1894 Butch Cage*
1902 Alec Seward*
1909 Son Bonds*
1910 Yank Rachell*
1943 Bryan Lee*
1975 T-Bone Walker+
1976 Arthur Gunter+
2013 Bobby Smith+
2015 Andy Fraser+
Udo Lummer*
Happy Birthday
Bryan Lee *16.03.1943
Bryan Lee (born March 16, 1943, Two Rivers, Wisconsin)[1] is an American blues guitarist and singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also known by the nickname braille blues daddy and has been a fixture on Bourbon Street since the 1980s.
Lee completely lost his eyesight by the age of eight. His avid interest in early rock and blues was fostered through the 1950s by late night listening sessions via the Nashville-based radio station WLAC-AM, where he first encountered the sounds of Elmore James, Albert King and Albert Collins.
By his late teens, Lee was playing rhythm guitar in a regional band called The Glaciers that covered Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry material. Through the 1960s, Lee's interest turned to Chicago blues and he soon found himself immersed in that scene, opening for some of his boyhood heroes. In 1979 he released his first album named Beauty Isn't Always Visual.
In January 1982, Lee moved to New Orleans, eventually landing a steady gig at the Old Absinthe House on Bourbon Street becoming a favorite of tourists in the city's French Quarter. For the next 14 years, Lee and his Jump Street Five played five nights a week at that popular bar, developing a huge following and a solid reputation.
Today Lee continues to perform in New Orleans. He also tours several times a year in the Midwest, Eastern Seaboard, Rocky Mountain States and recently Europe and Brazil. Lee appeared with Kenny Wayne Shepherd as the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 14, 2007.
Yank Rachell *16.03.1910
James „Yank" Rachell (* 16. März 1910 in Brownsville, Tennessee; † 9. April 1997 in Indianapolis, Indiana) war ein amerikanischer Blues-Musiker, der die Mandoline als Blues-Instrument populär machte. Daneben spielte er Gitarre, Mundharmonika und Geige. Er machte Aufnahmen mit Sleepy John Estes und Sonny Boy Williamson.
Yank Rachells erste Begegnung mit der Mandoline ist eine der großen Blues-Legenden. Dem achtjährigen war von seiner Mutter ein Ferkel anvertraut worden, das im Herbst geschlachtet werden sollte. Der Junge tauschte das Ferkel gegen eine Mandoline ein, die er gehört hatte und die er unbedingt haben wollte. Seine erzürnte Mutter soll gesagt haben: „Wenn wir alle im nächsten Herbst Schweinefleisch essen, dann kannst du diese Mandoline essen."
Rachell brachte sich das Spielen auf der Mandoline selbst bei. Hambone Willie Newborn, der 1929 als erster Rollin' And Tumblin aufnahm, gab ihm den letzten Schliff. Die beiden traten in der Gegend um Brownsville zusammen auf, wo Rachell auch den Gitarristen Sleepy John Estes kennenlernte, der sein langjähriger Partner werden sollte.
Rachell und Estes bildeten mit dem Jug-Spieler Hammie Nixon ein Jugband-Trio, das sich Mitte der 1920er in Memphis (Tennessee) einfand. Hier waren Rachell und Estes später mit dem Pianisten Jab Jones als die Three J's Jug Band eine der erfolgreichen Musikgruppen der Beale Street. Ab 1929 machten sie einige Aufnahmen, von denen vor allem Divin' Duck Blues erfolgreich war.
Mit der Depression kam das Ende der Memphis-Blues-Szene, und Rachell ging zurück nach Brownsville, wo er heiratete und für die Eisenbahn arbeitete. An Wochenenden machte er weiterhin Musik. Bei einer solchen Gelegenheit traf er Sonny Boy Williamson, mit dem er von da an häufig zusammen spielte. 1938 gingen die beiden nach Chicago, um dort Aufnahmen zu machen. Ihre Zusammenarbeit endete erst 1948 mit dem Tod von Williamson.
Rachell zog nach St. Louis, 1958 dann nach Indianapolis. Anfang der 1960er setzte ein Blues-Revival ein, in dessen Sog auch Rachell, Estes und Nixon wieder zusammen auftraten. Kurz vor seinem Tod 1997 nahm Yankell ein letztes Album auf, Too Hot For The Devil (1996), womit die Zeitspanne zwischen seinen ersten und letzten Aufnahmen rekordverdächtige 67 Jahre erreichte.
Yank Rachell hatte einen nicht unbedeutenden Einfluss auf andere Musiker. B. B. King soll ihm gesagt haben: „Leute wie du machten Leute wie mich erst möglich." Zu den Songs von Rachell, die später von anderen Musikern aufgegriffen wurden, zählen unter anderem Loudella Blues (ein Hit für Jimmy Rogers) und Gravel Road Woman (aus dem Blind Boy Fuller I Don't Want No Skinny Woman machte). Und der Divin' Duck Blues gilt als Blues-Klassiker erster Güte.
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James "Yank" Rachell (March 16, 1910 – April 9, 1997) was an American country blues musician, dubbed an "elder statesman of the blues."[2][3]
Career
Born James Rachell, his career as a performer spanned nearly seventy years, and was often teamed with the guitarist and singer Sleepy John Estes. He grew up in Brownsville, Tennessee, but in 1958 moved north to Indianapolis during the American folk music revival. He recorded for Delmark Records and Blue Goose Records. Though a capable guitarist and singer, he was better known as a master of the blues mandolin; he had bought his first mandolin at age 8, with a pig his family had given him to raise.[3] "She Caught the Katy," which he wrote with Taj Mahal, is considered a blues standard.[3]
In his later years he appeared in filmmaker Terry Zwigoff's 1985 documentary about fellow musician Howard Armstrong, and was a featured performer with John Sebastian and the J-Band.[4]
By the mid 1990s, Rachell and Henry Townsend and were the only blues musicians still active active whose careers started in the 1920s.[5] In later years he suffered from arthritis which shortened his playing sessions, though he still recorded an album just before his death, Too Hot For the Devil.
Career
Born James Rachell, his career as a performer spanned nearly seventy years, and was often teamed with the guitarist and singer Sleepy John Estes. He grew up in Brownsville, Tennessee, but in 1958 moved north to Indianapolis during the American folk music revival. He recorded for Delmark Records and Blue Goose Records. Though a capable guitarist and singer, he was better known as a master of the blues mandolin; he had bought his first mandolin at age 8, with a pig his family had given him to raise.[3] "She Caught the Katy," which he wrote with Taj Mahal, is considered a blues standard.[3]
In his later years he appeared in filmmaker Terry Zwigoff's 1985 documentary about fellow musician Howard Armstrong, and was a featured performer with John Sebastian and the J-Band.[4]
By the mid 1990s, Rachell and Henry Townsend and were the only blues musicians still active active whose careers started in the 1920s.[5] In later years he suffered from arthritis which shortened his playing sessions, though he still recorded an album just before his death, Too Hot For the Devil.
Guitar Slim And Jelly Belly - Working Man Blues
Alec Seward and "Fat Boy" Hayes
Udo Lummer *16.03.
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1963 - The Thimbles Skifflegroup : Jörg Weigel, Michael Brinkmann, P.G.Lange, Günter Dolezal
1963 - Klaus Reinhardt Swing Combo : Klaus Reinhardt, Ernst Schröder, Helmut Richter, Lothar "Killer" Dombrowski, Günter Dolezal
1962 - 1964 - Bielefelder Jazzer : Mike Bennewitz , "Flöhchen" Weber , Hans-Joachim "Tötter" Hillenkötter, Hubertus "Monk" Kreutner , Hannes Wader, Jürgen Dohse, Benny Stremmel
1964 Green Onions : Fred Brachmann, Peter Kindermann, Paul Gerhard Lange, Manfred Matser, Chris Dennis, Claude Houarie, Heinz Pelleter, Edgar "Eddie" Köhler, Wolfgang Knörzer,
1968 MGs : Edgar "Ete" Rischmüller, Dietmar Carl, Uwe Holtz , Rainer Erbel, Fuzzy Ziszewski, Wolfgang "Buddy" Mandler
1968 1.Bielefelder Pop Orchester : MG's plus Mike Warner, Monk, Tötter, Benny Stremmel
1969 British Army Band : Ronnie Nicoletti, Jürgen Müller, John Cresswell,
1972 Brachmann & Lummer : Fred Brachmann, Klaus Brachmann
1973 Kakadu Combo : Werner "Ente" Vogt, Carlo Dewe, Stefan Denninger, Achim Meier uvm.
1972 Blue Phoenix : Mike Warner - der Altmeister und Pionier des Rock 'n Roll
1975 - 1976 Skyline : George Kochbeck, Mickie Stickdorn, Werner Vogt, Reinhard Glowatzke
1982 Ente Vogts : Werner "Ente" Vogt - mein langjähriger Begleiter bei KLANGMIX, Green Onions und Skyline
2005 - 2006 Klangmix : Werner "Ente" Vogt
Revival-Bands : Steve Haggerty, Karl-Heinz Hausmann, Armin Grants und viele mehr ..
Studioprojekte mit : Jean-Jaques Kravetz, Dicky Tarrach, Tissy Thiers, Dieter Dierks, Manfred Rürup, uvm
Diskographie :
Skyline : Louise for one night, Umsonst und draussen 1976, Vlotho * Brachmann & Lummer : Brachmann & Lummer * Ente Vogts : Stumm wie ein Fisch, NDW Sampler * Udo Lummer : Sit down, have a glass of wine and listen * Klanggmix : Mach mal Licht * Verschiedene Studioprojekte
http://www.loopahead.de/profil_ul.php?count=%27$count%27 1963 - Klaus Reinhardt Swing Combo : Klaus Reinhardt, Ernst Schröder, Helmut Richter, Lothar "Killer" Dombrowski, Günter Dolezal
1962 - 1964 - Bielefelder Jazzer : Mike Bennewitz , "Flöhchen" Weber , Hans-Joachim "Tötter" Hillenkötter, Hubertus "Monk" Kreutner , Hannes Wader, Jürgen Dohse, Benny Stremmel
1964 Green Onions : Fred Brachmann, Peter Kindermann, Paul Gerhard Lange, Manfred Matser, Chris Dennis, Claude Houarie, Heinz Pelleter, Edgar "Eddie" Köhler, Wolfgang Knörzer,
1968 MGs : Edgar "Ete" Rischmüller, Dietmar Carl, Uwe Holtz , Rainer Erbel, Fuzzy Ziszewski, Wolfgang "Buddy" Mandler
1968 1.Bielefelder Pop Orchester : MG's plus Mike Warner, Monk, Tötter, Benny Stremmel
1969 British Army Band : Ronnie Nicoletti, Jürgen Müller, John Cresswell,
1972 Brachmann & Lummer : Fred Brachmann, Klaus Brachmann
1973 Kakadu Combo : Werner "Ente" Vogt, Carlo Dewe, Stefan Denninger, Achim Meier uvm.
1972 Blue Phoenix : Mike Warner - der Altmeister und Pionier des Rock 'n Roll
1975 - 1976 Skyline : George Kochbeck, Mickie Stickdorn, Werner Vogt, Reinhard Glowatzke
1982 Ente Vogts : Werner "Ente" Vogt - mein langjähriger Begleiter bei KLANGMIX, Green Onions und Skyline
2005 - 2006 Klangmix : Werner "Ente" Vogt
Revival-Bands : Steve Haggerty, Karl-Heinz Hausmann, Armin Grants und viele mehr ..
Studioprojekte mit : Jean-Jaques Kravetz, Dicky Tarrach, Tissy Thiers, Dieter Dierks, Manfred Rürup, uvm
Diskographie :
Skyline : Louise for one night, Umsonst und draussen 1976, Vlotho * Brachmann & Lummer : Brachmann & Lummer * Ente Vogts : Stumm wie ein Fisch, NDW Sampler * Udo Lummer : Sit down, have a glass of wine and listen * Klanggmix : Mach mal Licht * Verschiedene Studioprojekte
Son Bonds *16.03.1909
Son
Bonds (March 16, 1909 – August 31, 1947)[2] was an American country
blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a working associate of
both Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon, and was similar in his guitar
playing style. According to Allmusic journalist, Jim O'Neal, "the music
to one of Bonds's songs, "Back and Side Blues" (1934), became a standard
blues melody when Sonny Boy Williamson I from nearby Jackson,
Tennessee, used it in his classic "Good Morning, School Girl"."[1] The
best known of Bonds's other works are "A Hard Pill To Swallow" and "Come
Back Home."[2]
Biography
Born in Brownsville, Tennessee,[1] Bonds was also billed on record as "Brownsville" Son Bonds, and Brother Son Bonds.[3][4]
Sleepy John Estes earlier recorded work had used backing from Yank Rachell (mandolin) or Hammie Nixon (harmonica), but by the late 1930s he was accompanied in the recording studio by either Bonds or Charlie Pickett (guitar).[5] Bonds also backed Estes at a couple of later recording sessions in 1941.[6] In reverse, either Estes or Nixon played on every one of Bonds's own recordings.[1] In the latter stages of his career, Bonds played kazoo as well as the guitar on several of his tracks.[7]
According to Nixon's later accounts of the event, Bonds suffered an accidental death in August 1947. While sitting on his own front porch late one evening in Dyersburg, Tennessee, Bonds was shot to death by his short-sighted neighbor, who mistook Bonds for another man with whom his neighbor was having a protracted disagreement.
Biography
Born in Brownsville, Tennessee,[1] Bonds was also billed on record as "Brownsville" Son Bonds, and Brother Son Bonds.[3][4]
Sleepy John Estes earlier recorded work had used backing from Yank Rachell (mandolin) or Hammie Nixon (harmonica), but by the late 1930s he was accompanied in the recording studio by either Bonds or Charlie Pickett (guitar).[5] Bonds also backed Estes at a couple of later recording sessions in 1941.[6] In reverse, either Estes or Nixon played on every one of Bonds's own recordings.[1] In the latter stages of his career, Bonds played kazoo as well as the guitar on several of his tracks.[7]
According to Nixon's later accounts of the event, Bonds suffered an accidental death in August 1947. While sitting on his own front porch late one evening in Dyersburg, Tennessee, Bonds was shot to death by his short-sighted neighbor, who mistook Bonds for another man with whom his neighbor was having a protracted disagreement.
Son Bonds 80 Highway Blues (1941)
R.I.P.
Bobby Smith +16.03.2013
Robert "Bobby" Smith (sometimes spelled Bobbie; April 10, 1936 – March 16, 2013[1]) was an American R&B singer, the principal lead singer of the classic Motown group, The Spinners,[2] also known as the Detroit Spinners or the Motown Spinners, throughout its history. The group was formed circa 1954 at Ferndale High School in Ferndale, Michigan, just north of the Detroit border. The group had their first record deal when they signed with Tri-Phi Records in early 1961.
Smith had been the group's main lead singer since its inception, having sung lead vocals on The Spinners first hit record in 1961, "That's What Girls Are Made For" (which has been inaccurately credited to the group's mentor and former Moonglows lead singer, the late Harvey Fuqua). Smith also sang lead on most of their Motown material during the 1960s, such as the charting singles like "Truly Yours" (1966) and "I'll Always Love You" (1965); almost all of the group's pre-Motown material on Fuqua's Tri-Phi Records label, and also on The Spinners' biggest Atlantic Records hits. These included "I'll Be Around",[3] "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love",[4] "They Just Can't Stop It the (Games People Play)".[5] In 1974, they scored their only #1 Pop hit with "Then Came You" (sung by Smith, in a collaboration with superstar Dionne Warwick).[6] Despite the fact that Smith led on many of the group's biggest hits, many have erroneously, and unfairly,credited much of the group's success to its other lead singer, the late Philippé Wynne.[7]
Wynne was many times inaccurately credited for songs that Smith actually sang lead on, such as by the group's label, Atlantic Records, on their Anthology double album collection (an error corrected in the group's later triple CD set, The Chrome Collection). Throughout a succession of lead singers (Wynne, Jonathan Edwards, G. C. Cameron etc.), Smith's lead voice had always been The Spinners' mainstay.
With the 2013 death of Smith, from pneumonia and influenza, as well as fellow Spinners members C. P. Spencer in 2004, Billy Henderson in 2007, and bass singer Pervis Jackson in 2008, Henry Fambrough is now the last remaining original member of the group. Fambrough is still performing with a current day line-up of Spinners.
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Smilin' Bobby Smith plays the blues w/Elmore James Jr.
T-Bone Walker +16.3.1975
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T-Bone Walker, eigentlich Aaron Thibeaux Walker (* 28. Mai 1910 in Linden, Texas; † 16. März 1975 in Los Angeles), amerikanischer Bluesgitarrist, Sänger und Songschreiber, war einer der einflussreichsten Bluesmusiker des 20. Jahrhunderts und Pionier der elektrischen Gitarre. Er hatte afroamerikanische und Cherokee-Vorfahren.Walker wurde in Linden geboren und wuchs in Dallas auf. Dort lernte er schon als Kind, Banjo, Fiddle und Gitarre zu spielen. In Anspielung auf seinen zweiten Vornamen Thibeaux erhielt er bald den Spitznamen „T-Bone“. In Dallas lernte Walker den blinden Gitarristen Blind Lemon Jefferson kennen, mit dem er als eine Art Blindenführer durch die Straßen von Dallas zog und das Geld einsammelte, das Jefferson bei Auftritten einspielte. Durch ihn beeinflusst, trat Walker mit 15 Jahren selbst als Bluessänger und Tänzer auf und lernte schon früh, durch spektakuläre Live-Einlagen (wie beispielsweise das Banjo-Spielen im Springen und Tanzen) das Publikum zu faszinieren. 1929 nahm Walker seine erste Schallplatte Wichita Falls Blues/Trinity River Blues (Columbia Records) auf, allerdings nicht unter eigenem Namen, sondern als „Oak Cliff T-bone“. Mitte der 1930er spielte er in der Territory Band von Chester Boone und traf in Oklahoma City auf Charlie Christian.
1936 kam Walker nach Los Angeles und begann seine kalifornische Karriere als Tänzer. 1939 wurde er von Les Hite für die Band „Les Hite Cotton Club Orchestra“ als Sänger engagiert. Von nun an begann Walker, sich mehr und mehr auf die Gitarre zu konzentrieren. So baute er diese immer öfter in seinen Gesang ein, bis er schließlich als Gitarrist gefragter denn als Sänger war. Dabei bestach er durch seine artistisch anmutenden Bühneneinlagen, wobei er auf Knien und die Gitarre hinter dem Rücken spielte.
1942, mittlerweile war Walker wegen besserer Einnahmequellen nach Chicago gewechselt, nahm er beim neu gegründeten Capitol-Label seine ersten Soloplatten auf. Er veröffentlichte I Got a Break Baby/Mean Old World, wo er populäre Musik und den Blues auf seine mittlerweile elektrisch verstärkte Jazzgitarre übertrug und damit eine Revolution im Spielen des Blues auslöste.
Legendär ist die Produktion von T-Bone Walkers Call it Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) für das Black & White-Label (#122), die in Los Angeles am 13. September 1947 mit Produzent Ralph Bass entstand. Bei der Aufnahme wirkten mit: Aaron “T-Bone” Walker (Gesang/Gitarre), John “Teddy” Buckner (Trompete), Hubert “Bumps” Myers (Tenorsaxophon), Lloyd Glenn (Piano), Arthur Edwards (Bass) und Oscar Lee Bradley (Schlagzeug). Der Titel erreichte einen fünften Rang der R&B-Charts und gilt nicht nur als einer der einflussreichsten Songs der Musikgeschichte, sondern auch in der Geschichte der Gitarre. Weitere Klassiker folgten, wie zum Beispiel der T-Bone Shuffle.
Trotz dieser Erfolge konnte Walker nie das Teenager-Publikum, wie beispielsweise zu dieser Zeit Chuck Berry oder Fats Domino, erreichen, sondern spielte überwiegend in Nachtclubs, bis er 1955 aufgrund von Magenbeschwerden zusammenbrach und operiert werden musste.
In den 60er Jahren wurde Walker international bekannt, als er 1962 für die von Horst Lippmann organisierten American Folk Blues Festivals in Europa engagiert wurde und unter anderem mit Memphis Slim auftrat, allerdings gehemmt durch seinen Gesundheitszustand.
Während seiner Karriere begleiteten ihn die Musiker Teddy Buckner (Trompete), Lloyd Glenn (Klavier), Billy Hadnott (Bass) und Jack McVea (Saxophon).
1971 gewann Walker einen Grammy Award für die Platte Good Feelin’ (Polygram Records 1969). Beim American Folk Blues Festival 1972 spielte er mit Big Mama Thornton zusammen. Diese Konzerte sollten die letzten Auftritte der beiden in Europa sein. 1973 produzierten Jerry Leiber und Mike Stoller mit ihm und Musikern wie Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Herbie Mann, David „Fathhead“ Newman eine späte Hommage an den großen Bluessänger und Gitarristen Walker („very rare“, 2 LPs, Reprise Records). Dort erzählte T-Bone Walker auch, dass seine Mutter eine Cherokee war und wie er zu seinem Spitznamen kam.
Tod
T-Bone Walker starb 1975 an einem Schlaganfall und wurde auf dem Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood bei Los Angeles beigesetzt. Er wurde 1980 postum in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
Spätere Gitarristen, unter anderem Chuck Berry[1] und Jimi Hendrix, übernahmen von Walker Teile seiner spektakulären Auftritte. Auch das Spiel in artistisch anmutenden Körperhaltungen (auf den Knien, Instrument hinter dem Kopf gespielt usw.) wird Walkers Einfluss zugeschrieben.
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T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday Blues (Live!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5lokLq6fY4
Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was a critically acclaimed American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who was an influential pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound.[1][2] In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at number 67 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[3]
Biography
Early years
Walker was born in Linden, Texas, of African-American and Cherokee descent. Walker's parents, Movelia Jimerson and Rance Walker, were both musicians. His stepfather, Marco Washington, taught him to play the guitar, ukulele, banjo, violin, mandolin, and piano.[4]
Walker began his career as a teenager in Dallas in the early 1900s. His mother and stepfather (a member of the Dallas String Band) were musicians, and family friend Blind Lemon Jefferson sometimes came over for dinner.[5] Walker left school at the age of 10, and by 15[3] he was a professional performer on the blues circuit. Initially, he was Jefferson's protégé and would guide him around town for his gigs.[4] In 1929, Walker made his recording debut with Columbia Records billed as Oak Cliff T-Bone, releasing the single "Wichita Falls Blues"/"Trinity River Blues". Oak Cliff was the community he lived in at the time and T-Bone a corruption of his middle name. Pianist Douglas Fernell played accompaniment on the record.[1]
Walker married Vida Lee in 1935; the couple had three children. By the age of 25, Walker was working at clubs in Los Angeles' Central Avenue, sometimes as the featured singer and guitarist with Les Hite's orchestra.[5]
Newfound style
By 1942, with his second album release, Walker's new-found musical maturity and ability had advanced to the point that Rolling Stone claimed that he "shocked everyone" with his newly developed distinctive sound upon the release of his first single "Mean Old World", on the Capitol Records label.[3] Much of his output was recorded from 1946 to 1948 on Black & White Records, including his most famous song, 1947's "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)".[1] Other notable songs he recorded during this period were "Bobby Sox Blues" (a #3 R&B hit in 1946), and "West Side Baby" (#8 on the R&B singles charts in 1948).[6]
Throughout his career Walker worked with top-notch musicians, including trumpeter Teddy Buckner, pianist Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott (bass), and tenor saxophonist Jack McVea.
Following his work with White and Black, he recorded from 1950 to 1954 for Imperial Records (backed by Dave Bartholomew). Walker's only record in the next five years was T-Bone Blues, recorded over three widely separated sessions in 1955, 1956 and 1959, and finally released by Atlantic Records in 1960.
By the early 1960s, Walker's career had slowed down, in spite of a hyped appearance at the American Folk Blues Festival in 1962 with Memphis Slim and prolific writer and musician Willie Dixon, among others.[1] However, several critically acclaimed albums followed, such as I Want a Little Girl (recorded for Delmark Records in 1968). Walker recorded in his last years, from 1968 to 1975, for Robin Hemingway's Jitney Jane Songs music publishing company, and he won a Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1971 for Good Feelin′, while signed by Polydor Records, produced by Hemingway,[4] followed by another album produced by Hemingway: Walker's Fly Walker Airlines, which was released in 1973.[7]
Walker's career began to wind down after he suffered a stroke in 1974.[1] He died of bronchial pneumonia following another stroke in March 1975, at the age of 64.[1][8]
Legacy
Walker was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980,[9] and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.[8][10]
Chuck Berry named Walker and Louis Jordan as his main influences.[11] B.B. King cites hearing Walker's "Stormy Monday" record as his inspiration for getting an electric guitar.[12] Walker was admired by Jimi Hendrix who imitated Walker's trick of playing the guitar with his teeth.[5] "Stormy Monday" was a favorite live number for The Allman Brothers Band.
Biography
Early years
Walker was born in Linden, Texas, of African-American and Cherokee descent. Walker's parents, Movelia Jimerson and Rance Walker, were both musicians. His stepfather, Marco Washington, taught him to play the guitar, ukulele, banjo, violin, mandolin, and piano.[4]
Walker began his career as a teenager in Dallas in the early 1900s. His mother and stepfather (a member of the Dallas String Band) were musicians, and family friend Blind Lemon Jefferson sometimes came over for dinner.[5] Walker left school at the age of 10, and by 15[3] he was a professional performer on the blues circuit. Initially, he was Jefferson's protégé and would guide him around town for his gigs.[4] In 1929, Walker made his recording debut with Columbia Records billed as Oak Cliff T-Bone, releasing the single "Wichita Falls Blues"/"Trinity River Blues". Oak Cliff was the community he lived in at the time and T-Bone a corruption of his middle name. Pianist Douglas Fernell played accompaniment on the record.[1]
Walker married Vida Lee in 1935; the couple had three children. By the age of 25, Walker was working at clubs in Los Angeles' Central Avenue, sometimes as the featured singer and guitarist with Les Hite's orchestra.[5]
Newfound style
By 1942, with his second album release, Walker's new-found musical maturity and ability had advanced to the point that Rolling Stone claimed that he "shocked everyone" with his newly developed distinctive sound upon the release of his first single "Mean Old World", on the Capitol Records label.[3] Much of his output was recorded from 1946 to 1948 on Black & White Records, including his most famous song, 1947's "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)".[1] Other notable songs he recorded during this period were "Bobby Sox Blues" (a #3 R&B hit in 1946), and "West Side Baby" (#8 on the R&B singles charts in 1948).[6]
Throughout his career Walker worked with top-notch musicians, including trumpeter Teddy Buckner, pianist Lloyd Glenn, Billy Hadnott (bass), and tenor saxophonist Jack McVea.
Following his work with White and Black, he recorded from 1950 to 1954 for Imperial Records (backed by Dave Bartholomew). Walker's only record in the next five years was T-Bone Blues, recorded over three widely separated sessions in 1955, 1956 and 1959, and finally released by Atlantic Records in 1960.
By the early 1960s, Walker's career had slowed down, in spite of a hyped appearance at the American Folk Blues Festival in 1962 with Memphis Slim and prolific writer and musician Willie Dixon, among others.[1] However, several critically acclaimed albums followed, such as I Want a Little Girl (recorded for Delmark Records in 1968). Walker recorded in his last years, from 1968 to 1975, for Robin Hemingway's Jitney Jane Songs music publishing company, and he won a Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1971 for Good Feelin′, while signed by Polydor Records, produced by Hemingway,[4] followed by another album produced by Hemingway: Walker's Fly Walker Airlines, which was released in 1973.[7]
Walker's career began to wind down after he suffered a stroke in 1974.[1] He died of bronchial pneumonia following another stroke in March 1975, at the age of 64.[1][8]
Legacy
Walker was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980,[9] and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.[8][10]
Chuck Berry named Walker and Louis Jordan as his main influences.[11] B.B. King cites hearing Walker's "Stormy Monday" record as his inspiration for getting an electric guitar.[12] Walker was admired by Jimi Hendrix who imitated Walker's trick of playing the guitar with his teeth.[5] "Stormy Monday" was a favorite live number for The Allman Brothers Band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5lokLq6fY4
T-Bone Walker - I Want A Little Girl (Full Album)
Here is a nice classic gem from 1968. This is T-Bone in the R&B era, I think this album in general proves that he was also a very good singer as well as a guitar player (he plays Piano on this one too!) This is an original vinyl rip, it is not the CD release.
1. I Want A Little Girl 0:00
2. I Hate To See You Go 5:10
3. Feeling The Blues 8:50
4. Leaving You Behind 15:00
5. Baby Ain't I Good To You 19:14
6. Someone's Going To Mistreat You 23:44
7. Ain't This Cold, Baby 27:00
8. Late Hours Blues 33:31
1. I Want A Little Girl 0:00
2. I Hate To See You Go 5:10
3. Feeling The Blues 8:50
4. Leaving You Behind 15:00
5. Baby Ain't I Good To You 19:14
6. Someone's Going To Mistreat You 23:44
7. Ain't This Cold, Baby 27:00
8. Late Hours Blues 33:31
Arthur Gunter +16.03.1976
http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/arthur-gunter/
Arthur Gunter (May 23, 1926 – March 16, 1976)[1] was an American blues guitarist and musician. He was best known for his song "Baby Let's Play House", which was later a hit single for Elvis Presley.
Gunter was born in Nashville, Tennessee,[1] a musician from an early age; as a child, he was in a gospel group with his brothers and cousins called the Gunter Brothers Quartet. In the early 1950s he played in various blues groups around Nashville, and began recording for Excello Records in 1954.
In November 1954, Gunter recorded "Baby Let's Play House" for Excello (2047),[2] which became a local hit. It became nationally known later that year when Elvis Presley recorded a version for Sun Records. "Elvis got that number and made it famous. But I didn't get a chance to shake his hand," Gunter would later say. His first royalty check, received that same year, was for $6500.
Gunter continued to record for Excello until 1961. His regular band broke up in 1966 and he moved to Pontiac, Michigan, performing only occasionally thereafter.
He died of pneumonia in 1976 at his home in Port Huron, Michigan.
Gunter was born in Nashville, Tennessee,[1] a musician from an early age; as a child, he was in a gospel group with his brothers and cousins called the Gunter Brothers Quartet. In the early 1950s he played in various blues groups around Nashville, and began recording for Excello Records in 1954.
In November 1954, Gunter recorded "Baby Let's Play House" for Excello (2047),[2] which became a local hit. It became nationally known later that year when Elvis Presley recorded a version for Sun Records. "Elvis got that number and made it famous. But I didn't get a chance to shake his hand," Gunter would later say. His first royalty check, received that same year, was for $6500.
Gunter continued to record for Excello until 1961. His regular band broke up in 1966 and he moved to Pontiac, Michigan, performing only occasionally thereafter.
He died of pneumonia in 1976 at his home in Port Huron, Michigan.
Andy Fraser +16.03.2015
Free in Amsterdam (1970). V. l. n. r.: Paul
Kossoff, Andy Fraser, Simon Kirke, Paul Rodgers & Steve Winwood
Andy
Fraser (* 3. Juli 1952 in London) ist ein britischer Musiker. Er war
als Bassist Teil der Erstbesetzung von Free, gründete danach weitere
Bands und trat außerdem solo in Erscheinung.
Kindheit und Jugend (1952-1967)
Fraser
wurde 1952 in London als Sohn eines Plantagenbesitzers aus
British-Guyana und einer Schottin geboren. Seine Eltern ließen sich
scheiden, als er gerade 7 Jahre alt war. Bereits im Alter von fünf
Jahren begann er mit dem Klavierspielen. Mit 12 Jahren entdeckte er
zunächst die Gitarre, die er nach kurzer Zeit in einen Bass umwandelte.
Er spielte ab dem Alter von 13 Jahren in mehreren lokalen Bands
unterschiedlicher Genres, wie Rhythm & Blues, Ska und Soul. Als
Einfluss gab er zu dieser Zeit Binky Mackenzie an, der eine Zeitlang der
feste Freund seiner älteren Schwester und eine lokale Jazz-Größe war.
Mit 15 Jahren entdeckte er die Beatles für sich und näherte seine Frisur
an die seiner neuen Idole an. Dadurch geriet er mit den Autoritäten
seiner damaligen Schule St. Clement Danes aneinander und wurde
schließlich rausgeworfen. Er wechselte an das College of Further
Education in Hammersmith. Dort lernte er Sappho Korner, Tochter von
Alexis Korner kennen, die ihn mit John Mayall bekannt machte.
Free (1968-1972)
Er
spielte ein Jahr als Bassist in Mayalls Band Bluesbreakers, wurde dann
aber ersetzt. Zusammen mit Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke und Paul Rodgers
gründete er die erfolgreiche Band Free. Fraser war unter anderem
Co-Autor des Megahits All Right Now. Bis 1972 spielten Free insgesamt
sechs Alben ein. Fraser stieg 1972, ein Jahr vor der Auflösung von Free,
aus. Als 1976 Kosoff an Herzversagen verstarb, machte dessen Vater
Fraser für den Tod verantwortlich, außerdem wurde er nicht zu der
Beerdigung eingeladen. Diese Vorgänge belasten Fraser noch heute.[1]
Sharks & Andy Fraser Band (1973-1975)
Fraser
gründete nach dem Split von Free die Band Sharks, stieg aber direkt
nach der Veröffentlichung des Debütalbums First Water wieder aus, um die
Andy Fraser Band mit Nick Judd (Keyboard) und Kim Turner (Schlagzeug)
zu gründen. Das selbstbetitelte Debütalbum und In Your Eyes erschienen
beide 1975. Dann jedoch lösten sie sich auf.
Weitere Karriere (ab 1975)
Er
zog 1975 nach Kalifornien und lernte in dieser Zeit seine spätere Frau
Henrietta („Ri“) kennen. Mittlerweile sind die beiden geschieden. Sie
haben zusammen zwei Töchter.
Nach den missglückten Bandversuchen
arbeitete Andy Fraser als Studiomusiker und Songwriter für Künstler, wie
Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Rod Stewart und Paul Young. 1984
schließlich veröffentlichte er sein drittes Soloalbum Fine, Fine Line.
Er übernahm bei diesem Projekt den Gesang.
Kurz nach den Aufnahmen
wurde bei ihm Krebs diagnostiziert und er musste sich in behandeln
lassen. Die Krankheit brach immer wieder aus, insgesamt musste er sich
29 Mal in Therapie begeben. Dort wurde später zusätzlich Aids
diagnostiziert.
Während dieser Zeit machte er sich
krankheitsbedingt sehr rar. 1994 war er auf dem Woodstock II-Festival zu
sehen. Dort begleitete er Paul Rodgers am Bass.
Mit der
Veröffentlichung des Albums Naked … and Finally Free outete sich Fraser
2005 als homosexuell, die er seit den 1980ern auslebte.[2]
Im April 2006 war Fraser das bisher letzte Mal live zu sehen, als er zwei Solokonzerte in Temecula, Kalifornien spielte.
Musikstil
Free
hatte mit Paul Kossoff nur einen Gitarristen. Daher musste Andy Fraser
durch seine außergewöhnliche Spielweise den fehlenden zweiten
Gitarristen mit entsprechenden Bassläufen ersetzten. Obwohl Free
eindeutig Blues-Rock spielte, sind viele Bassläufe eher dem Jazz
entlehnt.
War der Bass bis Mitte der 60er Jahre ein reines
Rhythmusinstrument, so zeigten Bassisten wie Andy Fraser und John
Entwistle vollkommen neue Wege auf und machten den Bass zu einem
eigenständigen melodieführenden Instrument.
Sein Hauptinstrument
war ein semi-akustischer Gibson-EB2 Bass, der über eine s.g.
Bass-Boost-Schaltung verfügte (Baritone-Switch). Aber auch der solid
body EB-3 von Gibson gehörte zu den von ihm bevorzugten Instrumenten.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Fraser
Andrew McLan "Andy" Fraser (3 July 1952 – 16 March 2015) was an English songwriter and bass guitarist whose career lasted over forty years and includes a notable period as one of the founding members of the rock band Free in 1968, at age 15.
Peak years (1960s and 1970s)
Fraser was born in the Paddington area of Central London and started playing the piano at the age of five. He was trained classically until twelve, when he switched to guitar. By thirteen he was playing in East End, West Indian clubs and after being expelled from school in 1968 at age 15, enrolled at Hammersmith F.E. College where another student, Sappho Korner, introduced him to her father, pioneering blues musician and radio broadcaster Alexis Korner, who became a father-figure to him. Shortly thereafter, upon receiving a telephone call from John Mayall, who was looking for a bass player, Korner suggested Fraser and, still only 15, he was in a pro band and earning £50 a week, although it ultimately turned out to be a brief tenure.
Korner was also instrumental in Fraser's next move, to the influential band Free, which consisted of Paul Rodgers (vocals), Paul Kossoff (guitar) and Simon Kirke (drums). Fraser produced and co-wrote the song "All Right Now" with Rodgers, a #1 hit in over 20 territories and recognised by ASCAP in 1990 for garnering over 1,000,000 radio plays in the United States by late 1989. In October 2006 a BMI London Million-Air Award was given to Rodgers and Fraser to mark over 3 million radio and television plays of "All Right Now".[1] Simon Kirke later recalled: “All Right Now was created after a bad gig in Durham. We finished our show and walked off the stage to the sound of our own footsteps. The applause had died before I had even left the drum riser. It was obvious that we needed a rocker to close our shows. All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser and he started bopping around singing All Right Now. He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn’t have taken more than ten minutes.”[2]
Fraser also co-wrote two other hit singles for Free, My Brother Jake and The Stealer.[3] Free initially split in 1971, and Fraser formed a trio, Toby, with guitarist Adrian Fisher (later with Sparks), and drummer Stan Speake.[4] Material was recorded but not released, and Fraser re-joined Free in December 1971. He left for the second time in June 1972.
After leaving Free, Fraser formed Sharks with vocalist Snips (later Baker Gurvitz Army), guitarist Chris Spedding plus drummer, Marty Simon. Despite being well received by the critics, especially for Spedding's tasteful guitar work (Crawdaddy Lead Review, Bruce Malamut Vol. 27, 1973) Fraser left after their debut album, First Water (1973).
He then formed the Andy Fraser Band, a trio with Kim Turner on drums and Nick Judd on keyboards. They released two albums, Andy Fraser Band and In Your Eyes, both in 1975, before that too folded. Attempts to form a band with Frankie Miller came to nothing, and Fraser re-located to California, to concentrate on songwriting. He crafted hits for Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Rod Stewart and Paul Young.
Fraser's most famous compositions remain "All Right Now" and "Every Kinda People", which Robert Palmer recorded in 1978 for his Double Fun album.
Later period (post–1970s)
In 1984, Fraser released another album of his own. Fine, Fine Line featured ex-Back Street Crawler drummer Tony Braunagel, Bob Marlette (keyboards), Michael Thompson (guitar) and David Faragher (bass), with Fraser contributing vocals.
Having been diagnosed with HIV, he was later diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, a form of cancer that had been very rare until the onset of the AIDS epidemic. This time-line was called into question by Fraser's subsequent revelation that he was homosexual.[5] He played bass with former Free colleague, Paul Rodgers, at Woodstock '94, but otherwise kept a low profile until 2005, when a new release, Naked and Finally Free, appeared. At the time of the new album’s release, Fraser was interviewed by Dmitry M. Epstein for the DME website and revealed: “To be quite honest, I never thought of myself as a bass-player. I actually only used the bass-guitar because the other kids in our school-band wanted to be the singer, or drummer, or guitarist. I have always thought of myself as doing whatever was necessary to make the whole thing work. I’m happy adding piano, or tambourine, or anything that helped”.[5]
In early 2006, writing for Vintage Guitar magazine, Tom Guerra conducted a comprehensive interview with Fraser, covering his career, influences and instruments and, in April, Fraser responded to the revival of interest in his music by announcing two rare live shows at Southern California's Temecula Community Arts Theatre on 4 May. The shows, highlighted by an eight-piece band, were his first live performances since the 1994 Woodstock reunion.
In 2008, Fraser wrote and sang the song "Obama (Yes We Can)", to support the campaign to elect Barack Obama as president of the United States.[6]
Founded by Andy Fraser, Mctrax International is incorporated as Mctrax International Corporation in California, USA, 2005. Headquartered in Southern California, Mctrax International, and its subsidiaries MctraxMedia, MctraxMotion and MctraxStudios were originally created as an outlet for Fraser's prolific song-writing material.
In May 2010, Andy Fraser was interviewed for BBC2's documentary series titled Rock 'n' Roll. The project includes a five-part documentary, narrated by British music show anchor-man Mark Radcliffe plus online and radio content. "The documentary aims to explain the success of some of the greatest bands of the past 50 years, including the Who, the Police, the Doors, Bon Jovi and the Foo Fighters".
In mid-2013, Fraser played a supporting role as bassist in the band of protege Tobi Earnshaw for a short series of UK dates. Accompanying Earnshaw and Fraser was a veteran ally, guitarist Chris Spedding. Fraser has produced and mentored Earnshaw on a number of album releases.
Death
Fraser died on 16 March 2015 at his home in California.[7] He had been battling cancer and AIDS. The cause of his death is under investigation. Fraser is survived by his daughters Hannah and Jasmine Fraser.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_FraserPeak years (1960s and 1970s)
Fraser was born in the Paddington area of Central London and started playing the piano at the age of five. He was trained classically until twelve, when he switched to guitar. By thirteen he was playing in East End, West Indian clubs and after being expelled from school in 1968 at age 15, enrolled at Hammersmith F.E. College where another student, Sappho Korner, introduced him to her father, pioneering blues musician and radio broadcaster Alexis Korner, who became a father-figure to him. Shortly thereafter, upon receiving a telephone call from John Mayall, who was looking for a bass player, Korner suggested Fraser and, still only 15, he was in a pro band and earning £50 a week, although it ultimately turned out to be a brief tenure.
Korner was also instrumental in Fraser's next move, to the influential band Free, which consisted of Paul Rodgers (vocals), Paul Kossoff (guitar) and Simon Kirke (drums). Fraser produced and co-wrote the song "All Right Now" with Rodgers, a #1 hit in over 20 territories and recognised by ASCAP in 1990 for garnering over 1,000,000 radio plays in the United States by late 1989. In October 2006 a BMI London Million-Air Award was given to Rodgers and Fraser to mark over 3 million radio and television plays of "All Right Now".[1] Simon Kirke later recalled: “All Right Now was created after a bad gig in Durham. We finished our show and walked off the stage to the sound of our own footsteps. The applause had died before I had even left the drum riser. It was obvious that we needed a rocker to close our shows. All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser and he started bopping around singing All Right Now. He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn’t have taken more than ten minutes.”[2]
Fraser also co-wrote two other hit singles for Free, My Brother Jake and The Stealer.[3] Free initially split in 1971, and Fraser formed a trio, Toby, with guitarist Adrian Fisher (later with Sparks), and drummer Stan Speake.[4] Material was recorded but not released, and Fraser re-joined Free in December 1971. He left for the second time in June 1972.
After leaving Free, Fraser formed Sharks with vocalist Snips (later Baker Gurvitz Army), guitarist Chris Spedding plus drummer, Marty Simon. Despite being well received by the critics, especially for Spedding's tasteful guitar work (Crawdaddy Lead Review, Bruce Malamut Vol. 27, 1973) Fraser left after their debut album, First Water (1973).
He then formed the Andy Fraser Band, a trio with Kim Turner on drums and Nick Judd on keyboards. They released two albums, Andy Fraser Band and In Your Eyes, both in 1975, before that too folded. Attempts to form a band with Frankie Miller came to nothing, and Fraser re-located to California, to concentrate on songwriting. He crafted hits for Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Rod Stewart and Paul Young.
Fraser's most famous compositions remain "All Right Now" and "Every Kinda People", which Robert Palmer recorded in 1978 for his Double Fun album.
Later period (post–1970s)
In 1984, Fraser released another album of his own. Fine, Fine Line featured ex-Back Street Crawler drummer Tony Braunagel, Bob Marlette (keyboards), Michael Thompson (guitar) and David Faragher (bass), with Fraser contributing vocals.
Having been diagnosed with HIV, he was later diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, a form of cancer that had been very rare until the onset of the AIDS epidemic. This time-line was called into question by Fraser's subsequent revelation that he was homosexual.[5] He played bass with former Free colleague, Paul Rodgers, at Woodstock '94, but otherwise kept a low profile until 2005, when a new release, Naked and Finally Free, appeared. At the time of the new album’s release, Fraser was interviewed by Dmitry M. Epstein for the DME website and revealed: “To be quite honest, I never thought of myself as a bass-player. I actually only used the bass-guitar because the other kids in our school-band wanted to be the singer, or drummer, or guitarist. I have always thought of myself as doing whatever was necessary to make the whole thing work. I’m happy adding piano, or tambourine, or anything that helped”.[5]
In early 2006, writing for Vintage Guitar magazine, Tom Guerra conducted a comprehensive interview with Fraser, covering his career, influences and instruments and, in April, Fraser responded to the revival of interest in his music by announcing two rare live shows at Southern California's Temecula Community Arts Theatre on 4 May. The shows, highlighted by an eight-piece band, were his first live performances since the 1994 Woodstock reunion.
In 2008, Fraser wrote and sang the song "Obama (Yes We Can)", to support the campaign to elect Barack Obama as president of the United States.[6]
Founded by Andy Fraser, Mctrax International is incorporated as Mctrax International Corporation in California, USA, 2005. Headquartered in Southern California, Mctrax International, and its subsidiaries MctraxMedia, MctraxMotion and MctraxStudios were originally created as an outlet for Fraser's prolific song-writing material.
In May 2010, Andy Fraser was interviewed for BBC2's documentary series titled Rock 'n' Roll. The project includes a five-part documentary, narrated by British music show anchor-man Mark Radcliffe plus online and radio content. "The documentary aims to explain the success of some of the greatest bands of the past 50 years, including the Who, the Police, the Doors, Bon Jovi and the Foo Fighters".
In mid-2013, Fraser played a supporting role as bassist in the band of protege Tobi Earnshaw for a short series of UK dates. Accompanying Earnshaw and Fraser was a veteran ally, guitarist Chris Spedding. Fraser has produced and mentored Earnshaw on a number of album releases.
Death
Fraser died on 16 March 2015 at his home in California.[7] He had been battling cancer and AIDS. The cause of his death is under investigation. Fraser is survived by his daughters Hannah and Jasmine Fraser.
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