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August 2

1937 Band keyboardist Garth Hudson born.
1939 One of Gladys Knight's Pips, Edward Patten, born.
1944 Jim Capaldi, member of Traffic born in Evesham, Worcestershire. Others say on the 2/8 or 2/11th.
1948 Augie Johnson, who first entered the spotlight singing along as a kid on Frank Sinatra's "High Hopes," in the film Hole In the Head, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. August William also sang with the Doodletown Pipers, and was a founding member of Side Effect.
1961 Drummer Pete De Freitas, of Echo & the Bunnymen, is born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Pete would actually replace long time bandmember 'Echo', a drum machine.
1972 One of the original members of The Association ("Windy"), Brian Cole, dies, apparently of an heroin overdose.
1982 Guitarist/singer José Feliciano marries Susan Omilian.
1983 Motown session bassist James Jamerson dies of a heart attack at the age of 45.
1997 Fela Kuti, Nigerian superstar, political activist, the father of Afrobeat, dies at 58.

Wealthy cut up, wife-killer, brilliant beat, addict, rock anchorman (single with Kurt Cobain) and wry and dry audio art reconteur, William S. Burroughs dies of a heart attack in Lawrence, KS.