September 20th

Musical birthdays today include Styx bassist Chuck Panozzo (78), jazzman Steve Coleman (69), Thompson Twins co-founder Alannah Currie (69), former Housemartins and Beautiful South lead singer Dave Hemingway (65), Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd (58), The Feeling frontman Dan Gillespie Sells (47), and Québécoise pop singer Marilou (36). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz guitarist John Collins, born today in 1914... for drummer & bandleader Chico Hamilton, born in 1921... for classical pianist William Kappell, born in 1922... for jazz singer & guitarist Jackie Paris and pop singer Gogi Grant, both born in 1924... for original Coasters member Bobby Nunn, born in 1925... for former Styx drummer John Panozzo, who would have been 78... for Spanish violin virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, who died on this date in 1908... for singer-songwriter Jim Croce, who was killed in an airplane crash today in 1973 at the age of 30... and for Leonard Skinner, the high school gym teacher who was the namesake of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, who left us today in 2010. 

Also on September 20: Dimitri Shostakovich's Suite for Jazz Orchestra premieres in Leningrad (1938)... With the Beatles on hiatus, George Harrison travels to India to meet the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for the first time (1966)... Led Zeppelin, still under the name The New Yardbirds, enter Olympic Studios in London to begin recording their first album. It will take only 36 hours to complete, at a reported cost of £1,780. Almost all of the tracks are recorded live off the floor with no overdubs (1968)... During a group meeting at Abbey Road Studios, John Lennon tells the other Beatles "I want a divorce" and announces that he is leaving the band... 'Sugar Sugar' by the Archies starts a 4-week run at № 1 in the US. It's 8-week stay at the top in Britain will set a longevity record in the spot for a one-hit wonder (1969)... Jim Morrison is acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behaviour, but is found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove, FL 18 months earlier. After his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Henry Goodman sentences the Doors vocalist to six months plus sixty days hard labour for public self-exposure and profanity, and a $500 fine. The sentence will still be on appeal when Morrison dies in Paris the following summer (1970)... Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested for possession of cannabis for the second time this month, this time at their farmhouse in Campbeltown, Scotland (1972)... The Roxy in Los Angeles opens its doors. The first headliners are Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1973)... David Bowie has his first US № 1 single with 'Fame', which he co-wrote with John Lennon (1975)... The four former Beatles turn down a £230 million offer from promoter Sid Bernstein to do a one-off reunion concert for charity (1976)... AC/DC release Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)... Kate Bush becomes the first female solo artist to have a № 1 album in Britain, with Never for Ever. Meanwhile, Queen score their only chart-topping LP in the US with The Game (1980)... Bruce Springsteen releases his first solo album Nebraska (1982)... Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton share a stage for the first time since the demise of Blind Faith when they appear at the ARMS [Artists for Research into Multiple Sclerosis] benefit concert at the Royal Albert Hall (1983)... The musical Miss Saigon has its world premiere in London's West End (1989)... The Dave Matthews Band release the album Under the Table and Dreaming, which features their first widely heard singles including 'What Would You Say' and 'Ants Marching' (1994)... In New Orleans, ex-10,000 Maniacs frontwoman Natalie Merchant kicks off her first solo tour (1995)... Pearl Jam's video for 'Jeremy' is cited as one of the reasons that school shooter Barry Loukaitis snapped and killed his algebra teacher and two fellow students in Washington state. The defendant's attorneys take the unprecedented step of playing the video in the courtroom (1997)... The former north London home of the original members of Pink Floyd is bought by a Singaporean developer named Sham Masterman. The businessman, who admits that he is not a fan of the group, purchases the Highgate house and the one next door for £1.2 million. Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason all lived in the house in the late '60s. The previous owner, lighting technician Mike Leonard, was landlord and friend to the musicians, and even inspired their group's first name, 'Leonard's Lodgers' (2012)

September 19th

 Musical birthdays today include Bill Medley (86), folk singer Sylvia Tyson (86), pop & Broadway musical singer Freda Payne (84), David Bromberg (81), ex-10cc lead singer Lol Creme (79), Daniel Lanois (75), free jazz guitarist Henry Kaiser (74), Nile Rogers (74), Rex Smith (71), former Runaways lead guitarist Lita Ford (68), Jarvis Cocker (63), Trisha Yearwood (62), heavy metal guitarist & drummer Jimmy Bower (58), rapper Amil (48), indie pop duo Tegan & Sara Quinn (46), and singer-songwriter Eamon (43). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Brian Epstein, born on this day in 1934... for former Chieftains fiddler Martin Fay, who would have been 90... for Cass Elliot, who would have been 85... for country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, who died today in 1973 at the age of 26... and for session drummer Earl Palmer [who played on the original studio recordings of 'Tutti Frutti', 'You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' and 'River Deep, Mountain High' among many others], who left us today in 2008. 

Also on September 19: Mahler conducts the premiere of his 7th Symphony at the National Theatre in Prague (1908)... 16-year-old English singer Cliff Richard joins his first band, The Dick Teague Skiffle Group (1957)... Chubby Checker hits № 1 on the Billboard chart with 'The Twist' (1960)... The Beatles begin recording 'Piggies' (1968)... Creedence Clearwater Revival score their only British № 1 single with 'Bad Moon Rising' (1969)... The first Glastonbury Festival opens with T Rex and Jethro Tull among the headliners (1970)... Max Weinberg makes his live debut as the drummer in the E Street Band, at a gig at The Main Point in Philadelphia (1974)... The first of a five-night series of MUSE [Musicians United for Safe Energy] concerts takes place at Madison Square Garden ~ performing this evening are Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Jackson Browne and The Doobie Brothers (1979)...  The № 1 album in the US today is the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You ~ it will stay atop the charts for the next two months... Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in Central Park in NYC (1981)... Tipper Gore and other US political wives form the PMRC [Parents Music Resource Center] as Frank Zappa, Dee Snider and other musicians testify at Congressional hearings on obscenity in popular music (1985)... Pearl Jam release their second album, Vs. It sets a record for most copies sold in its first week in shops that will stand for 5 years, despite the group's refusal to produce any videos for the album's singles (1993)... James Brown is sued by his own daughters for nearly one million dollars of song royalties they say they are owed. The suit brought by Deanna Brown Thomas and Dr. Yamma Brown Lummar, a Houston physician, alleges that Brown is withholding the money because of family grudges (2002)... Former Cream bassist Jack Bruce undergoes a successful liver transplant after being diagnosed with cancer (2003).

September 18th

 

Musical birthdays today include Frankie Avalon (86), former Kansas frontman Kerry Livgren (77), ex-Black Flag lead singer Keith Morris (71), Jayhawks frontman Mark Olson (65), Cutting Crew drummer Martin Beedle (65), Human League vocalist Joanne Catherall (64), musical trendsetter, ex-college DJ and all-around good egg Sharon 'Sherri' Wallach (58), Wu-Tang Clan rapper Darryl 'Cappadonna' Hill (57), operatic soprano Anna Netrebko (55), Mobb Deep rapper Albert 'Prodigy' Johnson (52), and pop and R&B singer Asher Monroe (38). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for singer-songwriter P.F. Sloan, who would have been 81 today... for Dee Dee Ramone, who would have been 75... for jazz guitarist Emily Remler, who would have been 69... for bluesman Blind Willie Johnson, who died on this date in 1945... and for Jimi Hendrix, who left us today in 1970. 

Also on September 18: The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden opens for the first time (1809)... Reggie Workman replaces Jimmy Garrison on bass for the second of the three sessions that it takes the John Coltrane Quartet to record the album Ballads (1962)... The Beatles continue work on the White Album, recording 'Birthday' today. Mal Evans, Yoko Ono and Pattie Harrison contribute backing vocals and handclaps (1968)... Black Sabbath release Paranoid, which will go on to become the group's only № 1 LP in their home country (1970)... The Who score their first and only UK № 1 album with Who's Next. The cover photo, taken at Easington Colliery in County Durham, shows the members of the band having apparently just relieved themselves on a large concrete piling. According to photographer Ethan Russell, only Pete Townshend was actually able to urinate on cue, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired affect... Pink Floyd become the first rock group to play the Montreux Classical Music Festival, performing the album Atom Heart Mother in its entirety (1971)... John Lennon sits in as all-night guest DJ on WNEW-FM in NYC (1974)... The № 1 single in the US today is 'Play That Funky Music' by one-hit wonders Wild Cherry (1976)... Gary Numan takes off on a round the world trip in a single-engine Cessna aircraft. The attempt ends after he is forced down by the Indian air force over Mumbai and arrested when he lands (1981)... Kiss appear for the first time in public without their famous make-up, in an interview with MTV to promote their latest album, Lick It Up (1983)... At Sotheby's of London, Julian Lennon is the top bidder for Paul McCartney's recording notes for 'Hey Jude', as well as for a copy of his father's handwritten lyrics to 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite'. The two purchases will cost the younger Lennon £21,000 and £57,500 respectively (1996)... Britney Spears marries Kevin Federline in a private ceremony in Los Angeles (2004)... 73-year-old Willie Nelson and four members of his band are charged with drug possession after cannabis and magic mushrooms are found by Louisiana state troopers after the singer's tour bus is pulled over outside Lafayette (2006)... The documentary 'It Might Get Loud' has its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (2008)... Leonard Cohen collapses on stage while singing his song 'Bird on a Wire' during a concert in Valencia, Spain and is taken to hospital. The 75-year-old tunesmith will be found to be suffering from food poisoning (2009).

September 17th

 

Musical birthdays today include Fifth Dimension founding member Lamonte McLemore (87), Five Man Electrical Band guitarist Les Emmerson (82), Tubes frontman Fee Waybill (76), Budgie drummer Steve Williams (73), Ned's Atomic Dustbin lead singer Jonn Penney (58), Prodigy singer Keith Flint (55), Simple Plan drummer Chuck Comeau (47), and ex-Panic! At the Disco bassist Jon Walker (40). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Hank Williams and for jazz pianist Ralph Sharon, both born on this day in 1923... for Jeanine Deckers, AKA the Singing Nun, born in 1933... for original Steely Dan drummer Jim Hodder, who would have been 79... for pioneering boogie-woogie pianist Jimmy Yancey, who died on this day in 1951... for former MC5 lead singer Rob Tyner, who passed away in 1991 at the age of 47... and for British cabaret singer Frankie Vaughn, who left us in 1999. 

Also on September 17: Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries is performed in America for the first time at a free concert by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra in NYC's Central Park (1872)... The first 33 1/3 RPM vinyl LP, a recording of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, is demonstrated at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in NYC by RCA Victor. The venture proves impractical owing to the high cost of the record players ($95, or approximately $1150 in today's dollars). The project is shelved, and will not be revived until 1948 (1931)... The Beatles set a new American record for payment for a single show when they receive $150,000 to play Kansas City's Municipal Stadium... Roland Kirk changes labels, going into the studio to record his first album for Limelight. Kirk plays only flute, and records 'Serenade to a Cuckoo', one of his signature tunes, which will later be covered by Jethro Tull (1964)... The Doors are banned from the Ed Sullivan Show after Jim Morrison breaks his promise to the producers to drop 'Girl, we couldn't get much higher' from 'Light My Fire' by singing the offending line anyway. The group also perform their new single 'People Are Strange' (1967)... Newspaper on both sides of the Atlantic run headline stories of Paul McCartney's reported demise. The Beatles bassist was supposedly killed in a car accident in Scotland on the 9th of November, 1966, and a double has been taking his place for public appearances ever since. McCartney tells journalists "Believe me, if I were dead, I'd be the last to know" and that he and Jane Asher were in Kenya at the time of the alleged mishap (1969)... The Sex Pistols play a show for the inmates at Chelmsford Prison, Essex (1976)... The video for Queen's single 'Bicycle Race' is filmed at Wimbledon Stadium, London. It features 65 female models pedalling around the track in the nude on bicycles that were hired for the day. The rental company will reportedly demand payment for all the saddles when they learn how the cycles were used (1978)... The № 1 single in America today is John Waite's 'Missing You' (1984)... Over 4 million copies of the Guns N' Roses albums use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II are simultaneously released for retail sale, making it the largest ship-out in US pop history... An inebriated 19-year-old man is taken off the plane in Denver, CO after harassing members of Hootie and the Blowfish, who are travelling in the first class section (1991)... The Fleetwood Mac reunion tour in support of the band's new album The Dance gets underway in Hartford, CT (1997)... Bono meets with President George W. Bush to discuss increasing US federal funding for AIDS initiatives. At a press conference after their talk, the U2 singer says "I'm not here to peddle a cause. Seven thousand people a day dying isn't a cause, it's an emergency" (2003)... Barry Manilow cancels his appearance on The View because he refuses to be interviewed by conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Manilow says that he will speak only to co-hosts Joy Behar, Barbara Walters or Whoopi Goldberg, a demand that the show's producers reject as 'completely disrespectful' (2007). 

September 16th

 

Musical birthdays today include George Chakiris [leader of the Sharks in the film version of West Side Story] (94), blues harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold (91), World Saxophone Quartet founding member Hamiet Bluiett (86), Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler (85), ex-Hollies bassist Bernie Calvert (84), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair (78), former Small Faces and The Who drummer Kenney Jones (78), singer-songwriter Vince Bell (75), jazz guitarist Earl Klugh (73), Wire frontman Colin Newman (72), ex-Runaways bassist Victory Tischler-Blue (72), My Bloody Valentine singer & guitarist Bilinda Butcher (65), former Elastica lead singer Justine Frischmann (57), Katie Melua (42), and Nick Jonas (34). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for English librettist John Gay [best remembered for The Beggar's Opera], born on this day in 1685... for scat singer Jon Hendricks, born in 1921... for B.B. King, and for jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, both born in 1925... for boogie-woogie pianist Little Willie Littlefield, born in 1931... for blues sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, and for Jamaican session drummer Winston Grennan, both of whom would have been 82 today... for Dead Milkmen bassist Dave Schulthise, who would have been 70... for Marc Bolan, who was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 29 today in 1977, and for operatic diva Maria Callas who died on the same day... for Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who passed away in 2008... and for Mary Travers, who left us today in 2009. 

Also on September 16: In a Victor Records studio in Camden, NJ, Enrico Caruso makes his final recording (1920)... No No Nanette has its Broadway premiere (1925)... She Loves You is released in the US on the Swan label. Although the song is currently № 1 in the UK, it will be dormant on the US charts until the Beatles visit America for the first time in February of the following year (1963)... The new Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center opens with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's 'Antony and Cleopatra' starring Leontyne Price... The Kinks' bassist Pete Quaife announces that he is leaving the band ~ he will be replaced by John Dalton... MP Tom Drilberg asks the House of Commons to officially deplore the actions of a London magistrate who the day before called the Rolling Stones "...complete morons who wear filthy clothes" (1966)... The Beatles continue to work on 'Your Mother Should Know' at Abbey Road Studios (1967)... Led Zeppelin are voted group of the year in a Melody Maker readers' poll. For the first time in 8 years, the honour goes to a band other than the Beatles... Jimi Hendrix joins Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scott's in London for what will prove to be the guitarist's final public appearance (1970)... Bob Dylan goes into the studio in NYC to begin the sessions that will produce the Blood on the Tracks album (1974)... The Sugar Hill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight', often considered the song that first popularized hip-hop in the US and subsequently around the world, is released (1979)... U2 jam with B.B. King on a yacht in Sydney Harbour rented for the blues legend's 64th birthday (1989)... Pearl Jam kick off their 'No Code' tour at the Key Arena in Seattle, WA. Because of the band's refusal to play in Ticketmaster's venue areas, they are forced to use alternate ticketing companies, who book the shows in halls which fans complain are remote and hard to get to (1996)... The original lineup of Mott the Hoople reunite for the first time in 24 years for a one-off performance at the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street, London (1998)... For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan has the № 1 album in the US, with 'Modern Times'. The last time the singer achieved the feat was in 1976, with 'Desire'. Dylan also sets a record as the oldest performer to date to top the Billboard album chart, at the age of 65... The members of R.E.M., including original drummer Bill Berry, are inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta (2006).

September 15th

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Musical birthdays today include ex-Night Ranger drummer Kelly Keagy (74), Bad Brains guitarist Gary 'Dr. Know' Miller (68), Super Furry Animals lead guitarist Huw Bunford (59), Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson (50), and Clare Maguire (3<9/span>). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for early country star Roy Acuff, born today in 1907... for Preservation Hall Jazz Band trumpeter George 'Kid Sheik' Colar, born in 1908... for cabaret singer Bobby Short, born in 1924... for jazz legend Cannonball Adderley, born in 1928... for original Jefferson Airplane lead singer Signe Toly Anderson, who would have been 85... for Iron Butterfly bassist Lee Dorman, who would have been 84... for operatic soprano Jessye Norman, who would have been 80... for ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert, who would have been 79... for composer Anton Webern, who died on this date in 1945... for Miles Davis collaborator and pianist Bill Evans, who passed away in 1980... for Johnny Ramone, who died of cancer in 2004... for Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright in 2009... and for Cars lead singer Ric O'Casek, who left us today in 2020.
Also on September 15: The first recording of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra is released, with Eduard van Beinum conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam (1948)... Elvis hits № 1 on the Billboard chart with 'Don't Be Cruel' (1956)... John Coltrane goes into the studio to begin recording 'Blue Train', his only album for the Blue Note label (1957)... A group from Hawthorne, California calling themselves The Pendletones go into the Hite Morgan Studio in L.A. to record the single 'Surfin'. Leader Brian Wilson decides soon after that The Beach Boys is a more suitable name for the outfit (1961)... The Four Seasons become the first American act to have three № 1 singles in succession when 'Sherry' tops the charts (1963)... A Beatles concert at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, OH is halted when fans engulf the stage midway through the performance. After police succeed in getting the group safely back to their dressing room, publicist Derek Taylor goes on the PA system and pleads for order to be restored so that the show does not have to be cancelled (1964)... The Ford Motor Company become the first automakers to offer an 8-track tape player as an option for the entire line of vehicles on sale in the US (1965)... Shooting for the Magical Mystery Tour today consists of filming the Beatles having lunch at James and Amy Smedley's fish & chips shop in Taunton, Somerset (1967)... The Doors are forced to play as an instrumental trio in Amsterdam after Jim Morrison collapses while dancing during the Jefferson Airplane's opening set (1968)... Pink Floyd release 'Wish You Were Here' in the US (1975)... Bob Dylan kicks off the longest US tour of his career thus far in Augusta, Maine, playing the first of 65 gigs in 62 cities (1978)... Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 'Relax' enters its 40th week on the UK singles charts (1984)... A reel to reel tape of the Quarrymen performing at a St. Peter's Parish Church garden party in Liverpool in 1957 sells for £69,000 at auction in London (1994)... The Band release their 10th and final studio album, Jubilation (1998)... Johnny Cash is buried next to June Carter Cash in a funeral ceremony in Hendersonville, TN. Among those attending are Johnny's daughter Roseanne, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and former vice president Al Gore (2003)... Madonna arrives in Tel Aviv for Rosh Hashana. The Kabbala enthusiast is planning to visit the graves of various rabbinical sages, and is accompanied by an entourage including designer

September 14th

 

Musical birthdays today include saxophonist Oliver Lake (84), operatic tenor Maryn Hill (83), Nazareth bassist Pete Agnew (80),, producer Steve Berlin (71), country singer John Berry (67), A-Ha lead singer Morten Harket (67), ex-La's bassist John Power (59), former Everclear bassist Craig Montoya (56), rapper Nas [né Nasir Jones] (53), ex-Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts (45), and Big Time Rush vocalist Logan Henderson (37). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for operatic soprano and philanthropist Alice Tully, born on this day in 1902... for cabaret singer Eric Bentley, born in 1916... for Captain Beefheart sideman Alex St. Clair, who would have been 85 today... for Strawberry Alarm Clock founding member and guitarist Ed King, who would have been 77... for Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Steve Gaines, who would have been 76... for Free lead guitarist Paul Kossoff, who would have been 76... for avant-garde cellist Tom Cora, who would have been 73... for Amy Winehouse, who would have been 43... and for blues great Furry Lewis, who left us today in 1981. 

Also on September 14: Handel completes 4he Messiah after 23 days of nearly round the clock work (1741)... In the early morning hours whilst on board a British frigate in Baltimore harbor, Francis Scott Key writes the poem that will become the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner (1814)... Little Richard enters a New Orleans studio to begin two days of recording. Things are going badly when the singer and producer Bumps Blackwell go to a bar & grill across the street for lunch. Little Richard spots an upright piano in the corner and improvises what will become 'Tutti Frutti' on the spot. The song takes 15 minutes to record when work resumes (1955)... The filming of The Magical Mystery Tour continues. The Beatles' attempts to find quiet, secluded fields in which to shoot are repeatedly frustrated by hordes of pursuing fans who track them down (1967)... Roy Orbison's house in Nashville burns down. The two elder sons of the singer, who is currently on tour in the UK, die in the blaze (1968)... The first episode of the adventure of the musical comic strip band The Archies airs on US TV (1968)... The № 1 single in the US today is Eric Clapton's cover of 'I Shot the Sheriff' (1974)... In Egypt, The Grateful Dead play a concert at the foot of the Great Pyramid (1978)... The Rolling Stones play an incognito pre-tour warm-up show at Sir Morgan's Cove Club in Worcester, MA. They are billed as Little Boy Blue & the Cockroaches, but their identity is leaked by a local radio station, and a riot breaks out outside the club as 4,000 fans try to get into the 350-seat venue. Police make a dozen arrests (1981)... The first MTV Video Music Awards are held, with Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd handling MC duties. David Bowie wins Video of the Year for China Girl (1984)... In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan describes his new album Under the Red Sky as "...intentionally both long and short, so you can draw all kinds of conclusions" (1990)... Steve Earle is sentenced to 1 year in prison for possession of crack... Counting Crows release August and Everything after, which will become one of the biggest selling albums of the '90s (1994)... Paul McCartney's original handwritten first draft of the lyrics to 'Getting Better' sells for £161,000 at auction at Sotheby's of London (1995)... A crowd of over 2,000 gather to watch Pete Townshend unveil an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, to mark the townhouse where Jimi Hendrix lived in 1968-69 (1997)... HMV stores in Canada remove all Bob Dylan CDs from their shelves in protest at the singer's signing of a deal with Starbucks to make the coffee giant the exclusive sellers of his latest release (2005)... The Grateful Dead's original tour bus, newly refurbished, goes on display in an auto museum in the town of Volo, Illinois. The 1965 Gillig bus, dubbed 'Sugar Magnolia' by Jerry Garcia, was used by the band on their frequent cross-country tours between 1967 and 1985 (2005)... Whitney Houston files for divorce from Bobby Brown after 14 years of marriage (2006).