1904 Tampa Red*
1946 Robby Krieger*
1947 Rich Chorné*
1954 Dietrich Petzold*
1954 Garth Webber*
1999 T.D. Bell+
2012Dave Alexander+
1946 Robby Krieger*
1947 Rich Chorné*
1954 Dietrich Petzold*
1954 Garth Webber*
1999 T.D. Bell+
2012Dave Alexander+
Happy Birthday
Dietrich Petzold *08.01.1954
Dietrich Petzold (* 8. Januar 1954 in Eisenach) ist ein Berliner Geiger, Komponist und Hörbuchregisseur.
Leben und Wirken
Dietrich Petzold wuchs als Sohn des Kirchenmusikers und Komponisten Johannes Petzold in Eisenach und Weimar auf, wo er von 1959 bis 1970 eine klassische Violinausbildung absolvierte. Seit 1975 ist er freiberuflich als Geiger und Bratscher solistisch tätig in verschiedenen Besetzungen, LP- und CD- Produktionen, Film und TV (u. a. mit: Klaus Lenz-Big-Band, Uschi Brüning & Co., Stefan Diestelmann Folk Blues Band, Toto Blanke, Manialdi - Quartett, Zülfü Livaneli, Maria Farantouri, Mikis Theodorakis, Chris Jarrett, Zotos Kompania, Michael Griener, Wu Wei, Johannes Bauer, Butch Morris).[1]
Seit 1980 komponiert Dietrich Petzold darüber hinaus für Theater, Film und Fernsehen (u. a. für DEFA, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Landestheater Schwerin, Landestheater Greifswald/Stralsund, Kleist-Theater Frankfurt, Hackesches Hoftheater, Neues Theater Halle, Junges Theater Zürich, Staatstheater Cottbus, Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen „Konrad Wolf“, Teatret Vart, Molde/Norwegen).[2]
Seit Gründung seines „Büros für angewandte Musik“ tonus arcus entstanden auch Musiken für Hörspiel und Radio-Features (u. a. für DS Kultur, SWF, MDR, ORB, SFB, NDR, DR, ORF, Hörbuch-Verlag, RBB), sowie zahlreiche Hörbücher, Jazz- und Kammermusikproduktionen (u. a. für Deutschlandfunk, DeutschlandRadio Kultur, RAI III, Radioropa, ZDF, Radio Toscana Classica).[3] Dietrich Petzold lebt in Berlin. Er ist Vorsitzender der Kulturinitiative Förderband e. V.[4] und hat eine Tochter.
Dietrich Petzold 3. von links
diestelmann - flamenco
Robby Krieger *08.01.1946
Robert Alan „Robby“ Krieger (* 8. Januar 1946 in Los Angeles) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz- und Rockgitarrist. Er wurde in den späten 1960er-Jahren bekannt als Gitarrist der US-Rockband The Doors.
Leben und Werk
Für The Doors komponierte Krieger einige Stücke, darunter Light My Fire, Runnin’ Blue, Love Her Madly und Touch Me. Nach dem Tod des Doors-Sängers Jim Morrison übernahm Krieger neben Keyboarder Ray Manzarek dessen Rolle. Der Erfolg blieb jedoch aus. Nach der Auflösung der Band im Jahr 1973 gründete Krieger seine eigene Band, The Robby Krieger Band, welche nach kurzer Zeit wieder aufgelöst wurde. Mit seinem ehemaligen Doors-Kollegen John Densmore und Jess Roden formierte er im Jahr darauf die kurzlebige Butts Band.
Krieger spielte später bei verschiedenen Aufnahmen von Blue Öyster Cult Gitarre. In den 70er und 80er Jahren machte er sich auch als Jazz-Gitarrist einen Namen. 1990 trat er mit Eric Burdon am Ventura Beach in Kalifornien auf. Das zuvor nur illegal auf CD mitgeschnittene Konzert, in dem auch Doors-Stücke gespielt wurden, wurde 2008 offiziell unter dem Namen „Eric Burdon – Live At The Ventura Beach California“ als DVD-Video veröffentlicht.
Zusammen mit John Densmore kooperierte er mit Oliver Stone für dessen 1991 erschienenen Film Doors.[1]
Im Jahr 2002 formierte Robby Krieger zusammen mit Ray Manzarek die Band neu, aufgrund von Meinungsverschiedenheiten zwischen den ehemaligen Mitgliedern unter dem Namen The Doors of the 21st Century. Die Band wurde später umbenannt in Riders on the Storm, da John Densmore den Prozess gegen seine ehemaligen Bandkollegen um die Namensrechte gewann. Neben Krieger und Manzarek bestand die Gruppe bis 2009 aus Brett Scallions (der Ian Asbury als Sänger ablöste), Ty Dennis (Schlagzeug) und Phil Chen (Bass). Seitdem traten Manzarek und Krieger gelegentlich als Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors auf und spielten im Rahmen einer Tournee von Mai bis Juli 2010 in den USA und Europa.
Robby Krieger hatte einen Gastauftritt als „Altrocker“ in einer Folge der Fernsehserie „Eine schrecklich nette Familie“. Er spielt dort sich selbst und trifft auf weitere Altstars: auf John Sebastian, Richie Havens, Peter Noone von Herman’s Hermits, auf Mark Lindsay von Paul Revere & the Raiders sowie auf Spencer Davis.
Krieger stammt aus einer jüdischen Familie, wurde aber nicht religiös erzogen, da seine Eltern nicht an einer orthodoxen Glaubensausrichtung interessiert waren. Er hat einen Bruder.[2]
Equipment und Stil
Robby Krieger gilt als typischer Gibson SG-Benutzer, ihm zu Ehren baute Gibson ein Signature Modell (Gibson SG Robby Krieger V.O.S. mit Vibratohebel)[3]. Daneben setzte er gelegentlich auch die Stratocaster, die Les Paul und die Gibson ES-355 ein. Für die Verstärkung sorgte ein Fender Twin Reverb. Da dieser Verstärker einen eher klaren Klang hat, benötigte Krieger zusätzlich eine Maestro Fuzzbox, um auch Zerrsounds abrufbar zu haben.[4]
Kriegers Gitarrenspiel ist vom Flamenco beeinflusst, wie man besonders auf der Aufnahme "Spanish Caravan" aus dem Jahr 1968 hören kann.[5] Prägend für seinen Stil ist daneben sein blueslastiges Bottleneck-Spiel, das beispielsweise das Stück "Moonlight Drive" (1967) auszeichnet.[6] Latin- und Jazz-Einflüsse formen unter anderem sein ausladendes Solo auf Light My Fire (1967).
Robert Alan "Robby" Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American rock guitarist and songwriter. He was the guitarist in The Doors, and wrote or co-wrote many of the band's songs, including "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", "Touch Me", and "Love Her Madly".
He is listed as number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[1]
Early life
Robby Krieger was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family.[2] His first exposure to music was mostly classical, as his father was a big fan of marching music, until he heard Peter and the Wolf, which was the first music that really caught him. When he was seven, Krieger accidentally broke his record player, but the radio began to reach his ears playing the likes of Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, and the Platters. At 10, he tried the trumpet, but found it was not for him. He began playing the blues on his parents' piano with much more success than the trumpet.
While Krieger was attending a private school, Menlo School in Menlo Park, California, as a boarding student, there was study time at night that allowed him to teach himself to play the guitar. He began by learning flamenco, by first de-tuning a Ukelele to the bottom four strings of a guitar and mimicking a record he had. Later, during a Christmas break, he and two classmates took a vacation to Puerto Vallarta where he purchased a peg-tuned Juan Ramierez P. guitar and took lessons for a few months. He bounced around genres, including flamenco, folk, blues, and jazz and played in a jug band -- The Back Bay Chamber Pot Terriers -- at Menlo. After high school, Krieger attended the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3][4] Krieger listed guitarists Wes Montgomery, Albert King, and Larry Carlton among the biggest influences on his style.[5] Krieger's flamenco guitar playing can be found present in the song, "Spanish Caravan".
The Doors
Krieger was a member of the Doors along with keyboard player Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and vocalist Jim Morrison. At an early Doors rehearsal Morrison heard Krieger playing bottleneck guitar and initially wanted the technique featured on every song on the first album.[6] Krieger's fingerstyle approach to the electric guitar, broad musical tastes, and songwriting helped establish the Doors as a successful rock band in the 1960s.[citation needed]
Krieger occasionally sang for the Doors. His only singing with the early Doors can be heard on the album The Soft Parade, on the song "Runnin' Blue". He also sang on the last two Doors albums, recorded after Morrison's death, Other Voices and Full Circle.
Later career
After the Doors disbanded in 1973, Krieger formed The Butts Band with Densmore. He enjoyed some success as a jazz-fusion guitarist, recording a handful of albums in the 1970s and 1980s, including Versions (1982), Robby Krieger (1985), and No Habla (1989). For his first solo release in 1977, Robbie Krieger & Friends, Krieger worked with rock artist Jim Evans to create a painting that became the album package.[citation needed]
In 1982, Krieger made an album with the Los Angeles group Acid Casualties. Their album, Panic Station, was released by Rhino Records and included a new version of the rare 1968 Pink Floyd single "Point Me at the Sky." In the early 90s, Krieger formed a trio called the 'Robby Krieger Organization' featuring Skip Van Winkle (electric organ,organ pedal bass) and Dale Alexander (drums, backing vocals).[citation needed] In 1996, Krieger formed a new band simply known as the Robby Krieger Band, which featured his son Waylon Krieger (guitar), Berry Oakley Jr. (bass, backing vocals), Dale Alexander (keyboards) and Ray Mehlbaum (drums).[citation needed] The band performed shows in North America and Europe between 1996-1998.[citation needed] In 2000, Krieger released Cinematix, an entirely instrumental fusion album, with guest appearances from Billy Cobham and Edgar Winter.
Krieger and Manzarek reformed as the "Doors of the 21st Century" in 2002 with vocalist Ian Astbury of The Cult.[citation needed] (Astbury had also performed a solo cover of "Touch Me" and a cover of "Wild Child" with The Cult on the tribute album Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors). Following a dispute with Densmore over the Doors name, the band then became known as "Riders On The Storm", "Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors" and, finally, "Manzarek–Krieger".[citation needed] For a brief period, the reformed band also included Police drummer Stewart Copeland.[citation needed]
Krieger played guitar on a few tracks by Blue Öyster Cult and has worked on a number of tribute projects organized by Billy Sherwood.[citation needed] Krieger has made some guest appearances with the band Particle and appears on the album Transformations Live.[citation needed]
In June 2008, ZYX Studio released his concert with Eric Burdon, called Live at the Ventura Beach California. They also played "Back Door Man" and "Roadhouse Blues".
In April 2009, Krieger and Ray Manzarek appeared as special guests for Daryl Hall's monthly concert webcast Live From Daryl's House.[citation needed] They performed several Doors tunes ("People Are Strange", "The Crystal Ship", "Roadhouse Blues" and "Break On Through"), with Hall providing lead vocals.
Krieger has participated in the "Experience Hendrix" series of concerts over the last two years (2008–09), joining a number of high profile guitar players paying tribute to the musicianship and songwriting of Jimi Hendrix.[citation needed]
In May 2012, Robby Krieger toured with the Roadhouse Rebels, a trio side-project consisting of founding members Particle's (and Rich Robinson's keyboardist) Steve Molitz (hammond organ, keyboards) and Oingo Boingo/Mutaytor's John Avila (bass), only this time with two additional musicians, The Black Crowes's Rich Robinson (guitar/vocals) and Rich Robinson's drummer Joe Magistro. The shows' setlists featured a range of material, including Doors standards, classic soul and rock 'n' roll covers from the '60s and '70s and material from Robinson's new Through a Crooked Sun album. The group performed on May 25, 2012 in Los Angeles, on May 26, 2012 at The Bella Fiore Music Festival at Harmony Park Music Garden in Clarks Grove, MN and on May 27, 2012 at The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO.[7]
Krieger will be featured on the new Fuel album "Puppet Strings". On December 31, 2013, Krieger supported Southern rock band Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre (New York City).
He is listed as number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[1]
Early life
Robby Krieger was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family.[2] His first exposure to music was mostly classical, as his father was a big fan of marching music, until he heard Peter and the Wolf, which was the first music that really caught him. When he was seven, Krieger accidentally broke his record player, but the radio began to reach his ears playing the likes of Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, and the Platters. At 10, he tried the trumpet, but found it was not for him. He began playing the blues on his parents' piano with much more success than the trumpet.
While Krieger was attending a private school, Menlo School in Menlo Park, California, as a boarding student, there was study time at night that allowed him to teach himself to play the guitar. He began by learning flamenco, by first de-tuning a Ukelele to the bottom four strings of a guitar and mimicking a record he had. Later, during a Christmas break, he and two classmates took a vacation to Puerto Vallarta where he purchased a peg-tuned Juan Ramierez P. guitar and took lessons for a few months. He bounced around genres, including flamenco, folk, blues, and jazz and played in a jug band -- The Back Bay Chamber Pot Terriers -- at Menlo. After high school, Krieger attended the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3][4] Krieger listed guitarists Wes Montgomery, Albert King, and Larry Carlton among the biggest influences on his style.[5] Krieger's flamenco guitar playing can be found present in the song, "Spanish Caravan".
The Doors
Krieger was a member of the Doors along with keyboard player Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and vocalist Jim Morrison. At an early Doors rehearsal Morrison heard Krieger playing bottleneck guitar and initially wanted the technique featured on every song on the first album.[6] Krieger's fingerstyle approach to the electric guitar, broad musical tastes, and songwriting helped establish the Doors as a successful rock band in the 1960s.[citation needed]
Krieger occasionally sang for the Doors. His only singing with the early Doors can be heard on the album The Soft Parade, on the song "Runnin' Blue". He also sang on the last two Doors albums, recorded after Morrison's death, Other Voices and Full Circle.
Later career
After the Doors disbanded in 1973, Krieger formed The Butts Band with Densmore. He enjoyed some success as a jazz-fusion guitarist, recording a handful of albums in the 1970s and 1980s, including Versions (1982), Robby Krieger (1985), and No Habla (1989). For his first solo release in 1977, Robbie Krieger & Friends, Krieger worked with rock artist Jim Evans to create a painting that became the album package.[citation needed]
In 1982, Krieger made an album with the Los Angeles group Acid Casualties. Their album, Panic Station, was released by Rhino Records and included a new version of the rare 1968 Pink Floyd single "Point Me at the Sky." In the early 90s, Krieger formed a trio called the 'Robby Krieger Organization' featuring Skip Van Winkle (electric organ,organ pedal bass) and Dale Alexander (drums, backing vocals).[citation needed] In 1996, Krieger formed a new band simply known as the Robby Krieger Band, which featured his son Waylon Krieger (guitar), Berry Oakley Jr. (bass, backing vocals), Dale Alexander (keyboards) and Ray Mehlbaum (drums).[citation needed] The band performed shows in North America and Europe between 1996-1998.[citation needed] In 2000, Krieger released Cinematix, an entirely instrumental fusion album, with guest appearances from Billy Cobham and Edgar Winter.
Krieger and Manzarek reformed as the "Doors of the 21st Century" in 2002 with vocalist Ian Astbury of The Cult.[citation needed] (Astbury had also performed a solo cover of "Touch Me" and a cover of "Wild Child" with The Cult on the tribute album Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors). Following a dispute with Densmore over the Doors name, the band then became known as "Riders On The Storm", "Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors" and, finally, "Manzarek–Krieger".[citation needed] For a brief period, the reformed band also included Police drummer Stewart Copeland.[citation needed]
Krieger played guitar on a few tracks by Blue Öyster Cult and has worked on a number of tribute projects organized by Billy Sherwood.[citation needed] Krieger has made some guest appearances with the band Particle and appears on the album Transformations Live.[citation needed]
In June 2008, ZYX Studio released his concert with Eric Burdon, called Live at the Ventura Beach California. They also played "Back Door Man" and "Roadhouse Blues".
In April 2009, Krieger and Ray Manzarek appeared as special guests for Daryl Hall's monthly concert webcast Live From Daryl's House.[citation needed] They performed several Doors tunes ("People Are Strange", "The Crystal Ship", "Roadhouse Blues" and "Break On Through"), with Hall providing lead vocals.
Krieger has participated in the "Experience Hendrix" series of concerts over the last two years (2008–09), joining a number of high profile guitar players paying tribute to the musicianship and songwriting of Jimi Hendrix.[citation needed]
In May 2012, Robby Krieger toured with the Roadhouse Rebels, a trio side-project consisting of founding members Particle's (and Rich Robinson's keyboardist) Steve Molitz (hammond organ, keyboards) and Oingo Boingo/Mutaytor's John Avila (bass), only this time with two additional musicians, The Black Crowes's Rich Robinson (guitar/vocals) and Rich Robinson's drummer Joe Magistro. The shows' setlists featured a range of material, including Doors standards, classic soul and rock 'n' roll covers from the '60s and '70s and material from Robinson's new Through a Crooked Sun album. The group performed on May 25, 2012 in Los Angeles, on May 26, 2012 at The Bella Fiore Music Festival at Harmony Park Music Garden in Clarks Grove, MN and on May 27, 2012 at The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO.[7]
Krieger will be featured on the new Fuel album "Puppet Strings". On December 31, 2013, Krieger supported Southern rock band Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre (New York City).
Tampa Red *08.01.1904
Tampa Red (* 8. Januar 1904 in Smithville, Georgia; † 19. März 1981 in Chicago, Illinois; eigentlich Hudson Whittaker, geboren als Hudson Woodbridge) war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Gitarrist. Er gehörte zu den herausragenden Slide-Gitarristen und war auch als The Guitar Wizard bekannt.
Das Besondere an seinem Gitarrenspiel war, dass er einen kurzen Bottleneck benutzte, der nicht über das gesamte Griffbrett ging und es so ermöglichte, den Finger zum Greifen der Saiten zu benutzen. Im Gegensatz zu fast allen anderen Slidegitarristen dieser Zeit spielte er auf einer normal gestimmten Gitarre (sogenannte spanische Stimmung), während das Gros der Gitarristen zum Slidespiel offene Stimmungen einsetzte.
Tampa Red zog in den 1920er Jahren nach Chicago, wo er mit Georgia Tom Dorsey das Duo Hokum Boys bildete, das mit dem Titel It's Tight Like That einen Hit landete. Von den 20er bis in die 1950er Jahre hinein zählte Tampa Red neben Big Bill Broonzy und später Muddy Waters zu Chicagos führenden Bluesmusikern. Er half vielen vom Lande zugereisten Musikern, wie beispielsweise Big Maceo Merriweather, über die erste Zeit und machte sein Haus zum Übungsraum für die Bluesszene. Tampa Red machte viele Einspielungen im Bereich Hokum, Pop, Jive und vor allem Blues. Mit Anna Lou Blues, Black Angel Blues, Crying Won't Help You, It Hurts Me Too und Love Her with a Feeling stammen einige klassische Blues-Kompositionen von ihm.
Nach dem Tod seiner Ehefrau im Jahr 1953, den er nie überwand, wurden seine Alkoholprobleme akut und seine Karriere brach ab.
Anfang der 1960er Jahre nahm Tampa Red noch einige LPs auf. Es handelte sich meist um Solo-Aufnahmen, auf denen er sich mit Gitarre und Kazoo begleitete. Auf einigen Stücken unterstützte ihn der Pianist Cow Cow Davenport. Trotz des Interesses an Bluesmusik aus den 20er und 30er Jahren konnte Tampa Red keine neue Karriere mehr aufbauen. Nach dem Tod seiner neuen Lebensgefährtin in den 1970er Jahren, die seinen Tagesablauf strukturierte und ihn versorgte hatte, lebte der Bluesmusiker in einem Altenheim. 1981, im selben Jahr, in dem er verarmt starb, wurde Tampa Red in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
Tampa Red (January 8, 1904[1] – March 19, 1981), born Hudson Woodbridge but known from childhood as Hudson Whittaker, was an American Chicago blues musician.
Tampa Red is best known as an accomplished and influential blues guitarist who had a unique single-string slide style. His songwriting and his silky, polished "bottleneck" technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Nighthawk, as well as Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Mose Allison and many others.[2] In a career spanning over 30 years he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum records. His best known recordings include the "classic compositions 'Anna Lou Blues', 'Black Angel Blues', 'Crying Won't Help You', 'It Hurts Me Too', and 'Love Her with a Feeling'".[3]
Biography
He was born Hudson Woodbridge in Smithville, Georgia, United States. His parents died when he was a child, and he moved to Tampa, Florida, where he was raised by his aunt and grandmother and adopted their surname, Whittaker.[4] He emulated his older brother, Eddie, who played guitar, and he was especially inspired by an old street musician called Piccolo Pete, who first taught him to play blues licks on a guitar.[2]
In the 1920s, having already perfected his slide technique, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, and began his career as a musician, adopting the name 'Tampa Red' from his childhood home and light colored skin.[4] His big break was being hired to accompany Ma Rainey and he began recording in 1928 with "It's Tight Like That", in a bawdy and humorous style that became known as "hokum".[4] Early recordings were mostly collaborations with Thomas A. Dorsey, known at the time as Georgia Tom.[4] Tampa Red and Georgia Tom recorded almost 90 sides, sometimes as "The Hokum Boys" or, with Frankie Jaxon, as "Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band".
In 1928, Tampa Red became the first black musician to play a National steel-bodied resonator guitar, the loudest and showiest guitar available before amplification, acquiring one in the first year they were available. This allowed him to develop his trademark bottleneck style, playing single string runs, not block chords, which was a precursor to later blues and rock guitar soloing.[5] The National guitar he used was a gold-plated tricone, which was found in Illinois in the 1990s by music-shop owner and guitarist Randy Clemens and later sold to the "Experience Music Project" in Seattle.[6] Tampa Red was known as "The Man With The Gold Guitar", and, into the 1930s, he was billed as "The Guitar Wizard".
His partnership with Dorsey ended in 1932, but he remained much in demand as a session musician, working with John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Memphis Minnie, Big Maceo, and many others.[4] In 1934 he signed for Victor Records, remaining on their artist roster until 1953. He formed the Chicago Five, a group of session musicians who created what became known as the Bluebird sound, a precursor of the small group style of later jump blues and rock and roll bands.[4] He was a close friend and associate of Big Bill Broonzy and Big Maceo Merriweather. He enjoyed commercial success and reasonable prosperity, and his home became a centre for the blues community, informally providing rehearsal space, bookings, and lodgings for the flow of musicians who arrived in Chicago from the Mississippi Delta as the commercial potential of blues music grew and agricultural employment in the south diminished.
By the 1940s he was playing electric guitar. In 1942 "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" was a # 4 hit on Billboard's new "Harlem Hit Parade", forerunner of the R&B chart, and his 1949 recording "When Things Go Wrong with You (It Hurts Me Too)", another R&B hit, was covered by Elmore James. He was 'rediscovered' in the late 1950s, like many other surviving early recorded blues artists such as Son House and Skip James, as part of the blues revival. His final recordings were in 1960.
He became an alcoholic after his wife's death in 1953.[7] He died destitute in Chicago, aged 77.
Tampa Red is best known as an accomplished and influential blues guitarist who had a unique single-string slide style. His songwriting and his silky, polished "bottleneck" technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Nighthawk, as well as Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Mose Allison and many others.[2] In a career spanning over 30 years he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum records. His best known recordings include the "classic compositions 'Anna Lou Blues', 'Black Angel Blues', 'Crying Won't Help You', 'It Hurts Me Too', and 'Love Her with a Feeling'".[3]
Biography
He was born Hudson Woodbridge in Smithville, Georgia, United States. His parents died when he was a child, and he moved to Tampa, Florida, where he was raised by his aunt and grandmother and adopted their surname, Whittaker.[4] He emulated his older brother, Eddie, who played guitar, and he was especially inspired by an old street musician called Piccolo Pete, who first taught him to play blues licks on a guitar.[2]
In the 1920s, having already perfected his slide technique, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, and began his career as a musician, adopting the name 'Tampa Red' from his childhood home and light colored skin.[4] His big break was being hired to accompany Ma Rainey and he began recording in 1928 with "It's Tight Like That", in a bawdy and humorous style that became known as "hokum".[4] Early recordings were mostly collaborations with Thomas A. Dorsey, known at the time as Georgia Tom.[4] Tampa Red and Georgia Tom recorded almost 90 sides, sometimes as "The Hokum Boys" or, with Frankie Jaxon, as "Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band".
In 1928, Tampa Red became the first black musician to play a National steel-bodied resonator guitar, the loudest and showiest guitar available before amplification, acquiring one in the first year they were available. This allowed him to develop his trademark bottleneck style, playing single string runs, not block chords, which was a precursor to later blues and rock guitar soloing.[5] The National guitar he used was a gold-plated tricone, which was found in Illinois in the 1990s by music-shop owner and guitarist Randy Clemens and later sold to the "Experience Music Project" in Seattle.[6] Tampa Red was known as "The Man With The Gold Guitar", and, into the 1930s, he was billed as "The Guitar Wizard".
His partnership with Dorsey ended in 1932, but he remained much in demand as a session musician, working with John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Memphis Minnie, Big Maceo, and many others.[4] In 1934 he signed for Victor Records, remaining on their artist roster until 1953. He formed the Chicago Five, a group of session musicians who created what became known as the Bluebird sound, a precursor of the small group style of later jump blues and rock and roll bands.[4] He was a close friend and associate of Big Bill Broonzy and Big Maceo Merriweather. He enjoyed commercial success and reasonable prosperity, and his home became a centre for the blues community, informally providing rehearsal space, bookings, and lodgings for the flow of musicians who arrived in Chicago from the Mississippi Delta as the commercial potential of blues music grew and agricultural employment in the south diminished.
By the 1940s he was playing electric guitar. In 1942 "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" was a # 4 hit on Billboard's new "Harlem Hit Parade", forerunner of the R&B chart, and his 1949 recording "When Things Go Wrong with You (It Hurts Me Too)", another R&B hit, was covered by Elmore James. He was 'rediscovered' in the late 1950s, like many other surviving early recorded blues artists such as Son House and Skip James, as part of the blues revival. His final recordings were in 1960.
He became an alcoholic after his wife's death in 1953.[7] He died destitute in Chicago, aged 77.
Ruidoso Rocks with the Eliminators with Choo Choo Charlie
Garth Webber *08.01.1954
What do Miles Davis, Gregg Allman, Bill Champlin, Lydia Pense/Cold Blood, Merl Saunders, John Lee Hooker, Mose Allison, Boz Scaggs and Kingfish all have in common?
Guitarist: GARTH WEBBER
Long recognized by his peers for his dynamic style and technical dexterity, Webber is perhaps most highly regarded for his signature guitar tone. A first call player in the Jazz, Blues, Funk and Rock arenas, this Berkeley based musician is always in demand. Equally comfortable sharing the stage with Miles Davis as he is with John Lee Hooker, Webber has the unusual distinction of playing with people who are reknown for one specific style.
On the international road, Garth has touredEurope and South America with Miles Davis; the good old U.S. with Bob Weir and Kingfish; and the West Coast with Gregg Allman, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, Merl Saunders, and The Blue Meanies.
Webber has also released three internationally sold solo CD's and has a fourth on the way! He has played on commercails for Levi's Jeans, Mattel Toys, Sizzler, AM PM Mini Market and more.
When Garth isn't playing, he's busy in his fully professional 48-track recording studio producing CD's for Bay area bands.
Guitarist: GARTH WEBBER
Long recognized by his peers for his dynamic style and technical dexterity, Webber is perhaps most highly regarded for his signature guitar tone. A first call player in the Jazz, Blues, Funk and Rock arenas, this Berkeley based musician is always in demand. Equally comfortable sharing the stage with Miles Davis as he is with John Lee Hooker, Webber has the unusual distinction of playing with people who are reknown for one specific style.
On the international road, Garth has touredEurope and South America with Miles Davis; the good old U.S. with Bob Weir and Kingfish; and the West Coast with Gregg Allman, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, Merl Saunders, and The Blue Meanies.
Webber has also released three internationally sold solo CD's and has a fourth on the way! He has played on commercails for Levi's Jeans, Mattel Toys, Sizzler, AM PM Mini Market and more.
When Garth isn't playing, he's busy in his fully professional 48-track recording studio producing CD's for Bay area bands.
Garth Webber plays "Chicago Blues Shuffle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-qsVjr--Q
b. 26 December 1922, Lee County, Texas, USA, d. 8 January 1999. Bell did not take up blues guitar until his early 20s, following military service. The major influence on his style was T-Bone Walker. His band was one of the major attractions on the Austin scene, and backed visiting artists at the Victory Grill, and on tour through west Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. Bell gave up playing in the early 70s when disco made live musicians uneconomical, but resumed in the late 80s in partnership with his long-time associate Erbie Bowser; they were still an impressive team. In the late 90s he was still performing with his band the Blues Specialists. He died of cancer in 1999.
R.I.P.
T.D. Bell +08.01.1999
T.D.Bell
& Erbie Bowser
b. 26 December 1922, Lee County, Texas, USA, d. 8 January 1999. Bell did not take up blues guitar until his early 20s, following military service. The major influence on his style was T-Bone Walker. His band was one of the major attractions on the Austin scene, and backed visiting artists at the Victory Grill, and on tour through west Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. Bell gave up playing in the early 70s when disco made live musicians uneconomical, but resumed in the late 80s in partnership with his long-time associate Erbie Bowser; they were still an impressive team. In the late 90s he was still performing with his band the Blues Specialists. He died of cancer in 1999.
Omar Sharriff (aka Dave Alexander) ~ ''The Raven''&''St. James Infirmary''(Piano Blues 1992 1973)
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