1893 Coot Grant*, + unbekannt
1925 Peppermint Harris*
1939 Spencer Davis*
1940 Margie Evans*
1942 Zoot Money*
1947 Abraham „Abe“ Laboriel*
1959 Billie Holiday+
1983 Roosevelt Sykes+
1996 Bryan James "Chas" Chandler+
2006 Sam Myers+
2007 Bill Perry+
2014 Ernie Lancaster+
Harriet Lewis*
Janice Scroggins*
Deano Matthias*
Happy Birthday
Peppermint Harris *17.07.1925
Harrison Nelson
Harrison Nelson begann Ende der 1940er Jahre erste Aufnahmen in Houston für das Label Gold Star einzuspielen, bei denen er von seinem Freund Lightnin' Hopkins sowie von Elmore Nixon begleitet wurde, mit denen er jedoch keinen Erfolg hatte. Schließlich bekam er für Aufnahmen wie „Fat Girl Boogie“ einen Vertrag bei dem Produzenten Bob Shad, der Nelsons Namen vergessen und die Titel unter dem Pseudonym Peppermint Harris auf dem Label Sittin´in With veröffentlichte. 950 hatte er mit „Rainin´in My Heart“ einen ersten Charterfolg. 1951 wechselte er zum Label Aladdin in Los Angeles und hatte mit „I Got Loaded“ (en: Ich bin betrunken) seinen größten Hit in den R&B-Charts, der im November #1 erreichte. Seine weiteren Songs waren jedoch weniger erfolgreich, von denen viele den Alkohol zum Thema hatten, wie „Have Another Drink On Me and Talk to Me“, „Cadillac Funeral“, „Right Back on It“ oder „Three Sheets in the Wind“. Mit Albert Collins nahm er um 1960 Material für das Album Houston Can't Be Heaven auf.
Später nahm er weitere Stücke in Shreveport, Louisiana auf (u.a. eine weitere Version von „Raining in My Heart“ für das Label Jewel, 1965), außerdem für Lunar („Sweet Black Angels“) und Duke Records („Angel Child“), und arbeitete in Sacramento und New Jersey, bevor ein letztes Album 1995 auf dem Label Home Cooking entstand. Er starb 1999 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Harrison D. Nelson Jr. (July 17, 1925 – March 19, 1999)[1] known as Peppermint Harris, was an American rhythm and blues and jump blues singer and guitarist.[2]
Originally from Texarkana, Texas, he first recorded in Houston, as Peppermint Nelson, in the late 1940s, accompanied by his friend Lightnin' Hopkins. He then made further recordings including, in 1950, "Raining In My Heart" for the Sittin' In With record label run by Bob Shad, who allegedly forgot Nelson's name and released them as by Peppermint Harris.[2]
In 1951 he moved to Modern Records in Los Angeles, California, and had his biggest R&B hit, on the Aladdin Records label, with "I Got Loaded", which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in November that year.[2] He had eight further releases on the label but none were as successful. In the late 1950s and 1960s he had releases on various small Southern California labels, such as Dart, Combo, Duke, Jewel, but these were also less successful. He issued one self-titled album, on the Time label, in 1962.
Harris later recorded in Shreveport, Louisiana, and worked in Sacramento and New Jersey, before recording a final album on the Home Cooking label in 1995.[2]
He died in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1999, at the age of 73.
Originally from Texarkana, Texas, he first recorded in Houston, as Peppermint Nelson, in the late 1940s, accompanied by his friend Lightnin' Hopkins. He then made further recordings including, in 1950, "Raining In My Heart" for the Sittin' In With record label run by Bob Shad, who allegedly forgot Nelson's name and released them as by Peppermint Harris.[2]
In 1951 he moved to Modern Records in Los Angeles, California, and had his biggest R&B hit, on the Aladdin Records label, with "I Got Loaded", which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in November that year.[2] He had eight further releases on the label but none were as successful. In the late 1950s and 1960s he had releases on various small Southern California labels, such as Dart, Combo, Duke, Jewel, but these were also less successful. He issued one self-titled album, on the Time label, in 1962.
Harris later recorded in Shreveport, Louisiana, and worked in Sacramento and New Jersey, before recording a final album on the Home Cooking label in 1995.[2]
He died in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1999, at the age of 73.
Peppermint Harris - Fat Girl Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjhek3MrDrg
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Spencer Davis *17.07.1939
Spencer Davis (* 17. Juli 1939 in Swansea, Wales) ist ein britischer Rockmusiker (Gesang, Gitarre, Keyboards, Mundharmonika).
Leben
Davis studierte Sprachen und spricht fließend Deutsch, Französisch und Spanisch. Seine Leidenschaft war jedoch immer die Musik. 1963 gründete Davis die Spencer Davis Group, die in den 1960er Jahren einige große Hits hatte.
1970 zog Spencer Davis nach Kalifornien und nahm einige Soloalben auf. Er spielte in einer akustischen Blues- und Folkband. Als Manager einer Plattenfirma förderte er Künstler wie Robert Palmer und Bob Marley.
Anfang der 1980er Jahre nahm Davis mit befreundeten Künstlern das Soloalbum Crossfire auf. Ab 1984 ging er wieder auf Tour, zunächst durch Europa und den Nahen Osten. Mit dabei waren Kollegen wie Pete York, Brian Auger und Chris Farlowe.
In den 1990er Jahren führten ihn Tourneen nach Australien, Japan und Kanada und immer wieder durch die Staaten und Europa. 1993 nahm er mit anderen Rocklegenden das Album The Classic Rock All-Stars und ging mit ihnen bis 1995 auf Tour. Danach tingelte er unter dem Namen The Spencer Davis Group weiter.
1997 schloss er sich den World Classic Rockers an. Er arbeitete für Film, Fernsehen und Werbung. 2001 war die Spencer Davis Group wieder unterwegs. In der Besetzung mit Pete York, Eddie Hardin, Colin Hodgkinson, sowie Davis. 2002 spielten sie auf der Queen Elizabeth 2.
Zwischendurch spielte Davis mit der Rock and Roll Army, zusammen mit Mitch Ryder, Chuck Negron und Rick Derringer. Im Herbst 2008 erschien ein neues Soloalbum "So Far".
Im März 2015 trat Davis in München auf, in der Formation mit Pete York, Eddi Hardin und Steff Porzell.
Leben
Davis studierte Sprachen und spricht fließend Deutsch, Französisch und Spanisch. Seine Leidenschaft war jedoch immer die Musik. 1963 gründete Davis die Spencer Davis Group, die in den 1960er Jahren einige große Hits hatte.
1970 zog Spencer Davis nach Kalifornien und nahm einige Soloalben auf. Er spielte in einer akustischen Blues- und Folkband. Als Manager einer Plattenfirma förderte er Künstler wie Robert Palmer und Bob Marley.
Anfang der 1980er Jahre nahm Davis mit befreundeten Künstlern das Soloalbum Crossfire auf. Ab 1984 ging er wieder auf Tour, zunächst durch Europa und den Nahen Osten. Mit dabei waren Kollegen wie Pete York, Brian Auger und Chris Farlowe.
In den 1990er Jahren führten ihn Tourneen nach Australien, Japan und Kanada und immer wieder durch die Staaten und Europa. 1993 nahm er mit anderen Rocklegenden das Album The Classic Rock All-Stars und ging mit ihnen bis 1995 auf Tour. Danach tingelte er unter dem Namen The Spencer Davis Group weiter.
1997 schloss er sich den World Classic Rockers an. Er arbeitete für Film, Fernsehen und Werbung. 2001 war die Spencer Davis Group wieder unterwegs. In der Besetzung mit Pete York, Eddie Hardin, Colin Hodgkinson, sowie Davis. 2002 spielten sie auf der Queen Elizabeth 2.
Zwischendurch spielte Davis mit der Rock and Roll Army, zusammen mit Mitch Ryder, Chuck Negron und Rick Derringer. Im Herbst 2008 erschien ein neues Soloalbum "So Far".
Im März 2015 trat Davis in München auf, in der Formation mit Pete York, Eddi Hardin und Steff Porzell.
Spencer Davis (born Spencer David Nelson Davies, 17 July 1939) is a Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s rock band The Spencer Davis Group.[1] Davis dropped the E in Davies and became Davis because in England and in the US his last name was pronounced "Daveys" and not Davis as in the Welsh pronunciation.
Early life
Davis was born in Swansea, in south Wales. His father served as a paratrooper. Influenced by his Uncle Herman's mandolin playing, Spencer Davis began learning to play harmonica and accordion at the age of six. He then attended Dynevor School, where he passed seven GCE O-level examinations. He moved to London when he was sixteen, and began working in the civil service as a clerical officer at the Post Office Savings Bank in Hammersmith and for HM Customs and Excise; but went back to his old school to study for A-levels in languages, becoming Head Boy in 1959. In 1960 he moved to Birmingham, to read German at the University of Birmingham.[2] In music circles, Davis was later known as "Professor".[3]
Early music career
His early musical influences were skiffle, jazz, and blues, the mainstays of popular music in the early 1960s. Influential artists include Big Bill Broonzy, Huddy Ledbetter, Buddy Holly, Davey Graham, John Martyn, Alexis Korner and Long John Baldry. By the time he was sixteen Davis was hooked on the guitar and the American rhythm and blues music making its way across the Atlantic. With few opportunities to hear R&B in south Wales, Davis sought out any performance that came to town. When he heard a Dixieland band perform a skiffle version of the R&B song "John Henry", Davis formed a band called The Saints, with Bill Perks, who later changed his name to Bill Wyman.
When Davis moved to Birmingham, as a student he often performed on stage after his teaching work day was finished. While in Birmingham, he dated Christine Perfect, who later married Fleetwood Mac's John McVie. They busked and played in folk clubs with the Ian Campbell Trio. With Perfect on piano and Davis on 12 string guitar, they performed Canadian folk songs, such as "Spring Hill" and "Nova Scotia". They also interpreted W. C. Handy and Lead Belly songs.
The Spencer Davis Group
In 1963, Davis went to a Birmingham public house to see Muff Woody, a traditional jazz band featuring Muff and Steve Winwood. Steve, only fifteen at the time, was already gaining notice for his musical abilities. Muff, five years older than his brother, was an accomplished jazz musician. Davis persuaded them to join him and drummer Pete York as the Rhythm and Blues Quartet. Davis performed on guitar, vocals and harmonica, Steve Winwood on guitar, organ and vocals, Muff Winwood on bass, and Pete York on drums. Playing mainly R&B covers, the band performed first at the Golden Eagle pub on Hill Street, but within a year they had landed a regular gig at The Marquee, and by 1964 had adopted the name The Spencer Davis Group. The group had No 1 hits in the UK with consecutive single releases in 1966 ("Keep on Running" and "Somebody Help Me"). Steve Winwood sang lead vocals on all the Spencer Davis Group's hits up to "I'm A Man" in 1967.
The Spencer Davis Group continued after Winwood left to form Traffic in April 1967. The group split in 1969. Another version of the group with Davis and York appeared in 1973 and disbanded in late 1974. Various incarnations of the band have toured in recent years, under Davis' direction.
Solo career
After the group broke up, Davis moved to California and recorded an acoustic album with Peter Jameson, It's Been So Long for Mediarts in mid-1971. He followed it up with a solo album Mousetrap for United Artists, produced by and featuring Sneaky Pete Kleinow. Neither album sold. Soon after, he moved back to the UK and formed a new Spencer Davis Group and signed with Vertigo.
Current activities
While remaining honorary member and supporter of the Wales nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, Davis now lives in Avalon on Catalina Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California.
Davis is currently recording with Latin Rock legends El Chicano and is featured on guitar on one of the tracks from El Chicano's most recent studio album due to be released in April 2014.
Early life
Davis was born in Swansea, in south Wales. His father served as a paratrooper. Influenced by his Uncle Herman's mandolin playing, Spencer Davis began learning to play harmonica and accordion at the age of six. He then attended Dynevor School, where he passed seven GCE O-level examinations. He moved to London when he was sixteen, and began working in the civil service as a clerical officer at the Post Office Savings Bank in Hammersmith and for HM Customs and Excise; but went back to his old school to study for A-levels in languages, becoming Head Boy in 1959. In 1960 he moved to Birmingham, to read German at the University of Birmingham.[2] In music circles, Davis was later known as "Professor".[3]
Early music career
His early musical influences were skiffle, jazz, and blues, the mainstays of popular music in the early 1960s. Influential artists include Big Bill Broonzy, Huddy Ledbetter, Buddy Holly, Davey Graham, John Martyn, Alexis Korner and Long John Baldry. By the time he was sixteen Davis was hooked on the guitar and the American rhythm and blues music making its way across the Atlantic. With few opportunities to hear R&B in south Wales, Davis sought out any performance that came to town. When he heard a Dixieland band perform a skiffle version of the R&B song "John Henry", Davis formed a band called The Saints, with Bill Perks, who later changed his name to Bill Wyman.
When Davis moved to Birmingham, as a student he often performed on stage after his teaching work day was finished. While in Birmingham, he dated Christine Perfect, who later married Fleetwood Mac's John McVie. They busked and played in folk clubs with the Ian Campbell Trio. With Perfect on piano and Davis on 12 string guitar, they performed Canadian folk songs, such as "Spring Hill" and "Nova Scotia". They also interpreted W. C. Handy and Lead Belly songs.
The Spencer Davis Group
In 1963, Davis went to a Birmingham public house to see Muff Woody, a traditional jazz band featuring Muff and Steve Winwood. Steve, only fifteen at the time, was already gaining notice for his musical abilities. Muff, five years older than his brother, was an accomplished jazz musician. Davis persuaded them to join him and drummer Pete York as the Rhythm and Blues Quartet. Davis performed on guitar, vocals and harmonica, Steve Winwood on guitar, organ and vocals, Muff Winwood on bass, and Pete York on drums. Playing mainly R&B covers, the band performed first at the Golden Eagle pub on Hill Street, but within a year they had landed a regular gig at The Marquee, and by 1964 had adopted the name The Spencer Davis Group. The group had No 1 hits in the UK with consecutive single releases in 1966 ("Keep on Running" and "Somebody Help Me"). Steve Winwood sang lead vocals on all the Spencer Davis Group's hits up to "I'm A Man" in 1967.
The Spencer Davis Group continued after Winwood left to form Traffic in April 1967. The group split in 1969. Another version of the group with Davis and York appeared in 1973 and disbanded in late 1974. Various incarnations of the band have toured in recent years, under Davis' direction.
Solo career
After the group broke up, Davis moved to California and recorded an acoustic album with Peter Jameson, It's Been So Long for Mediarts in mid-1971. He followed it up with a solo album Mousetrap for United Artists, produced by and featuring Sneaky Pete Kleinow. Neither album sold. Soon after, he moved back to the UK and formed a new Spencer Davis Group and signed with Vertigo.
Current activities
While remaining honorary member and supporter of the Wales nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, Davis now lives in Avalon on Catalina Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California.
Davis is currently recording with Latin Rock legends El Chicano and is featured on guitar on one of the tracks from El Chicano's most recent studio album due to be released in April 2014.
The Spencer Davis Group Dust my blues 1967
"Gimme Some Lovin'" Live by Spencer Davis, Rhythm & Blues Rocker
"I'm A Man" All-Time Hit Live by Spencer Davis an Original 1st Wave Rocker
Deano Matthias *17.07.
Backwater Roll are a powerful high energy harmonica driven 6 piece blues band based in Southampton, Collectively as BACKWATER ROLL and
individually in other projects have in the past opened up for Major acts
like ERIC CLAPTON, THE HOAX, JON AMOR, WELL HUNG HEART, AYNSLEY LISTER,
DEBORAH BONHAM, MEMO GONZALES AND THE BLUESCASTERS, MICHAEL KATON, POPA
CHUBBY, MATT SCHOFIELD, OLI BROWN, VIRGIL & THE ACCELERATORS, IAN SIEGAL,
THE NIMMO BROTHERS & are opening for the brilliant monster guitarist KIRK
FLETCHER in SEPTEMBER at the 1865 Club in Southampton.
The new live album “ Backwater Roll – LIVE at the Platform” has had a huge
amount of radio play since the release in November 2014 including twice on
Radio Solent and album being in the IBBA’s Top 25 for 3 months running with
a best spot of number 5 in its first month of release. AND a Rolling 6 month position of 31.
The band have also just recently put on a private SELL OUT fundraising gig for a little girl with Spina Bifida and raised
over £7,500.
Barry Pethers has just joined us on Bass to replace our long standing Bass player Reggie Winslade.
Barry is very well known on the UK & European Blues scene for his work with young stars Ben Poole and Laurence Jones, We are looking forward to a very busy time playing new venues and festivals in the UK and Europe.
The Band are as follows…
Miff Smith – Harmonica & Vocals
Deano Matthias – Guitar
Louis Matthias – Guitar
Barry Pethers – Bass
Richard Stickler - Keys
Chris Pope – Drums
individually in other projects have in the past opened up for Major acts
like ERIC CLAPTON, THE HOAX, JON AMOR, WELL HUNG HEART, AYNSLEY LISTER,
DEBORAH BONHAM, MEMO GONZALES AND THE BLUESCASTERS, MICHAEL KATON, POPA
CHUBBY, MATT SCHOFIELD, OLI BROWN, VIRGIL & THE ACCELERATORS, IAN SIEGAL,
THE NIMMO BROTHERS & are opening for the brilliant monster guitarist KIRK
FLETCHER in SEPTEMBER at the 1865 Club in Southampton.
The new live album “ Backwater Roll – LIVE at the Platform” has had a huge
amount of radio play since the release in November 2014 including twice on
Radio Solent and album being in the IBBA’s Top 25 for 3 months running with
a best spot of number 5 in its first month of release. AND a Rolling 6 month position of 31.
The band have also just recently put on a private SELL OUT fundraising gig for a little girl with Spina Bifida and raised
over £7,500.
Barry Pethers has just joined us on Bass to replace our long standing Bass player Reggie Winslade.
Barry is very well known on the UK & European Blues scene for his work with young stars Ben Poole and Laurence Jones, We are looking forward to a very busy time playing new venues and festivals in the UK and Europe.
The Band are as follows…
Miff Smith – Harmonica & Vocals
Deano Matthias – Guitar
Louis Matthias – Guitar
Barry Pethers – Bass
Richard Stickler - Keys
Chris Pope – Drums
Backwater Roll Blues Band - Mr Highway Man
Backwater Roll Blues Band- Stan's Blues Jamboree at Swanage Blues Festival 070315 DW
R.I.P.
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler +17.07.1996
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 – 17 July 1996)[1] was an English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in the Animals . He was also known as the manager of Slade and Jimi Hendrix, about whom he was regularly interviewed until his death in 1996.
Early life
Chandler was born at 35 Second Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland U.K.[citation needed] After leaving school, he worked as a turner in the Tyneside shipyards. Having originally learned to play the guitar, he became the bass player with The Alan Price Trio in 1962.[1]
With the Animals
After Eric Burdon joined them, the Alan Price Trio was renamed the Animals. Chandler's bass lines were rarely given critical attention but some, including the opening riff of the group's 1965 hit "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" subsequently received praise.[2][3] Chandler was also the most prominent of the group's backing vocalists and did occasional songwriting with Burdon. in 1966, despite commercial success, Chandler became disillusioned with the lack of money, recalling that "We toured non-stop for three years, doing 300 gigs a year and we hardly got a penny."[1]
Jimi Hendrix and Slade
After the group split up in late 1966, Chandler turned to becoming a talent scout, artist manager, and record producer. During his final tour with the Animals that year, Chandler saw a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix play in Cafe Wha?, a Greenwich Village, New York City nightclub. Hendrix was at the time using the moniker Jimmy James. In September, Chandler convinced James to go with him to Britain,[3] which was made possible with the help of Michael Jeffery who suggested that he revert to using his actual name, and later suggested naming the band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In Britain, Chandler recruited bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell as the other members of the Experience.
Chandler was a key figure in Hendrix's rise to strong critical and commercial success. As part of his association with Hendrix, he provided somewhere for him to stay and financed the The Jimi Hendrix Experience's first single "Hey Joe", before they had a recording contract.[2] He was also instrumental in introducing Hendrix to Eric Clapton. It was through this introduction that Hendrix was given the opportunity to play with Clapton and Cream on stage.[4] It was Chandler's idea for Hendrix to set his guitar on fire, which made national news when this idea was used at a concert at the Finsbury Astoria Theatre and subsequently at the Monterey Pop festival. Hendrix's sound engineer Eddie Kramer later recalled that Chandler was very hands on with the first two Hendrix albums, adding that "he was his mentor and I think it was very necessary."[3]
By 1968, Chandler had become fed up with the recording sessions for Hendrix's album Electric Ladyland, claiming they were self-indulgent and left management services in the hands of Jeffery during the following year.[1] Chandler then went on to manage and produce the British rock band Slade[5] for twelve years, during which time they achieved six number one chart hits in the UK.
Expansion of music industry interests
Chandler bought IBC Studios which he renamed Portland Recording Studios, after the studio address of 35 Portland Place, London and ran it for four years until he sold it to Don Arden. Chandler also ran a series of record labels from the studios including Barn Records[5] and Six of the Best. He formed a music publishing agency, as well as a production company and management companies.[5]
Animals reunions
In 1977, Chandler played and recorded with the Animals during a brief reunion and he joined them again for a further revival in 1983, at which point he sold his business interests, in order to concentrate on being a musician.[5] During the early 1990s, he helped finance the development of Newcastle Arena, a ten-thousand seat sports and entertainment venue that opened in 1995.[2]
Death
Chandler died of an aortic aneurysm at Newcastle General Hospital on 17 July 1996,[6] only days after performing his final solo show. Chandler's former home at 35 Second Avenue, Heaton is remembered with a black plaque placed on the wall by Newcastle City Council, which reads: "Chas Chandler 1938–1996. Founder member of the 'Animals'. Manager of Jimi Hendrix & Slade. Co-founder of Newcastle Arena. Lived in this house 1938–1964."[7]
Family
Chandler had one son Steffan, from his first marriage. He later married Madeleine Stringer, with whom he had a son Ale, also two daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine.
Early life
Chandler was born at 35 Second Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland U.K.[citation needed] After leaving school, he worked as a turner in the Tyneside shipyards. Having originally learned to play the guitar, he became the bass player with The Alan Price Trio in 1962.[1]
With the Animals
After Eric Burdon joined them, the Alan Price Trio was renamed the Animals. Chandler's bass lines were rarely given critical attention but some, including the opening riff of the group's 1965 hit "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" subsequently received praise.[2][3] Chandler was also the most prominent of the group's backing vocalists and did occasional songwriting with Burdon. in 1966, despite commercial success, Chandler became disillusioned with the lack of money, recalling that "We toured non-stop for three years, doing 300 gigs a year and we hardly got a penny."[1]
Jimi Hendrix and Slade
After the group split up in late 1966, Chandler turned to becoming a talent scout, artist manager, and record producer. During his final tour with the Animals that year, Chandler saw a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix play in Cafe Wha?, a Greenwich Village, New York City nightclub. Hendrix was at the time using the moniker Jimmy James. In September, Chandler convinced James to go with him to Britain,[3] which was made possible with the help of Michael Jeffery who suggested that he revert to using his actual name, and later suggested naming the band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In Britain, Chandler recruited bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell as the other members of the Experience.
Chandler was a key figure in Hendrix's rise to strong critical and commercial success. As part of his association with Hendrix, he provided somewhere for him to stay and financed the The Jimi Hendrix Experience's first single "Hey Joe", before they had a recording contract.[2] He was also instrumental in introducing Hendrix to Eric Clapton. It was through this introduction that Hendrix was given the opportunity to play with Clapton and Cream on stage.[4] It was Chandler's idea for Hendrix to set his guitar on fire, which made national news when this idea was used at a concert at the Finsbury Astoria Theatre and subsequently at the Monterey Pop festival. Hendrix's sound engineer Eddie Kramer later recalled that Chandler was very hands on with the first two Hendrix albums, adding that "he was his mentor and I think it was very necessary."[3]
By 1968, Chandler had become fed up with the recording sessions for Hendrix's album Electric Ladyland, claiming they were self-indulgent and left management services in the hands of Jeffery during the following year.[1] Chandler then went on to manage and produce the British rock band Slade[5] for twelve years, during which time they achieved six number one chart hits in the UK.
Expansion of music industry interests
Chandler bought IBC Studios which he renamed Portland Recording Studios, after the studio address of 35 Portland Place, London and ran it for four years until he sold it to Don Arden. Chandler also ran a series of record labels from the studios including Barn Records[5] and Six of the Best. He formed a music publishing agency, as well as a production company and management companies.[5]
Animals reunions
In 1977, Chandler played and recorded with the Animals during a brief reunion and he joined them again for a further revival in 1983, at which point he sold his business interests, in order to concentrate on being a musician.[5] During the early 1990s, he helped finance the development of Newcastle Arena, a ten-thousand seat sports and entertainment venue that opened in 1995.[2]
Death
Chandler died of an aortic aneurysm at Newcastle General Hospital on 17 July 1996,[6] only days after performing his final solo show. Chandler's former home at 35 Second Avenue, Heaton is remembered with a black plaque placed on the wall by Newcastle City Council, which reads: "Chas Chandler 1938–1996. Founder member of the 'Animals'. Manager of Jimi Hendrix & Slade. Co-founder of Newcastle Arena. Lived in this house 1938–1964."[7]
Family
Chandler had one son Steffan, from his first marriage. He later married Madeleine Stringer, with whom he had a son Ale, also two daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine.
The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun -1964
The Animals foi uma banda de rock britânica dos anos 1960 formada em
Newcastle upon Tyne por Eric Burdon (vocais), Alan Price (órgão), Hilton
Valentine (guitarra), John Steel (bateria) e Bryan "Chas" Chandler
(baixo).
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