vanessa Angel is 59.
Actor Hugh Bonneville is 59.
Actor-comedian Tommy Davidson is 59.
Actor Michael Jai (jy) White is 58.
Country singer Chris Cagle is 54.
Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is 54.
Actor Ellen Pompeo (pahm-PAY’-oh) is 53.
Actor-comedian Orny Adams is 52.
Rapper U-God is 52.
Rapper-producer Warren G is 52.
Actor Walton Goggins is 51.
Comedian-actor Chris Lilley is 48.
Contemporary Christian singer Matt Maher is 48.
Rock singer-musician Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World) is 47.
Rapper Eve is 44.
Rock musician Chris Joannou (joh-AN’-yoo) (Silverchair) is 43.
Actor Heather Matarazzo is 40.
Country singer Miranda Lambert is 39.
Actor Josh Peck is 36.
Pop singer Vinz Dery (Nico & Vinz) is 32.
Actor Genevieve Buechner is 31.
Actor Zoey Deutch (DOYCH) is 28.
Actor Kiernan Shipka is 23.
Actor Mackenzie Foy is 22.
Thirteen.
Showoff.
Well, seems pretty predictable given my age. There are only a few that might be surprising. I'm going to be pretty good with Blues musicians, because I'm a guitarist. I'll be less so, but still pretty good with Christian musicians. My wife is a huge fan of Broadway musicals, but even if you don't know that, you know I'm a songwriter and Tim Rice is one of the greatest lyricists of all time, so he shouldn't be a surprise. The wife's also a fan of Grey's Anatomy, as are a lot of women, and it's set in Seattle, so, Ellen Pompeo. Y'all really should expect I'd know Walton Goggins from the show "Justified," a show I love. Matt Craven starred in one of my favorite movies of all time, "Jacob's Ladder." If you haven't seen it, you should. It's a real mind-bender of a movie. Maybe Kiernan Schipka will surprise you, but she was in "Mad Men" which is also a show I love, so I'm gonna know its cast pretty well.