Let's make this birthday one to remember.

70 years old (Born on October 31, 1954)

Happy Birthday, Tim Sparks! May your celebration be filled with as much rhythm and harmony as those legendary performances alongside Dolly Parton or that electric collaboration with Bill Frisell. After all, not everyone can teach guitar at the University of Minnesota Morris during daylight hours and still bring crowds to their feet by night.

Here's hoping this year brings countless opportunities for dazzling fingerwork worthy of standing ovations—and none involving tangled strings mid-performance! Keep wowing us like you always have; may life's tempo continue in perfect tune because you're truly a "virtuoso" both onstage and off. Cheers to timeless melodies ahead!