One, Two, Three, Four!

Happy birthday, Johnny Ramone (ne John William Cummings).  Johnny died about eight years ago, a couple years after Joey and Dee Dee. Hard to believe the three main Ramones are all gone.

While they were around, they created an indelible sound, and no one was more instrumental, literally, than Johnny and his guitar.  His fast, downstroke chords would destroy most players' wrists after a couple songs, but he kept it up for years.  He also was the taskmaster who kept the band in fighting trim (which they didn't always appreciate).