1906 Jimmie Gordon* 1)
1906 Johnny Williams*
1915 L.C. ´Good Rockin' Robinson*
1928 J.C. Burris
1938 Larry Johnson*
1965 Klaus Blinde*
1988 J.C. Burris+
Jonn Del Toro Richardson*
Micke Björklöf*
Crockett Hall*
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1906 Johnny Williams*
1915 L.C. ´Good Rockin' Robinson*
1928 J.C. Burris
1938 Larry Johnson*
1965 Klaus Blinde*
1988 J.C. Burris+
Jonn Del Toro Richardson*
Micke Björklöf*
Crockett Hall*
1) das genaue Datum ist nicht bekannt
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Jimmie Gordon *19061)
1)Der genaue Geburts- und auch Sterbetermin ist dem Autor nicht bekannt
Jimmie Gordon (* um 1905; † nach 1946) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Sänger und -Pianist, der in den 1930er- und 1940er-Jahren vorwiegend in Chicago aktiv war.
Leben und Wirken
Gordon war ab Mitte der 1930er-Jahre vorwiegend als Studiomusiker für den lokalen Jukebox-Markt beschäftigt und coverte bekannte Songs u. a. von Leroy Carr und Joe Pullum[1]hatte 1936 einen lokalen Hit mit „I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water“, war in diesen Jahren in der Chicagoer Bluesszene tätig und nahm zwischen 1934 und 1946 67 Bluessongs auf. Gordon leitete eine eigene Band, gelegentlich unter dem Titel Vip Vop Band, in der u. a. Scrapper Blackwell und die Brüder Charlie und Joe McCoy spielten sowie der Pianist Sammy Price, außerdem sporadisch die New Yorker Jazzmusiker Frankie Newton (Trompete), Pete Brown (Altsaxophon) und Zutty Singleton (Schlagzeug).
Insgesamt nahm Gordon die meisten seiner Songs in Chicago zwischen 1934 und 1941 auf, über 60 Blues-Titel; eine erste Platte entstand für Bluebird, die weiteren dann ausschließlich für Decca Records (u. a. „Beer Drinking Woman“, 1941), bei denen er sich selbst begleitete oder von den Pianisten Charles Segar, Horace Malcolm oder Dot Rice. Zu den weiteren Musikern diessr Sessions zählten Buster Bennett,[2] Scrapper Blackwell, Carl Martin und John Lindsey. Seine Songs waren eine Mischung aus populären Songs der Zeit und eigenen Kompositionen; am 2. Oktober 1936 nahm er im Wahlkampf von Präsident Roosevelt den Song Don’t Take Away My P.W.A. auf; der Stellung zu Roosevelts Sozialprogramm Public Works Administration nahm. [3] Er begleitete außerdem die Bluessängerin Alice Moore bei einer Plattensession.[4]
Von Decca wurde Jimmie Gordon als Peetie Wheatstraw's Brother vermarktet. [5] Stilistisch ist sein Gesang ähnlich dem von Bumble Bee Slim oder Bill Gaither, wie in „Louise Louisa Blues“, „Yo Yo Mama Blues“, „Mother Blues“ oder „Graveyard Blues“.[6]
In der Nachkriegszeit nahm Jimmie Gordon noch vier Jump Blues-Platten im gängigen Rhythm & Blues-Kontext wie „Rock That Boogie“ auf (als Jimmie Gordon and His Bip Bop Band), die bei King und Queen Records 1946 erschienen.
As is the case with so many African-American musicians who were active during the first half of the 20th century, Chicago blues singer and pianist Jimmie Gordon languished in posthumous obscurity for years and was subsequently "rediscovered," which in his case meant having his legacy tangled up in erroneous and inconclusive information. He is believed to have been born in the year 1906, but the claim that he originated in St. Louis is almost certainly traceable to a fabricated reference stemming from the fact that his recording of "Bed Springs Blues" was released by Decca as the flip side of a tune played by St. Louis bluesman Peetie Wheatstraw ("The Devil's Son-in-Law") with the phrase "Peetie Wheatstraw's Brother" printed on the label after Gordon's name. This marketing gimmick gave rise to all kinds of theories as to Gordon's heredity and origins. There is no evidence that he had anything to do with St. Louis, and the only direct link he had with Wheatstraw was their collaboration during a session that took place in October 1938 with guitarist Lonnie Johnson.
Jimmie Gordon, who had a hit with his October 1936 recording of "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water," was active on the Chicago blues scene throughout the decade leading up to the Second World War, and is known to have recorded 67 titles between 1934 and 1946, all of which have been reissued on compact disc by the Document label. Gordon was a passable pianist who sang with all his heart in a warm and convincing voice. His approach to putting over a song was similar to that of Leroy Carr, Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red, Big Maceo Merriweather, and Bumble Bee Slim, a guitarist with whom he recorded as both pianist and vocalist. Gordon's groups, sometimes billed as the Vip Vop Band, were fortified by the presence of string players Scrapper Blackwell and the brothers Charlie and Joe McCoy, as well as members of the Harlem Hamfats, pianist Sam Price, and several heroes of the New York jazz scene including trumpeter Frankie Newton, alto saxophonist Pete Brown, and drummer Zutty Singleton.
With the exception of one Bluebird side at the very beginning of his discography, all of Gordon's pre-WWII recordings appeared on the Decca label. Four titles, played by a modern-sounding R&B unit he called the Bip Bop Band, were released on the King and Queen labels in 1946. The Jimmie Gordon story, for all intents and purposes, ends with these jump blues records, and nothing is known of his fate afterwards. A rumor that he lived into the 1990s and died in Nevada was accidentally generated and spread over the Internet by a loose reference to vocalist Jimmy Gordon, a member of the Four Tunes, a vocal group formed during the 1940s and disbanded nearly 50 years later in Carson City, NV.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmie-gordon-mn0000286683
Johnny Williams *15.05.1906
Johnny Williams (May 15, 1906 - March 6, 2006) was an American Chicago-based blues guitar player and singer, who was one of the first of the new generation of electric blues players to record after World War II.
Early life and career
Williams was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, to parents who were both musicians.[1] He was raised in Houston, Texas, and moved to Belzoni, Mississippi to live with his uncle Anthony Williams after his mother died around 1917. There he met local musicians such as the Chatmon brothers and Charley Patton (with whom his uncle played), and learned to play the guitar.[2] After traveling North during the 1920s, he returned to Belzoni around 1930, where he occasionally played locally.[1] Moving to Chicago in 1938,[1] he worked at first in the defense industry and later for Oscar Mayer.[3] By 1943 he was playing in clubs in the evenings while working as a meat packer in the daytime,[4] working with Theodore "Hound Dog" Taylor around 1944.[1] In 1944 he lost the end of a finger in a meat grinder and gave up playing the guitar for a year, until he saw Blind Arvella Gray, who was missing two fingers from his left hand, playing on Maxwell Street, and learned to play the guitar without the missing finger.[4] In the late 1940s Williams was once more playing on Maxwell Street and in clubs, often working with his cousin the mandolin player Johnny Young or with harmonica player Snooky Pryor and guitarists Floyd Jones and Moody Jones,[5] and with Little Walter, and had joined the Musicians' Union.[3] Around this time, he acquired the nickname "Uncle Johnny", by which he was known among his blues associates for the rest of his life.
Recordings
Williams's first recordings were made in 1947 with Johnny Young[6] and resulted in one of the two singles issued on the Ora-Nelle label. On one side of the record Young sang "Money Taking Woman" accompanied by Williams, while the other side featured Williams singing "Worried Man Blues".[7] In December 1948 Young and Williams were joined by Snooky Pryor to record a single for the Planet label.[3]
Williams continued to work in music into the 1950s, eventually joining Big Boy Spires's Rocket Four,[1] with whom he had his final recording session for Chance Records in 1953. The session resulted in a single released under Spires's name,[8] but the two tracks on which Williams sang were unreleased until the 1970s.[3]
Later career and death
After 1953 Williams continued to work with Hound Dog Taylor and others,[1] but stopped playing blues in 1959 after a religious conversion, and joined the Baptist church,[3] becoming an ordained minister in the early 1960s.[1]
Williams died in Chicago on March 6, 2006,[3] at the age of 99.
Blues musicians John Lee Hooker and Baby Boy Warren have also used the name Johnny Williams.
Early life and career
Williams was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, to parents who were both musicians.[1] He was raised in Houston, Texas, and moved to Belzoni, Mississippi to live with his uncle Anthony Williams after his mother died around 1917. There he met local musicians such as the Chatmon brothers and Charley Patton (with whom his uncle played), and learned to play the guitar.[2] After traveling North during the 1920s, he returned to Belzoni around 1930, where he occasionally played locally.[1] Moving to Chicago in 1938,[1] he worked at first in the defense industry and later for Oscar Mayer.[3] By 1943 he was playing in clubs in the evenings while working as a meat packer in the daytime,[4] working with Theodore "Hound Dog" Taylor around 1944.[1] In 1944 he lost the end of a finger in a meat grinder and gave up playing the guitar for a year, until he saw Blind Arvella Gray, who was missing two fingers from his left hand, playing on Maxwell Street, and learned to play the guitar without the missing finger.[4] In the late 1940s Williams was once more playing on Maxwell Street and in clubs, often working with his cousin the mandolin player Johnny Young or with harmonica player Snooky Pryor and guitarists Floyd Jones and Moody Jones,[5] and with Little Walter, and had joined the Musicians' Union.[3] Around this time, he acquired the nickname "Uncle Johnny", by which he was known among his blues associates for the rest of his life.
Recordings
Williams's first recordings were made in 1947 with Johnny Young[6] and resulted in one of the two singles issued on the Ora-Nelle label. On one side of the record Young sang "Money Taking Woman" accompanied by Williams, while the other side featured Williams singing "Worried Man Blues".[7] In December 1948 Young and Williams were joined by Snooky Pryor to record a single for the Planet label.[3]
Williams continued to work in music into the 1950s, eventually joining Big Boy Spires's Rocket Four,[1] with whom he had his final recording session for Chance Records in 1953. The session resulted in a single released under Spires's name,[8] but the two tracks on which Williams sang were unreleased until the 1970s.[3]
Later career and death
After 1953 Williams continued to work with Hound Dog Taylor and others,[1] but stopped playing blues in 1959 after a religious conversion, and joined the Baptist church,[3] becoming an ordained minister in the early 1960s.[1]
Williams died in Chicago on March 6, 2006,[3] at the age of 99.
Blues musicians John Lee Hooker and Baby Boy Warren have also used the name Johnny Williams.
Jonn Del Toro Richardson *15.05.
Jonn „Del Toro“ Richardson ist ein Bluesgitarrist aus Houston TX der einen klaren, harten Texas Blues spielt.
Seine musikalische Laufbahn begann früh. Er wuchs in einer musikalischen Familie auf und begann bald, beeinflußt von seinen Onkeln, in der lokalen Musikszene um Houston aufzutreten. Bei Al White & The Full House Band begann er schließlich professionell zu spielen, gründete später die Blue Coyotes, zog sich dann aber für fünf Jahre aus dem Musikbusiness zurück.
Doch der Bluesvirus hatte ihn zu sehr infiziert um einfach abseits bleiben zu können.
So schloß er sich Diunna Greenleaf’s Blue Mercy Blues Band an und diese Zusammenarbeit brachte die beiden schließlich zur International Blues Challenge in Memphis im Jahr 2005.
Nur drei Jahre später, 2008, gewannen Diunna Greenleaf und The Blue Mercy Band den Blues Music Award als “Best Debut Artist”.
Jonn Richardson und Diunna Greenleaf wurde auch die Ehre zuteil in der Begleitband für Pinetop Perkin’s Aufnahme zu “Last of the Delta Mississippi Blues Man” spielen zu dürfen, das 2008 einen Grammy Award als Best Traditional Blues Album gewann.
Richardson ist bekannt für sein fehlerloses und ausdrucksstarkes Spiel – und die weiche Stimme mit der er spricht ist ein Deckmantel für seinen starken Gesang wenn er auf der Bühne steht.
Jonn teilte die Bühne mit vielen Musiklegenden wie Johnnie Johnson, Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Guitar Shorty, Otis Taylor und vielen anderen.
Auf der Bühne ist er ein gern gesehener Gast, der als junger, ausdrucksstarker Musiker die Tradition pflegt.
Jonn Richardson hat zwei CDs mit Diuana Greenleaf & Blue Mercy und vier CD´s für Sean Carney´s „Blues For A Cure“ Serie – zusammen mit Legenden wie Duke Robillard, Henry Gray, Enrico Crivellaro und Jimmy Thackery – aufgenommen. Aktuelles Album von 2013 „Drivin´ Me Wild“ mit Sean Carney und special guests wie JP Soars und Omar Coleman. Ein neues Album ist gerade im Studio in Arbeit….
Jonn Del Toro Richardson got his start at an early age, having grown up in a musical family. His grandmother and her siblings played in a touring mariachi band playing regionally through the Southeast and Southwest. After watching his uncles play at family gatherings, he picked up a guitar in his early 20s. On a diet of Country, Motown, R&B, Classic rock and various other genres, Jonn continued learning his chosen instrument and he worked in various bands playing all types of music
Once he heard the blues, he knew he had found his place. Richardson’s partnership with Diunna Greenleaf and his role in the Blue Mercy Blues Band and the support of the Blue Shoe Project in Dallas TX led them to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN in 2005.
That same competition Richardson was honored with the Albert King Award, the most promising blue guitarist of the competition. The crowning achievement came when Jonn played on Pinetop Perkins Grammy winning disk. He continues Perkins’ legacy by working with the Pinetop Perkins Foundation. You can hear his influences on his various recordings and live.Richardson has had the pleasure to work with players such as Diunna Greenleaf, Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Bob Stroger, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Anson Funderburgh, Ronnie Earl, Rich Del Grosso, Gary Moore and many, many more.
Jonn keeps his roots close to his heart and it shows in his style where you can hear everything from Texas blues to Latin funk.
Seine musikalische Laufbahn begann früh. Er wuchs in einer musikalischen Familie auf und begann bald, beeinflußt von seinen Onkeln, in der lokalen Musikszene um Houston aufzutreten. Bei Al White & The Full House Band begann er schließlich professionell zu spielen, gründete später die Blue Coyotes, zog sich dann aber für fünf Jahre aus dem Musikbusiness zurück.
Doch der Bluesvirus hatte ihn zu sehr infiziert um einfach abseits bleiben zu können.
So schloß er sich Diunna Greenleaf’s Blue Mercy Blues Band an und diese Zusammenarbeit brachte die beiden schließlich zur International Blues Challenge in Memphis im Jahr 2005.
Nur drei Jahre später, 2008, gewannen Diunna Greenleaf und The Blue Mercy Band den Blues Music Award als “Best Debut Artist”.
Jonn Richardson und Diunna Greenleaf wurde auch die Ehre zuteil in der Begleitband für Pinetop Perkin’s Aufnahme zu “Last of the Delta Mississippi Blues Man” spielen zu dürfen, das 2008 einen Grammy Award als Best Traditional Blues Album gewann.
Richardson ist bekannt für sein fehlerloses und ausdrucksstarkes Spiel – und die weiche Stimme mit der er spricht ist ein Deckmantel für seinen starken Gesang wenn er auf der Bühne steht.
Jonn teilte die Bühne mit vielen Musiklegenden wie Johnnie Johnson, Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Guitar Shorty, Otis Taylor und vielen anderen.
Auf der Bühne ist er ein gern gesehener Gast, der als junger, ausdrucksstarker Musiker die Tradition pflegt.
Jonn Richardson hat zwei CDs mit Diuana Greenleaf & Blue Mercy und vier CD´s für Sean Carney´s „Blues For A Cure“ Serie – zusammen mit Legenden wie Duke Robillard, Henry Gray, Enrico Crivellaro und Jimmy Thackery – aufgenommen. Aktuelles Album von 2013 „Drivin´ Me Wild“ mit Sean Carney und special guests wie JP Soars und Omar Coleman. Ein neues Album ist gerade im Studio in Arbeit….
Jonn Del Toro Richardson got his start at an early age, having grown up in a musical family. His grandmother and her siblings played in a touring mariachi band playing regionally through the Southeast and Southwest. After watching his uncles play at family gatherings, he picked up a guitar in his early 20s. On a diet of Country, Motown, R&B, Classic rock and various other genres, Jonn continued learning his chosen instrument and he worked in various bands playing all types of music
Once he heard the blues, he knew he had found his place. Richardson’s partnership with Diunna Greenleaf and his role in the Blue Mercy Blues Band and the support of the Blue Shoe Project in Dallas TX led them to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN in 2005.
That same competition Richardson was honored with the Albert King Award, the most promising blue guitarist of the competition. The crowning achievement came when Jonn played on Pinetop Perkins Grammy winning disk. He continues Perkins’ legacy by working with the Pinetop Perkins Foundation. You can hear his influences on his various recordings and live.Richardson has had the pleasure to work with players such as Diunna Greenleaf, Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Bob Stroger, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Anson Funderburgh, Ronnie Earl, Rich Del Grosso, Gary Moore and many, many more.
Jonn keeps his roots close to his heart and it shows in his style where you can hear everything from Texas blues to Latin funk.
http://www.deltoroblues.com/
Jonn Del Toro Richardson Performs at The Pub Fountains in Stafford - 9/14/2014
Klaus Blinde *15.05.1965
https://www.facebook.com/klaus.blinde/about
Bassist aus Langen
Bluesharpmeeting 2014 mit Heike und Klaus Blinde
J.C. Burris *15.05.1928
J.C. Burris +15.05.1988
The nephew of Sonny Terry, Johnny "J.C." Burris was also a blues harmonica player, though he didn't record too much. He is noted for his use of African rhythm bones, two sticks played like castanets that can be played off the harmonica. Burris did some performing in New York in the 1950s and worked on recording sessions with Terry, Sticks McGhee, and other artists on Folkways Records. At the end of the decade, he relocated to California, finding some work in folk clubs in San Francisco before a stroke in 1966 robbed him of his use of his right side. Several years later, he regained his mobility on his right side, and in 1973, he began performing again, recording some solo unaccompanied material in 1975-1976 that appears on Arhoolie's Blues Professor album. He continued playing at schools, clubs, and festivals until his death in 1988.
J C Burris - Highway Blues
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