1917 Papa John Creach*
1945 John Fogerty*
1955 Sara Martin+
1956 Jerry Douglas*
1957 Celinda Pink*
1993 Doctor Ross (Charles Isaiah Ross)+
Ray Burnett*
Happy Birthday
Celinda Pink *28.05.1957
Celinda Pink (born 1957 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a female country music singer. Between 1993 and 1995, she released two studio albums on Step One Records and three singles, including her 1993 single "Pack Your Lies and Go", which peaked at No. 68 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.
Before the construction of the arena, convention center, and hip new tourist attractions like the Hard Rock Café, Nashville’s notorious lower Broadway was and continues to be home to Music City’s smoky, gritty, hole in the wall, blues bars and honky tonks. In these establishments bands play for tips, beer, love of music, and the hope of discovery. It was in The Turf, one of lower Broadway’s honky tonks, where Celinda Pink was discovered and ultimately signed by Step One Records (SOR). Pink reflects, “ I‘ve been in Nashville playing for 18 years and for two years I ran from club to club singing “Ode To Billy Joe” and “Me and Bobbie McGee”, because these were the only songs I knew. Broadway was pretty wild then. Now I play for six hours straight and never repeat a song.” These clubs were home to Celinda Pink and her music for nearly two decades. Her first project, “Victimized”, scored her a Top 30 Gavin Americana album, a Top 20 blues single – “I’ve Earned The Right To Sing The Blues”, impressive critical reviews and generated international interest at Midem, (the International Music Festival in Cannes, France). Following Midem, SOR landed Pink a distribution deal with D/Pinnacle Records, the UK’s second largest distributor and top independent. In September, 1995, legendary promoter, Harvey Goldsmith, (REM, Live Aid, Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton) introduced Ms. Pink to the United Kingdom. Her European debut showcase was sold out. States Goldsmith, “At last an artist who is as strong live, in concert, as she is on record! We are truly excited to be touring Celinda Pink and playing a part in getting her known to British audiences.” While in Europe, Pink conducted an extensive publicity, promotion and marketing tour. Her second American release, “Unchained”, hit the streets October 3, 1995. As writer of seven songs on her 1995 project, Pink admits much of her life is reflected in the music she writes. Her “Victimized” liner notes credit an old boyfriend who broke her heart serving as the catalyst for the songs she wrote for her first project. She refers to her writing and singing as “therapy” and considers herself an “interpreter of songs.” When asked to describe her music, she struggles for an explanation saying, “Some people call it country blues - in 1995, in the UK they planned to market it as pop; to me, it’s just the heart and soul of a song and singing. It’s a mixture of country, gospel, blues, it’s everything. It’s very soulful. I’ve been called a female Delbert McClinton and compared to Janis Joplin, I don’t think music can be labeled anymore - it’s just good or it’s bad. I’ve had people tell me my music touches them and that makes me feel as though my music has served a purpose,” relates Pink, “I hope my music touches the soul.”
Papa John Creach *28.05.1917
"Papa" John Creach, bisweilen auch Creech geschrieben, (* 28. Mai 1917 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; † 22. Februar 1994) war ein US-amerikanischer Geiger, der 1970 späte Berühmtheit erlangte, als er mit der Rockband Jefferson Airplane auftrat. Danach spielte er auch bei anderen Rockbands, etwa The Dinosaurs und Hot Tuna.Creach begann 15-jährig, klassische Musik auf der Geige zu lernen. Als er 18 war, zog die Familie nach Chicago, wo Creach Gastmusiker beim Illinois Symphony Orchestra wurde, während er klassische Violine studierte. Später begann er, in Clubs mit Jazz- und R&B-Bands zu spielen, um Geld zu verdienen. Auch Kirchenmusik gehörte zu seinem Repertoire.
In den 1940ern hatte er ein eigenes Trio, das Johnny Creach Trio (Gitarre, Bass und Geige), das zunächst vor allem in Hotels auftrat, später auch in Bars und Clubs. Zu seinen weiteren Jobs gehörte eine mehrjährige Verpflichtung auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff.
In Los Angeles lernte er Joey Covington kennen, der später Schlagzeuger bei Jefferson Airplane wurde. Covington machte ihn mit Marty Balin von Jefferson Airplane bekannt, der Creach einlud, im Oktober 1970 mit der Band in San Francisco aufzutreten. Der Erfolg führte zu einer gemeinsamen Tour und späteren Auftritten mit anderen Rockbands, darunter The Dinosaurs und vor allem Hot Tuna. 1993 war er noch einmal mit Jefferson Starship in Europa auf Tournee.
Creach hatte auch einen Auftritt in dem Kinofilm "Ein Aufstand alter Männer".
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_Creach
Papa John Creach (born John Henry Creach; May 28, 1917 – February 22, 1994)[1] was an American blues violinist. He played for Jefferson Airplane (1970–1975), Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars (1979–1984), The Dinosaurs (1982–1989), and Steve Taylor. Creach recorded a number of solo albums and was a frequent guest at Grateful Dead and Charlie Daniels Band concerts. He was a regular guest at the early annual Volunteer Jams, hosted by Charlie Daniels, which exposed him to a new audience that was receptive to fiddle players.[2]
Life and career
Creach was born at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.[1] He began playing violin in Chicago bars when his family moved there in 1935. Later, he joined a local cabaret band called the Chocolate Music Bars, and toured the Midwest with them.[1] Moving to Los Angeles in 1945, he played in the Chi Chi Club, worked on an ocean liner, appeared in several films,[3] and performed as a duo with Nina Russell.
In 1967, Creach met and befriended drummer Joey Covington. When Covington joined the Jefferson Airplane in 1970, he introduced Creach to them, and they invited him to join Hot Tuna. Though regarded as a session musician, he remained with the band for four years, before leaving in 1974 to join Jefferson Starship and record on their first album, Dragon Fly. Creach toured with Jefferson Starship and played on the band's hit album Red Octopus in 1975. Around 1976, Creach left to pursue a solo career. Despite this, he was a guest musician on the spring 1978 Jefferson Starship tour.
A year later, Creach renewed his working relationship with Covington as a member of the San Francisco All-Stars, as well as with Covington's Airplane predecessor, Spencer Dryden, as a member of The Dinosaurs. He also continued occasional guest appearances with Hot Tuna, and was on stage at the Fillmore Auditorium in 1988 when Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna reunited with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick for the first time since Jefferson Airplane disbanded.
In 1992, he became one of the original members of Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation and performed with them until he succumbed to congestive heart failure on February 22, 1994. A heart condition had been causing bouts of pneumonia from continual fluid build-up in his lungs. He was 76.[4]
Jefferson Starship performed a benefit concert to raise money for his family after his death, and released tracks from their performances as the album Deep Space/Virgin Sky.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_CreachLife and career
Creach was born at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.[1] He began playing violin in Chicago bars when his family moved there in 1935. Later, he joined a local cabaret band called the Chocolate Music Bars, and toured the Midwest with them.[1] Moving to Los Angeles in 1945, he played in the Chi Chi Club, worked on an ocean liner, appeared in several films,[3] and performed as a duo with Nina Russell.
In 1967, Creach met and befriended drummer Joey Covington. When Covington joined the Jefferson Airplane in 1970, he introduced Creach to them, and they invited him to join Hot Tuna. Though regarded as a session musician, he remained with the band for four years, before leaving in 1974 to join Jefferson Starship and record on their first album, Dragon Fly. Creach toured with Jefferson Starship and played on the band's hit album Red Octopus in 1975. Around 1976, Creach left to pursue a solo career. Despite this, he was a guest musician on the spring 1978 Jefferson Starship tour.
A year later, Creach renewed his working relationship with Covington as a member of the San Francisco All-Stars, as well as with Covington's Airplane predecessor, Spencer Dryden, as a member of The Dinosaurs. He also continued occasional guest appearances with Hot Tuna, and was on stage at the Fillmore Auditorium in 1988 when Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna reunited with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick for the first time since Jefferson Airplane disbanded.
In 1992, he became one of the original members of Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation and performed with them until he succumbed to congestive heart failure on February 22, 1994. A heart condition had been causing bouts of pneumonia from continual fluid build-up in his lungs. He was 76.[4]
Jefferson Starship performed a benefit concert to raise money for his family after his death, and released tracks from their performances as the album Deep Space/Virgin Sky.
Jerry Douglas *28.05.1956
Jerry Douglas (* 28. Mai 1956 in Warren, Ohio; eigentlich Gerald Calvin Douglas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Countrymusiker.
Der Komponist und Interpret gilt als einer der besten Bluegrass-Interpreten auf der Dobro-Gitarre. Als sein wichtigstes Album wird im Allgemeinen Slide Rule angesehen.
Obwohl ursprünglich der Bluegrass seine Heimat war, versuchte er sich später in einem breiten musikalischen Spektrum von Rock ’n’ Roll, Jazz, Blues bis hin zu Klassik. Douglas wurde unter anderem mit fünf Grammy Awards und zahlreichen anderen Preisen ausgezeichnet.
Neben der Tätigkeit als Studiomusiker arbeitet Jerry Douglas auch als Produzent. So zum Beispiel bei Ricky Skaggs Don’t Get Above Your Raising, Emmylou Harris Roses in the Snow und der Filmmusik zu O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Eine Mississippi-Odyssee.
Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956 in Warren, Ohio) is an American resonator guitar and lap steel player and record producer.
Career
In addition to his thirteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums.[1] As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Phish, Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Mumford & Sons, Keb' Mo', Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello, and Johnny Mathis, as well as performing on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. He has been part of such notable groups as The Whites, New South, The Country Gentlemen, Strength in Numbers, and Elvis Costello's "Sugar Canes".
As a producer, he has overseen albums by Alison Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Along with Aly Bain, he serves as Music Director of the popular BBC Television series, "Transatlantic Sessions".
Since 1998, Douglas has been a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums. When not on the road with Alison Krauss and Union Station, Douglas tours with his band in support of his extensive body of work.
Jerry Douglas appeared with Vince Gill on Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 ("Oklahoma Borderline" and "What the Cowgirls Do").
Douglas also made a cameo in the third "United Breaks Guitars" consumer protest video, all of which went viral.
Douglas lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Jill. The couple have two children together and two children from previous marriages.
Awards
Douglas has received thirteen Grammy Awards and has won the Country Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2007.
In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Douglas a National Heritage Fellowship.[2]
Jerry Douglas playing one of his resonator guitars
Douglas was named Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
Douglas was honored at the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado for his twenty-fifth consecutive year playing in and at the festival.
The Americana Music Association honored Jerry Douglas with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
Career
In addition to his thirteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums.[1] As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Phish, Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Mumford & Sons, Keb' Mo', Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello, and Johnny Mathis, as well as performing on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. He has been part of such notable groups as The Whites, New South, The Country Gentlemen, Strength in Numbers, and Elvis Costello's "Sugar Canes".
As a producer, he has overseen albums by Alison Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Along with Aly Bain, he serves as Music Director of the popular BBC Television series, "Transatlantic Sessions".
Since 1998, Douglas has been a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums. When not on the road with Alison Krauss and Union Station, Douglas tours with his band in support of his extensive body of work.
Jerry Douglas appeared with Vince Gill on Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 ("Oklahoma Borderline" and "What the Cowgirls Do").
Douglas also made a cameo in the third "United Breaks Guitars" consumer protest video, all of which went viral.
Douglas lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Jill. The couple have two children together and two children from previous marriages.
Awards
Douglas has received thirteen Grammy Awards and has won the Country Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2007.
In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Douglas a National Heritage Fellowship.[2]
Jerry Douglas playing one of his resonator guitars
Douglas was named Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
Douglas was honored at the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado for his twenty-fifth consecutive year playing in and at the festival.
The Americana Music Association honored Jerry Douglas with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
Come & Go Blues-TravisTritt & Jerry Douglas Merlefest 2009
John Fogerty *28.05.1945
John Cameron Fogerty (* 28. Mai 1945 in Berkeley, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Songwriter und Rockgitarrist.Biografie
Karriere
Fogerty war Frontmann und Leadgitarrist der Rockband Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), die von ihm und seinem älteren Bruder Tom Fogerty (Rhythmusgitarre) Ende der 1950er als die Blue Velvets gegründet und später von der Plattenfirma in The Golliwogs umbenannt wurde. Zwischen 1969 und 1972 hatten Creedence Clearwater Revival neun Top-Ten-Singles wie Fortunate Son, Proud Mary und Bad Moon Rising.
Nach seiner Zeit bei Creedence Clearwater Revival begann Fogerty eine Solokarriere. 1973 erschien sein Album Blue Ridge Rangers, auf dem er alle Instrumente spielte. Die Songs waren zum Teil Gospel-Songs wie Have Thine Own Way, Lord oder Working on a Building. Zwei Singles aus diesem Album, Jambalaya (On the Bayou) und Hearts of Stone, konnten sich in den Top-40 der Billboard Hot 100 platzieren.[1] Eine weitere Single als Blue Ridge Rangers – You Don't Owe Me / Back in the Hills – erschien im Herbst 1973,[2] blieb jedoch weitgehend unbeachtet.
Die erste unter seinem Namen erschienene Single war Comin’ Down the Road, die auf keinem regulären Album enthalten war. Sie erreichte Anfang 1974 Platz 37 in den deutschen Singlecharts.[3] Das Album John Fogerty kam 1975 heraus, mit eher mäßigem Erfolg. Darauf sind die Lieder Rockin’ All Over the World und Almost Saturday Night.
Die nächsten Jahre waren weniger durch musikalische Veröffentlichungen geprägt, sondern mehr durch einen Rechtsstreit mit dem Label Fantasy Records und Saul Zaentz, die John Fogerty nicht aus dem Plattenvertrag entlassen wollten, der Knebelcharakter hatte. Dies lähmte die Schaffenskraft des Musikers. John Fogerty rächte sich später mit eindeutig zweideutigen Songs wie Mr. Greed und Zanz Can’t Danz, der nach weiteren Rechtsstreitigkeiten schließlich in Vanz Can’t Danz umbenannt werden musste.
Mitte der Achtziger Jahre gelang John Fogerty ein Comeback. Das Album Centerfield mit den Hits The Old Man Down the Road und Rock and Roll Girls kam 1985 auf Platz 1 der Billboard-Pop-Album-Charts.[4] Auch dieses Album spielte Fogerty als One Man Band ein. 1986 war The Eye of the Zombie weit weniger erfolgreich. 1997 erschien das Album Blue Moon Swamp und 1998 das Live-Album Premonition, das viele alte CCR-Songs sowie seine größten Soloerfolge enthält.
Als Grenzgänger nahm Fogerty immer wieder Titel im Country-Sound auf, die unter anderem auf CMT liefen (z. B. der Country-Rock-Song Southern Streamline oder das gesamte Album "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again" 2009). 2004 wurde das Album Deja Vu (All Over Again) veröffentlicht; das Titelstück ist ein Protestsong gegen den Irakkrieg. Das Album enthält neben weiteren typischen Fogerty-Nummern auch ein Duett mit Mark Knopfler. Während dieser Zeit wurde auch die politische Einstellung Fogertys deutlich, da er an der von Bruce Springsteen organisierten Vote for change Tour 2004 teilnahm, deren Ziel es war, John Kerry in dessen Präsidentschaftswahlkampf zu unterstützen. Während der Tour absolvierte Fogerty seinen Auftritt ohne eigene Band. Vielmehr spielte er mit Springsteens E Street Band, beispielsweise das Titelstück der seinerzeit neuen CD, aber auch ältere Lieder wie Centerfield oder Travellin Band.
Ende 2005 erschien das Best-of-Album The Long Road Home, nachdem sich John Fogerty mit dem zwischenzeitlich unter neuem Management agierenden Label Fantasy nach 30 Jahren wieder geeinigt hatte. Das Album enthielt einen Abriss über das Gesamtwerk von Fogerty aus der Zeit mit Creedence Clearwater Revival und seinen Soloplatten, außerdem vier Live-Aufnahmen, jedoch keine neuen Songs. Unter demselben Titel ist im Juni 2006 eine Konzert-DVD erschienen, die im September 2005 im Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles mitgeschnitten wurde.
Im Oktober 2007 erschien mit Revival Fogertys erstes Studioalbum nach drei Jahren. Im Rahmen seiner Revival-Tournee 2008 wurde während des Konzerts in der Royal Albert Hall in London am 24. Juni ein Konzert mitgeschnitten, das unter dem Namen Comin’ Down the Road am 11. Dezember 2009 auf DVD veröffentlicht wurde.[5][6]
John Fogerty tourt nahezu jährlich durch Europa. Seine Band besteht neben Fogerty selbst (Gesang/Gitarre/Mundharmonika) aus James Intvelt (Gitarre), Hunter Perrin (Gitarre), David Santos (Bass), Kenny Aronoff (Schlagzeug), Michael Webb (Keyboard/Gitarre) und Jason Mowery (Fiddle/Gitarre).
Rolle als Songschreiber
Proud Mary wurde von Ike und Tina Turner gecovert und ist einer ihrer größten Hits. Elvis Presley nahm das Lied erstmals Anfang 1970 in sein Live-Repertoire auf und hatte es bis Mitte der 1970er Jahre in seinem Programm.
Rockin’ All Over the World wurde von Status Quo aufgenommen und ist in dieser Version weit bekannter als das Original. Auch die amerikanische Rockband Bon Jovi spielt diesen Song regelmäßig im Rahmen ihrer Live-Konzerte.
Almost Saturday Night wurde von Dave Edmunds als Single herausgebracht.
Have You Ever Seen the Rain brachte Bonnie Tyler in die Charts und auch der britische Sänger Rod Stewart feierte mit dem Song Erfolge.
Die amerikanische Countrysängerin Emmylou Harris nahm 1981 eine Version von Bad Moon Rising für ihr Album Evangeline auf. Die Grungeband Nirvana sowie die Alternative Country-Band 16 Horsepower spielten in den 1990er Jahren häufig live auf Konzerten ihre Interpretationen des Titels.
Sein Song Lookin' Out My Back Door wurde von der Melodic-Death-Metal-Band Children of Bodom in deren eigenem Stil gecovert.
Von Green River existieren Coverversionen von Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings und des Australiers Ian Moss (Cold Chisel), eine LoFi-Version des US-amerikanischen Singer-Songwriters M. Ward und eine Live-Aufnahme des Schweizer Gitarristen Hank Shizzoe.
Privates
John Fogerty ist seit 1991 in zweiter Ehe mit Julie Lebiedzinkski verheiratet, mit der er vier Kinder hat. Seiner Frau hat er den Titel Joy of My Life gewidmet. Aus erster Ehe mit Martha Paiz hat er drei Kinder. Seine Söhne Shane und Tyler spielten häufig bei Konzerten als Gäste mit.
John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, and guitarist, early in his career best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for the band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) and later as a successful solo recording artist.[1] Fogerty was listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists (at number 40) and the list of 100 Greatest Singers (at number 72).Early life
Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, and is the younger brother of the late Tom Fogerty. He attended El Cerrito High School along with the other members of CCR and took guitar lessons from Berkeley Folk Festival creator/producer Barry Olivier.[2] He spent summer vacations at Putah Creek, near Winters, California, which became the subject of the Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Green River".[3][4]
Recording career
The Golliwogs (1959 to 1966)
Inspired by rock and roll pioneers, especially Little Richard[5] and Bo Diddley, John and his brother Tom Fogerty joined Doug Clifford and Stu Cook in the late 1950s to form the band Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets in El Cerrito, California. After signing with the jazz label Fantasy in 1965, they became The Golliwogs and released a few singles that were largely ignored.
Creedence Clearwater Revival (1967 to 1972)
When Fogerty was drafted into the United States Military in 1966, he joined an Army Reserve unit. He served at Fort Bragg, Fort Knox, and Fort Lee. Fogerty was discharged from the Army in July 1967. In the same year, the band changed its name to Creedence Clearwater Revival. At this time, John took his brother's place as lead singer for the band.
By 1968, things started to pick up for the band. The band released their debut self-titled album and also had their first hit single, "Susie Q". Many other hit singles and albums followed beginning with "Proud Mary" and the parent album Bayou Country.
Fogerty, as writer of the songs for the band (as well as lead singer and lead guitarist), felt that his musical opinions should count for more than those of the others, leading to resentments within the band.[6] These internal rifts, and Tom's feeling that he was being taken for granted, caused Tom to leave the group in January 1971. The two other group members, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford, wanted a greater role in the band's future. Fogerty, in an attempt to keep things together, insisted Cook and Clifford share equal songwriting and vocal time on what would become the band's final album, Mardi Gras, released in April 1972, which included the band's last two singles, the 1971 hit "Sweet Hitch-Hiker", and "Someday Never Comes", which barely made it into the Billboard Top 20. Cook and Clifford told Fogerty that the fans would not accept "Mardi Gras" as a CCR LP, but he said, "My voice is a unique instrument, and I will not lend it to your songs." He gave them an ultimatum: either they would do it or he would quit immediately. They accepted his ultimatum, but the album received poor reviews. It was a commercial success, however, peaking at #12 and achieving gold record status. It generated weaker sales than their previous albums. The group disbanded shortly afterwards.
Their only reunion with all four original members would be at Tom Fogerty's wedding in 1980. John, Doug and Stu played a 45 minute set at their 20th class reunion in 1983, and John and Doug would reunite again for a brief set at their 25th class reunion in 1988. By the time Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, John Fogerty refused to perform with his surviving bandmates Stu Cook and Doug Clifford. The pair were barred from the stage,[7] while Fogerty played with an all-star band that included Bruce Springsteen and Robbie Robertson. Tom Fogerty's widow Tricia had expected a Creedence reunion, and even wore a necklace containing some of her husband's ashes to the ceremony.
Going solo (1973 to 1984)
Fogerty began a solo career, originally under the name The Blue Ridge Rangers for his 1973 LP debut. Fogerty played all of the instruments on covers of others' country music hits, such as "Jambalaya" (which was a Top 20 hit). After performing country & western tunes he released a rock & roll single in late 1973, also as The Blue Ridge Rangers. The two John Fogerty penned songs were "You Don't Owe Me" and "Back in the Hills" (Fantasy F-710).
In early 1974 Fogerty released two rock & roll tunes on a 7"-single. The two songs were the vocal "Comin' Down The Road" backed with the instrumental "Ricochet". His second solo album John Fogerty was released in 1975. Sales were slim and legal problems delayed a followup, though it yielded "Rockin' All Over the World", a top 40 hit for Fogerty in North America. Two years later, in 1977, British boogie rockers Status Quo recorded their version of "Rockin' All Over the World", which became a huge hit and made the song world-famous, not least by opening 1985's Live Aid with the song that had become one of their best-known anthems.
Fogerty finished an album called Hoodoo in 1976. A single, "You Got The Magic" backed with "Evil Thing", preceded the album's release, but it performed poorly. The album, for which covers had already been printed, was rejected by Asylum Records a couple of weeks before its scheduled release, and Fogerty agreed that it was not up to his usual high standards. Fogerty told Asylum Records to destroy the master tapes for Hoodoo sometime in the 1980s. Fogerty is something of a perfectionist, often destroying unreleased material. Fogerty says that he was unable to write music during this period of his life, primarily due to stresses from ongoing financial and legal difficulties with Fantasy Records. Although Fogerty was signed to Asylum in North America, Fantasy continued to hold rights to his records for the rest of the world; unwilling to allow the label to continue to profit from any new material, he managed to terminate his contract with the record company by forgoing any future sales royalties on all of the music he produced with CCR, a deal which inevitably cost him millions of dollars, but which he says restored his peace of mind.
First comeback (1985 to 1996)
Fogerty's solo career re-emerged in full force with 1985's Centerfield, his first album for Warner Bros. Records (which took over co-ownership of Asylum's contract with Fogerty). Centerfield went to the top of the charts and included a top-ten hit in "The Old Man Down the Road." The title track is frequently played on classic rock radio and at baseball games to this day. But that album was not without its legal snags.
Two songs on the album, "Zanz Kant Danz" and "Mr. Greed," were believed to be attacks on Fogerty's former boss at Fantasy Records, Saul Zaentz. "Zanz Kant Danz" was about a pig who can't dance but would "steal your money." When Zaentz responded with a lawsuit, Fogerty issued a revised version of "Zanz Kant Danz" (changing the lead character's name to Vanz). Another lawsuit (Fantasy, Inc. v. Fogerty) claimed that "The Old Man Down The Road" shared the same chorus as "Run Through the Jungle" (a song from Fogerty's days with Creedence to which Fantasy Records had owned the publishing rights). Fogerty ultimately won his case when he proved that the two songs were wholly distinct compositions. Fogerty then countersued for attorney fees (Fogerty v. Fantasy). After losing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Fogerty won his case in the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that a trial court has discretion in awarding fees to defendants or plaintiffs.
On May 31, 1985 Fogerty filmed a one-hour music and interview special for Showtime called "John Fogerty's All-Stars." The set list consisted of R&B tunes from the 1960s as well as material from the "Centerfield" LP and the song No Love in You written by Michael Anderson which John found on the Textones' debut album "Midnight Mission" and he later recorded with Textones band leader Carla Olson. "John Fogerty's All-Stars" was recorded in front of an audience of Warners Brothers Music employees and other invited guests at A&M Record on La Brea in Hollywood, CA. The band included Albert Lee, Booker T. Jones, Duck Dunn, Steve Douglas and Prairie Prince amongst others.
The follow-up album to Centerfield was Eye of the Zombie in 1986, and it was significantly less successful than its predecessor. Fogerty toured behind the album, but he refused to play any Creedence material. Eye of the Zombie took on a darker mood, talking about a troubled society, terrorism, and pop stars selling out. For over 20 years after the Eye of the Zombie tour ended in late 1986, Fogerty refused to play material from the album in concert. However, "Change in the Weather" was included in the set list for his 2009 tour, and it was even re-recorded for that year's solo release, The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again.
Fogerty played Creedence material again at a concert in Washington, D.C., for Vietnam veterans that took place on July 4, 1987. The show was aired on HBO. Aside from a guest appearance at the Palomino and performance at the 1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, this was the first time Fogerty had performed any Creedence Clearwater Revival songs for a large audience since 1972. On May 27, 1989, he played a set of CCR material at Oakland Coliseum for the "Concert Against AIDS." His backing band that night consisted of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir on guitars, Randy Jackson on bass, and Steve Jordan on drums.[8]
In 1990 Tom Fogerty died of AIDS (specifically from a tuberculosis infection) at the age of 48, having contracted HIV from blood transfusions for back ailments. John Fogerty has mentioned that the darkest moments in his life were when his brother took the record company's side in their royalties dispute, and the fact that when his brother died, the two of them were not speaking to each other.[9] In the eulogy he delivered at Tom's funeral, John said: "We wanted to grow up and be musicians. I guess we achieved half of that, becoming rock 'n roll stars. We didn't necessarily grow up."[10]
Fogerty traveled to Mississippi in 1990 for inspiration and visited the gravesite of blues legend Robert Johnson. According to him, while there he had the realization that Robert Johnson was the true spiritual owner of his own songs, no matter what businessman owned the rights to them, and thus Fogerty decided to start making a new album and to perform his old Creedence material regularly in concert.[11][12] It was at this time visiting the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church cemetery that Fogerty met Skip Henderson, a New Jersey vintage guitar dealer who had formed a nonprofit corporation The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund to honor Johnson with a memorial marker. Fogerty subsequently funded headstones for Charlie Patton, James Son Thomas, Mississippi Joe Callicott, Eugene Powell, Lonnie Pitchford and helped with financial arrangements for numerous others.[13]
Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. John Fogerty refused to perform with his former band mates and fellow inductees Stu Cook and Doug Clifford during the musical portion of the induction ceremony. In place of the surviving members of CCR, Fogerty recruited session musicians on drums and bass and was also joined by Bruce Springsteen and Robbie Robertson in performing three songs: "Who'll Stop the Rain", "Born on the Bayou" and "Green River". During the induction speech, Springsteen said, "As a songwriter, only a few did as much in three minutes [as John Fogerty]. He was an Old Testament, shaggy-haired prophet, a fatalist. Funny too. He was severe, he was precise, he said what he had to say and he got out of there."[14]
Second comeback (1997 to 2006)
Fogerty returned to the commercial music industry in 1997 with Blue Moon Swamp. The layoff between Zombie and Swamp had been longer than his mid-1970s to mid-1980s break. The album was much more successful than Zombie and won the Grammy for best rock album in 1997. A live album, named Premonition, of the equally successful Blue Moon Swamp tour was released to similar acclaim and good sales in 1998.
On October 1, 1998, Fogerty was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star is located at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.[15]
It seemed as though Fogerty was back, but again he drifted out of the mainstream, only returning after another break in 2004. Deja Vu All Over Again was Fogerty's next release. His new record contract was with DreamWorks Records, which had taken over distribution of Fogerty's Warner Bros. catalog. Rolling Stone wrote: "The title track is Fogerty's indictment of the Iraq war as another Vietnam, a senseless squandering of American lives and power". On the album, Fogerty squeezed 10 songs into only 34 minutes.
The sale of Fantasy Records to Concord Records in 2004 ended the 30-plus-year estrangement between Fogerty and his former label as the new owners took steps to restore royalty rights Fogerty gave up in order to be released from his contract with Fantasy in the mid-1970s. In September 2005, Fogerty returned to Fantasy Records. That was made possible when DreamWorks Records' non-country music unit was absorbed by Geffen Records, which dropped Fogerty but continued to distribute his earlier solo albums. The first album released under the new Fantasy contract was The Long Road Home, a compilation CD combining his Creedence hits with solo material which was issued in November 2005. A live CD and DVD concert was released the following year.
Fogerty's touring schedule increased in the period after Deja Vu All Over Again. In October 2004, Fogerty appeared on the Vote for Change tour, playing a series of concerts in American swing states. He also appeared in a Christmas special video produced by the Australian children's group The Wiggles. "Centerfield" was also played at the 2008 Republican National Convention when John McCain introduced Sarah Palin as his running mate. Fogerty's numbers were played with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Fogerty toured with John Mellencamp in the summer of 2005 and with Willie Nelson in the summer of 2006. On June 29, 2006 he played his first headlining British concert since 1972, at the Hammersmith Apollo theater in London, as part of the European leg of the tour. During that leg he also performed in Sundsvall, Sweden, where 25,000 people came to see him perform at the town square. On Thanksgiving Day of 2006, Fogerty performed at halftime at the Miami Dolphins/Detroit Lions game as well as at the Denver Broncos/Kansas City Chiefs halftime later that evening.[16][17][18]
Alongside Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper, Isaac Hayes, and David Porter, Fogerty was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
Events (2007 to 2008)
On June 23, 2007 John Fogerty appeared at Glastonbury Festival, England, playing a very energetic hour-long set of 17 songs, mainly CCR classics.[19] Introducing "Who'll Stop the Rain", Fogerty said he didn't perform it at Woodstock as rumoured, but wrote the song inspired by the event.[20]
Fogerty completed his first new rock album in three years, Revival, which was released on October 2, 2007.[21] Heavily promoted by the label, Revival debuted at number 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with sales about 65,000 copies in its first week. Revival was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album of 2008 but lost to the Foo Fighters.
On February 10, 2008, he appeared with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard on the Grammy Awards Show. Along with these rock icons and his regular touring band, he played his ultra-rare 1973 single "Comin' Down The Road" leading into Lewis and Richard's performances of "Great Balls of Fire" and "Good Golly Miss Molly," respectively.
On March 16, 2008, Fogerty kicked off an Australian tour. On March 22 in Point Nepean, Australia, surprise guest Keith Urban joined Fogerty on stage, performing two songs: "Broken Down Cowboy," off Fogerty's newest album Revival, and "Cotton Fields," from CCR's album Willy & the Poor Boys.
On June 24, 2008, Fogerty made a return to the Royal Albert Hall, a venue he last played with CCR in 1971. It was the last concert on his 2008 European Tour. This concert was filmed (causing staging problems that annoyed some fans)[22][23][24] and was released in 2009. On April 16, 2009, Fogerty performed his hit "Centerfield," from center field, at the opening day festivities of the new Yankee Stadium.[25]
Recent events (2009 to present)
On July 2, 3 and 4, 2009, Fogerty performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, which was completely sold out for these shows. Although the night was billed as Fogerty with the LA Philharmonic, the LA Philharmonic began the night with music by American composers, and Fogerty and his band came on after intermission and played all of his greatest hits. Fogerty and his band played only three songs with the orchestra.
On August 31, 2009, Fogerty released a sequel to his 1973 solo debut The Blue Ridge Rangers, called The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again. The album includes a duet with Bruce Springsteen on the 1960 Everly Brothers classic "When Will I Be Loved?." In addition, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles sing with Fogerty on a cover of Ricky Nelson's 1972 classic "Garden Party."[26] The album was the first issued on Fogerty's own label Fortunate Son Records, which is distributed by the Verve Forecast Records unit of Universal Music Group(UMG), which also handles the Fogerty/CCR Fantasy catalogue.[27]
On October 29, 2009, Fogerty appeared at Madison Square Garden for the first night of the celebratory 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts. Bruce Springsteen, with the E Street Band, called Fogerty out to play three songs with them. "Fortunate Son" was their first song, followed by "Proud Mary" and finally the duo tried their take on Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman." The show aired as a four-hour special on HBO on November 29, 2009.[28][29]
On November 3, 2009, Fogerty released the Royal Albert Hall DVD entitled Comin' Down The Road, named after his 1973 single, which he performed at this concert. Fogerty was also nominated for a Grammy Award at the 2010 Grammys. He was nominated for the Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance Grammy for the song "Change in the Weather," which he recorded for The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again.
For his songwriting achievements, Fogerty was honored as a BMI Icon at the 58th annual BMI Pop Awards on May 18, 2010. BMI Icons are selected because of their "unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers."[30]
Fogerty began recording Wrote a Song For Everyone in 2011, which was released on Vanguard Records on May 28, 2013, his 68th birthday. The album is a collection of classics and tracks from his canon of hits performed with other artists.[31] The album also includes two brand new Fogerty-penned songs. On November 17, 2011 John Fogerty performed on the Late Show with David Letterman.[32] On November 17 and 18, Fogerty performed two Creedence Clearwater Revival albums, Cosmo's Factory and Green River (respectively), in their entirety at the Beacon Theater in New York City (he also played Cosmo's Factory in Atlantic City on November 20). He was also featured on the CBS coverage of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, performing several prerecorded songs.
In January 2012, Fogerty's new song "Swamp Water" debuted over the opening credits of the new FOX TV series The Finder. Fogerty wrote the song specifically for the show and guest starred in its debut episode.[citation needed] On November 12, 2012 Fogerty announced that he was writing his memoirs, and that the book was expected to be released in 2015.[33]
During the 2014 Veterans days celebration "Salute to the Troops" at the White House, Fogerty performed for many veterans.
On February 21, 2015, he was a featured artist for the NHL stadium series hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Personal life
Fogerty married Martha Piaz in 1965. They had three children before divorcing in the 1970s.[34] He met Julie Kramer[35] in 1986 while on tour in Indianapolis, Indiana, and they married in Elkhart, Indiana on April 20, 1991. Kramer had a daughter, Lyndsay Lebiedzinski, from a previous marriage.[36] John and Julie have two sons, Shane and Tyler, and a daughter, Kelsy.[37] As of 2009, they live in Beverly Hills, California.[38]
Musical equipment
"I'd heard these British guys using Les Pauls for lead, and it had this beautiful, fat tone. When I played it for the first time that day and started playing open E and G chords, it was like the Red Sea had parted. I knew that was it"
—John Fogerty[39]
Fogerty's first electric guitar was a Silvertone with a small five watt amplifier which he bought at Sears with $80 he had earned from his paper route. During the mid-sixties with the Golliwogs, Fogerty played a Fender Mustang.
During the early days of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fogerty employed a Rickenbacker 325 which he modified to a Bigsby vibrato and Gibson rear pickup; this guitar was later given to a fan at a concert. Fogerty also used a Gibson ES-175 which was later stolen and subsequently replaced by a black Gibson Les Paul Custom. During the latter Creedence era Fogerty used at least two Les Paul Customs, one highly modified with short neck, custom finish, and Bigsby vibrato, and an unmodified black model with a standard tailpiece. For amplifiers Fogerty used a Kustom K-200-A4 live and several small Fender amps in the studio. In his 1970s solo period, Fogerty used a white Fender Telecaster.
During his mid-80s solo career Fogerty used Kubicki custom-made guitars including 'Slugger', his baseball-bat-shaped instrument used live on "Centerfield", a Telecaster copy with Stratocaster-type middle pickup and humbucker in the bridge position, and a Stratocaster copy fitted with two Fender Telecaster Deluxe humbuckers.
In the 1990s Fogerty used vintage Gibson guitars such as a Les Paul Junior and Les Paul Goldtop reissue as well as various vintage Fender Stratocaster guitars. His main amplifiers included Mesa Boogie, Seymour Duncan and Marshall amplifiers.[40]
Fogerty has taken an arsenal of guitars with him on tour including many of the above-mentioned guitars, four PRS guitars in various finishes, two Taylor acoustic guitars, three Ernie Ball guitars, a 1956 Les Paul Gold Top with P-90 pickups and a Maton BB1200.[41] For amplification Fogerty uses Dr. Z and Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier heads into Ampeg cabinets, a 2×15 cabinet for his clean sounds and Cornford MK100 head with a 4×12 Wizard cabinet for his distorted and lead sounds. Fogerty also uses Audiotech Guitar Products Source Selector 1×6 Rack Mount Audio Switcher.
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - John Fogerty
John Fogerty - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2014
T-Bone Walker *28.05.1910
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.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bone_Walker
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.
T-Bone Walker w/ Jazz At The Philharmonic - Live in UK 1966
Ray Burnett *28.05.
A friend of mine passed away recently from kidney and heart complications while waiting on a kidney transplant. Unfortunately, his kidneys and heart did not hold out while he waited for a donor kidney. Ray Burnett was a well known blues and jazz phenomenon in the North Carolina Piedmont area and was well loved among his friends and fellow musicians. After his death, several videos and pictures were posted of Ray playing the music he loved so much. Ray and his fellow musicians can be seen playing the blues in memorable videos of his favorite songs. Posts can be seen on YouTube and Facebook for those who cherished Ray and his musical talent.
Sometimes an event will take place that will cause the popularity of a video to go viral. Unfortunately the death of a person will bring to light the talent and appreciation of someone that we sometimes take for granted or are just not aware of the presence of that talent. This seems to be true of the passing of Ray with the outpouring of appreciation of his musical talent and humble personality. Videos were posted on YouTube and Facebook that were not seen before and people really saw how much this man meant to so many people.
By uploading amateur videos, people are able to get the word out about something they want others to see and hear. In this case friends of Ray wanted others to see examples of his talent and his music association with so many other talented people. It enabled people to express their appreciation of a good friend and mourn with respect. This was a positive way for people to relay memorable information to others and to get the word out of tributes taking place across the Piedmont which included the memorial service and musical celebration of life of this man at several musical arenas (the summitstation.com) in the area.
Whisky Drinkin' Woman - Ray Burnett
R.I.P.
Doctor Ross (Charles Isaiah Ross) +28.05.1993
Er begann seine Schallplatten-Karriere im Jahre 1952 mit einer Aufnahme für das Label Chess, hatte ein Jahr später mit Einspielungen für das legendäre Sun-Label einige Verkaufserfolge, veröffentlichte anschließend auf diversen lokalen Labels, bis er Mitte der 1960er Jahre im Zuge des Folk-Revival von Pete Welding 'entdeckt' und für eine erste Langspielplatte auf dessen Label „Testament“ aufgenommen wurde. Von da an war er regelmäßiger Gast auf Folk- und Blues-Festivals in den USA und in Europa (z. B. auf dem American Folk Blues Festival 1965 und dem Montreux Blues Festival 1972) und nahm eine Vielzahl weiterer Alben auf.
Eric Clapton's Band Cream hat 1966 auf dem Album Fresh Cream den Doctor Ross Song „Cat's Squirrel“ gecovert.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Ross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aBN5pVKmbY#t=87
Doctor Ross (October 21, 1925 – May 28, 1993[1]), born Charles Isaiah Ross in Tunica, Mississippi, aka Doctor Ross, the harmonica boss, was an American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer.[2]
Ross's blues style has been compared to John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson. His recordings for Sun Records in the 1950s include "The Boogie Disease" and "Chicago Breakdown".
Biography
In 1951 Ross's material began to get air play in Mississippi and Arkansas. He recorded with Chess Records and Sun with a group that included folk instruments such as a washboard .[2]
In 1954 Ross moved to the Detroit area and began work with General Motors.[2] He recorded some singles with Fortune Records, including "Cat Squirrel" and "Industrial Boogie". He had an album come out on Testament Records and worked with the American Folk Blues Festival in Europe in 1965.[2]
He recorded an album with Blue Horizon Records while he was in London, and worked with Ornament Records in Germany in 1972.[3] Ross and his music were popular in Europe, more so than in his home country.[2]
Ross won a Grammy for his 1981 album Rare Blues, and subsequently enjoyed a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim towards the end of his career.
He died in 1993, at the age of 67, and was buried in Flint, Michigan.
Ross's blues style has been compared to John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson. His recordings for Sun Records in the 1950s include "The Boogie Disease" and "Chicago Breakdown".
Biography
In 1951 Ross's material began to get air play in Mississippi and Arkansas. He recorded with Chess Records and Sun with a group that included folk instruments such as a washboard .[2]
In 1954 Ross moved to the Detroit area and began work with General Motors.[2] He recorded some singles with Fortune Records, including "Cat Squirrel" and "Industrial Boogie". He had an album come out on Testament Records and worked with the American Folk Blues Festival in Europe in 1965.[2]
He recorded an album with Blue Horizon Records while he was in London, and worked with Ornament Records in Germany in 1972.[3] Ross and his music were popular in Europe, more so than in his home country.[2]
Ross won a Grammy for his 1981 album Rare Blues, and subsequently enjoyed a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim towards the end of his career.
He died in 1993, at the age of 67, and was buried in Flint, Michigan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aBN5pVKmbY#t=87
Sara Martin +28.05.1955
Sara Martin arbeitete zunächst als Vaudeville-Sängerin in Illinois um 1915. Im Jahr 1922 schloss sie einen Plattenvertrag mit Okeh Records ab und gehörte damit zu den ersten Bluessängern, die auf Schallplatte aufgenommen wurden. Begleitet wurden ihre Blues-Aufnahmen häufig von Sylvester Weaver (Gitarre oder Banjo), Clarence Williams, Clifford Hayes und Lemuel Fowler. Es gibt gewisse Unklarheiten darüber, welche Musiker darüber hinaus bei ihren Einspielungen mitwirkten, jedoch gilt als sicher, dass Sidney Bechet, King Oliver (1928) und Fats Waller bei einigen dabei waren. 1929 hatte sie einen Filmauftritt in dem Streifen Hello Bill mit Bill Bojangles Robinson.
Ihre letzte Plattenaufnahme entstand 1929. In den frühen 1930er Jahren zog sie sich aus dem Showgeschäft zurück, gab sie alle Verbindungen mit der Blues-Musik auf und sang Gospel. In den 1950er Jahren war sie Mitglied eines Kirchenchors in Harlem. Schließlich kehrte sie in ihren Heimatort zurück, wo sie auch 1955 starb.
Ihr Gesang war geprägt von einer starken, großen Stimme mit einem beträchtlichen dramatischen Effekt, ähnlich den Stimmen von Bessie Smith oder Ma Rainey, jedoch ohne deren emotionale Tiefe.
Zu ihren besten Einspielungen gehören
I've Got To Go And Leave My Daddy Behind 1923,
Strange Lovin' Blues 1925,
Mean Tight Mama, Mistreatin' Man Blues 1925,
Death Sting Me The Blues (mit King Oliver), Kitchen Man Blues 1928.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Martin
Sara Martin (June 18, 1884 – May 24, 1955) was an American blues singer, in her time one of the most popular of the classic blues singers. She was billed as "The Famous Moanin' Mama" and "The Colored Sophie Tucker".[1] Martin made many recordings, including a few under the names Margaret Johnson and Sally Roberts.[2]
Biography
Martin was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States[2] and was singing on the African-American vaudeville circuit by 1915. She began a very successful recording career when she was signed by the Okeh label in 1922. Through the 1920s she toured and recorded with such performers as Fats Waller, Clarence Williams, King Oliver, and Sylvester Weaver.[2] She was among the most-recorded of the classic blues singers.
She was possibly the first to record the famous blues song "T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" with Waller on piano in 1922.[3]
On stage she was noted for an especially dramatic performing style and for her lavish costumes, which she changed two or three times per show.[4] In his book, Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers, Derrick Stewart-Baxter says of her:
...she was never a really great blues singer. The records she made varied considerably, on many she sounded stilted and very unrelaxed. ... Occasionally, she did hit a groove and when this happened, she could be quite pleasing, as on her very original "Brother Ben". ... The sides she did with King Oliver can be recommended, particularly "Death Sting Me Blues".[5]
According to blues historian Daphne Duval Harrison, "Martin tended to use more swinging, danceable rhythms than some of her peers ... when she sang a traditional blues her voice and styling had richer, deeper qualities that matched the content in sensitivity and mood: "Mean Tight Mama" and "Death Sting Me" approach an apex of blues singing".[4]
Martin's stage work in the late 1920s took her to New York, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, and to Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.[6] She made one film appearance,[7] in Hello Bill with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1929.[8] Her last major stage appearance was in Darktown Scandals Review in 1930.[6] She performed with Thomas A. Dorsey as a gospel singer in 1932, after which she worked outside the music industry, running a nursing home in Louisville.[6] Sara Martin died in Louisville of a stroke in May 1955.
Biography
Martin was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States[2] and was singing on the African-American vaudeville circuit by 1915. She began a very successful recording career when she was signed by the Okeh label in 1922. Through the 1920s she toured and recorded with such performers as Fats Waller, Clarence Williams, King Oliver, and Sylvester Weaver.[2] She was among the most-recorded of the classic blues singers.
She was possibly the first to record the famous blues song "T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" with Waller on piano in 1922.[3]
On stage she was noted for an especially dramatic performing style and for her lavish costumes, which she changed two or three times per show.[4] In his book, Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers, Derrick Stewart-Baxter says of her:
...she was never a really great blues singer. The records she made varied considerably, on many she sounded stilted and very unrelaxed. ... Occasionally, she did hit a groove and when this happened, she could be quite pleasing, as on her very original "Brother Ben". ... The sides she did with King Oliver can be recommended, particularly "Death Sting Me Blues".[5]
According to blues historian Daphne Duval Harrison, "Martin tended to use more swinging, danceable rhythms than some of her peers ... when she sang a traditional blues her voice and styling had richer, deeper qualities that matched the content in sensitivity and mood: "Mean Tight Mama" and "Death Sting Me" approach an apex of blues singing".[4]
Martin's stage work in the late 1920s took her to New York, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, and to Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.[6] She made one film appearance,[7] in Hello Bill with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1929.[8] Her last major stage appearance was in Darktown Scandals Review in 1930.[6] She performed with Thomas A. Dorsey as a gospel singer in 1932, after which she worked outside the music industry, running a nursing home in Louisville.[6] Sara Martin died in Louisville of a stroke in May 1955.
Sara Martin - Mistreated Mama
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen