1925 Roy Brown*
1951 Johnny Rawls*
1952 Barbara Morrison*
1953 R.d. Olson*
1964 Sandy Saunders*
2005 Clarence Gatemouth Brown+
Dave Philosopher*
1951 Johnny Rawls*
1952 Barbara Morrison*
1953 R.d. Olson*
1964 Sandy Saunders*
2005 Clarence Gatemouth Brown+
Dave Philosopher*
Happy Birthday
Johnny Rawls *10.09.1951
Es gibt kaum etwas, was Johnny Rawls (*1951, Hattiesburg, MS) im Bereich des Soul-Blues und zeitgenössischen Blues nicht kann. Er verfügt über eine grossartige, leidenschaftliche Soul Stimme, als Multiinstrumentalist spielt er Gitarre, Bass, Keyboards, Saxofon und Klarinette, er ist ein begnadeter Songschreiber, arbeitet(e) als Bandleader, Arrangeur und Produzent, führt eine eigene Plattenfirma.
Bis heute hat Johnny Rawls über ein Dutzend Alben unter eigenem Namen veröffentlicht, dazu kommen etliche Werke mit anderen Künstlern. Seine Karriere verlief ebenso beeindruckend: Schon zu seinen Highschool Zeiten begleitete er Musiker wie Joe Tex oder Z.Z. Hill.
Mitte der 70er schloss er sich O.V. Wrights Band an und blieb deren musikalischer Leiter bis zu Wright’s Tod 1980. Als „Ace of Spades Band“ spielte die Gruppe während 13 Jahren für Legenden wie u.a. B.B. King, Little Milton oder Bobby Blue Bland.
1996 veröffentlichte Johnny sein erstes Soloalbum, über das ein Kritiker meinte: „Rawls verfügt über eine so kräftige, soulige Stimme, dass sogar mittelmässiges Material absolut überzeugen würde.“
Für seine seither erschienen CD’s und Songs wurde Rawls für etliche Awards nominiert, das Album „Ace of Spades“ von 2009 wurde mit dem Blues Music Award für das beste Soul Blues Album des Jahres ausgezeichnet.
Johnny Rawls (born September 10, 1951)[2] is an American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer. He was influenced by the deep soul music of the 1960s, as performed by O. V. Wright, James Carr, and Z. Z. Hill, although his styling, production and lyrics are more contemporary in nature.[1][2]
To date, Rawls has released more than a dozen albums under his name.[3] He has been nominated twelve times for a Blues Music Award.
Rawls was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States.[1][note 1] He was taught the rudiments of guitar playing by his blind grandfather, and also played the saxophone and clarinet in high school in Purvis, Mississippi.[1] Having mastered guitar playing by his mid teens, Rawls' schoolteacher arranged for him to back musicians who were touring through Mississippi, such as Z. Z. Hill and Joe Tex. In the mid 1970s, Rawls joined O. V. Wright's backing band, became his music director and played together with Wright until the latter's death in 1980. The band then continued billed as the Ace of Spades Band for another 13 years, and toured and performed with other musicians over this time span. These included B.B. King, Little Milton, Bobby Bland, Little Johnny Taylor, and Blues Boy Willie.[1] The band included the guitarist L.C. Luckett, and he and Rawls jointly released the 1994 album, Can't Sleep At Night, on Rooster Blues.[2]
His debut solo album, Here We Go, was released on JSP in 1996. The Allmusic journalist, Thom Owens, noted, "Rawls has a powerful, soulful voice which can make mediocre material sound convincing."[6] Rawls also worked as an arranger and record producer for JSP.[7] Further JSP releases included Louisiana Woman (1997), My Turn to Win (1999), and Put Your Trust in Me (2001), although by the time the latter was issued, Rawls had set up his own label, Deep South Soul.[2] Rawls appeared on the cover of the Living Blues magazine in April 2002, where he was described as "a soul-blues renaissance man".[4][7] The 2005 release No Boundaries, on Catfood Records increased his profile.[7]
His 2006 album Heart & Soul, was nominated for a Blues Music Award for 'Best Soul Blues Album of the Year'. In the same year, the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame named him 'Best Vocalist'. Rawls has played three times at the Chicago Blues Festival and plays as many as 15 festivals each year in the US and Canada. He has toured Europe several times as well as Japan and Australia. Red Cadillac (2008), Ace of Spades (2010) and Memphis Still Got Soul (2012) all won the Critics Choice Award for Best Album of the Year in Living Blues. He has also been honored, along with Little Milton and Tyrone Davis, with a Blues Trail Marker in Hattiesburg.[4] The title song of Rawls 2009 album, Ace of Spades, was a tribute to his one time mentor, O. V. Wright.[7] The album also garnered Rawls with his first Blues Music Award for 'Best Soul Blues Album of the Year'.[8]
Rawls album Memphis Still Got Soul, was released in April 2011, his fourth album for Catfood Records.[4][8] It was nominated for 2012 Blues Music Award for Soul Album of the Year, the title song for Song of the Year and Rawls for Male Soul Artist of the Year, his third nomination in that category. With a further reference to Wright, the album's track listing included Rawls cover of the song "Blind, Crippled and Crazy", which was originally associated with Wright.[5] His 2012 release, Soul Survivor, included another Wright song, "Eight Men Four Women". It was nominated for Soul Blues Album of the Year and Rawls was again nominated for Male Soul Artist of the Year at the 2013 Blues Music Awards. His 2013 release on Catfood Records, Remembering O.V., a tribute to O.V. Wright, featured Otis Clay as a special guest. Remembering O. V. was nominated for 2014 Soul Album of the Year and Rawls for Male Soul Artist of the Year, his 11th and 12th Blues Music Awards nominations.
He is a prolific songwriter with over 100 of his songs recorded. He has co-produced all of his albums on Catfood Records, as well as Barbara Carr's Keep The Fire Burning.
Bis heute hat Johnny Rawls über ein Dutzend Alben unter eigenem Namen veröffentlicht, dazu kommen etliche Werke mit anderen Künstlern. Seine Karriere verlief ebenso beeindruckend: Schon zu seinen Highschool Zeiten begleitete er Musiker wie Joe Tex oder Z.Z. Hill.
Mitte der 70er schloss er sich O.V. Wrights Band an und blieb deren musikalischer Leiter bis zu Wright’s Tod 1980. Als „Ace of Spades Band“ spielte die Gruppe während 13 Jahren für Legenden wie u.a. B.B. King, Little Milton oder Bobby Blue Bland.
1996 veröffentlichte Johnny sein erstes Soloalbum, über das ein Kritiker meinte: „Rawls verfügt über eine so kräftige, soulige Stimme, dass sogar mittelmässiges Material absolut überzeugen würde.“
Für seine seither erschienen CD’s und Songs wurde Rawls für etliche Awards nominiert, das Album „Ace of Spades“ von 2009 wurde mit dem Blues Music Award für das beste Soul Blues Album des Jahres ausgezeichnet.
Johnny Rawls (born September 10, 1951)[2] is an American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer. He was influenced by the deep soul music of the 1960s, as performed by O. V. Wright, James Carr, and Z. Z. Hill, although his styling, production and lyrics are more contemporary in nature.[1][2]
To date, Rawls has released more than a dozen albums under his name.[3] He has been nominated twelve times for a Blues Music Award.
Rawls was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States.[1][note 1] He was taught the rudiments of guitar playing by his blind grandfather, and also played the saxophone and clarinet in high school in Purvis, Mississippi.[1] Having mastered guitar playing by his mid teens, Rawls' schoolteacher arranged for him to back musicians who were touring through Mississippi, such as Z. Z. Hill and Joe Tex. In the mid 1970s, Rawls joined O. V. Wright's backing band, became his music director and played together with Wright until the latter's death in 1980. The band then continued billed as the Ace of Spades Band for another 13 years, and toured and performed with other musicians over this time span. These included B.B. King, Little Milton, Bobby Bland, Little Johnny Taylor, and Blues Boy Willie.[1] The band included the guitarist L.C. Luckett, and he and Rawls jointly released the 1994 album, Can't Sleep At Night, on Rooster Blues.[2]
His debut solo album, Here We Go, was released on JSP in 1996. The Allmusic journalist, Thom Owens, noted, "Rawls has a powerful, soulful voice which can make mediocre material sound convincing."[6] Rawls also worked as an arranger and record producer for JSP.[7] Further JSP releases included Louisiana Woman (1997), My Turn to Win (1999), and Put Your Trust in Me (2001), although by the time the latter was issued, Rawls had set up his own label, Deep South Soul.[2] Rawls appeared on the cover of the Living Blues magazine in April 2002, where he was described as "a soul-blues renaissance man".[4][7] The 2005 release No Boundaries, on Catfood Records increased his profile.[7]
His 2006 album Heart & Soul, was nominated for a Blues Music Award for 'Best Soul Blues Album of the Year'. In the same year, the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame named him 'Best Vocalist'. Rawls has played three times at the Chicago Blues Festival and plays as many as 15 festivals each year in the US and Canada. He has toured Europe several times as well as Japan and Australia. Red Cadillac (2008), Ace of Spades (2010) and Memphis Still Got Soul (2012) all won the Critics Choice Award for Best Album of the Year in Living Blues. He has also been honored, along with Little Milton and Tyrone Davis, with a Blues Trail Marker in Hattiesburg.[4] The title song of Rawls 2009 album, Ace of Spades, was a tribute to his one time mentor, O. V. Wright.[7] The album also garnered Rawls with his first Blues Music Award for 'Best Soul Blues Album of the Year'.[8]
Rawls album Memphis Still Got Soul, was released in April 2011, his fourth album for Catfood Records.[4][8] It was nominated for 2012 Blues Music Award for Soul Album of the Year, the title song for Song of the Year and Rawls for Male Soul Artist of the Year, his third nomination in that category. With a further reference to Wright, the album's track listing included Rawls cover of the song "Blind, Crippled and Crazy", which was originally associated with Wright.[5] His 2012 release, Soul Survivor, included another Wright song, "Eight Men Four Women". It was nominated for Soul Blues Album of the Year and Rawls was again nominated for Male Soul Artist of the Year at the 2013 Blues Music Awards. His 2013 release on Catfood Records, Remembering O.V., a tribute to O.V. Wright, featured Otis Clay as a special guest. Remembering O. V. was nominated for 2014 Soul Album of the Year and Rawls for Male Soul Artist of the Year, his 11th and 12th Blues Music Awards nominations.
He is a prolific songwriter with over 100 of his songs recorded. He has co-produced all of his albums on Catfood Records, as well as Barbara Carr's Keep The Fire Burning.
"Feel So Good" - Johhny Rawls
Roy Brown *10.09.1925
Biografie
Roy Brown wurde 1925 in New Orleans geboren und kam als Kind nach Eunice, wo er 1938 ein Gospel-Quartett gründete. 1942 ging er nach Los Angeles und schlug sich unter anderem als Boxer durch. 1945 gewann er einen Gesangswettbewerb. Danach versuchte er, seinen Lebensunterhalt als Sänger im Stil von Bing Crosby zu verdienen.
Karrierebeginn
1946 nahm er den Titel Deep Sea Diver für das Gold-Star-Label auf, der jedoch nicht in die Charts kam. Im selben Jahr schrieb Brown den Jump Blues Good Rocking Tonight. Er kehrte nach New Orleans zurück und bot das Stück dem populären Blues-Sänger Wynonie Harris an, der es jedoch zunächst ablehnte. 1947 nahm Brown den Song schließlich in den J&M-Studios von Cosimo Matassa selbst auf, diesmal für das DeLuxe-Label. Der Titel wurde im September 1947 als DeLuxe # 1093 veröffentlicht und erreichte Platz 13 der R&B-Charts. Nun erkannte Harris das Potenzial des Titels, nahm ihn ebenfalls auf und machte das Stück im Mai 1948 zum Nr-1-Hit der R&B-Charts. Elvis Presley, der damals noch bei Sun Records unter Vertrag war, nahm den Song mit einem authentischen R&B-Shout-Gesangsstil am 10. September 1954 auf.
Weitere Erfolge
Mit seiner Gruppe „Mighty-Mighty Men“ trat Brown schließlich überall in den USA auf. Seine fünfte Single für DeLuxe Records, Long about Midnight, erreichte in den R&B-Charts Platz 1. Sein erster Millionseller war der selbstverfasste Hard Luck Blues, aufgenommen am 19. April 1950. Weitere erwähnenswerte Titel von Roy Brown sind zum Beispiel Boogie At Midnight (September 1949) oder Love Don't Love Nobody (Juni 1950). Bis Ende 1952 blieb er bei DeLuxe, wechselte dann zum Label King Records, das DeLuxe zuvor erworben hatte. Seine erste Single dort erschien bereits im Januar 1953 unter dem Titel Travellin' Man. Diese und weitere 15 Singles kamen jedoch nicht mehr in die Charts.
Das gelang erst wieder mit dem Wechsel zu den größeren Imperial Records im Jahre 1956. Seine Version der Dave-Bartholomew-Komposition Let The Four Winds Blow, von Bartholomew selbst bereits im März 1955 aufgenommen und später durch Fats Domino zum Rock and Roll-Hit gemacht, erreichte im Mai 1957 Platz 5 der R&B-Charts und die Top 40 der Pop Charts (Platz 38). Ein weiterer Vorstoß in die Top 100 der Pop Charts (Platz 89) gelang Brown mit seiner Coverversion des Buddy Knox-Hits Party Doll. Unter Bartholomew als Produzent wurden zwischen 1956 und 1958 insgesamt 20 Stücke aufgenommen, teilweise im New- Orleans-Sound der J&M-Studios produziert.
Comeback und Tod
Der Crossover zum Rock and Roll gelang Brown wegen seines originären Bluesstils, der eher ein erwachsenes Publikum und weniger Teenager, die damals die hauptsächliche Hörerschaft des Rock and Roll bildeten, ansprach, nicht dauerhaft. 1970 deutete sich ein Comeback an, als er mit Johnny Otis beim Monterey Jazz Festival auftrat und die daraus resultierende LP neben etablierten - aber etwas in Vergessenheit geratene - Künstlern wie Roy Milton, Big Joe Turner oder Brown auch aufstrebende Musiker wie Shuggie Otis oder Margie Evans präsentierte. Im Jahre 1978 veröffentlichte er auf seinem eigenen Faith Records Label die LP Cheapest price in town, die neue Kompositionen beinhaltete und auf der neben erfahrenen Studio- und Livemusikern wie dem Saxophonisten Hollis Gilmore (u. a. Jimmy McCracklin) oder dem Schlagzeuger Charles Brown (nicht verwandt mit dem Pianisten gleichen Namens) auch der bekannte Gitarrist Pee Wee Crayton als Mitmusiker fungierten. Im selben Jahr tourte er durch England.
Roy Brown starb im Mai 1981 in San Fernando (Kalifornien) an einem Herzinfarkt. Im selben Jahr wurde er in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
Roy James Brown (September 10, 1925 – May 25, 1981)[1] was an American R&B singer, songwriter and musician, who had a significant influence on the early development of rock and roll and changed the direction rhythm and blues was headed in. His original song and hit recording "Good Rocking Tonight" was covered by Wynonie Harris, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Ricky Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone, James Brown, the Doors, and the rock group Montrose. Brown was the first singer in recording history to sing R&B songs with a gospel-steeped delivery, which was then considered taboo by many churches. In addition, his melismatical pleading, vocal style influenced such notable artists as B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Elvis Presley, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and Little Richard.[2][3]
Early life and education
Brown was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 10, 1925.[1] As with most R&B singers, he started singing gospel music in the church. His mother was an accomplished singer and church organist.[4] After a move to Los Angeles, California some time in the 1940s, and a brief period spent as a professional boxer in the welterweight category, he won a singing contest in 1945 at the Million Dollar Theater covering "There's No You", originally recorded by Bing Crosby. In 1946, Brown moved to Galveston, Texas, where he sang in Joe Coleman's group performing mostly songs from the Hit Parade, in a club called the Club Granada. His numbers included a song he wrote entitled "Good Rocking Tonight". After being rejected by the Armed Forces because of flat feet, he secured his first major job in a Shreveport, Louisiana club singing mostly pop ballads such as "Stardust" and "Blue Hawaii". The owner of Bill Riley's Palace Park hired him, as Brown told a Blues Unlimited interviewer, because of his appeal as "a Negro singer who sounds white."[5] It was at the Palace Park that Brown started developing a blues repertoire, learning contemporary R&B tunes such as "Jelly Jelly" (recorded by Billy Eckstine).[5] He returned to New Orleans in 1947, where he performed at The Dew Drop Inn.[6]
Career
Brown was a big fan of blues singer Wynonie Harris. When Harris appeared in town, Brown tried but failed to interest Harris in listening to "Good Rocking Tonight." Dejected, Brown approached another blues singer, Cecil Gant who was appearing at another club in town. Brown introduced his song, and Gant had Brown sing it over the telephone to the president of De Luxe Records, Jules Braun, reportedly at 4:00 in the morning. Brown was signed to a recording contract immediately. Brown recorded the song in a jump blues style with a swing beat. It was released in 1948 and reached #13 on the US Billboard R&B chart. Ironically, Wynonie Harris covered it and hit the top of Billboard's R&B chart later in 1948.[2] Presley also covered the song for Sun Records in 1954; later re-released on RCA Victor when his recording contract was sold to that record label in 1956.[citation needed]
Brown continued to make his mark on the R&B charts, scoring 14 hits from mid-1948 to late 1951 with De Luxe, including "Hard Luck Blues" (his biggest seller in 1950), "Love Don't Love Nobody", "Rockin' at Midnight," "Boogie at Midnight," "Miss Fanny Brown," and "Cadillac Baby", making him, along with Harris, one of the top R&B performers for those three years.
After his popularity peaked, Brown began to experience a lull in his career. Doo-wop and R&B groups were quickly gaining popularity as the standard sound of R&B in the early to mid-1950s. The decline of his fortunes coincided with his successfully winning a lawsuit against King Records for unpaid royalties in 1952, one of the few African American musicians to do so in the 1950s. This has led some, such as author Nick Tosches (in his book Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'N' Roll, which contained a chapter on Brown) to believe that Brown may have been blacklisted. Brown's other misfortunes included trouble with the IRS. When confronted by the government for unpaid taxes he owed, he approached Elvis Presley for help. Presley wrote him a check on a brown paper bag, but it wasn't enough to keep him out of jail. Brown did a little prison time for tax evasion.
Brown had a brief comeback through Imperial Records in 1957. Working with Dave Bartholomew, Brown returned to the charts with the original version of "Let the Four Winds Blow", co-written with Fats Domino, who would later have a hit with it.
He returned to King Records where his popularity ground down to a low by 1959, but he sporadically managed to find work and do some recording through the 1960s, making appearances where ever he was wanted.[2] To supplement his income, Brown sold the rights to "Good Rocking Tonight". "I was selling door to door," he once reminisced.[7] He also worked as an encyclopedia salesman.[8]
In 1970, Brown closed The Johnny Otis Show at the Monterey Jazz Festival. As a result of the crowd's positive reaction, he recorded "Love For Sale", which became a hit for Mercury Records.[4]
Later life and death
In the late 1970s, a compilation album of his old work brought about a minor revival of interest. In 1978 he had a successful tour in Scandinavia following the releases of Laughing But Crying and Good Rocking Tonight. Shortly before his death he performed at the Whisky A Go-Go in West Hollywood, California and headlined the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1981.
Brown died of a heart attack, at Pacoima Lutheran Memorial Hospital,[9] near his home in the San Fernando Valley on May 25, 1981. He was 55 years old.[1][2] The Reverend Johnny Otis conducted the funeral. He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame the same year.
Legacy
Two of Brown's songs, "Butcher Pete, Pt. 1" and "Mighty Mighty Man" are featured in the 2008 video game, Fallout 3.
R.d. Olson · *10.09.1953
Meet R.D.Olson, born and raised on a small 160 acre farm in Zumbrota Minnesota.One of sevin children born To Harris and Joan Olson.As a young boy working in the fields and at night in the barn he would hear the sounds of Nashville. Hank Williams,Johnny Cash,Elvis...It was the style of Elvis that led R.D. to the Blues.. Muddy Waters whom he would later meet and jam with B.B.King,Luther Allison,Buddy Reed,Chico Chism,Hans Olson to name a few. Singer,songwriter band leader R.D.Olson is the REAL DEAL dubbed that not by himself,but by those that that he's touched.R.D. Olson Blues band is just that, the REAL DEAL! R. D. and his band play blues with respect to the past and a good kick in the ass into the new millennium.
You can’t help but feel a live performance resonate in your soul R.D.’s 30 plus years of blues experience gained by stints with Luther Allison, Chico Chism and Buddy Reed.
All blues stalwarts. R.D.’s charisma and showmanship absolutely command the audience’s attention. Dynamics so vast they suck the air out of the room.
Make no mistake R.D. and his band are not just ‘players’ of the blues…they are top notch national level caliber performers and really ‘bring it’ to the stage.
Close your eyes and let the music seep into your soul. His play list is a nice mix of ‘dem muddy blues’ as R.D. would say, and contemporary blues!
Despite the genre of music you like, make sure to catch the R. D. Olson Blues Band. It’s a sure can’t miss evening of music. Mercy!
You can’t help but feel a live performance resonate in your soul R.D.’s 30 plus years of blues experience gained by stints with Luther Allison, Chico Chism and Buddy Reed.
All blues stalwarts. R.D.’s charisma and showmanship absolutely command the audience’s attention. Dynamics so vast they suck the air out of the room.
Make no mistake R.D. and his band are not just ‘players’ of the blues…they are top notch national level caliber performers and really ‘bring it’ to the stage.
Close your eyes and let the music seep into your soul. His play list is a nice mix of ‘dem muddy blues’ as R.D. would say, and contemporary blues!
Despite the genre of music you like, make sure to catch the R. D. Olson Blues Band. It’s a sure can’t miss evening of music. Mercy!
http://www.reverbnation.com/rdolsontherealdeal
Meet R.D.Olson, Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame inductee, born and raised on a small 140 acre farm in Zumbrota Minnesota.One of seven children born To Harris and Joan Olson.As a young boy working in the fields and at night in the barn he would hear the sounds of Nashville, Hank Williams,Johnny Cash,Elvis...It was the style of Elvis that led R.D. to the Blues.. Muddy Waters whom he would later meet and jam with B.B.King,Luther Allison,Buddy Reed,Chico Chism,Hans Olson to name a few. Singer,songwriter band leader R.D.Olson is the REAL DEAL dubbed that not by himself,but by those that that he's touched.R.D. Olson Blues band is just that, the REAL DEAL! R. D. and his band play blues with respect to the past and a good kick in the ass into the new millennium.
You can’t help but feel a live performance resonate in your soul R.D.’s 30 plus years of blues experience gained by stints with Luther Allison, Chico Chism and Buddy Reed.
All blues stalwarts. R.D.’s charisma and showmanship absolutely command the audience’s attention. Dynamics so vast they suck the air out of the room.
Make no mistake R.D. and his band are not just ‘players’ of the blues…they are top notch national level caliber performers and really ‘bring it’ to the stage.
Close your eyes and let the music seep into your soul. His play list is a nice mix of ‘dem muddy blues’ as R.D. would say, and contemporary blues!
Despite the genre of music you like, make sure to catch the R. D. Olson Blues Band. It’s a sure can’t miss evening of music. Mercy! The R.D.Olson Blues Band won the 2014 Phoenix Blues Societys blues challenge and will represent Arizona in Memphis at this years IBC.
You can’t help but feel a live performance resonate in your soul R.D.’s 30 plus years of blues experience gained by stints with Luther Allison, Chico Chism and Buddy Reed.
All blues stalwarts. R.D.’s charisma and showmanship absolutely command the audience’s attention. Dynamics so vast they suck the air out of the room.
Make no mistake R.D. and his band are not just ‘players’ of the blues…they are top notch national level caliber performers and really ‘bring it’ to the stage.
Close your eyes and let the music seep into your soul. His play list is a nice mix of ‘dem muddy blues’ as R.D. would say, and contemporary blues!
Despite the genre of music you like, make sure to catch the R. D. Olson Blues Band. It’s a sure can’t miss evening of music. Mercy! The R.D.Olson Blues Band won the 2014 Phoenix Blues Societys blues challenge and will represent Arizona in Memphis at this years IBC.
Rd olson blues band live at the spirit room
Help Me Sonny Boy Williamson Classic Preformed by R.D.Olson "The Real Deal"
Sandy Saunders *10.09.1964
As a child of the south, Sandy Saunders grew up listening to country and southern rock music. As a music lover she had opportunities to meet then-upcoming artists such as Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Garth Brooks and others. When Sandy packed up to move to the Northwest with such memories in hand and her guitar on her back, she had no idea that she would be one to adapt such country styles to a rock-&-roll and blues format. In 2007Sandy, with the help of Bob Love, Chris Miller, Greg Jackson, Stevie Marie and Kevin Eddinger recorded an EP, " A TASTE OF SANDY SAUNDERS." Although "A Taste" was just a sample of Sandy's music in true country form, it introduced many folks to her great original music like "Shoot Myself", "Honey-dew" and "White Sand & Margaritas". Sandy has now developed a style all her own that excites audiences throughout the west coast and beyond. In 2012 Sandy and her band released a single, "Rattlesnake Road." Within days it was aired on great raidio stations coast to coast and was recieving rave reviews.Rattlesnake Road is a pre-release from a full length, all original C.D. set to be released on May 5, 2014. Sandy states, “Don’t get me wrong, I love country music,but this is not traditional country music. This is real "country-rock” Culture Mob online quoted that Sandy “has brought the grit and soul of her Augusta, Georgia birthplace to the Pacific Northwest.” With a unique style all her own, Sandy can blend an old Linda Ronstadt cover with a hard rock and blues Jimi Hendrix tune, adding a handful of original songs in between, and pull off a near-perfect set. Sandy also is active with "The Northwest Womens Rythm & Blues"and can be found on any given night sharing the mic with such Northwest greats as Sonny Hess, Jim Mesi, Norman Sylvester, and many other "A" list musicians this region has to offer. Sandy Saunders has been involved with music all her life, now you can find her exciting audiences at some of the largest festivals (Portland Rose Festival, Bite of Oregon, Oregon State Fair, etc.) as well as the finest music venues ( Little Creek Casino, Three Rivers Casino, Quinault Beach Casino, etc.) in the Northwest. Or just listen to your local radio station, you'll soon hear Sandy and her band.
The Sandy Saunders Band, performing "Runaway Train"
Barbara Morrison *10.09.1952
Barbara Morrison (* 10. September 1952 in Ypsilanti (Michigan)[1]) ist eine US-amerikanische Blues-, Rhythm and Blues- und Jazzsängerin.
Morrison wuchs in einer Vorstadt von Detroit auf; ihr Vater war Doo-Wop-Sänger. 1973 zog sie nach Los Angeles, wo sie bei Eddie Cleanhead Vinson und in der Johnny Otis Show arbeitete. Mit Otis entstand die Single Hey Boy! I Want Ya' / Nigger, Please!.[2] Seitdem wirkte sie an 20 Alben unter eigenem Namen und als Gastvokalistin mit; 1992 erschien ihr Debütalbum Doin' Alright. Sie konzertierte u. a. auf Festivals in Montreux, Monterey, Long Beach, dem North Sea Jazz Festival und in der Carnegie Hall sowie in Europa, vor allem aber in der südkalifornischen Clubszene. Sie trat u. a. mit Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Smith, Dr. John, dem Count Basie Orchestra, Lafayette Harris, Terry Gibbs, der Thilo Berg Bigband und der Doc Severinsen Big Band auf.[3] 1999 erhielt sie den Monterey Bay Blues Festival Award.
Barbara Morrison (born September 10, 1949) is an American singer of jazz music.
Biography
Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and raised in Romulus, Michigan, Barbara Morrison recorded her first appearance for radio in Detroit at the age of 10. She moved to Los Angeles in 1973, at the age of 23.[1] Well known in the Los Angeles area for her duo and trio dates Ms. Morrison also tours extensively, blazing a trail as a Jazz and Blues legend in her own right across the Continental United States, Western Europe the Far East and "Down Under", wowing audiences with her band. In 1986, touring with the Philip Morris Superband, a 14 city one month tour of Canada, Australia, Japan and the Philippines, starting on September 3, 1986, Barbara did vocal honors with jazz organist, Jimmy Smith, backed by Saxophonist, James Moody, Guitarist, Kenny Burrell, t Trumpeter, Jon Faddis with Grady Tate on drums.
Morrison completed a 33-city tour in the US, co-headlining in an all-star tribute to composer Harold Arlen (most recognizable for his genius behind the music for the classic film, The Wizard of Oz). Over the years she has performed with a virtual "who's who" of the Jazz and the Blues worlds. That list includes legends such as Gerald Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, James Moody, Ron Carter, Etta James, Esther Phillips, David T. Walker, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Otis, Dr. John, Kenny Burrell, Terence Blanchard, Joe Sample, Cedar Walton, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett, and Keb' Mo. Morrison has also guest-starred with the Count Basie Orchestra, the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra and Doc Severinsen's Big Band.
In 1995, Morrison was on a televised Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, with Mel Torme, Diane Reeves, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Tony Bennett, Dionne Warwick, and Lou Rawls,
Barbara Morrison, Performance Arts Center supports the Harmony Project. The children practice during the week after school. Pop. Her melodic voice, with its three-and-a-half-octave range, is known worldwide, as are her rich, unique, soulful and highly spirited interpretations of both, familiar Jazz and Blues classics and original contemporary tunes.
"I Wanna Be Loved" written by Barbara Morrison and Michael Cormier is a musical theatre production about the life and times of Dinah Washington, Queens of the Blues, In additional to her gigs with other jazz and blues groups and legends, Barbara Morrison also performs at the more renown blues and jazz festivals around the world. Her appearances include Montreux, Nice, Pori, Carnegie Hall, North Sea, Darling Harbour, Sydney Opera House, Australia, Monterey, Long Beach, as well as salutes to Dizzy Gillespie and her tribute to Benny Golson.
More recently beginning in 2011, Morrison has been performing with Jack Hale, a popular So. Cal master guitarist/ arranger/ band leader of cool and hot vintage jazz and swing styles from the 1920s through 1950s.
Biography
Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and raised in Romulus, Michigan, Barbara Morrison recorded her first appearance for radio in Detroit at the age of 10. She moved to Los Angeles in 1973, at the age of 23.[1] Well known in the Los Angeles area for her duo and trio dates Ms. Morrison also tours extensively, blazing a trail as a Jazz and Blues legend in her own right across the Continental United States, Western Europe the Far East and "Down Under", wowing audiences with her band. In 1986, touring with the Philip Morris Superband, a 14 city one month tour of Canada, Australia, Japan and the Philippines, starting on September 3, 1986, Barbara did vocal honors with jazz organist, Jimmy Smith, backed by Saxophonist, James Moody, Guitarist, Kenny Burrell, t Trumpeter, Jon Faddis with Grady Tate on drums.
Morrison completed a 33-city tour in the US, co-headlining in an all-star tribute to composer Harold Arlen (most recognizable for his genius behind the music for the classic film, The Wizard of Oz). Over the years she has performed with a virtual "who's who" of the Jazz and the Blues worlds. That list includes legends such as Gerald Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, James Moody, Ron Carter, Etta James, Esther Phillips, David T. Walker, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Otis, Dr. John, Kenny Burrell, Terence Blanchard, Joe Sample, Cedar Walton, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett, and Keb' Mo. Morrison has also guest-starred with the Count Basie Orchestra, the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra and Doc Severinsen's Big Band.
In 1995, Morrison was on a televised Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, with Mel Torme, Diane Reeves, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Tony Bennett, Dionne Warwick, and Lou Rawls,
Barbara Morrison, Performance Arts Center supports the Harmony Project. The children practice during the week after school. Pop. Her melodic voice, with its three-and-a-half-octave range, is known worldwide, as are her rich, unique, soulful and highly spirited interpretations of both, familiar Jazz and Blues classics and original contemporary tunes.
"I Wanna Be Loved" written by Barbara Morrison and Michael Cormier is a musical theatre production about the life and times of Dinah Washington, Queens of the Blues, In additional to her gigs with other jazz and blues groups and legends, Barbara Morrison also performs at the more renown blues and jazz festivals around the world. Her appearances include Montreux, Nice, Pori, Carnegie Hall, North Sea, Darling Harbour, Sydney Opera House, Australia, Monterey, Long Beach, as well as salutes to Dizzy Gillespie and her tribute to Benny Golson.
More recently beginning in 2011, Morrison has been performing with Jack Hale, a popular So. Cal master guitarist/ arranger/ band leader of cool and hot vintage jazz and swing styles from the 1920s through 1950s.
BUDDY GUY / SANTANA / BARBARA MORRISON Stormy Monday
Dave Philosopher *10.09.
I'm Dave Philosopher, an italian bluesman. The music is my job. I'm composer (blues and other music) and singer. I also play the guitar, the harp, and the bass, but I'm mostly a singer. I live in Tuscany, in a town on the Tyrrhenian Sea. These are wine lands, hills, history and culture. I was born here, and these places have inspired my music.
My style? Somewhat to the Seasick Steve, somewhat to the John Lee Hooker...
My style? Somewhat to the Seasick Steve, somewhat to the John Lee Hooker...
R.I.P.
Clarence Gatemouth Brown +10.09.2005
Neben der Gitarre spielte er auch Violine, Mundharmonika, Piano, Mandoline, Viola und Schlagzeug. Neben dem Blues war er auch im Jazz, Bluegrass, Zydeco, Cajun und Calypso zu Hause. Gatemouth Brown bezeichnete seine Musik selbst als „American music, Texas style“. Er beeinflusste so unterschiedliche Musiker wie Albert Collins, Frank Zappa, Lonnie Brooks, Eric Clapton und Joe Louis Walker.
Karriere
Brown begann seine musikalische Karriere während des Zweiten Weltkrieges als Schlagzeuger. Als Gitarrist fand er 1947 Beachtung, als er kurzfristig in einem Club in Houston für T-Bone Walker einsprang. Daraus ergaben sich Tourneen im Süden und Südwesten der Staaten und ein Plattenvertrag mit Peacock Records. Zu den Hits aus dieser Anfangszeit zählen u. a. Gatemouth Boogie, Okie Dokie Stomp, Boogie Rambler und Dirty Works At The Crossroad.
1960 nahm Brown in Nashville an einer Fernsehshow teil. Bei dieser Gelegenheit machte er eine Reihe von Country-Aufnahmen. Ende der 1960er-Jahre zog er sich jedoch aus dem Musikgeschäft zurück, zog nach New Mexico und arbeitete als Deputy Sheriff.
Im Rahmen des Blues- und Folk-Revivals in den 1970er-Jahren wurde auch Brown als Blues-Musiker wiederentdeckt. Zwölfmal ging er in Europa auf Tour und nahm neun Alben auf. Im Auftrag des US-Außenministeriums war er als Botschafter der amerikanischen Musik auf Tour, u. a. in Ostafrika.
1975 nahm er mit Canned Heat das Album "Gate's on the Heat" auf.
In den 1980er-Jahren wurde Brown auch in den Staaten wieder populärer. Er hatte im Schnitt 250 bis 300 Auftritte pro Jahr. 1983 wurde er mit einem Grammy für das Album Alright Again! ausgezeichnet und war für fünf weitere nominiert. Zudem erhielt er acht Handy Awards.
1999 wurde Clarence Gatemouth Brown in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Im September 2004 wurde bei Brown Lungenkrebs diagnostiziert. Brown, der zuletzt in New Orleans gelebt hatte, verließ die Stadt im September 2005 vor dem nahenden Hurrikan Katrina. Wenig später verstarb der herzkranke Musiker in seinem texanischen Heimatort Orange.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Gatemouth_Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 - September 10, 2005) was an American musician from Louisiana and Texas.[1] He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having "spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country, jazz, Cajun music and R&B styles".[2] His work also encompasses rock and roll, rock music, folk, electric blues, and Texas blues.[1]
He was an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played an array of musical instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again!.[3] He is regarded as one of the most influential exponents of blues fiddle and has had enormous influence in American fiddle circles.
Brown's two biggest musical influences were Louis Jordan and T-Bone Walker.[4]
Career
1940s and 1950s
Born in Vinton, Louisiana, Brown was raised in Orange, Texas. His professional music career began in 1945, playing drums in San Antonio, Texas.[5] He was given the nickname "Gatemouth" by a high school teacher who said he had "voice like a gate".[1] His career was boosted while attending a 1947 concert by T-Bone Walker in Don Robey's Bronze Peacock Houston nightclub.[1] When Walker became ill, Brown took up his guitar and quickly wrote and played "Gatemouth Boogie," to the delight of the audience right on the spot.[4]
In 1949 Robey founded Peacock Records in order to showcase Brown's virtuoso guitar work.[1] Brown's "Mary Is Fine"/"My Time Is Expensive" was a hit for Peacock in 1949.[4] A string of Peacock releases in the 1950s were less successful commercially, but were nonetheless pioneering musically. Particularly notable was the 1954 instrumental "Okie Dokie Stomp",[4] in which Brown solos continuously over a punchy horn section (other instrumentals from this period include "Boogie Uproar" and "Gate Walks to Board").[1] Okie Dokie Stomp was also recorded by Cornell Dupree in the 1970s and he had success with it as well. As for his gutsy violin playing, Robey allowed him to record "Just Before Dawn", his final release on the Peacock label, in 1959.
1960s and 1970s
In the 1960s Brown moved to Nashville, Tennessee to participate in a syndicated R&B television show, and while he was there recorded several country singles.[5] He struck up a friendship with Roy Clark and made several appearances on the television show Hee Haw.[1] In 1966, Brown was the musical director for the house band on the short-lived television program, The !!!! Beat.[4]
However, in the early 1970s several countries in Europe had developed an appreciation for American roots music, especially the blues, and Brown was a popular and well-respected artist there.[5] He toured Europe twelve times, beginning in 1971 and continuing throughout the 1970s. He also became an official ambassador for American music, and participated in several tours sponsored by the U.S. State Department, including an extensive tour of Eastern Africa. Brown appeared at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he jammed with American blues rock band Canned Heat.[5] In 1974, he recorded as a sideman with the New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair on his album, Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (originally a Blue Star Records release). He moved to New Orleans in the late 1970s. In 1979, through his manager at the time, Jim Halsey, Brown embarked on a 6-week, 44 concert tour of the Soviet Union. This was an historic event as it marked the first time the Soviet Union made a contract with a U.S. private citizen (Jim Halsey) as regards a musical tour. All previous tours were under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. To date, this was by far the most extensive tour an American band had taken in the USSR.
Later years
In the 1980s, a series of releases on Rounder Records and Alligator Records revitalized his U.S. career,[5] and he toured extensively and internationally, usually playing between 250 and 300 shows a year. He won a Grammy in 1982 for the album Alright Again! and was nominated for five more. Alright Again! is credited with putting Brown back on the musical map. He also won eight W.C. Handy Awards
In 1999, Brown was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.[6]
In his last few years, he maintained a full touring schedule, including Australia, New Zealand, South America, Africa and Eastern Europe. His final record "Timeless" was released in 2004.
In September 2004, Brown was diagnosed with lung cancer. Already suffering from emphysema and heart disease, he and his doctors decided to forgo treatment. This greatly affected his musical career.[6] Later his home in Slidell, Louisiana was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and he was evacuated to his childhood home town of Orange, Texas, where he died on September 10, 2005 at the apartment of a niece, at the age of 81. Brown is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Orange, Texas. However, flooding caused by Hurricane Ike in September 2008 damaged his grave.[7] His casket was one of dozens that floated out of their burial sites.[8] His grave has since been refurbished and through the estate funds, a very impressive headstone has been erected in his honor.[9] A Texas Historical Commission marker honoring Brown is located next to the flagpole at Hollywood Cemetery.[8]
Rock composer, Frank Zappa credits Gatemouth, along with Guitar Slim and Johnny Guitar Watson, as important influences on his guitar playing (as written by Zappa in his autobiography, The Real Frank Zappa Book, 1989).
He was an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played an array of musical instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again!.[3] He is regarded as one of the most influential exponents of blues fiddle and has had enormous influence in American fiddle circles.
Brown's two biggest musical influences were Louis Jordan and T-Bone Walker.[4]
Career
1940s and 1950s
Born in Vinton, Louisiana, Brown was raised in Orange, Texas. His professional music career began in 1945, playing drums in San Antonio, Texas.[5] He was given the nickname "Gatemouth" by a high school teacher who said he had "voice like a gate".[1] His career was boosted while attending a 1947 concert by T-Bone Walker in Don Robey's Bronze Peacock Houston nightclub.[1] When Walker became ill, Brown took up his guitar and quickly wrote and played "Gatemouth Boogie," to the delight of the audience right on the spot.[4]
In 1949 Robey founded Peacock Records in order to showcase Brown's virtuoso guitar work.[1] Brown's "Mary Is Fine"/"My Time Is Expensive" was a hit for Peacock in 1949.[4] A string of Peacock releases in the 1950s were less successful commercially, but were nonetheless pioneering musically. Particularly notable was the 1954 instrumental "Okie Dokie Stomp",[4] in which Brown solos continuously over a punchy horn section (other instrumentals from this period include "Boogie Uproar" and "Gate Walks to Board").[1] Okie Dokie Stomp was also recorded by Cornell Dupree in the 1970s and he had success with it as well. As for his gutsy violin playing, Robey allowed him to record "Just Before Dawn", his final release on the Peacock label, in 1959.
1960s and 1970s
In the 1960s Brown moved to Nashville, Tennessee to participate in a syndicated R&B television show, and while he was there recorded several country singles.[5] He struck up a friendship with Roy Clark and made several appearances on the television show Hee Haw.[1] In 1966, Brown was the musical director for the house band on the short-lived television program, The !!!! Beat.[4]
However, in the early 1970s several countries in Europe had developed an appreciation for American roots music, especially the blues, and Brown was a popular and well-respected artist there.[5] He toured Europe twelve times, beginning in 1971 and continuing throughout the 1970s. He also became an official ambassador for American music, and participated in several tours sponsored by the U.S. State Department, including an extensive tour of Eastern Africa. Brown appeared at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he jammed with American blues rock band Canned Heat.[5] In 1974, he recorded as a sideman with the New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair on his album, Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (originally a Blue Star Records release). He moved to New Orleans in the late 1970s. In 1979, through his manager at the time, Jim Halsey, Brown embarked on a 6-week, 44 concert tour of the Soviet Union. This was an historic event as it marked the first time the Soviet Union made a contract with a U.S. private citizen (Jim Halsey) as regards a musical tour. All previous tours were under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. To date, this was by far the most extensive tour an American band had taken in the USSR.
Later years
In the 1980s, a series of releases on Rounder Records and Alligator Records revitalized his U.S. career,[5] and he toured extensively and internationally, usually playing between 250 and 300 shows a year. He won a Grammy in 1982 for the album Alright Again! and was nominated for five more. Alright Again! is credited with putting Brown back on the musical map. He also won eight W.C. Handy Awards
In 1999, Brown was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.[6]
In his last few years, he maintained a full touring schedule, including Australia, New Zealand, South America, Africa and Eastern Europe. His final record "Timeless" was released in 2004.
In September 2004, Brown was diagnosed with lung cancer. Already suffering from emphysema and heart disease, he and his doctors decided to forgo treatment. This greatly affected his musical career.[6] Later his home in Slidell, Louisiana was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and he was evacuated to his childhood home town of Orange, Texas, where he died on September 10, 2005 at the apartment of a niece, at the age of 81. Brown is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Orange, Texas. However, flooding caused by Hurricane Ike in September 2008 damaged his grave.[7] His casket was one of dozens that floated out of their burial sites.[8] His grave has since been refurbished and through the estate funds, a very impressive headstone has been erected in his honor.[9] A Texas Historical Commission marker honoring Brown is located next to the flagpole at Hollywood Cemetery.[8]
Rock composer, Frank Zappa credits Gatemouth, along with Guitar Slim and Johnny Guitar Watson, as important influences on his guitar playing (as written by Zappa in his autobiography, The Real Frank Zappa Book, 1989).
Canned Heat with Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Worried Life Blues
Carlos Santana Presents Blues At Montreux Clarence Gatemouth Brown 2004
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