Happy 65th birthday today to Iron Maiden’s Dave Murray (born 12/23/56), the second-longest serving member of the band after founder Steve Harris. Murray and his legato technique have appeared on every Iron Maiden studio album (1980’s self-titled through 2021’s Senjutsu. Murray of course is not alone on stage and sharing guitar duties with Adrian Smith on a majority of the songbook and Janick Gers 1990 and on. Let’s watch Live After Death from 1985 to see Maiden in its most powerful years…
