A pioneering figure in alt-country and cowpunk music, Dan Baird fronted The
Georgia Satellites for the entirety of the 1980s before launching a solo career
with 1992's Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired. He was born on December 12,
1953, in San Diego, California, and eventually found himself in Atlanta,
Georgia, where he co-founded The Georgia Satellites in 1980. The group's debut
single, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," was a major hit in 1986, reaching number
2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America and number 3 in Canada. Written by Baird,
the song helped the band's self-titled de...