1902 Son House*
1929 Smokey Smothers*
1930 Otis Spann*
1938 Pete Mayes*
1940 Solomon Burke*
1943 Amina Claudine Myers*
1944 David Lindley*
1944 Gaye Adegbalola*
1946 Ray Dorset*
1951 William Clarke*
1952 Nasty Ned*
2010 Rockie Charles+
2011 Pinetop Perkins+
2012 Ernie Williams+
Kenny Sultan*
Sunday Wilde*
Happy Birthday
Gaye Adegbalola *21.03.1944
Gaye Adegbalola (born Gaye Todd, March 21, 1944, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States)[1] is an American blues singer and guitarist, teacher, lecturer, activist, and photographer.
Gaye's father, Clarence R. Todd, was the first Black school board member in Fredericksburg and was also a jazz musician.[1] He later founded a performing arts group for black youth called "Souls of Shade", today known as Harambee 360.[2] Her mother, Gladys P. Todd, was one of the first organizers of the local civil rights movement in Fredericksburg, and also brought old jazz records home from her job at the Youth Canteen to give to the young Gaye.[2] Both parents were major influences on her music and social identity.
Gaye's surname, Adegbalola, was given to her by a Yoruba priest she met in 1968.[3] Meaning "I am reclaiming my royalty," Adegbalola uses the name to signify her pride in her black heritage.[3][4]
Gaye Todd graduated from high school as valedictorian in 1961, having already participated in numerous sit-in protests and picket lines as a member of the civil rights movement.[5] She later attended Boston University, graduating with a B.A. in Biology.[5] Gaye's occupations after college included those of a technical writer for TRW Systems, a biochemical researcher at Rockefeller University, and a bacteriologist at Harlem Hospital, where she was also the local union representative.[6] These were all in sharp contrast to her first job as a teenager, working in a laundry for forty-five cents an hour.[6]
From the years 1966 to 1970 she was involved in the Black Power Movement in New York and organized the Harlem Committee on Self-Defense.[6] During this same period she met and married her husband. Her son, Juno Lumumba Kahlil was born in 1969, and would later make his own mark in the goth/industrial music world.[6]
In 1970, after divorcing her husband, Gaye Adegbalola returned to Fredericksburg, where she taught science, gifted and talented, and creative thinking courses in the local schools.[6] She helped her father direct the Harambee Theatre, sometimes acting in performances herself, until her father's death in 1977.[2] Having played the flute in her high school band, she began studying guitar in 1977.[7] In 1978 she received her Master of Education in Educational Media from Virginia State University,[6] and in 1982 was honored as Virginia's Teacher of the Year.[8] She spent much of the rest of the eighties conducting teachers' workshops on motivational and teaching techniques.
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women was first formed as a duo in 1984 by Ms. Adegbalola and her guitar teacher, Ann Rabson, with third member Earlene Lewis joining later to form a trio.[7] Lewis was replaced by Andra Faye in 1992. Saffire recorded their first album on their own label in 1987, Middle Age Blues, with songs including "They Call Me Miss Thang," and "Middle Age Blues Boogie." The following year Gaye Adegbalola became a full-time blues performer and in 1990 the band recorded its first album for Alligator Records, with Gaye winning the "Song of the Year" W.C. Handy Award for "Middle Age Blues Boogie."[7] In 1991, she met her life partner, Suzanne Moe.[5]
During the 1990s Gaye Adegbalola held workshops on various aspects of blues music and worked as a blues music reporter for the World Cafe program on National Public Radio. She also won a battle against cancer. In 1998 she co-founded the Steering Committee of the Blues Music Association. Her first solo album, Bitter Sweet Blues, was recorded in 1999. In addition to her own original compositions ("You Don't Have to Take It (Like I Did)"; "Big Ovaries, Baby"; and "Nothing's Changed") the album featured covers of songs by Bessie Smith, Smokey Robinson, Ma Rainey, and Nina Simone. In 2000, in a short piece on her work and career in The Advocate, Adegbalola came out as a lesbian.[4]
Adegbalola's song "Middle Aged Blues Boogie" was named Best Song of the Year at the 1990 W. C. Handy Awards (now the Blues Music Awards). Adegbalola was nominated for two Outmusic awards in 2005.[9] Adegbalola's song "Big Ovaries, Baby" is featured in episode 23 of The War On Democracy! podcast. Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women disbanded amicably in 2009, but Adegbalola continues to pursue solo projects.
Gaye Adegbalola - Bitter Sweet Blues - 1999 - Only One Truth - MACHALIOTIS DIMITRIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdGUP72sHkQ#t=12
http://www.erniewilliamsband.com/content/view/22/34/
Ray Dorset *21.03.1946
Ray Dorset (* 21. März 1946 in Ashford, Kent, England), mit vollem Namen Raymond Edward Dorset, wurde bekannt als Frontmann, Sänger und Songschreiber der Band Mungo Jerry, mit der er zahlreiche Hits wie In the Summertime, Baby Jump, Lady Rose oder Alright Alright Alright hatte.
Schon früh interessierte sich Dorset für Skiffle und Blues. Bereits mit 14 Jahren spielte er als singender Gitarrist in verschiedenen Bands. Als Musiker wirkte er u. a. auch bei Aufnahmen für den Reggae-Star Jackie Edwards und die Popsängerin Millie (My Boy Lollipop) mit. Schließlich gründete er seine eigene Blue Moon Skiffle Group. Besetzung und Name der Band wechselten oft, bis 1970 schließlich als „Mungo Jerry“ der internationale Durchbruch mit dem Sommerhit In the Summertime gelang.
Neben seinem Bandprojekt Mungo Jerry betrieb Dorset ab 1978 sein eigenes Tonstudio und agierte auch als Komponist und Produzent für andere Bands. 1980 hatte die Sängerin Kelly Marie einen weltweiten Hit mit dem Song Feels like I'm in Love, den Dorset eigentlich für Elvis Presley komponiert hatte, der ihn aber nicht mehr aufnehmen konnte.
Zusammen mit Peter Green (ehemals Fleetwood Mac) und Vincent Crane (Atomic Rooster) gründete Dorset die Bluesband Katmandu, die 1984 das Album A Case for the Blues einspielte. Ray Dorset fungierte dabei als Sänger, Gitarrist und Produzent und schrieb vier Songs für das Album. Im Laufe der folgenden Jahre ist der Longplayer auf verschiedenen Labels veröffentlicht worden und wird zur Zeit auf Snapper Records auch als Peter Green´s Katmandu/A Case for the Blues vertrieben. Eine zweite LP von Katmandu kam in der zweiten Hälfte der 1980er Jahre nicht mehr zustande, da Vincent Crane verstarb.
In den 1990er-Jahren komponierte Dorset neben Pop- und Rocksongs Kinderlieder sowie Film- und Fernsehtitel, u. a. für die Fernsehserie „Prospects". Deren gleichnamiger Erkennungssong brachte Dorset unter dem Künstlernamen Made in England wieder zurück in die britischen Charts. Im Oscar-prämierten irischen Film The Crying Game war 1990 sein Nummer-1-Hit Baby Jump die Titelmelodie. 1995 hatte der Popstar Shaggy mit In the Summertime in neuer Version weltweit einen Top-Hit. Den Musiktrack dazu hatte Ray Dorset eingespielt und auch produziert.
Insgesamt bekam Ray Dorset drei Mal den Ivor Novello Award. 2000 zeichnete Sony den Komponisten zusätzlich aus: In the Summertime bekam den Sony-Award für den erfolgreichsten Sommerhit aller Zeiten mit weltweit 30 Millionen Verkäufen. 2004 war Ray Dorset Teilnehmer der „British Legends of Rhythm & Blues" Tour und spielte als Sänger und Gitarrist zusammen mit Colin Hodgkinson (früher u. a. Alexis Korner), Zoot Money, Long John Baldry und anderen.
Vergleiche von den Kritikern zwischen Marc Bolan (T. Rex) und Mr. Mungo Jerry Ray Dorset wurden Anfang der 1970er Jahre immer wieder gezogen in Bezug auf die markanten Vibrato-Stimmen der beiden. 2001 beteiligte sich Ray Dorset mit anderen Künstlern (wie z. B. Chris Farlowe) an einem auf Cherry Red Records erschienenen Tribute-Album für den verstorbenen Marc Bolan und spielte die Bolan-Songs Hot Love und I Love to Boogie neu ein.
Seit 1996 ist Ray Dorset mit einer Deutschen verheiratet. Er lebte mit seiner Frau und zwei Söhnen über 10 Jahre in Bielefeld und wohnt seit dem Sommer 2010 wieder in England. Er tourt zusätzlich zu seiner englischen Mungo-Jerry-Band mit der aus deutschen Musikern bestehenden „Mungo Jerry Bluesband“. Ray Dorset tritt ebenfalls als Soloact auf, mitunter begleitet von einem Mitglied der Originalbesetzung von Mungo Jerry, wie Mike Cole am Kontrabass oder dem Perkussionisten Joe Rush.
Schon früh interessierte sich Dorset für Skiffle und Blues. Bereits mit 14 Jahren spielte er als singender Gitarrist in verschiedenen Bands. Als Musiker wirkte er u. a. auch bei Aufnahmen für den Reggae-Star Jackie Edwards und die Popsängerin Millie (My Boy Lollipop) mit. Schließlich gründete er seine eigene Blue Moon Skiffle Group. Besetzung und Name der Band wechselten oft, bis 1970 schließlich als „Mungo Jerry“ der internationale Durchbruch mit dem Sommerhit In the Summertime gelang.Neben seinem Bandprojekt Mungo Jerry betrieb Dorset ab 1978 sein eigenes Tonstudio und agierte auch als Komponist und Produzent für andere Bands. 1980 hatte die Sängerin Kelly Marie einen weltweiten Hit mit dem Song Feels like I'm in Love, den Dorset eigentlich für Elvis Presley komponiert hatte, der ihn aber nicht mehr aufnehmen konnte.
Zusammen mit Peter Green (ehemals Fleetwood Mac) und Vincent Crane (Atomic Rooster) gründete Dorset die Bluesband Katmandu, die 1984 das Album A Case for the Blues einspielte. Ray Dorset fungierte dabei als Sänger, Gitarrist und Produzent und schrieb vier Songs für das Album. Im Laufe der folgenden Jahre ist der Longplayer auf verschiedenen Labels veröffentlicht worden und wird zur Zeit auf Snapper Records auch als Peter Green´s Katmandu/A Case for the Blues vertrieben. Eine zweite LP von Katmandu kam in der zweiten Hälfte der 1980er Jahre nicht mehr zustande, da Vincent Crane verstarb.
In den 1990er-Jahren komponierte Dorset neben Pop- und Rocksongs Kinderlieder sowie Film- und Fernsehtitel, u. a. für die Fernsehserie „Prospects". Deren gleichnamiger Erkennungssong brachte Dorset unter dem Künstlernamen Made in England wieder zurück in die britischen Charts. Im Oscar-prämierten irischen Film The Crying Game war 1990 sein Nummer-1-Hit Baby Jump die Titelmelodie. 1995 hatte der Popstar Shaggy mit In the Summertime in neuer Version weltweit einen Top-Hit. Den Musiktrack dazu hatte Ray Dorset eingespielt und auch produziert.
Insgesamt bekam Ray Dorset drei Mal den Ivor Novello Award. 2000 zeichnete Sony den Komponisten zusätzlich aus: In the Summertime bekam den Sony-Award für den erfolgreichsten Sommerhit aller Zeiten mit weltweit 30 Millionen Verkäufen. 2004 war Ray Dorset Teilnehmer der „British Legends of Rhythm & Blues" Tour und spielte als Sänger und Gitarrist zusammen mit Colin Hodgkinson (früher u. a. Alexis Korner), Zoot Money, Long John Baldry und anderen.
Vergleiche von den Kritikern zwischen Marc Bolan (T. Rex) und Mr. Mungo Jerry Ray Dorset wurden Anfang der 1970er Jahre immer wieder gezogen in Bezug auf die markanten Vibrato-Stimmen der beiden. 2001 beteiligte sich Ray Dorset mit anderen Künstlern (wie z. B. Chris Farlowe) an einem auf Cherry Red Records erschienenen Tribute-Album für den verstorbenen Marc Bolan und spielte die Bolan-Songs Hot Love und I Love to Boogie neu ein.
Seit 1996 ist Ray Dorset mit einer Deutschen verheiratet. Er lebte mit seiner Frau und zwei Söhnen über 10 Jahre in Bielefeld und wohnt seit dem Sommer 2010 wieder in England. Er tourt zusätzlich zu seiner englischen Mungo-Jerry-Band mit der aus deutschen Musikern bestehenden „Mungo Jerry Bluesband“. Ray Dorset tritt ebenfalls als Soloact auf, mitunter begleitet von einem Mitglied der Originalbesetzung von Mungo Jerry, wie Mike Cole am Kontrabass oder dem Perkussionisten Joe Rush.
Raymond Edward "Ray" Dorset (born 21 March 1946, Ashford, Middlesex) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of Mungo Jerry. He composed most of the songs for the band, including the hit singles "In the Summertime", "Mighty Man", "Baby Jump", "Lady Rose", "You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War", "Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black", and "Hello Nadine".
Life and career
In 1968 he formed the group Good Earth, which also included Colin Earl on keyboards, Dave Hutchins on bass, and Ray Bowerman on drums. They recorded the album It's Hard Rock And All That on the Saga record label, before Hutchins and Bowerman left. Joe Rush joined on washboard and the group adopted a more acoustic-based skiffle style. In 1970, with further line-up changes, the group became Mungo Jerry with hits to follow such as "In the Summertime". The song took Dorset only ten minutes to compose on a second-hand Fender Stratocaster while he was taking time off work from his regular job, working in a lab for Timex.[1]
Dorset has also maintained a solo career parallel to his leadership of Mungo Jerry. In 1972 he released the album Cold Blue Excursion, made up entirely of self-penned songs, many featuring strings and brass accompaniment. In 1983 he was part of one-off blues outfit Katmandu with Peter Green and Vincent Crane, who recorded an album A Case for the Blues. In 1986, billed as 'Made in England', he recorded and released the theme tune for the TV drama series Prospects as a single.
One song recorded by Mungo Jerry, "Feels Like I'm in Love", was originally written by Dorset for Elvis Presley, who died before the song could be recorded. Nevertheless, in 1979 it was recorded by disco singer Kelly Marie, and became a UK Number one in September 1980.[2] This made Dorset one of the first songwriters to top the UK Singles Chart with singles performed by himself, and by another musician.[2]
In addition to guitar, he has played several other instruments on stage and record, including harmonica, kazoo, accordion, and keyboards.
Personal life
Father of six, Dorset lives with third wife, Britta, in Bournemouth. Interviewed in 2014, Dorset said, "Each of my three marriages has produced two children and I also have three grandchildren. I married my present wife, Britta, in 1995. We sold our home in her native Germany and moved completely to Bournemouth, where we’ve been based since 1994 and own two houses and a restaurant. I should be retired, but my brain is like that of an 18 year old."
Life and career
In 1968 he formed the group Good Earth, which also included Colin Earl on keyboards, Dave Hutchins on bass, and Ray Bowerman on drums. They recorded the album It's Hard Rock And All That on the Saga record label, before Hutchins and Bowerman left. Joe Rush joined on washboard and the group adopted a more acoustic-based skiffle style. In 1970, with further line-up changes, the group became Mungo Jerry with hits to follow such as "In the Summertime". The song took Dorset only ten minutes to compose on a second-hand Fender Stratocaster while he was taking time off work from his regular job, working in a lab for Timex.[1]
Dorset has also maintained a solo career parallel to his leadership of Mungo Jerry. In 1972 he released the album Cold Blue Excursion, made up entirely of self-penned songs, many featuring strings and brass accompaniment. In 1983 he was part of one-off blues outfit Katmandu with Peter Green and Vincent Crane, who recorded an album A Case for the Blues. In 1986, billed as 'Made in England', he recorded and released the theme tune for the TV drama series Prospects as a single.
One song recorded by Mungo Jerry, "Feels Like I'm in Love", was originally written by Dorset for Elvis Presley, who died before the song could be recorded. Nevertheless, in 1979 it was recorded by disco singer Kelly Marie, and became a UK Number one in September 1980.[2] This made Dorset one of the first songwriters to top the UK Singles Chart with singles performed by himself, and by another musician.[2]
In addition to guitar, he has played several other instruments on stage and record, including harmonica, kazoo, accordion, and keyboards.
Personal life
Father of six, Dorset lives with third wife, Britta, in Bournemouth. Interviewed in 2014, Dorset said, "Each of my three marriages has produced two children and I also have three grandchildren. I married my present wife, Britta, in 1995. We sold our home in her native Germany and moved completely to Bournemouth, where we’ve been based since 1994 and own two houses and a restaurant. I should be retired, but my brain is like that of an 18 year old."
Mungo Jerry Blues Band She Loves Me Like A Woman Bansko Bulgaria 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E55Ce0qvwQE
David Lindley (* 21. März 1944 in San Marino, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Multiinstrumentalist und Sänger, der ob seiner oft farbenprächtigen und ganz bewusst wenig geschmackvoll kombinierten Kleidung auch den Spitznamen „Prince Of Polyester“ erhielt. Lindley gilt als einer der führenden Slide-Gitarristen.
Mit 14 begann er, Gitarre zu lernen; als Jugendlicher spielte er Banjo und Fiddle und gewann etliche Male die Topanga Canyon Banjo und Fiddle Contests.[1]
1966 gründete er zusammen mit Chris Darrow die Gruppe Kaleidoscope und machte die Popmusikwelt mit damals noch ungewöhnlichen Saiteninstrumenten wie Oud und Saz bekannt. Der große kommerzielle Erfolg blieb jedoch aus.
Von 1971 bis 1980 war er Bandleader und Gitarrist der Band von Jackson Browne. Lindleys Spiel auf der Steel-Gitarre war ein prägendes Stilelement dieser Band. Danach gründete er seine eigene Band El Rayo-X.
Nach Problemen mit Plattenfirmen begann Lindley seine Platten selbst zu vermarkten und ging fortan meist alleine oder mit nur einem Begleiter, auch regelmäßig in Deutschland, auf Tournee. 2006 tat er dieses mit Jackson Browne.
Mit dem in Jordanien geborenen Percussionisten Hani Naser nahm er bis 1990 Platten auf, unter anderem Official Bootleg. Anschließend war er mit Wally Ingram, ebenfalls einem Percussionisten, unterwegs und spielte unter anderen die Platte Twango Bango Deluxe ein.
Nebenbei arbeitet Lindley viel als Studiomusiker. So nahm er mit Ry Cooder die Alben Bop till you drop und The Long Riders, mit Bob Dylan das Album Under the Red Sky, mit Iggy Pop das Album Brick By Brick, zwischen 1975 und 1995 vier Alben mit Rod Stewart und mit Henry Kaiser die Alben A World out of Time (in Madagaskar) und The Sweet Sunny North (in Norwegen) auf.
David Lindley Geb. 21.03.1944
David Lindley (* 21. März 1944 in San Marino, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Multiinstrumentalist und Sänger, der ob seiner oft farbenprächtigen und ganz bewusst wenig geschmackvoll kombinierten Kleidung auch den Spitznamen „Prince Of Polyester“ erhielt. Lindley gilt als einer der führenden Slide-Gitarristen.Mit 14 begann er, Gitarre zu lernen; als Jugendlicher spielte er Banjo und Fiddle und gewann etliche Male die Topanga Canyon Banjo und Fiddle Contests.[1]
1966 gründete er zusammen mit Chris Darrow die Gruppe Kaleidoscope und machte die Popmusikwelt mit damals noch ungewöhnlichen Saiteninstrumenten wie Oud und Saz bekannt. Der große kommerzielle Erfolg blieb jedoch aus.
Von 1971 bis 1980 war er Bandleader und Gitarrist der Band von Jackson Browne. Lindleys Spiel auf der Steel-Gitarre war ein prägendes Stilelement dieser Band. Danach gründete er seine eigene Band El Rayo-X.
Nach Problemen mit Plattenfirmen begann Lindley seine Platten selbst zu vermarkten und ging fortan meist alleine oder mit nur einem Begleiter, auch regelmäßig in Deutschland, auf Tournee. 2006 tat er dieses mit Jackson Browne.
Mit dem in Jordanien geborenen Percussionisten Hani Naser nahm er bis 1990 Platten auf, unter anderem Official Bootleg. Anschließend war er mit Wally Ingram, ebenfalls einem Percussionisten, unterwegs und spielte unter anderen die Platte Twango Bango Deluxe ein.
Nebenbei arbeitet Lindley viel als Studiomusiker. So nahm er mit Ry Cooder die Alben Bop till you drop und The Long Riders, mit Bob Dylan das Album Under the Red Sky, mit Iggy Pop das Album Brick By Brick, zwischen 1975 und 1995 vier Alben mit Rod Stewart und mit Henry Kaiser die Alben A World out of Time (in Madagaskar) und The Sweet Sunny North (in Norwegen) auf.
David Perry Lindley (born March 21, 1944, San Marino, California, United States) is an American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genres as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He has mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to Lindley, not as a multi-instrumentalist, but instead as a "maxi-instrumentalist" in a cover story about his career to date in 2005.[1] The majority of the instruments that Lindley plays are string instruments. They include (but are not limited to) the acoustic and electric guitar, upright and electric bass guitar, banjo, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud, weissenborn, and zither.
Lindley has performed as a member of the band Kaleidoscope, served as bandleader of his own band El Rayo-X, and has been hired to serve in that capacity for other artists on tour.[1] In addition, he scores music to film and has worked extensively in that capacity.
Career
As a teenager, Lindley took to playing the banjo and the fiddle. By his late teens he was acknowledged as an award winning player having won the Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest five times.[2][3] From 1966 to 1970, Lindley was part of the eclectic psychedelic band Kaleidoscope. Between his work in the studio as a session musician or on tour as a sideman or bandleader, Lindley has worked on learning new instruments. He was the leader of his own band, El Rayo X, from 1981 to 1983, which produced three albums.
Work with other artists
Lindley is known for his work as a session musician. He has contributed to recordings and live performances by Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, Curtis Mayfield, James Taylor, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Terry Reid, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart and Joe Walsh. He has also collaborated with fellow guitarists Ry Cooder and Henry Kaiser. Artist Ben Harper has credited Lindley's distinctive slide guitar style as a major influence on his own playing and in 2006 Lindley sat in on Harper's album Both Sides of the Gun. He is known in the guitar community for his use of "cheap" instruments sold at Sears department stores and intended for amateurs. He uses these for the unique sound they produce, especially with a slide. In the early 1990s, he toured and recorded with Hani Naser adding percussive instruments to his solo performances, and his instrumental repertoire which he uses in his session work. In recent years, Lindley has also toured extensively and recorded with reggae percussionist Wally Ingram. It is his touring around the world that has exposed him to part of his array of instruments that appear exotic to many Western audiences.
Lindley's voice is heard in the version of Stay performed by Jackson Browne. Browne's version is a continuation of The Load Out, and its refrain is sung in progressively higher vocal ranges. The refrain of "Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer" is sung first by Browne, then by Rosemary Butler, then by Lindley in falsetto.[4]
Lindley joined Jackson Browne for a tour of Spain in 2006. "Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino," a 2-CD set of recordings from that tour, was released May 11, 2010, with Browne and Lindley touring together starting in June of that year.[5] The duo also won an Independent Music Award for Best Live Performance Album[6]
Instruments
Lindley has an extremely large collection of rare, and to the majority of Westerners, unusual looking and sounding instruments. There is a large and detailed display of quite a few rare guitars, as well as instruments that originate from the Middle East and other parts of the world. Lindley has listed and categorized many of them on his website[7] but admits that he has "absolutely no idea" how many instruments he owns and plays, having gathered them since the 1960s.
Lindley has performed as a member of the band Kaleidoscope, served as bandleader of his own band El Rayo-X, and has been hired to serve in that capacity for other artists on tour.[1] In addition, he scores music to film and has worked extensively in that capacity.
Career
As a teenager, Lindley took to playing the banjo and the fiddle. By his late teens he was acknowledged as an award winning player having won the Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest five times.[2][3] From 1966 to 1970, Lindley was part of the eclectic psychedelic band Kaleidoscope. Between his work in the studio as a session musician or on tour as a sideman or bandleader, Lindley has worked on learning new instruments. He was the leader of his own band, El Rayo X, from 1981 to 1983, which produced three albums.
Work with other artists
Lindley is known for his work as a session musician. He has contributed to recordings and live performances by Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, Curtis Mayfield, James Taylor, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Terry Reid, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart and Joe Walsh. He has also collaborated with fellow guitarists Ry Cooder and Henry Kaiser. Artist Ben Harper has credited Lindley's distinctive slide guitar style as a major influence on his own playing and in 2006 Lindley sat in on Harper's album Both Sides of the Gun. He is known in the guitar community for his use of "cheap" instruments sold at Sears department stores and intended for amateurs. He uses these for the unique sound they produce, especially with a slide. In the early 1990s, he toured and recorded with Hani Naser adding percussive instruments to his solo performances, and his instrumental repertoire which he uses in his session work. In recent years, Lindley has also toured extensively and recorded with reggae percussionist Wally Ingram. It is his touring around the world that has exposed him to part of his array of instruments that appear exotic to many Western audiences.
Lindley's voice is heard in the version of Stay performed by Jackson Browne. Browne's version is a continuation of The Load Out, and its refrain is sung in progressively higher vocal ranges. The refrain of "Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer" is sung first by Browne, then by Rosemary Butler, then by Lindley in falsetto.[4]
Lindley joined Jackson Browne for a tour of Spain in 2006. "Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino," a 2-CD set of recordings from that tour, was released May 11, 2010, with Browne and Lindley touring together starting in June of that year.[5] The duo also won an Independent Music Award for Best Live Performance Album[6]
Instruments
Lindley has an extremely large collection of rare, and to the majority of Westerners, unusual looking and sounding instruments. There is a large and detailed display of quite a few rare guitars, as well as instruments that originate from the Middle East and other parts of the world. Lindley has listed and categorized many of them on his website[7] but admits that he has "absolutely no idea" how many instruments he owns and plays, having gathered them since the 1960s.
David Lindley - Mercury Blues
David Lindley & El Rayo X live at Loreley 1982
Kenny Sultan *21.03.
KENNY SULTAN has been playing guitar since the age of seven. Soon thereafter, his brother introduced him to the blues of T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins. The effect was permanent. Confirming his love for music and the blues, he graduated with honors from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he majored in Music/Ethnomusicology.
A noted teacher, he has taught music, guitar and music history at the university level and has conducted countless workshops and seminars. His published instructional works include four books and three DVDs for Centerstream/Hal Leonard (the latest being "The Blues Styles of Kenny Sultan,") a book/DVD for Warner Brothers, and a new teaching app.
In 2007 Kenny received what is perhaps the ultimate accolade for an acoustic guitarist: Martin Guitars Inc. honored him with his own signature model guitar: the 000-18KS model. Here's a PDF file with the whole story. Martin's Dick Boak states it was, "To pay tribute to acoustic blues artist Kenny Sultan. Kenny is an extremely loyal Martin owner, player and advocate with a large following in the blues community. He owns, performs and records with an amazing array of Martin guitars. Clearly his favorite size and style is a 000-18 sunburst, upon which this custom edition is inspired and based."
Sales were so good on the 00018-KS that Kenny was then asked to do another signature model -- this time based upon the slightly smaller 00-18 model. It, too, quickly sold out.
In addition to recording with Tom, Kenny has also appeared as a sideman on numerous recordings by other artists, and has two widely acclaimed solo guitar CDs with Solid Air Records. The first was entitled, "West Coast Blues". At the suggestion of Executive Producer James Jensen to "Keep it funky and play from the heart," Kenny comments, "This music is played as if I was sitting on my couch around midnight playing for myself." Acoustic Guitar Magazine raved, "Fluid grooves and a slew of very tasty licks." It was so well received, Kenny followed up with "Guitar Blues" (also on Solid Air.)
http://www.tomballkennysultan.com/services.html A noted teacher, he has taught music, guitar and music history at the university level and has conducted countless workshops and seminars. His published instructional works include four books and three DVDs for Centerstream/Hal Leonard (the latest being "The Blues Styles of Kenny Sultan,") a book/DVD for Warner Brothers, and a new teaching app.
In 2007 Kenny received what is perhaps the ultimate accolade for an acoustic guitarist: Martin Guitars Inc. honored him with his own signature model guitar: the 000-18KS model. Here's a PDF file with the whole story. Martin's Dick Boak states it was, "To pay tribute to acoustic blues artist Kenny Sultan. Kenny is an extremely loyal Martin owner, player and advocate with a large following in the blues community. He owns, performs and records with an amazing array of Martin guitars. Clearly his favorite size and style is a 000-18 sunburst, upon which this custom edition is inspired and based."
Sales were so good on the 00018-KS that Kenny was then asked to do another signature model -- this time based upon the slightly smaller 00-18 model. It, too, quickly sold out.
In addition to recording with Tom, Kenny has also appeared as a sideman on numerous recordings by other artists, and has two widely acclaimed solo guitar CDs with Solid Air Records. The first was entitled, "West Coast Blues". At the suggestion of Executive Producer James Jensen to "Keep it funky and play from the heart," Kenny comments, "This music is played as if I was sitting on my couch around midnight playing for myself." Acoustic Guitar Magazine raved, "Fluid grooves and a slew of very tasty licks." It was so well received, Kenny followed up with "Guitar Blues" (also on Solid Air.)
Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan - Perfect Woman
Sunday Wilde *21.03.
Sunday wilde is from the wilds of a small northern ontario town, but she has been found singing everywhere from small logging and mining towns at coffee houses, funeral parlours, and blues joints and all the way to large festivals, house concerts and bars in bustling metropolises.
She is a powerful and intense vocalist, a rare voice that speaks from the primal soul. Sunday is a songwriter who explores the subjects of grief, addiction, love and the torment of social and family dysfunction. Her lyrics and delivery make it abundantly clear that she speaks from experience and authority. Sunday writes from the heart and draws from observations of personal interactions and emotions.
She is a powerful and intense vocalist, a rare voice that speaks from the primal soul. Sunday is a songwriter who explores the subjects of grief, addiction, love and the torment of social and family dysfunction. Her lyrics and delivery make it abundantly clear that she speaks from experience and authority. Sunday writes from the heart and draws from observations of personal interactions and emotions.
#1 on BB King's BLUESVILLE on SIRIUSXM - and playing worldwide on roots and blues stations
Winner 2014 Best Blues Song Voters Choice for the Independent Music Awards
tormented, raw, joyful, sad...blues and roots
#1 on Bluesville Siriusxm
#1 on Amazon Best Sellers Classic Female Blues
#1 on Airplaydirect
2 time Winner of Voters Choice Best Blues Song of the Year— Independent Music Awards
2 Time Winner of Best International Blues Release——The Jimi Awards 2011 & 2013
Best Female Blues Vocalist of the Year—SevernFM UK
Listed in the Top 30 Blues women—The Alternate Root
Best Canadian Blues Album Runner UP Blues Underground Network
Nominee for Siriusxm Indie Award Best Blues 2014
UPDATE: NEW RELEASE out Valentines 2014 featuring renowned blues and roots musicians from around North America.
2014 Release - He Digs Me -
A sweet and scrumptious selection of tunes from Sunday wilde are being released the week of Valentines. 13 songs recorded in Minnesota this past fall redefine her style bringing in drums and some electricity into her growling and succinct passionate delivery of mostly originals.
This new release was recorded with Little Bobby (Untouchable Productions) who was also the guitarist, songwriter for Nora Jean Brusco, past Blues Music Awards Nominee. Sunday and executive producer on the project Rennie Frattura met Little Bobby in Clarksdale while recording with the Blues Women International, after becoming great friends decided to work on a new album. They brought in Carol Dierking aka Ms Morgan, who was also the drummer in Clarksdale, from Texas and added in additional musicians Bobby J Marks on Trumpet, Jimmy Wallace on Sax and Dan Dahlin in to add some extra colour to the songs.
“ With the inclusion of drums and Little Bobby’s connections American roots musicians give Sunday’s songs a broader sound, which enhance her still raw powerful and straight from the heart delivery. The only way I can describe the music; modern traditional Americana blues” says Rennie Frattura , Executive Producer.
This selection of songs range from Sunday’s unique originals about men, love, poverty and her growling soft vocal delivery and some very interesting takes on old classics like Patsy Cline’s I fall to Pieces, and Bessie Smith’s Black Mountain Blues.
“I think the ‘He digs me’ is great cd with a lot of real heart and soul and real life experiences put into song the words are believable true and music at its most honest point.” Little Bobby, Untouchable Productions
2013 - He Gave me a blue nightgown - recorded in a hunting lodge in Northern Ontario has hit #1 on the Roots Music Report, #1 on Amazon Best Sellers List, WINNER of the Best International Blues Release, #10 on the Cross Canadian Roots Campus charts for the year and many more chart rankings and accolades. Reviewed in The Blues Blast, IL Blues, The Blues Magazine, The Alternate Root, No Depression and many many more.
She is a powerful and intense vocalist, a rare voice that speaks from the primal soul. Sunday is a songwriter who explores the subjects of grief, addiction, love and the torment of family dysfunction. Her lyrics and delivery make it abundantly clear that she speaks from experience and authority. She is a vocalist and piano player and is often joined at shows by upright bass, to make her live performances raw and intense.
LISTED in the TOP 30 Blues Women by The Alternate Root Magazine
WINNER of the Vocal Vibes Artist of the Year - 2013
WINNER of BEST Female Blues SevernFM - 2013
NOMINEE ALBUM of the YEAR Northern Ontario Music and And Film Awards Solo Artist - 2012
WINNER of the Voters Choice Award for Best Blues Song at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards - 2011
NOMINEE for BEST acoustic Blues Album of the Year in Germany - 2011
WINNER of the Best International Blues Release on Blues411 for 2011 and 2013
Runner up for BEST Studio Album of the Year SevernFM 2014
Her last few releases hit number ONE on the Global Blues Charts on AirplayDirect for radio downloads around the world. Songs from her last two releases have been a FEATURED BLUES BREAKER on Elwood's House of Blues Radio Hour. MUSIC from her albums are playing worldwide on Roots and blues radio stations including The Blues Mobile, Galaxie Digital TV Radio - #3 on the National Canadian Roots and Blues Charts - #9 for ALLTIME Blues artists downloaded on Airplaydirect.
2012 Release - "He gave me a blue nightgown" - recorded in hunting wilderness lodge, where two cabins were converted into a recording studio. Producer Reno jack brought the "Sun Studio" sound to the whole recording. Guitarist David West has been the mainstay musician on all her albums including this one, and is joined by jazz bass player Rory Slater, and guest musicians Dawson Paulson (sunday's son), Janice Matichuk, Reno Jack and Virgil Denmark.
2011 Release "What Man!?? Oh THAT Man!!! - with guest musicians Ronnie Hayward (Rockabilly and Country Hall of Fame ) and David West (international reknowned guitarist with the Papa Duke Band Ukraine) with 10 original Blues with a smidgen of jazz is available at CDBABY and other digital retailers. The album has ranked as high as #2 on the Roots Music Report for Canada, and #7 on the Top 50 Blues International and is 5 star rated at emusic.com and played on At the Crossroads Blues Radio.
Independent Music Awards Blues Song Category Nominee for 2011
Winner 2014 Best Blues Song Voters Choice for the Independent Music Awards
tormented, raw, joyful, sad...blues and roots
#1 on Bluesville Siriusxm
#1 on Amazon Best Sellers Classic Female Blues
#1 on Airplaydirect
2 time Winner of Voters Choice Best Blues Song of the Year— Independent Music Awards
2 Time Winner of Best International Blues Release——The Jimi Awards 2011 & 2013
Best Female Blues Vocalist of the Year—SevernFM UK
Listed in the Top 30 Blues women—The Alternate Root
Best Canadian Blues Album Runner UP Blues Underground Network
Nominee for Siriusxm Indie Award Best Blues 2014
UPDATE: NEW RELEASE out Valentines 2014 featuring renowned blues and roots musicians from around North America.
2014 Release - He Digs Me -
A sweet and scrumptious selection of tunes from Sunday wilde are being released the week of Valentines. 13 songs recorded in Minnesota this past fall redefine her style bringing in drums and some electricity into her growling and succinct passionate delivery of mostly originals.
This new release was recorded with Little Bobby (Untouchable Productions) who was also the guitarist, songwriter for Nora Jean Brusco, past Blues Music Awards Nominee. Sunday and executive producer on the project Rennie Frattura met Little Bobby in Clarksdale while recording with the Blues Women International, after becoming great friends decided to work on a new album. They brought in Carol Dierking aka Ms Morgan, who was also the drummer in Clarksdale, from Texas and added in additional musicians Bobby J Marks on Trumpet, Jimmy Wallace on Sax and Dan Dahlin in to add some extra colour to the songs.
“ With the inclusion of drums and Little Bobby’s connections American roots musicians give Sunday’s songs a broader sound, which enhance her still raw powerful and straight from the heart delivery. The only way I can describe the music; modern traditional Americana blues” says Rennie Frattura , Executive Producer.
This selection of songs range from Sunday’s unique originals about men, love, poverty and her growling soft vocal delivery and some very interesting takes on old classics like Patsy Cline’s I fall to Pieces, and Bessie Smith’s Black Mountain Blues.
“I think the ‘He digs me’ is great cd with a lot of real heart and soul and real life experiences put into song the words are believable true and music at its most honest point.” Little Bobby, Untouchable Productions
2013 - He Gave me a blue nightgown - recorded in a hunting lodge in Northern Ontario has hit #1 on the Roots Music Report, #1 on Amazon Best Sellers List, WINNER of the Best International Blues Release, #10 on the Cross Canadian Roots Campus charts for the year and many more chart rankings and accolades. Reviewed in The Blues Blast, IL Blues, The Blues Magazine, The Alternate Root, No Depression and many many more.
She is a powerful and intense vocalist, a rare voice that speaks from the primal soul. Sunday is a songwriter who explores the subjects of grief, addiction, love and the torment of family dysfunction. Her lyrics and delivery make it abundantly clear that she speaks from experience and authority. She is a vocalist and piano player and is often joined at shows by upright bass, to make her live performances raw and intense.
LISTED in the TOP 30 Blues Women by The Alternate Root Magazine
WINNER of the Vocal Vibes Artist of the Year - 2013
WINNER of BEST Female Blues SevernFM - 2013
NOMINEE ALBUM of the YEAR Northern Ontario Music and And Film Awards Solo Artist - 2012
WINNER of the Voters Choice Award for Best Blues Song at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards - 2011
NOMINEE for BEST acoustic Blues Album of the Year in Germany - 2011
WINNER of the Best International Blues Release on Blues411 for 2011 and 2013
Runner up for BEST Studio Album of the Year SevernFM 2014
Her last few releases hit number ONE on the Global Blues Charts on AirplayDirect for radio downloads around the world. Songs from her last two releases have been a FEATURED BLUES BREAKER on Elwood's House of Blues Radio Hour. MUSIC from her albums are playing worldwide on Roots and blues radio stations including The Blues Mobile, Galaxie Digital TV Radio - #3 on the National Canadian Roots and Blues Charts - #9 for ALLTIME Blues artists downloaded on Airplaydirect.
2012 Release - "He gave me a blue nightgown" - recorded in hunting wilderness lodge, where two cabins were converted into a recording studio. Producer Reno jack brought the "Sun Studio" sound to the whole recording. Guitarist David West has been the mainstay musician on all her albums including this one, and is joined by jazz bass player Rory Slater, and guest musicians Dawson Paulson (sunday's son), Janice Matichuk, Reno Jack and Virgil Denmark.
2011 Release "What Man!?? Oh THAT Man!!! - with guest musicians Ronnie Hayward (Rockabilly and Country Hall of Fame ) and David West (international reknowned guitarist with the Papa Duke Band Ukraine) with 10 original Blues with a smidgen of jazz is available at CDBABY and other digital retailers. The album has ranked as high as #2 on the Roots Music Report for Canada, and #7 on the Top 50 Blues International and is 5 star rated at emusic.com and played on At the Crossroads Blues Radio.
Independent Music Awards Blues Song Category Nominee for 2011
Sunday Wilde - Sorrowful Blues
R.I.P.
Ernie Williams +21.03.2012 *1925
Albany’s
Ambassador of the Blues, the seemingly ageless Ernie Williams passed
away today (Wednesday, March 21) after suffering a massive heart attack
in his Cohoes home. He died at Albany Medical Center. He was 87 years
old.
The master bluesman – who mixed plenty of gospel in with his
brand of the blues – fittingly played his last gig in a church on Sunday
(March 18), the Northville Methodist Church.
Williams seemed to
approach each gig with the same enthusiasm, whether he was standing on
the spotlight at the Palace Theatre opening a sold-out concert for B.B.
King or playing late into the night at some dark, dingy neighborhood
bar. He did more than his fair share of touring throughout the years,
playing everywhere from the House of Blues in Boston to Buddy Guy’s
Legends in Chicago.
He began playing guitar at the age of 13, when
he was living in a shack on a Virginia tobacco plantation. After a
stint in NYC, he headed to Albany in the 1960s. But it wasn’t until the
’90s that Williams finally began to receive the attention and respect
that his musical talents deserved.
He always surrounded himself
with excellent musicians. Guitarist Mark Emanatian (currently of Folding
Sky) led the earliest incarnation of Ernie Williams & the Wildcats,
the band that put Williams in the spotlight on the Nippertown music
scene.
The final Ernie Williams Band line-up was somewhat flexible
but usually featured such A-list players as musical director-saxman
Charlie Vatalaro, longtime Williams drummer Rocky Petrocelli, Woodstock
guitarslinger David Malachowski and keyboardist Mike Kelley (also of
Blotto and Circle of Willis).
Ernie and the band were also slated
to be joined by veteran guitarist and longtime Williams bandmate Joe
Mele for their featured performance at the J.B. Scott’s Reunion bash at
Michael’s Banquet House in Latham on Saturday, May 5.
Williams was
a tireless performer, and every year when his annual birthday bash
would roll around, he would laugh off any thoughts of retirement, simply
saying, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because
we stop playing.”
Williams’ annual birthday bashes were always an
early-February musical highlight on the Nippertown music scene, and
over the past decade or so he spread the wealth around, hosting his
birthday shows at Northern Lights in Clifton Park, the Palace Theatre in
Albany, Chaucer’s in Clifton Park, Revolution Hall in Troy, The Egg in
Albany, and in recent years, The Linda in Albany, where the celebration
was in high gear just last month.
Indeed, it seemed as though
Ernie Williams would always be around, pumping out his beloved blues,
smiling and declaring, “Yes, yes, yes…”
But now Ernie Williams is gone. And the Albany music scene (and the world) is a sadder place today.
http://www.nippertown.com/2012/03/21/rip-ernie-williams/
Ernie played his first guitar in the 30's; he was 13 and living in a shack on a Virginia Plantation. He spent his days picking tobacco and his nights bending the blues on a beat up six-string. By the 40's, he earned the right to play with the local bluesmen at the Saturday night Fish Fries in Halifax County, Virginia. At the age of 19, he bought a one-way ticket to Harlem, NY with the $9.00 it took him a year to save - he was moving north to go after his dream.
In the 50's, he played as many as 7 nights a week. From amateur nights at the famed Apollo Theater to juke joints in the dark corners of the city, he was making his mark as a young showman. In the 60's, life demands brought him north to Albany, NY. He worked odd jobs day and night to support his family. His dream was put on hold.
In the 70's when the blues scene was waning, he formed a new band, playing gigs in local bars and hosting blues jams whenever he could slip away from his minimum wage jobs. Over the next two decades, he maintained his post as a fixture of Albany's blues community, a scene hidden away in the dingy rooms of the city's toughest neighborhoods.
In 1992, he formed yet another band and, 53 years after he played his first note, Ernie Williams was about to realize his dream.
Although the band members have changed through the years, Ernie has remained one of the most beloved performers in the region. From the House of Blues in Boston to Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago; from festivals to opening slots for major recording acts, Ernie has been a force to be reckoned with. Ernie and his band represented the East Coast in KLON's National Blues Talent Search and walked away with a prize for first runner up; on two occasions they received a Critic's Choice column in the "Chicago Reader". To date, Ernie has released six CD's.
In addition to his musical performances, Ernie's charisma has landed him both magazine and TV spots. He was selected by Canon for their ad campaign for their new line of copiers called "Canon Blues". He also appeared on a TV commercial for "Grapes and Grains", a Capital District upscale wine establishment.
At 80+ years young, Ernie continues to say "this is just the beginning". Knowing his spirit and motivation, that's entirely possible!
In the 50's, he played as many as 7 nights a week. From amateur nights at the famed Apollo Theater to juke joints in the dark corners of the city, he was making his mark as a young showman. In the 60's, life demands brought him north to Albany, NY. He worked odd jobs day and night to support his family. His dream was put on hold.
In the 70's when the blues scene was waning, he formed a new band, playing gigs in local bars and hosting blues jams whenever he could slip away from his minimum wage jobs. Over the next two decades, he maintained his post as a fixture of Albany's blues community, a scene hidden away in the dingy rooms of the city's toughest neighborhoods.
In 1992, he formed yet another band and, 53 years after he played his first note, Ernie Williams was about to realize his dream.
Although the band members have changed through the years, Ernie has remained one of the most beloved performers in the region. From the House of Blues in Boston to Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago; from festivals to opening slots for major recording acts, Ernie has been a force to be reckoned with. Ernie and his band represented the East Coast in KLON's National Blues Talent Search and walked away with a prize for first runner up; on two occasions they received a Critic's Choice column in the "Chicago Reader". To date, Ernie has released six CD's.
In addition to his musical performances, Ernie's charisma has landed him both magazine and TV spots. He was selected by Canon for their ad campaign for their new line of copiers called "Canon Blues". He also appeared on a TV commercial for "Grapes and Grains", a Capital District upscale wine establishment.
At 80+ years young, Ernie continues to say "this is just the beginning". Knowing his spirit and motivation, that's entirely possible!
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