1914 Josh White*
1937 Phillip Walker*
1940 John Henry Smith (Big Bad Smitty)*
1942 Otis Clay*
1943 Alan Rubin*
1943 Little Johnny Taylor*
1964 Ruthie Foster*
1982 Govert Van Der Kolm*
1937 Phillip Walker*
1940 John Henry Smith (Big Bad Smitty)*
1942 Otis Clay*
1943 Alan Rubin*
1943 Little Johnny Taylor*
1964 Ruthie Foster*
1982 Govert Van Der Kolm*
Happy Birthday
Alan Rubin *11.02.1943
Alan Rubin (* 11. Februar 1943 in New York City; † 8. Juni 2011 ebenda[1], auch bekannt als „Mr. Fabulous“, war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker. Er spielte Trompete, Flügelhorn und Piccolotrompete.
Rubin war Absolvent der Juilliard School of Music. Er war Mitglied der Saturday Night Live Band, mit dieser spielte er 1996 bei der Abschlusszeremonie der Olympischen Spiele. Weiterhin war er Mitglied der Blues Brothers, er war Darsteller des „Mr. Fabulous“ in dem Film Blues Brothers von 1980, außerdem in der Fortsetzung Blues Brothers 2000.
Rubin hat mit einer Vielzahl von Künstlern gespielt, darunter Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Duke Ellington, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Eumir Deodato, Sting, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Frankie Valli, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, B. B. King, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin, James Brown und Dr. John. Er starb im Juni 2011 im Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City an Lungenkrebs.
Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011), also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet.
Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, with whom he played at the Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games. As a member of The Blues Brothers, he portrayed Mr. Fabulous in the 1980 film, the 1998 sequel and was a member of the touring band.
Rubin played with an array of artists, such as Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Duke Ellington, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Eumir Deodato, Sting, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Frankie Valli, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and Dr. John.
Rubin died from lung cancer at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was cremated. Rubin is survived by his wife, Mary and two siblings, Sharyn Soleimani and Marshall Rubin.
Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, with whom he played at the Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games. As a member of The Blues Brothers, he portrayed Mr. Fabulous in the 1980 film, the 1998 sequel and was a member of the touring band.
Rubin played with an array of artists, such as Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Duke Ellington, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Eumir Deodato, Sting, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Frankie Valli, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and Dr. John.
Rubin died from lung cancer at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was cremated. Rubin is survived by his wife, Mary and two siblings, Sharyn Soleimani and Marshall Rubin.
Josh White *11.02.1914
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Joshua Daniel White, besser bekannt als Josh White (* 11. Februar 1914 in Greenville, South Carolina; † 1969 in New York City, New York) war ein afroamerikanischer Blues-, Spiritual- und Folkgitarrist und -sänger.
Josh Whites Sohn, Josh White Jr., ist ebenfalls als sozial engagierter Sänger, Gitarrist und Schauspieler bekannt geworden.
Im östlichen South Carolina der Vereinigten Staaten geboren, verlässt Josh White im Alter von sieben Jahren seine sechsköpfige Familie. Ausschlag dafür ist das für ihn stark prägende Erlebnis, wie weiße Beamte seinen Vater wegen verspäteter Begleichung einer Rechnung tödlich verprügeln.
Die Brutalität und Ungerechtigkeit der Segregation bleiben aber weiterhin zentrale Motive in Whites Kindheit. Indem er blinden, alten, schwarzen Sängern als Blindenjunge, Sänger und Tambourinspieler dient (darunter James „Man“ Arnold, Blind Columbus Williams, Blind Archie Jackson, Blind John Henry Walker, Blind Blake, Blind Joe Taggart (mit dem er auch aufnimmt) und Blind Lemon Jefferson), verdient er sein Geld und bereist dabei Amerika, trotzdem zeichnen Lynchmorde, Ku-Klux-Klan-Verfolgung und Rassenhass weiterhin den Alltag des unterernährten White. Dennoch profitiert er in dieser Zeit in musikalischer Hinsicht enorm: Nachts übt und komponiert er versteckt in Feldern auf seiner Gitarre erste eigene Textlieder. Mit 12 nimmt er mit Joe Taggert, einem blinden Strassensänger, in Chicago einige Duette auf.
1932 unterzeichnet er seinen ersten Plattenvertrag mit ARC in New York. Zunächst singt er Bluessongs, dann auch christliche Titel. Mit den sozialkritischen Texten seiner eigenen Songs und der ausgewählten Coverversionen trifft er ins Schwarze. 1936 unterbrach ein Unfall seine Karriere; er konnte Jahre lang seine Hand nicht richtig verwenden.
1939 tritt er zusammen mit Paul Robeson in der Show John Henry auf. In den 1940er Jahren nimmt er wieder auf (nun für Moses Asch). Zwei Titel kommen überraschend gut an: St. James Infirmary Blues und Strange Fruit (letzterer richtet sich gegen Lynchmorde an Schwarzen). Im Zweiten Weltkrieg singt er für das US Office of War Information. 1941 spielt er als erster Schwarzer vor Franklin D. Roosevelt im Weißen Haus. 1942 tritt er als erster Afroamerikaner in vormals rassengetrennten Hotels auf. Als Erster bricht er 1944 den Rekord von einer Million Platten mit One Meatball, es folgt eine Amerikatour. Pete Seeger nennt ihn „Mr. Folk Music“.
Josh White und Mary Lou Williams, ca. Oktober 1947.
Foto: William P. Gottlieb.
Einen Rückschlag erleidet Whites Karriere 1950 mit der Veröffentlichung seines Namens in dem Pamphlet Red Channels, worin ehemalige FBI-Agenten 151 Künstler auflisten, die verdächtigt werden, subversiven Organisationen anzugehört zu haben. White war in Kriegsjahren auf mehreren Veranstaltungen aufgetreten, die u. a. von kommunistischen Parteien gesponsert worden waren und gehörte in den 40ern zu einem Umfeld der kommunistischen Partei nahestehenden politisch engagierten Folkmusikern, mit denen er u.a. bei den Almanac Singers zusammenarbeitete.
Nach zahlreichen Anhörungen vor dem Komitee für unamerikanische Umtriebe und Rechtfertigungen vor der Öffentlichkeit setzt er seine Musikkarriere fort. Unter anderem publiziert der Autor Elijah Wald seine Biographie unter dem Titel Josh White Society Blues. Seine Fans nennen ihn inzwischen The Father of American Folk Music.
1969 stirbt Joshua Daniel White mit 54 Jahren an seiner Herzkrankheit.
Die US-amerikanische Post honoriert 1998 seinen Beitrag zur Musikgeschichte und zum Frieden mit der Veröffentlichung einer 32-Cent-Marke mit seinem Abbild.
Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969), known as Josh White, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names "Pinewood Tom" and "Tippy Barton" in the 1930s.
White grew up in the Jim Crow South. During the 1920s and 1930s, he became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely; his repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs. He soon was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film.
White also became the closest African-American friend and confidant to president Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies resulted in the McCarthyites assuming him to be a Communist. Accordingly, from 1947 through the mid-1960s, White became caught up in the anti-Communist Red Scare, and combined with the resulting attempt to clear his name, his career was damaged.
White's musical style influenced many future generations of musical artists, including, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Lonnie Donegan, Eartha Kitt, Alexis Korner, Odetta, Elvis Presley, Tracy Chapman, Joan Armatrading, The Kingston Trio, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Merle Travis, Dave Van Ronk, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Eric Weissberg, Judy Collins, Mike Bloomfield, Danny Kalb, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Richie Havens, Don McLean, Roy Harper, Ry Cooder, John Fogerty, Eva Cassidy and Jack White.
Career
Firsts
White was in many senses a trailblazer; popular country bluesman in the early 1930s, responsible for introducing a mass white audience to folk-blues in the 1940s, first black singer-guitarist to star in Hollywood films and on Broadway. On one hand he was famous for his civil rights songs, which made him a favorite of the Roosevelts and on the other for his sexy stage persona (a first for a black male artist).[1]
He was the first black singer to give a White House Command Performance (1941), to perform in previously segregated hotels (1942), to get a million-selling record, "One Meatball" (1944), and the first to make a solo concert tour of America (1945).,[2] first folk and blues artist to perform in a nightclub, the first to tour internationally; and along with Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie, the first to be honored with a US postage stamp.[3][4]
White and Libby Holman became the first mixed-race male and female artists to ever perform together, record together and tour together in previously segregated venues across the United States. They would continue performing off and on for the next six years, while making an album and a film together.[5][6]
Early years
White was one of four children born to Reverend Dennis and Daisy Elizabeth White, on February 2, 1914, in the black section of Greenville, South Carolina, United States. His father told him that he was named after the Biblical character Joshua of the Old Testament. His mother introduced him to music at five years old, when he began singing in his local church's choir. White's father threw a white bill collector out of his home in 1921, causing him to be beaten so badly that he very nearly died, and then was locked up in an mental institution, where he died nine years later.[4][7]
Two months after his father had been taken away from the family, White left home with a blind, black street singer named Blind Man Arnold, who he had agreed to lead across the South to collect coins after performances. Arnold would then send White's mother two dollars a week. Arnold soon realized that he could profit from this gifted boy who quickly learned to dance, sing, and play the tambourine. Over the next eight years, he rented the boy's services out to other blind street singers, including Blind Blake and Blind Joe Taggart, and in time White quickly mastered the varied guitar stylings of all his blind masters. In order to appear sympathetic to the onlookers tossing coins, the old men kept White shoeless and in ragged short pants until he was sixteen years old. At night he would have to sleep in the cotton fields or in the horse stables, often on an empty stomach, while his master slept in a black hotel.
While guiding Taggart in 1927, White arrived in Chicago, Illinois. Mayo Williams, a producer for Paramount Records, recognized White's talents and began using him as a session guitarist. He backed up many artists for recordings before recording his first popular Paramount recording as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist on "Scandalous and a Shame" and billed as "Blind Joe Taggart & Joshua White", while becoming the youngest artist of the "race records" era. Yet he was still shoeless, sleeping in the horse stable, and with all his recordings payments going to Taggart and Arnold. After Mayo Williams left Paramount to start his own label in Chicago, he threatened Taggart that if he didn't pay White for his recording services he would call the authorities and have him arrested for indentured servitude and keeping the boy out of school. For a few months after Taggart released him from his servitude, White shared a room with Blind Blake at Williams' home before finding his own room in a boarding house. Finally, he was being paid for his recordings, and for the first time in his life able to buy and wear proper clothes and shoes. For the next two years, White continued an active recording schedule in Chicago, until he had saved enough money to return to Greenville and take care of his mother and younger siblings.
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Otis Clay *11.02.1942
Otis Clay (born February 11, 1942, Waxhaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues, R&B and soul singer, who started in gospel music. In 2013, Clay was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.
Clay was born in rural Bolivar County, Mississippi to a musical family, who moved in 1953 to Muncie, Indiana. After singing with local gospel group, the Voices of Hope, he returned to Mississippi to sing with the Christian Travelers, before settling in Chicago in 1957. There, he joined a series of gospel vocal groups including the Golden Jubilaires, the Famous Blue Jay Singers, the Holy Wonders, and the Pilgrim Harmonizers, before making his first solo secular recordings in 1962. They were unissued, and Clay joined the Gospel Songbirds, who recorded in Nashville in 1964 and who also included Maurice Dollison who sang R&B under the name Cash McCall, and then the Sensational Nightingales.[2]
In 1965 Clay signed with One-derful! Records in Chicago, to make secular recordings.[3] After releasing a series of gospel-tinged soul records, his first hit came in 1967 with "That's How It Is (When You're In Love)", which reached # 34 on the R&B chart, followed by "A Lasting Love" (# 48 R&B).[4] In 1968 the record company folded and his contract was bought by Atlantic Records, who launched their subsidiary Cotillion label with Clay's version of the Sir Douglas Quintet hit, "She's About A Mover", produced at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. The record became Clay's biggest pop hit, reaching # 97 on the Hot 100 (# 47 R&B). However, follow-ups on Cotillion, including "Hard Working Woman" produced by Syl Johnson, and "Is It Over?" produced by Willie Mitchell in Memphis, were less successful.[2][4]
Clay moved to Mitchell's Hi Records in 1971, and made many of his best known soul blues records for the label. His biggest hit came with "Trying To Live My Life Without You," a # 24 R&B hit in late 1972, which he followed up with "If I Could Reach Out". "Trying To Live My Life Without You" was later covered by Bob Seger, whose version made # 5 on the pop chart in 1981.[5] After several more Hi singles and the album I Can't Take It, Clay moved to Kayvette Records, where he had his last national hit single in 1977, "All Because Of Your Love" (# 44 R&B).[2][4] He later recorded for the Elka and Rounder labels, as well as his own Echo Records for whom he recorded the original version of "The Only Way is Up in 1980.
He has remained a popular live act in Europe and Japan, as well as the US, and has recorded three live albums, Soul Man: Live in Japan, Otis Clay Live(also in Japan on Victor VDP-5111) and Respect Yourself, recorded live at the Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland.[2][6] In the 1990s he also recorded two soul albums for Bullseye Blues: I'll Treat You Right and the Willie Mitchell-produced This Time Around. In 2007, he recorded the gospel album Walk a Mile in My Shoes.[5]
He has been a nominee for a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. As a resident of Chicago's West Side, he is actively involved in community-based economic and cultural initiatives, including the development of The Harold Washington Cultural Center.[6]
Clay continues to perform to this day. On August 11, 2012 he was one of several acts that performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors Summer Concerts in New York City. He was backed by the band Platinum. Clay was joined on stage for the finale by William Bell and Teenie Hodges.
Clay was one of the 2013 inductees to the Blues Hall of Fame.
Otis Clay (born February 11, 1942, Waxhaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States) is an American R&B and soul singer, who started in gospel music. In 2013, Clay was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.[1]
Life and career
Clay was born in rural Bolivar County, Mississippi to a musical family, who moved in 1953 to Muncie, Indiana. After singing with local gospel group, the Voices of Hope, he returned to Mississippi to sing with the Christian Travelers, before settling in Chicago in 1957. There, he joined a series of gospel vocal groups including the Golden Jubilaires, the Famous Blue Jay Singers, the Holy Wonders, and the Pilgrim Harmonizers, before making his first solo secular recordings in 1962. They were unissued, and Clay joined the Gospel Songbirds, who recorded in Nashville in 1964 and who also included Maurice Dollison who sang R&B under the name Cash McCall, and then the Sensational Nightingales.[2]
In 1965 Clay signed with One-derful! Records in Chicago, to make secular recordings.[3] After releasing a series of gospel-tinged soul records, his first hit came in 1967 with "That's How It Is (When You're In Love)", which reached # 34 on the R&B chart, followed by "A Lasting Love" (# 48 R&B).[4] In 1968 the record company folded and his contract was bought by Atlantic Records, who launched their subsidiary Cotillion label with Clay's version of the Sir Douglas Quintet hit, "She's About A Mover", produced at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. The record became Clay's biggest pop hit, reaching # 97 on the Hot 100 (# 47 R&B). However, follow-ups on Cotillion, including "Hard Working Woman" produced by Syl Johnson, and "Is It Over?" produced by Willie Mitchell in Memphis, were less successful.[2][4]
Clay moved to Mitchell's Hi Records in 1971, and made many of his best known soul blues records for the label. His biggest hit came in late 1972 with "Trying To Live My Life Without You," a # 102 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, # 70 on Cash Box, and # 24 R&B, which he followed up with "If I Could Reach Out". "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" was later covered by Bob Seger, whose version made # 5 on the pop chart in 1981.[5] After several more Hi singles and the album I Can't Take It, Clay moved to Kayvette Records, where he had his last national hit single in 1977, "All Because Of Your Love" (# 44 R&B).[2][4] He later recorded for the Elka and Rounder labels, as well as his own Echo Records for whom he recorded the original version of "The Only Way is Up" in 1980.
He has remained a popular live act in Europe and Japan, as well as the US, and has recorded three live albums, Soul Man: Live in Japan, Otis Clay Live(also in Japan on Victor VDP-5111) and Respect Yourself, recorded live at the Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland.[2][6] In the 1990s he also recorded two soul albums for Bullseye Blues: I'll Treat You Right and the Willie Mitchell-produced This Time Around. In 2007, he recorded the gospel album Walk a Mile in My Shoes.[5]
He has been a nominee for a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. As a resident of Chicago's West Side, he is actively involved in community-based economic and cultural initiatives, including the development of The Harold Washington Cultural Center.[6]
Clay continues to perform to this day. On August 11, 2012 he was one of several acts that performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors Summer Concerts in New York City. He was backed by the band Platinum. Clay was joined on stage for the finale by William Bell and Teenie Hodges.
Clay was one of the 2013 inductees to the Blues Hall of Fame.
Life and career
Clay was born in rural Bolivar County, Mississippi to a musical family, who moved in 1953 to Muncie, Indiana. After singing with local gospel group, the Voices of Hope, he returned to Mississippi to sing with the Christian Travelers, before settling in Chicago in 1957. There, he joined a series of gospel vocal groups including the Golden Jubilaires, the Famous Blue Jay Singers, the Holy Wonders, and the Pilgrim Harmonizers, before making his first solo secular recordings in 1962. They were unissued, and Clay joined the Gospel Songbirds, who recorded in Nashville in 1964 and who also included Maurice Dollison who sang R&B under the name Cash McCall, and then the Sensational Nightingales.[2]
In 1965 Clay signed with One-derful! Records in Chicago, to make secular recordings.[3] After releasing a series of gospel-tinged soul records, his first hit came in 1967 with "That's How It Is (When You're In Love)", which reached # 34 on the R&B chart, followed by "A Lasting Love" (# 48 R&B).[4] In 1968 the record company folded and his contract was bought by Atlantic Records, who launched their subsidiary Cotillion label with Clay's version of the Sir Douglas Quintet hit, "She's About A Mover", produced at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. The record became Clay's biggest pop hit, reaching # 97 on the Hot 100 (# 47 R&B). However, follow-ups on Cotillion, including "Hard Working Woman" produced by Syl Johnson, and "Is It Over?" produced by Willie Mitchell in Memphis, were less successful.[2][4]
Clay moved to Mitchell's Hi Records in 1971, and made many of his best known soul blues records for the label. His biggest hit came in late 1972 with "Trying To Live My Life Without You," a # 102 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, # 70 on Cash Box, and # 24 R&B, which he followed up with "If I Could Reach Out". "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" was later covered by Bob Seger, whose version made # 5 on the pop chart in 1981.[5] After several more Hi singles and the album I Can't Take It, Clay moved to Kayvette Records, where he had his last national hit single in 1977, "All Because Of Your Love" (# 44 R&B).[2][4] He later recorded for the Elka and Rounder labels, as well as his own Echo Records for whom he recorded the original version of "The Only Way is Up" in 1980.
He has remained a popular live act in Europe and Japan, as well as the US, and has recorded three live albums, Soul Man: Live in Japan, Otis Clay Live(also in Japan on Victor VDP-5111) and Respect Yourself, recorded live at the Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland.[2][6] In the 1990s he also recorded two soul albums for Bullseye Blues: I'll Treat You Right and the Willie Mitchell-produced This Time Around. In 2007, he recorded the gospel album Walk a Mile in My Shoes.[5]
He has been a nominee for a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. As a resident of Chicago's West Side, he is actively involved in community-based economic and cultural initiatives, including the development of The Harold Washington Cultural Center.[6]
Clay continues to perform to this day. On August 11, 2012 he was one of several acts that performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors Summer Concerts in New York City. He was backed by the band Platinum. Clay was joined on stage for the finale by William Bell and Teenie Hodges.
Clay was one of the 2013 inductees to the Blues Hall of Fame.
TRYING TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU / OTIS CLAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=ZTP322AhAdI&x-yt-cl=84503534
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=ZTP322AhAdI&x-yt-cl=84503534
Phillip Walker *11.02.1937
Phillip Walker (* 11. Februar 1937 in Welsh, Louisiana; † 22. Juli 2010 in Palm Springs, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Bluessänger und Gitarrist des West Coast Blues.
Phillip Walker lernte als jugendlicher Gitarrenspiel; seine frühen Vorbilder waren die Gitarristen T-Bone Walker und Clarence Gatemouth Brown Mit 17 Jahren wurde er Mitglied der Band des Zydecomusikers Clifton Chenier, mit dem er zwei Jahren auf Tournee ging. Danach spielte er mit dem Memphiser R&B-Sänger Rosco Gordon und dem texanischen Gitarristen Long John Hunter. Nachdem er 1959 nach Kalifornien gezogen war, nahm er einige Singles wie Hello My Darling für das Label Elko von J.R. Fulbright auf und arbeitete dann mit dem Produzenten Bruce Bromberg und dem Songwriter Dennis Walker zusammen; gemeinsam entstanden in den 60ern Schallplatten des Gitarristen für die Label Vault, Fantasy, Joliet und Playboy. Nach Platten für Rounder Records wechselte Walker zu Brombergs Label Hightone und zum New Orleanser Label Black Top Records. Während der 1990er Jahre nahm er für das Chicagoer Alligator Records auf, bekanntestes Stück war „Lone Star Shootout“ mit den Musikern Long John Hunter und Lonnie Brooks im Jahr 1999. Sein letztes Album erschien 2007 bei Delta Groove (Going Back Home).
Career
Walker grew up in Texas and learned to play guitar in his teens in Houston. He worked with Lonesome Sundown and Lonnie Brooks, and briefly joined Clifton Chenier's band in the 1950s.[3] By the 1960s he was in a R&B band in Los Angeles with his wife Ina, who used the stage name Bea Bopp.[3] His album Bottom of the Top was released by Playboy in 1973. Further albums were released on Black Top, Hightone, JSP, Joliet, and Rounder Records.[3]
Walker was also known for his variety of styles and the changes he would often make for each album. Not until 1969 did he begin to record more regularly when he joined with producer Bruce Bromberg. Since then, fans had a more steady supply of Walker's music.
He appeared on show 237 of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour in 2002 when Live at Biscuits & Blues had just been released.
Walker's final studio release is Going Back Home (2007) on Delta Groove Productions.
Death
On July 22, 2010, Delta Groove Productions issued an email statement regarding Walker's death: "It is with deepest sorrow that we report on the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary blues guitarist Phillip Walker. He died of apparent heart failure at 4:30 AM, early Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. He was 73 years old."
Phillip Walker - Lay you down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcJmwzJhxlk
http://www.discogs.com/artist/294682-Little-Johnny-Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcJmwzJhxlk
Little Johnny Taylor *11.02.1943
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Little Johnny Taylor (born Johnny Lamont Merrett; February 11, 1943 – May 17, 2002)[1] was an American blues and soul singer, who made recordings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued public performances through the 1980s and 1990s.
Born in Gregory, Arkansas, United States,[1] he is frequently confused with his contemporary and near namesake Johnnie Taylor, especially since the latter made a cover version of the song that Little Johnny Taylor was most famous for, "Part Time Love" (1963), and the fact that both men began their careers as gospel singers.
Little Johnny Taylor moved to Los Angeles in 1950, and sang with the Mighty Clouds of Joy before moving into secular music.[2] Influenced by Little Willie John, he first recorded as an R&B artist for the Swingin' record label.
However, he did not achieve major success until signing for San Francisco-based Fantasy Records' subsidiary label, Galaxy. His first hit was the mid-tempo blues "You'll Need Another Favor," sung in the style of Bobby Bland, with arrangement by Ray Shanklin and produced by Cliff Goldsmith.[2][3] The follow-up, "Part Time Love", written by Clay Hammond and featuring Arthur Wright on guitar, became his biggest hit, reaching #1 in the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, and # 19 on the pop chart, in October 1963. However, follow-ups on the Galaxy label were much less successful.[4]
By 1971, Taylor had moved to the Ronn label subsidiary of Jewel Records in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he had his second R&B Top 10 hit with "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing".[3] The following year, he had another hit with "Open House at My House". While at Ronn, Taylor also recorded some duets with Ted Taylor (also unrelated).[1]
Though he recorded only sparingly during the 1980s and 1990s, he remained an active performer until his death in May 2002 in Conway, Arkansas.
Born in Gregory, Arkansas, United States,[1] he is frequently confused with his contemporary and near namesake Johnnie Taylor, especially since the latter made a cover version of the song that Little Johnny Taylor was most famous for, "Part Time Love" (1963), and the fact that both men began their careers as gospel singers.
Little Johnny Taylor moved to Los Angeles in 1950, and sang with the Mighty Clouds of Joy before moving into secular music.[2] Influenced by Little Willie John, he first recorded as an R&B artist for the Swingin' record label.
However, he did not achieve major success until signing for San Francisco-based Fantasy Records' subsidiary label, Galaxy. His first hit was the mid-tempo blues "You'll Need Another Favor," sung in the style of Bobby Bland, with arrangement by Ray Shanklin and produced by Cliff Goldsmith.[2][3] The follow-up, "Part Time Love", written by Clay Hammond and featuring Arthur Wright on guitar, became his biggest hit, reaching #1 in the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, and # 19 on the pop chart, in October 1963. However, follow-ups on the Galaxy label were much less successful.[4]
By 1971, Taylor had moved to the Ronn label subsidiary of Jewel Records in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he had his second R&B Top 10 hit with "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing".[3] The following year, he had another hit with "Open House at My House". While at Ronn, Taylor also recorded some duets with Ted Taylor (also unrelated).[1]
Though he recorded only sparingly during the 1980s and 1990s, he remained an active performer until his death in May 2002 in Conway, Arkansas.
Little Johnny Taylor - Everybody Knows About My Good Thing, Pt. 1 & 2 (1971)
Govert Van Der Kolm *11.02.1982
Seit der Gründung von King Of The World (Erwin Java(Gitarre), Fokke de Jong (Schlagzeug und backing vocals), Govert van der Kolm (Hammond und backing vocals) und Erwin Java (Bassgitarre)) Anfang 2012, ist es sehr rasch gegangen mit der Niederländischen Blues-, Rythm & Rootsband. In weniger als 3 Jahre hat die Band mit den Alben ‚Can’t go home‘ und ‚KOTW‘ seinen Platz in der Niederländischen Bluesscene eingefordert. Beide Alben bekamen nur lobende Rezensionen, sowohl in der in- als auch in der ausländischen Presse. Auch der gute Ruf in Bezug auf die Live-Auftritte, entstanden bei den Auftritten auf Festivals so wie North Sea Jazz Festival, Highlands, Ribs & Blues , R&B Night Groningen und Bluesrock Tegelen, hat am Durchbruch beigetragen. Aber nicht nur der Festival – und Blueskreis hat Interesse an KOTW. Auch Poppodien wie Paradiso, Hedon, De Boerderij und Doornroosje und viele andere buchen die Band, ein guter Beweis dafür, dass es der Gruppe gelungen ist, Bluesmusik ins Rampenlicht der Öffentlichkeit zu bringen.
Bei den ‘Dutch Blues Awards 2014’ bekam die Band alle fünf Awards für ‘Best Blues Band’, ‘Best guitarist’, ‘Best bass player’, ‘Best drummer’ und ‘Best keyboard player’. Eines der Höhepunkte im Jahr 2014 ist der Auftritt am 13. Juli am North Sea Jazzfestival. Die ersten Auftritte in Deutschland haben mittlerweile auch schon stattgefunden und mit Erfolg, die Band wird immer öfter in Deutschland gebucht. King of the World hat mittlerweile auch sehr viele Aufmerksamkeit der Medien bekommen. Sie ist die erste Niederländische Bluesband, die im Niederländischen Kultfernsehsendung ‘Vrije Geluiden’ auftreten durfte und sie hatte zwei Live-Auftritte in der größten Niederländischen Late-Night-Sendung ‘Pauw & Witteman’ und erreichte so Millionen Zuschauer. Am 2. Juni 2014 gibt es bei der RTL7-Programm ‚Derksen on the road‘ eine Sondersendung über KOTW. November 2014 erschien ein Soundbook über das Programm ‚Derksen on the road‘, bestehend aus einer DVD mit dieser Sondersendung über KOTW und einer CD mit 4 Songs von KOTW. Dezember 2014 war KOTW zu sehen in einer Fernsehsendung von RTV Drenthe, ‚Jongens van het Noorden‘. Die Sendung ist eine stimmungsvolle Wiedergabe von 8 Songs, live im Studio gespielt. Auch wurden Dezember 2014 von einige Club-Auftritte einige Aufnahmen gemacht. Die Show im Niederländischen Poppodium Paradiso hat in Bezug auf die Atmosphäre das gewisse Extra, was Mai 2015 zur Veröffentlichung der CD ‚Live at Paradiso’ führt.
Und… es gibt schon Pläne für die Aufnahme eines 4. Albums (release wahrscheinlich Herbst 2016). Kurzum: Grund genug die Medien und Tourdaten im Auge zu behalten!
Since the kick-off early 2012 of “K(ing) (O)f (T)he W(orld)” ( Erwin Java (gtr), Fokke de
Jong (drs/bvox), Govert van der Kolm (Hammond/bvox) and Ruud Weber (leadvox/bgtr),
things have developed prosperously for this Dutch blues-, rhythm & roots band.
Through the release of the 2 albums “Can't Go Home “(2013) and “KOTW” (2014) the
band definitely confirmed its status in the Dutch blues scene. Both albums scored sheer
positive reviews as well in the Dutch as in the foreign music press.
But also the live reputation that has been built up through shows at festivals like the
Rhythm & Blues Night Groningen, Bluesrock Tegelen and the Highlandsfestival, has
contributed to the forementioned status. And the band is not only playing at festivals but is
also a regular guest at Dutch rock venues like Paradiso Amsterdam, De Boerderij
Zoetermeer, Hedon Zwolle and many others. A living proof that the band has succeeded in
expressing the blues in its various forms. Furthermore, other than the press, also radio and
TV is spotting the band: in march 2013 the group is live presenting “Can't Go Home” in the
radio show “TROS Music Café”. In that same period the band is making a live-appearance
in the TV-show “Vrije Geluiden “ (transl. Free Sounds). The latter being the first time ever
for a Dutch blues-orientated band.
The group has won 5 Dutch Blues Awards in 2014 (best drummer, best keyboardplayer,
best bass player, best guitarist and best bluesband). Two unique live-appearances early
2014 on the prestigious late night TV-show “Pauw & Witteman” is confirming the bands
growing nationwide recognition. On June 2nd 2014 the band is spotlighted for 45 minutes
in a RTL7 TV-special called “Derksen on the Road”. 2014 is marked by no less than 60
KOTW-shows from which the one on the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam (July 13th)
is considered to be one of the highlights. Also the band plays 2 successful shows in
Germany, which is leading to, more shows over there. So we can expect something there
in the near future. In November 2014 the soundbook “Pioniers van de Nederpop” (transl.
Pioneers of Dutch Rock) is released as a result of forementioned “Derksen on the Road”.
The DVD contains a.o. the TV-special concerning King Of The World where the CD
contains a.o. 4 KOTW-songs. X-mass 2014 KOTW is playing 8 songs live in a regional TV-
show called “ Jongens van het Noorden” (transl. Boys from the North). It 's another
intimate portrait of the band. In this last month of that year KOTW is recording several live
shows. The show at Dutch Rockvenue nr. 1 “Paradiso“ (Amsterdam) has got that special
atmosphere. Therefore the band has decided to release the album “Live at Paradiso” in
May 2015 forthcoming. And...the planning for a third studio-album is on the roll.
So...keep checking the media and the tourdates.
King Of The World
King of the World at Culemborg blues 2014
Ruthie Foster *11.02.1964
Ruthie
Foster (* 1964 in Texas) ist eine in Austin ansässige US-amerikanische
Bluessängerin und Gitarristin. Während Foster in den letzten Jahren
zunehmend als Bluesmusikerin wahrgenommen wird, sind ihre frühen Alben
durch stärkere Folk-, Gospel- und Americana-Einflüsse geprägt.Biographie
Bis 1996
Ruthie Foster wuchs in Texas in der ländlich geprägten Kleinstadt Gause im Milam County auf. Frühe musikalische Einflüsse waren u. a. die Gospel-Schallplattensammlung ihrer Mutter, so z. B. LPs von The Fairfield Four und vor allem Rosetta Tharpe, die Bluesplatten ihres Vaters (z. B. Lightnin’ Hopkins), jedoch auch Stevie Wonder, Phoebe Snow und die Beatles. Als Jugendliche spielte sie häufig Gitarre und Klavier in ihrer Gemeindekirche, jedoch auch in den benachbarten, weißen Kirchengemeinden. Mit 14 wurde sie außerdem Solosängerin in einem Chor, den einer ihrer Onkel leitete. Im Alter von 19 Jahren machte sie erste Erfahrungen als Frontfrau einer lokalen Bluesband und studierte Musik und Tontechnik am öffentlichen McLennan Community College in Waco. Nach dem Abschluss des Studiums trat sie einer Helikoptereinheit der US Navy in San Diego bei, vor allem um die kleinstädtische Umgebung ihrer Heimat verlassen zu können. Dort wurde sie zunächst in die Funk- und Cover-Band Pride aufgenommen, die häufig auf Navy-Rekrutierungsveranstaltungen auftrat, und später in das renommierte Commodores Jazz Ensemble in Norfolk, wo sie auch musiktheoretisch ausgebildet wurde. Nach ihrer Armeezeit heiratete Foster und zog 1990 nach New York, wo sie regelmäßig in der Folkszene auftrat und einen Vertrag bei Atlantic Records unterschrieb. Im Rahmen dieser Vereinbarung schrieb Foster etliche Songs für Atlantic. Aufgrund unterschiedlicher künstlerischer Vorstellungen kam es jedoch nicht zu der ursprünglich geplanten Plattenveröffentlichung. Nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann zog es Foster bald ins heimatliche Texas zurück, um sich um ihre schwer erkrankte Mutter zu kümmern. Von 1993 bis zum Tod ihrer Mutter im Jahr 1996 arbeitete Foster daher als Kamerafrau und Produktionsassistentin bei einem kleinen Fernsehsender in College Station, während sie parallel in lokalen Musikclubs auftrat. Im Jahr 1994 begann die Zusammenarbeit mit der Perkussionistin und Sängerin Cyd Cassone (* 1958), die über 10 Jahre lang fortdauerte. Beide wurden zeitweise auch privat ein Paar, traten in der Folge häufig als Duo auf und arbeiteten zusammen an Fosters Alben. Der erste große Auftritt des Duos, den Foster als eigentlichen Beginn ihrer Karriere ansieht, war auf dem bekannten Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas[1], auf dem Foster inzwischen noch mehrmals aufgetreten ist. [2][3][4][5][6] Foster und Cassone engagierten sich außerdem in ihrer Gemeinde und gaben regelmäßig Konzerte zur Sammlung von Spenden, in Pflegeheimen, an Schulen und in Zusammenarbeit mit der Polizei. [7]
1997 bis heute
Im Jahr 1997 konzentrierte sich Ruthie Foster schließlich wieder auf ihre Musikkarriere und veröffentlichte ihr erstes Album namens Full Circle, damals noch im Selbstverlag. Kurz darauf wurde sie vom Label Blue Corn Music unter Vertrag genommen. Aufgrund der Erfahrungen mit Atlantic Records bestand Foster jedoch auf ein stärkeres Mitspracherecht in Bezug auf künstlerische Entscheidungen. Es folgten die Alben Crossover (1999) und Runaway Soul (2002), die eine Mischung aus Folk, Blues, Gospel und weiteren Musikstilen boten. Letzteres – mit Gastmusikerin Terri Hendrix – war ihr bis dato erfolgreichstes Album, das ihr auch eine Einladung in die bekannte Musik-Fernsehsendung Austin City Limits auf PBS einbrachte. Es folgten längere Tourneen, die exemplarisch auf dem Live-Album Stages, das 2004 erschien, dokumentiert sind. Es enthält Material von drei verschiedenen Konzerten aus dem Jahr 2003, mit unterschiedlichen Bandbesetzungen. [8][9]
Ihr sechstes Album The Truth According to Ruthie Foster von 2009 wurde bei den Grammy Awards 2010 in der Kategorie Bestes zeitgenössisches Blues-Album nominiert und erreichte, wie das Vorgängeralbum The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster von 2007, Platz 4 der Billboard Charts in der Kategorie der besten Bluesalben.[10] Foster ließ auf diesen beiden Alben vermehrt Elemente der Soulmusik einfließen. Im Jahr 2009 begab sie sich zu diesem Zweck in die – in dieser Hinsicht geschichtsträchtigen – Ardent Studios in Memphis und gewann Chris Goldsmith als Produzenten, der im Jahr zuvor das Grammy-prämierte Album Down in New Orleans der Blind Boys of Alabama produziert hatte. Bei den Aufnahmen waren außerdem Gitarrist Robben Ford, Bassist Larry Fulcher (u. a. bekannt aus der Phantom Blues Band), Trompeter Wayne Jackson (bekannt als Mitglied der Mar-Keys und Memphis Horns) und der kurz darauf verstorbene Pianist Jim Dickinson (u. a. Studiomusiker bei Ry Cooder, The Rolling Stones und Aretha Franklin), beteiligt.[11]
Zu ihrer Live-Band, der Family Band, mit der sie, seit der Trennung von Cyd Cassone im Jahr 2005, häufig auftritt, gehören die Bassistin und Violinistin Tanya Richardson und die Schlagzeugerin Samantha Banks.[4] Die Band kann u. a. auf Auftritte beim Beale Street Music Festival 2010, dem Monterey Jazz Festival 2009, der AVO Session 2009, dem North Sea Jazz Festival 2009 und vielen weiteren Festivals zurückblicken. Für 2011 sind u. a. Auslandsauftritte in Kanada, Neuseeland und Australien geplant, zum Teil zusammen mit dem befreundeten Blues- und Folkmusiker Eric Bibb, der auch einige Songs ihrer letzten beiden Studioalben geschrieben hat. In vergangenen Jahren tourte sie u. a. mit Derek Trucks und den Blind Boys of Alabama.
Auszeichnungen
Neben der Grammy-Nominierung 2010 erfuhr Foster weitere positive Resonanz in der Bluesszene. Neben einem Living Blues Award, nämlich dem Kritikerpreis für die beste „Blueskünstlerin des Jahres 2010“,[12] wurde sie im selben Jahr mit einem Blues Music Award als „Künstlerin des Jahres des zeitgenössischen Blues“ (Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year) ausgezeichnet. 2011 erhielt sie mit dem Koko Taylor Award in der Kategorie „Künstlerin des Jahres des traditionellen Blues“ (Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year), in der sie auch bereits 2008 und 2009 nominiert gewesen war, einen weiteren Blues Music Award.
Ruthie Foster is an American singer-songwriter of blues and folk music. Foster was 48 years old in May 2012.[1]
Foster is from Gause, Texas and comes from a family of gospel singers. She studied music at McLennan Community College and then worked in the US Navy, where she started performing. Her debut was released in 1997 and she has performed in North America, Europe and Australia.[2] She has often been compared to Bonnie Raitt and Aretha Franklin.[3]
In June 2009, Foster toured with The Blind Boys of Alabama. In December 2009 her CD, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. In May 2010, at the Blues Music Awards, Foster was announced as Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year.[4] She was a featured artist at the Byron Bay Bluesfest in Australia in 2011.
Awards and honors
Foster won the 2013 Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)[5]
Foster scored the award for Best Female Vocalist at the 2013 Austin Music Awards[6]
Grammy Awards 2013 - Let It Burn nominated for 'Best Blues Album'[7]
2012 Blues Music Awards[8]
Winner: Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Winner: DVD of the Year for Live at Antone's
Nominee: B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
2011 Blues Music Award Winner - Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist
of the Year[9]
2011 Living Blues Award Nominee - Blues Artist of the Year (Female)[10]
2010 Living Blues Critics' Poll Winner - Blues Artist of the Year (Female)[10]
2010 Blues Music Award Winner - Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year[10]
2009 Blues Music Award Nominee - Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year[10]
2008 Blues Music Award Nominee - Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year[10]
Career
The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster was produced by Papa Mali[11]
The Truth According To Ruthie Foster was produced by Grammy-winning producer Chris
Goldsmith[12]
The Truth According To Ruthie Foster and Let It Burn were nominated for Grammy
Awards.[13]
She has toured with Warren Haynes and also appears on his album, Man In Motion
(2011).[14]
Let It Burn featured special guests The Blind Boys of Alabama, William Bell and the rhythm
section of The Funky Meters and was produced by Grammy Award winner John
Chelew[15]
She was featured as a special guest on House of Blues and Elwood Blus' radio show, "The
BluesMobile" (February 2013)[16]
Performed at the Texas State Society of Washington D.C.'s Presidential Inauguration Ball
(January 2013)[17]
She was featured in Austin Live: Tick Tock, a video short produced by the City of Austin
(November 2012)[18]
Foster performed with the Allman Brothers Band in 2012, at their annual Beacon Theatre
run in New York City. She sang on four songs, including a cover version of "The Weight,"
on which she traded verses with Susan Tedeschi.
Big Bad Smitty aka John H. Smith
*11.02.1940
Big Bad Smitty aka
John H. Smith (1940 – April 3, 2002) was an American blues guitar
player and singer. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he started
learning guitar at the age of ten. He would play his older brother
Nelson's guitar when nobody was around.[1]
When he was in his
20's he worked as a truck driver. Johnny Vincent of Ace Records had
recorded him and two of his songs, "Smokestack Lightnin'"
and "How Many More Years" appeared on the Genuine
Mississippi Blues anthology on the Ace label in 1970.[2]
He recorded the Mean
Disposition album in 1991 which was released on the Black Magic label
in Europe and the GENES label in the United States.[3] He recorded
three albums and appeared at European blues festivals, performing for
large crowds.[4]
He died in Jackson,
Mississippi on April 3, 2002, as a result of diabetes. His funeral
was held on Saturday, April 13 at the Alpha Omega Baptist Church in
Jackson, Mississippi.[5]
A benefit concert was
held for the family of Big Bad Smitty at BB's in St Louis.
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