Happy birthday Mark Lanegan. He would have been 60 today.
''How could Kurt be a fan when I saw in him a talent that was genuinely not of this place and time, like Bob Dylan, John Lennon, David Bowie
Interesting music facts about Lanegan:
Lanegan co-wrote lyrics with Kurt Cobain for ‘‘Something In the Way’’. He was not credited and in his memoir reveals he regretted not taking credit.
Lanegan was so impactful, that his album The Winding Sheet is the album that inspired Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance (and Nirvana covered ‘‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night’’ because of Lanegan’s cover). Even, Dave Grohl expressed that it is one of the greatest albums ever.
Kurt Cobain was a fan of Mark Lanegan. Actually, all of Nirvana. Alongside, Krist Novoselic, and Mark Pickerel both formed The Jury. In August 1989, the band rehearsed at the Seattle practice space Nirvana had rented above the Continental Trailways bus station.
