1909 Henry Townsend*
1948 Sherman Robertson*
1963 Harp Mitch*
1969 Murali Coryell*
1976 Ana Radzic*
1977 Peg Leg Sam+
1991 Billy Wright+
2015 Hubert Leroy „Herbie“ Goins+
Benny Turner*
Happy Birthday
Henry Townsend *27.10.1909
Henry 'Mule' Townsend (* 27. Oktober 1909 in Shelby, Mississippi; † 24. September 2006 in Mequon, Wisconsin) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Sänger, -Gitarrist und -Pianist. Zu seinen bekanntesten Stücken gehört Henry's Worried Blues.
Geboren in Mississippi, wuchs Townsend in Cairo in Illinois auf. In jungen Jahren ging er nach St. Louis, wo er Blues-Größen wie Lonnie Johnson hörte. 1929 machte er seine ersten Aufnahmen.
In den 1930er-Jahren spielte Townsend mit vielen der Großen des Blues, darunter Walter Davis, Roosevelt Sykes und Robert Johnson. Am 28. Juli 1935 begleitete er den Bluespianisten Aaron „Pinetop“ Sparks in Chicago bei 8 Titeln, darunter auch bei dem Bluesklassiker Everyday I Have the Blues. 1937 spielte er in Aurora, Illinois, eine legendäre Aufnahmesession mit Big Joe Williams, Robert Nighthawk und Sonny Boy Williamson I. ein.
Henry Townsend schrieb hunderte von Songs und wirkte bei zahllosen Aufnahmen bekannter Kollegen mit. Er wurde der Patriarch des St.-Louis-Blues. BBC drehte eine Dokumentation über ihn, und 1985 erhielt er den "National Heritage Fellowship", die höchste Auszeichnung der Vereinigten Staaten für einen Meister der traditionellen Künste. Seit 1995 nennt er einen Stern auf dem "St. Louis Walk of Fame" sein eigen.
Henry Townsend verstarb am 24. September 2006 im St. Mary's Ozaukee Krankenhaus in Mequon, Wisconsin - nur ein paar Stunden, nachdem ihm als einem der ersten Künstler, die Plattenaufnahmen auf dem Paramount Label gemacht haben, eine 'Klaviertaste' in Graftons Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame zu teil geworden war.
Henry 'Mule' Townsend (October 27, 1909 – September 24, 2006) was an American blues singer, guitarist and pianist.
Career
Townsend was born in Shelby, Mississippi and grew up in Cairo, Illinois. He left home at the age of nine because of an abusive father and hoboed his way to St. Louis, Missouri. He learned guitar while in his early teens from a locally renowned blues guitarist known as "Dudlow Joe".[1]
By the late 1920s he had begun touring and recording with pianist Walter Davis, and had acquired the nickname "Mule" because he was sturdy in both physique and character. In St. Louis, he worked with some of the early blues pioneers, including J.D. Short.[1]
Townsend was one of the only artists known to have recorded in nine consecutive decades. He first recorded in 1929,[2] and remained active up to 2006. By the mid 1990s, Townsend and his one-time collaborator Yank Rachell were the only active blues artists whose careers had started in the 1920s. He recorded on several different labels, including Columbia Records and Folkways Records.[3]
Articulate and self-aware with an excellent memory, Townsend gave many invaluable interviews to Blues enthusiasts and scholars. Paul Oliver recorded him in 1960 and quoted him extensively in his 1967 work Conversations with the Blues.[4] Thirty years later, Bill Greensmith edited thirty hours of taped interviews with Henry to produce a full autobiography, giving a vivid history of the Blues scene in St Louis and East St Louis in its prime.[5]
In 1985 he received the National Heritage Fellowship in recognition of being a master artist. In 1995 he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.[6]
Townsend died, at the age of 96, on September 24, 2006, at St. Mary's Ozaukee Hospital, Mequon, Wisconsin, just hours after having been the first person to be presented with a 'key' in Grafton's Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame.
While [Henry Townsend] did not scorn his old recordings, he had no taste for spending
his later years simply recreating them.
Blues, for him, was a living medium, and he continued to express himself in it, most
remarkably in his songwriting.
-Tony Russell, The Guardian
On February 10, 2008, Townsend was posthumously awarded a Grammy, his first, at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The award, in the Best Traditional Blues Album category, was given for his performances on Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas, released by The Blue Shoe Project. Townsend's son, Alonzo Townsend, accepted the award on his behalf.
On December 4, 2009, Henry Townsend was added to the Mississippi Blues Trail.
Sherman Robertson *27.10.1948
Sherman Robertson (born October 27, 1948, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States)[1] is an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer, who has been described as "one part zydeco, one part swamp blues, one part electric blues and one part classic rhythm and blues."[1]
Biography
Robertson was born in Louisiana and raised in Houston, Texas.[2] At the age of 13, he watched a performance on television by Hank Williams. Duly inspired and equipped with a cheap guitar purchased by his father, he started playing the songs previously performed by Freddie King and Floyd London. As he lived close to the Duke/Peacock recording studio, Robertson took the opportunity to acquaint himself with some of the musicians who recorded there. At the same time, in his late teens, Robertson played in a band in various bars of his Fifth Ward, Houston neighborhood.[1]
In 1982, Clifton Chenier heard Robertson's band playing at the Crosstown Blues Festival. Robertson moved back to Louisiana, learned to play slide guitar, and toured for several years in the 1980s with Chenier.[1] Robertson contributed to his Live At The (1982) and San Francisco Blues Festival (1985) albums.[2] After Chenier's death, Robertson played with Rockin' Dopsie, appearing on his Crowned Prince Of Zydeco album (1986), and Terrance Simien & the Mallet Playboys, before going solo.[2]
In addition, Robertson's guitar work appeared on Paul Simon's Graceland album,[2] and he was on the bill at the 1994 Notodden Blues Festival.
Robertson's I'm the Man (1994) was the first release on the Code Blue label. It was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award.[3] Robertson's follow-up, Here & Now (1995), included his cover of the Tracy Nelson song "Here & Now".[1] However the record label folded and Robertson re-appeared in 1998 on the independent label, Audioquest, with his next offering, Going Back Home. In November 2005 he released Guitar Man - Live with his new backing band, BluesMove.
In 2008, Robertson and BluesMove played at the Harvest Time Blues festival in Monaghan, Ireland. In 2011, Robertson and BluesMove appeared at the Rhythm Festival in Bedfordshire, England.[4]
In 2012, a proposed concert in Gaildorf, Germany, was cancelled after Robertson suffered a stroke.
Biography
Robertson was born in Louisiana and raised in Houston, Texas.[2] At the age of 13, he watched a performance on television by Hank Williams. Duly inspired and equipped with a cheap guitar purchased by his father, he started playing the songs previously performed by Freddie King and Floyd London. As he lived close to the Duke/Peacock recording studio, Robertson took the opportunity to acquaint himself with some of the musicians who recorded there. At the same time, in his late teens, Robertson played in a band in various bars of his Fifth Ward, Houston neighborhood.[1]
In 1982, Clifton Chenier heard Robertson's band playing at the Crosstown Blues Festival. Robertson moved back to Louisiana, learned to play slide guitar, and toured for several years in the 1980s with Chenier.[1] Robertson contributed to his Live At The (1982) and San Francisco Blues Festival (1985) albums.[2] After Chenier's death, Robertson played with Rockin' Dopsie, appearing on his Crowned Prince Of Zydeco album (1986), and Terrance Simien & the Mallet Playboys, before going solo.[2]
In addition, Robertson's guitar work appeared on Paul Simon's Graceland album,[2] and he was on the bill at the 1994 Notodden Blues Festival.
Robertson's I'm the Man (1994) was the first release on the Code Blue label. It was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award.[3] Robertson's follow-up, Here & Now (1995), included his cover of the Tracy Nelson song "Here & Now".[1] However the record label folded and Robertson re-appeared in 1998 on the independent label, Audioquest, with his next offering, Going Back Home. In November 2005 he released Guitar Man - Live with his new backing band, BluesMove.
In 2008, Robertson and BluesMove played at the Harvest Time Blues festival in Monaghan, Ireland. In 2011, Robertson and BluesMove appeared at the Rhythm Festival in Bedfordshire, England.[4]
In 2012, a proposed concert in Gaildorf, Germany, was cancelled after Robertson suffered a stroke.
Murali Coryell *27.10.1969
Murali Coryell (born October 27, 1969) is an American blues guitarist and singer. Best known for performing live in small venues in New York State, Coryell has also opened for George Thorogood, Gregg Allman, B.B. King and Wilson Pickett. While touring the United States, he uses local session musicians for his performances rather than traveling with a regular backing band.[1]
Life and career
Murali Coryell was born to Julie Coryell and famed jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell. Murali's first interest was in playing the drums but, in a move he calls "inevitable", he switched to guitar at a young age.[2] Wanting to avoid competition with his father and his brother, Julian, he perfected his own more mainstream style of soul and blues which draws comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana.[1][3] Others have likened his style to the Memphis soul produced by labels such as Hi and Stax Records.[4]
Coryell graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, in 1987. He received a BA in music theory and composition from the SUNY New Paltz Music Department in 1992.
The title of his seond album 2120 was a reference to 2120 South Michigan Avenue, the address of now-defunct R&B record label Chess Records.[2] Coryell's maternal grandmother was the actress Carol Bruce.[5]
In 2014, Coryell was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'DVD of the Year' category for Adventures Live.
Life and career
Murali Coryell was born to Julie Coryell and famed jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell. Murali's first interest was in playing the drums but, in a move he calls "inevitable", he switched to guitar at a young age.[2] Wanting to avoid competition with his father and his brother, Julian, he perfected his own more mainstream style of soul and blues which draws comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana.[1][3] Others have likened his style to the Memphis soul produced by labels such as Hi and Stax Records.[4]
Coryell graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, in 1987. He received a BA in music theory and composition from the SUNY New Paltz Music Department in 1992.
The title of his seond album 2120 was a reference to 2120 South Michigan Avenue, the address of now-defunct R&B record label Chess Records.[2] Coryell's maternal grandmother was the actress Carol Bruce.[5]
In 2014, Coryell was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'DVD of the Year' category for Adventures Live.
The Artie Lange Show - Murali Coryell performs "In The Room With Jimi"
Murali Coryell - Please Please Baby
Harp Mitch *27.10.1963
Der Niederländer Harp Mitch ist einer der Mundharmonikaspieler, die den alten Bluessongs der fünfziger Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts treu bleiben. Mit seinem typischen Big Sound hält er nicht nur die Namen von früher, wie LittleWalter,George „hamonica“ Smith und William Clarke in Ehren, sondern auch viele große zeitgenössische „Harpplayers“, wie Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin, Mitch Kashmar oder RJ Mischo. Er weiß, wie man Einflüsse einsetzen muss, um seinen eigenen Sound zu gestalten. Seine authentische Annäherung an „Old Schoolblues“ ist bemerkenswert. Nach vielen Tourjahrenmit seiner ehemaligen Band „The Bluescasters“, ist er jetzt selbstständigmit verschiedenen Spitzenmusikern unterwegs. Bei der Meppener Blues- und Jazznacht ist der Lokalpianist „The Hoochie Coochie Man“ (alias Volker Schäfer) mit von der Partie bei seinen Bluescasters.
The Dutchman Harp Mitch is one of the harpplayers who's life remains the old blues from the fifties of the last century, with his harmonica and voice. Both literally and figuratively.
With his typical huge sound and appearance, he`s not holding the names of before, such as:
Little Walter, George "Harmonica" Smith and William Clarke,
but also many large contemporary "Harpplayers" such as:
Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin, Mitch Kashmar, RJ Mischo and many others.
He knows how to mix those influences at his own sound and groove.
Don't forget the songs from his own pencil such as: One More Time, I really do my best, Little Boys Talk, Deep Brown...
Harp Mitch is distinguished by the authentic way of approaching
"Old School Blues".
After have been on the road for many years with his former band The Bluescasters, he is now on his own with several different top musicians .
With the release of two CDs (2010 and 2012), many festivals and gigs, supporting for Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers (USA) in 2011 and 2014, Egidio "Juke" Ingala (It) 2014, Tommy Schneller Band (Ger) 2013 (to mention a few!), he has already a booklet full with great experiences !
With his typical huge sound and appearance, he`s not holding the names of before, such as:
Little Walter, George "Harmonica" Smith and William Clarke,
but also many large contemporary "Harpplayers" such as:
Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin, Mitch Kashmar, RJ Mischo and many others.
He knows how to mix those influences at his own sound and groove.
Don't forget the songs from his own pencil such as: One More Time, I really do my best, Little Boys Talk, Deep Brown...
Harp Mitch is distinguished by the authentic way of approaching
"Old School Blues".
After have been on the road for many years with his former band The Bluescasters, he is now on his own with several different top musicians .
With the release of two CDs (2010 and 2012), many festivals and gigs, supporting for Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers (USA) in 2011 and 2014, Egidio "Juke" Ingala (It) 2014, Tommy Schneller Band (Ger) 2013 (to mention a few!), he has already a booklet full with great experiences !
Harp Mitch & the Bluescaster
Harp Mitch & The Bluescasters - Up The Line
Ana Radzic *27.10.1976
Blue Family feat Ana Radzic & Katarina Arsenov
Blue Family feat Ana Radzic - Caldonia
Benny Turner *27.10.
A veteran musician of more than fifty years, Benny Turner has played everywhere from the Chitlin’ Circuit, to Europe, Japan, Australia, and all points in between. Content to be a sideman in support of the many giants he has worked with, in 2010 the time came for Benny to take his rightful place in the spotlight on center stage, to the delight of blues fans worldwide.
Born in Gilmer, Texas, Benny and his older brother, blues legend Freddie King, learned to play guitar from their mother, Ella Mae (King) Turner and her brothers Leon and Leonard King. While Freddie was captivated by the guitar and wanted to be a performer, Benny just enjoyed the music and the opportunities to share it with the older brother he admired and adored. The boys used to race home from school to catch the last few minutes of a radio show called “In the Groove,” where they heard the music of artists such as Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, Hank Williams, and T-Bone Walker.
After the family moved to Chicago in the early 50’s, what began as parallel exposure and experiences for the brothers ultimately diverged as Freddie went in one direction and Benny pursued other opportunities that came his way. While best known today as a bass player, Benny played guitar during many of his gigs in the early years, both locally in Chicago and on the road. A last-minute request to sit in with Freddie’s band to cover for Robert Elem at the Squeeze Club gave Benny his first introduction to playing bass, with some “on-the-job training” at its finest!
During the late 50’s Benny played guitar with gospel group The Kindly Shepherds, and is on a handful of their recordings for the Nashboro label (guitar and background vocals) from that time. He was also playing bass with Freddie King at legendary Chicago clubs such as the Squeeze Club and Walton’s Corner. While at Walton’s Corner, Benny met R&B singer Dee Clark, and was invited to join him on the road. Within a few days, his first exposure to touring and life on the road began, at none other than The Apollo Theater in New York, and continued at other legendary theaters including The Uptown Theater in Philadelphia, The Howard Theater in Washington DC and The Regal Theater in Chicago. Benny played in the band with Phil Upchurch, and cherishes their friendship to this day. It was an exciting time, during which Dee had his Billboard hit “Raindrops” (1961).
While on the road, Benny met Leroy Crume and Richard Gibbs, of the Soul Stirrers, and was invited to join their tour. At that time, electric bass was unheard of in gospel music and it was controversial within the band, but the group’s manager, Jesse Farley, recognized his potential contribution and hired Benny. That pioneering move laid the groundwork and inspiration for the gospel music of today, in which bass guitar plays an integral role.
By the mid-to-late 60’s Benny returned to Chicago, where he continued to play locally in various bands and also made a handful of his own recordings for the Leaner Brothers’ One-Derful and M-Pac! Labels. Not long after that, Benny re-joined his brother on the road, when the band was living every musician’s dream, playing at major festivals (domestic and international) and on the same bill as artists including Dionne Warwick, BB King, Solomon Burke, Eric Clapton and even opening for Grand Funk Railroad at Madison Square Garden in New York. While at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973, members of Freddie’s band were asked to sit in with Memphis Slim, and Benny plays bass on the recording of that act, “Memphis Slim – Very Much Alive and in Montreux.” Mickey Baker was part of that performance.
In December 1976, the dream became a nightmare. Benny lost his band mate, best friend and big brother all at once, after Freddie’s untimely passing at age 42. Completely devastated and physically debilitated by the unspeakable loss, Benny spent the next two years as a recluse, trying to make it from hour to hour, day after day. Finally, when Chicago bluesman Mighty Joe Young approached him, Benny gathered the courage to face the stage once again. With barely enough strength or stamina to make it through that first gig, Benny pushed forward, and it was the catalyst to getting him back on his feet and into the mainstream of the blues once again. One of the highlights of their time together was appearing in the 1981 film “Thief” while playing live at The Wise Fools Pub. After eight fantastic years on the road together, Mighty Joe had to stop touring due to health issues, and Benny planned his next move.
Heading to New Orleans was the next significant turning point for Benny. There, he met Marva Wright, “Blues Queen of New Orleans.” He joined the band and served as Marva’s bandleader and bass player for more than twenty years. Internationally recognized beyond the borders of New Orleans, Marva Wright and the BMW’s played all over the world in addition to being mainstays of the French Quarter music scene. In 2010, Marva passed away and Benny lost a cherished friend and bandmate, once again.
In recent years, Benny returned to the studio to produce and record three albums, showcasing his strong and soulful vocals, his signature bass style and his creative songwriting and arrangement skills. His 2011 release, "A Tribute to my Brother Freddie King," is a collection of some of his most memorable songs of his brother. In 2014, an album of all original work was released with his critically-acclaimed CD, "Journey," an homage to his musical history. Embraced by the soul and blues communities alike, Benny has enjoyed success on both the Roots Music Report and Living Blues charts with "When She's Gone" (February 2016). A collection of 6 original reissues from his first album, "Blue and Not So Blue," (now out of print) and 4 blues standards, "When She's Gone" is a musical feast dedicated to Ella Mae King Turner, the woman who raised two blues legends, the late Freddie King and little brother Benny.
http://www.bennyturner.com/bio.htmlBorn in Gilmer, Texas, Benny and his older brother, blues legend Freddie King, learned to play guitar from their mother, Ella Mae (King) Turner and her brothers Leon and Leonard King. While Freddie was captivated by the guitar and wanted to be a performer, Benny just enjoyed the music and the opportunities to share it with the older brother he admired and adored. The boys used to race home from school to catch the last few minutes of a radio show called “In the Groove,” where they heard the music of artists such as Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, Hank Williams, and T-Bone Walker.
After the family moved to Chicago in the early 50’s, what began as parallel exposure and experiences for the brothers ultimately diverged as Freddie went in one direction and Benny pursued other opportunities that came his way. While best known today as a bass player, Benny played guitar during many of his gigs in the early years, both locally in Chicago and on the road. A last-minute request to sit in with Freddie’s band to cover for Robert Elem at the Squeeze Club gave Benny his first introduction to playing bass, with some “on-the-job training” at its finest!
During the late 50’s Benny played guitar with gospel group The Kindly Shepherds, and is on a handful of their recordings for the Nashboro label (guitar and background vocals) from that time. He was also playing bass with Freddie King at legendary Chicago clubs such as the Squeeze Club and Walton’s Corner. While at Walton’s Corner, Benny met R&B singer Dee Clark, and was invited to join him on the road. Within a few days, his first exposure to touring and life on the road began, at none other than The Apollo Theater in New York, and continued at other legendary theaters including The Uptown Theater in Philadelphia, The Howard Theater in Washington DC and The Regal Theater in Chicago. Benny played in the band with Phil Upchurch, and cherishes their friendship to this day. It was an exciting time, during which Dee had his Billboard hit “Raindrops” (1961).
While on the road, Benny met Leroy Crume and Richard Gibbs, of the Soul Stirrers, and was invited to join their tour. At that time, electric bass was unheard of in gospel music and it was controversial within the band, but the group’s manager, Jesse Farley, recognized his potential contribution and hired Benny. That pioneering move laid the groundwork and inspiration for the gospel music of today, in which bass guitar plays an integral role.
By the mid-to-late 60’s Benny returned to Chicago, where he continued to play locally in various bands and also made a handful of his own recordings for the Leaner Brothers’ One-Derful and M-Pac! Labels. Not long after that, Benny re-joined his brother on the road, when the band was living every musician’s dream, playing at major festivals (domestic and international) and on the same bill as artists including Dionne Warwick, BB King, Solomon Burke, Eric Clapton and even opening for Grand Funk Railroad at Madison Square Garden in New York. While at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973, members of Freddie’s band were asked to sit in with Memphis Slim, and Benny plays bass on the recording of that act, “Memphis Slim – Very Much Alive and in Montreux.” Mickey Baker was part of that performance.
In December 1976, the dream became a nightmare. Benny lost his band mate, best friend and big brother all at once, after Freddie’s untimely passing at age 42. Completely devastated and physically debilitated by the unspeakable loss, Benny spent the next two years as a recluse, trying to make it from hour to hour, day after day. Finally, when Chicago bluesman Mighty Joe Young approached him, Benny gathered the courage to face the stage once again. With barely enough strength or stamina to make it through that first gig, Benny pushed forward, and it was the catalyst to getting him back on his feet and into the mainstream of the blues once again. One of the highlights of their time together was appearing in the 1981 film “Thief” while playing live at The Wise Fools Pub. After eight fantastic years on the road together, Mighty Joe had to stop touring due to health issues, and Benny planned his next move.
Heading to New Orleans was the next significant turning point for Benny. There, he met Marva Wright, “Blues Queen of New Orleans.” He joined the band and served as Marva’s bandleader and bass player for more than twenty years. Internationally recognized beyond the borders of New Orleans, Marva Wright and the BMW’s played all over the world in addition to being mainstays of the French Quarter music scene. In 2010, Marva passed away and Benny lost a cherished friend and bandmate, once again.
In recent years, Benny returned to the studio to produce and record three albums, showcasing his strong and soulful vocals, his signature bass style and his creative songwriting and arrangement skills. His 2011 release, "A Tribute to my Brother Freddie King," is a collection of some of his most memorable songs of his brother. In 2014, an album of all original work was released with his critically-acclaimed CD, "Journey," an homage to his musical history. Embraced by the soul and blues communities alike, Benny has enjoyed success on both the Roots Music Report and Living Blues charts with "When She's Gone" (February 2016). A collection of 6 original reissues from his first album, "Blue and Not So Blue," (now out of print) and 4 blues standards, "When She's Gone" is a musical feast dedicated to Ella Mae King Turner, the woman who raised two blues legends, the late Freddie King and little brother Benny.
Benny Turner and Real Blues at FQF 2013- Five Long Years
Benny Turner Real Blues Band with Charles Moore
R.I.P.
Peg Leg Sam +27.10.1977
Peg Leg Sam (December 18, 1911 – October 27, 1977)[1] was an American country blues harmonicist, singer and comedian.[2] He recorded "Fox Chase" and "John Henry", and worked in medicine shows.[1] He gained his nickname following an accident whilst hoboing in 1930.
Born Arthur Jackson in Jonesville, South Carolina, United States, to David Jackson, a farmer and native of Virginia, and Emma Jackson, Arthur was the fourth of six children. His fraternal great-grandmother, Racheal Williams, was born 1810 in Colonial Virginia, and was commonly referred to as a mulatto. She may have had a Caucasian mother or father, most likely, a caucasian father, as this would have been typical for the time period. Arthur went on to marry Theo S. Jackson, who was 18 years older than him, and the mother of Herbert Miller and Katherine Miller, both natives of Tennessee. In South Carolina, Peg Leg Sam made his living busking on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows. Peg Leg Sam gave his last medicine-show performance in 1972 in North Carolina, but continued to appear at music festivals in his final years.[3]
He died in Jonesville in October 1977, at the age of 65.[1]
Documentary
A biography of Peg Leg Sam, Born for Hard Luck was released by Tom Davenport in 1976. An excerpt of the documentary appears in the French film, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Leg_Sam
Peg Leg sam - Greasy Greens
Billy Wright +27.10.1991
Billy Wright (* 21. Mai 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia; † 27. Oktober 1991 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Sänger. Er hatte den Beinamen „Prince of the Blues“. Wright war eine der Hauptfiguren des Atlanta Blues nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und hatte wesentlichen Einfluss auf den späteren Rock’n’Roll-Star Little Richard, dem er zu seinen ersten Aufnahmen verhalf.
Wrights erste Aufnahme Blues for My Baby stieg 1949 bis auf Platz 3 der Billboard R&B-Charts. Weitere Hits waren u. a. Stacked Deck und Hey Little Girl (beide 1951). In der zweiten Hälfte der 1950er ließ der Plattenerfolg nach.
Wright blieb weiterhin in der Musikszene Atlantas aktiv. Ein Schlaganfall Mitte der 1970 zwang ihn kürzerzutreten. Billy Wright starb 1991 in seiner Heimatstadt.
Billy Wright (May 21, 1932 – October 28, 1991)[1] was an American jump blues singer. Wright is considered one of Little Richard's primary influences.
Biography
Billy Wright was born in Atlanta, Georgia. As a child, Wright excelled in at singing gospel music in his local church, but developed as a blues musician when he began performing in Atlanta's 81 Theater. Saxist Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams caught Wright's act when the two shared a bill with Charles Brown and Wynonie Harris, and recommended him to record producer Herman Lubinsky of Savoy Records.[2] Throughout his career, he was known as the "Prince of the Blues."[1] He was a key figure in Atlanta blues after World War II and had a major influence on rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, whom he helped get his first recording contract.[3]
He recorded his last recordings in 1959. He continued to do shows around Atlanta until he suffered a stroke, and then died of a pulmonary embolism,[1] just before his 1991 Halloween Show at the Royal Peacock in Atlanta.
Biography
Billy Wright was born in Atlanta, Georgia. As a child, Wright excelled in at singing gospel music in his local church, but developed as a blues musician when he began performing in Atlanta's 81 Theater. Saxist Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams caught Wright's act when the two shared a bill with Charles Brown and Wynonie Harris, and recommended him to record producer Herman Lubinsky of Savoy Records.[2] Throughout his career, he was known as the "Prince of the Blues."[1] He was a key figure in Atlanta blues after World War II and had a major influence on rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, whom he helped get his first recording contract.[3]
He recorded his last recordings in 1959. He continued to do shows around Atlanta until he suffered a stroke, and then died of a pulmonary embolism,[1] just before his 1991 Halloween Show at the Royal Peacock in Atlanta.
Billy Wright - Hey Little Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCCZYgfFN0
http://alchetron.com/Herbie-Goins-985400-W
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCCZYgfFN0
Hubert Leroy „Herbie“ Goins +27.10.2015
Hubert Leroy „Herbie“ Goins (* 21. Februar 1939 in Ocala, Florida; † 27. Oktober 2015 in Latina, Italien) war ein amerikanischer Sänger des Rhythm & Blues und der Soulmusik. Er wurde in Großbritannien bekannt, wo er mit Alexis Korner und mit seinen Night-Timers auftrat. Später arbeitete er von Italien aus.
Leben und Wirken
Goins wuchs in Florida auf, wo er als Kind im Chor der Baptistengemeinde sang, bevor er eine eigene Bluesband gründete, The Teen Kings. Er zog dann nach New York, wo er in Vorgruppen vor B. B. King, Bobby Bland oder Sam Cooke auftrat. Dann leistete er seinen Wehrdienst in Deutschland ab, wo er auf Edwin Starr traf.[1] Nach seiner Entlassung aus der US Army schloss er sich der Band von Eric Delaney an, mit der er nach Großbritannien ging. Dort arbeitete er 1963 bei Chris Barber, um dann in Korners Blues Incorporated zu singen. 1964 war er dort mit Dick Heckstall-Smith, Art Themen und Danny Thompson an der Aufnahme der beiden Alben Live at the Cavern und Red Hot from Alex beteiligt. [2]
Ab 1965 arbeitete Goins mit den Night-Timers, die ihren Sänger Ronnie Jones verloren hatten; zur Gruppe gehörten die Bläser Harry Beckett und Mick Eve, Organist Mike Carr, Bassist Dave Price und Bill Stephens und Speedy Acquaye an Schlagzeug und Perkussion.[3] 1966 coverte Goins mit den Night-Timers No. 1 In Your Heart für Parlophone. Goins und seine Band, zu der nun auch Gitarrist John McLaughlin gehörte, tourten im selben Jahr mit Otis Redding. Auch spielten sie mit Jimi Hendrix und John Lee Hooker. Ein Album erschien unter dem Titel Soul Soul Soul bzw. No. 1 In Your Heart. In den späten 1960er Jahren tat sich die Band mit Mick Weavers Wynder K Frog zusammen, um dann bis 1971 in Italien zu arbeiten, wo Goins blieb.[4]
Goins arbeitete in Italien als Songwriter und Musikproduzent. In den 1980er Jahren veröffentlichte er einige Funkaufnahmen wie You Don't Love Me und Scrap Rap (1983), Hold On (1984) sowie I Feel Good (1986). Weiterhin arbeitete er mit dem Bluesgitarristen Guido Toffoletti, mit dem er mehrere Alben einspielte. Ab dem Ende der 1980er Jahre trat er mit seiner Herbie Goins Soul Band auf Festivals in Europa und Nordamerika auf. Auch kam es zu Konzerten mit Barber und Heckstall-Smith. 2009 war er in Großbritannien mit Cliff Bennett, Chris Farlowe und Norman Beaker unterwegs. Weiterhin leitete er in Italien eine Gospelgruppe, die Stars of Joy.
Leben und Wirken
Goins wuchs in Florida auf, wo er als Kind im Chor der Baptistengemeinde sang, bevor er eine eigene Bluesband gründete, The Teen Kings. Er zog dann nach New York, wo er in Vorgruppen vor B. B. King, Bobby Bland oder Sam Cooke auftrat. Dann leistete er seinen Wehrdienst in Deutschland ab, wo er auf Edwin Starr traf.[1] Nach seiner Entlassung aus der US Army schloss er sich der Band von Eric Delaney an, mit der er nach Großbritannien ging. Dort arbeitete er 1963 bei Chris Barber, um dann in Korners Blues Incorporated zu singen. 1964 war er dort mit Dick Heckstall-Smith, Art Themen und Danny Thompson an der Aufnahme der beiden Alben Live at the Cavern und Red Hot from Alex beteiligt. [2]
Ab 1965 arbeitete Goins mit den Night-Timers, die ihren Sänger Ronnie Jones verloren hatten; zur Gruppe gehörten die Bläser Harry Beckett und Mick Eve, Organist Mike Carr, Bassist Dave Price und Bill Stephens und Speedy Acquaye an Schlagzeug und Perkussion.[3] 1966 coverte Goins mit den Night-Timers No. 1 In Your Heart für Parlophone. Goins und seine Band, zu der nun auch Gitarrist John McLaughlin gehörte, tourten im selben Jahr mit Otis Redding. Auch spielten sie mit Jimi Hendrix und John Lee Hooker. Ein Album erschien unter dem Titel Soul Soul Soul bzw. No. 1 In Your Heart. In den späten 1960er Jahren tat sich die Band mit Mick Weavers Wynder K Frog zusammen, um dann bis 1971 in Italien zu arbeiten, wo Goins blieb.[4]
Goins arbeitete in Italien als Songwriter und Musikproduzent. In den 1980er Jahren veröffentlichte er einige Funkaufnahmen wie You Don't Love Me und Scrap Rap (1983), Hold On (1984) sowie I Feel Good (1986). Weiterhin arbeitete er mit dem Bluesgitarristen Guido Toffoletti, mit dem er mehrere Alben einspielte. Ab dem Ende der 1980er Jahre trat er mit seiner Herbie Goins Soul Band auf Festivals in Europa und Nordamerika auf. Auch kam es zu Konzerten mit Barber und Heckstall-Smith. 2009 war er in Großbritannien mit Cliff Bennett, Chris Farlowe und Norman Beaker unterwegs. Weiterhin leitete er in Italien eine Gospelgruppe, die Stars of Joy.
Hubert Leroy "Herbie" Goins (February 21, 1939 – October 27, 2015) was an American rhythm & blues singer. He worked mainly in England in the 1960s, notably with Alexis Korner and then as the leader of Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (or Nightimers). He later continued his career based in Sezze, Italy.
Life and career
He was born and grew up in Ocala, Florida, and sang in his local church as a child before forming his first blues group, The Teen Kings. He later moved to New York City and continued his singing career, opening for such acts as B. B. King, Bobby Bland and Sam Cooke. He was drafted in the late 1950s and served as a GI in the medical corps in Germany, with Edwin Starr.[1] After leaving the US Army and joining the band led by Eric Delaney, with whom he travelled to England. Goins then joined the Chris Barber Band for a time, before, in late 1963, becoming the featured singer in Alexis Korner's band, Blues Incorporated. In February 1964, he sang on the Blues Incorporated album Live At The Cavern, and later in the year on their album Red Hot From Alex alongside such musicians as Dick Heckstall-Smith, Danny Thompson and Art Themen.[2][3]
In 1965, Goins left Korner to front another band, the Nightimers (or, sometimes, Night-Timers) who had originally formed in July 1964, after their singer Ronnie Jones left. The group quickly gained a reputation, especially among Mods, as one of the hottest R&B bands in the UK. Band members included Mick Eve (tenor saxophone) (born Michael Eve, 21 September 1937, Walthamstow, North East London), Mike Carr (keyboards), Harry Beckett (trumpet), David Price (bass), Bill Stephens (drums), and Speedy Acquaye (congas).[4] In 1966, Herbie Goins and the Night-Timers recorded "No. 1 In Your Heart", written by Clyde Wilson (who recorded as Steve Mancha) and Wilburt Jackson, and first recorded by Motown group The Monitors. Goins' single, released on the Parlophone label, was not a hit but remained popular among Mods and later Northern soul fans. He and his band, which in 1966 featured John McLaughlin on guitar, toured the UK supporting Otis Redding. They also regularly played at top clubs in London, including the Flamingo and the Marquee, on bills with Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and others, as well as touring in Europe. An album released under the title of Soul Soul Soul, or alternatively No. 1 In Your Heart, was released in some countries and featured tracks recorded in 1966-67. In the late 1960s they briefly merged with Mick Weaver's band Wynder K Frog,[2] before travelling to Italy where they worked until 1971. After some of their equipment was stolen, Goins stayed in Italy when the rest of the band returned to England.[5]
Goins then worked in Italy as a songwriter and record producer, and in television. He released several funk records in Italy in the 1980s, including "You Don't Love Me" (credited as "Herbie") and "Scrap Rap" in 1983, "Hold On" (1984), and "I Feel Good" (1986).[6] He also collaborated with Italian blues guitarist Guido Toffoletti on several albums. He resumed performing in the late 1980s, leading the Herbie Goins Soul Band, mainly at festivals in Europe but also in the US and Britain, and also occasionally reunited for shows with Barber and Heckstall-Smith.[2] In 2009 he toured the UK with Cliff Bennett, Chris Farlowe and the Norman Beaker Band. He also led a gospel vocal group, Stars of Joy.[7]
He died in Italy on October 27, 2015, aged 76.[8]
Legacy
Many of Goins' 1960s recordings were reissued on the Zonophone CD No. 1 In Your Heart in 2008.
Life and career
He was born and grew up in Ocala, Florida, and sang in his local church as a child before forming his first blues group, The Teen Kings. He later moved to New York City and continued his singing career, opening for such acts as B. B. King, Bobby Bland and Sam Cooke. He was drafted in the late 1950s and served as a GI in the medical corps in Germany, with Edwin Starr.[1] After leaving the US Army and joining the band led by Eric Delaney, with whom he travelled to England. Goins then joined the Chris Barber Band for a time, before, in late 1963, becoming the featured singer in Alexis Korner's band, Blues Incorporated. In February 1964, he sang on the Blues Incorporated album Live At The Cavern, and later in the year on their album Red Hot From Alex alongside such musicians as Dick Heckstall-Smith, Danny Thompson and Art Themen.[2][3]
In 1965, Goins left Korner to front another band, the Nightimers (or, sometimes, Night-Timers) who had originally formed in July 1964, after their singer Ronnie Jones left. The group quickly gained a reputation, especially among Mods, as one of the hottest R&B bands in the UK. Band members included Mick Eve (tenor saxophone) (born Michael Eve, 21 September 1937, Walthamstow, North East London), Mike Carr (keyboards), Harry Beckett (trumpet), David Price (bass), Bill Stephens (drums), and Speedy Acquaye (congas).[4] In 1966, Herbie Goins and the Night-Timers recorded "No. 1 In Your Heart", written by Clyde Wilson (who recorded as Steve Mancha) and Wilburt Jackson, and first recorded by Motown group The Monitors. Goins' single, released on the Parlophone label, was not a hit but remained popular among Mods and later Northern soul fans. He and his band, which in 1966 featured John McLaughlin on guitar, toured the UK supporting Otis Redding. They also regularly played at top clubs in London, including the Flamingo and the Marquee, on bills with Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and others, as well as touring in Europe. An album released under the title of Soul Soul Soul, or alternatively No. 1 In Your Heart, was released in some countries and featured tracks recorded in 1966-67. In the late 1960s they briefly merged with Mick Weaver's band Wynder K Frog,[2] before travelling to Italy where they worked until 1971. After some of their equipment was stolen, Goins stayed in Italy when the rest of the band returned to England.[5]
Goins then worked in Italy as a songwriter and record producer, and in television. He released several funk records in Italy in the 1980s, including "You Don't Love Me" (credited as "Herbie") and "Scrap Rap" in 1983, "Hold On" (1984), and "I Feel Good" (1986).[6] He also collaborated with Italian blues guitarist Guido Toffoletti on several albums. He resumed performing in the late 1980s, leading the Herbie Goins Soul Band, mainly at festivals in Europe but also in the US and Britain, and also occasionally reunited for shows with Barber and Heckstall-Smith.[2] In 2009 he toured the UK with Cliff Bennett, Chris Farlowe and the Norman Beaker Band. He also led a gospel vocal group, Stars of Joy.[7]
He died in Italy on October 27, 2015, aged 76.[8]
Legacy
Many of Goins' 1960s recordings were reissued on the Zonophone CD No. 1 In Your Heart in 2008.
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Herbie Goins starts singing in the Baptist Church of his town in Florida when he is a little boy, with his mother, a Gospel singer.
He is still a teenager when he forms his first Blues Group, The Teen Kings and he has his first successes in Florida and in other south states.
Some years later he moves to New York, and he starts his real musical formation travelling all over the States and participating in several occasions at concerts of bluesmen like B.B. King, Bobby Bland and Sam Cook.
After the military service in Germany, Herbie is engaged by the great English Orchestra of Eric Delayne and, with them, he moves to England. Then he leaves Eric Delayne to join the Chris Barber Jazz Orchestra.
But the call of the Blues is too strong, and so he becomes the official singer of the Blues Incorporated of Alexis Korner, considered the father of the White Blues, who gets together those who will become the most interesting artists of the English musical scene. (Above, Herbie with the Alexis’ group at the Twisted Wheel). Herbie sings with musicians such as Dick Heckstall Smith, Jack Bruce, Ginger Backer, Danny Thompson, Phil Seaman, and many others. Unforgettable are the albums recorded in this period as “Live at the Cavern” and “Red Hot from Alexis”.
After some years with Alexis Korner Herbie forms his own group, The Nightimers, and orients himself mostly towards Rhythm and Blues. Once again he has in his band great talent musicians like John Mc Laughlin at the guitar, just to tell one name. It is an immediate success. Herbie becomes one of the favourite singers of the Mods, a really important movement in England at that time. They follow him in all the historical London Clubs, such as Flamingo, Marquee, Sylibles. His song “Number One in Your Heart” becomes Mods’ himn. EMI engages Herbie and his records enter the charts in most of the European countries and, after years, will become great demand for collectors of rare records. (In the photo, Herbie Goins and the Nightimers in front of EMI, London)
This lo-fi version of this song / video is currently displayed via the Symphonic Distribution YouTube with full permission from the record label distributing the release. The label and its artist retain all ownership and hereby agree to all of the terms & conditions placed by Symphonic Distribution, the hosting party of this video, and all other terms as listed on their agreement. Please support the label and its artist(s) by purchasing this release via iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, and many more of the retailers located worldwide. If you are a label or artist and you are interested in getting your music out there, visit www.symphonicdistribution.com.
Herbie Goins starts singing in the Baptist Church of his town in Florida when he is a little boy, with his mother, a Gospel singer.
He is still a teenager when he forms his first Blues Group, The Teen Kings and he has his first successes in Florida and in other south states.
Some years later he moves to New York, and he starts his real musical formation travelling all over the States and participating in several occasions at concerts of bluesmen like B.B. King, Bobby Bland and Sam Cook.
After the military service in Germany, Herbie is engaged by the great English Orchestra of Eric Delayne and, with them, he moves to England. Then he leaves Eric Delayne to join the Chris Barber Jazz Orchestra.
But the call of the Blues is too strong, and so he becomes the official singer of the Blues Incorporated of Alexis Korner, considered the father of the White Blues, who gets together those who will become the most interesting artists of the English musical scene. (Above, Herbie with the Alexis’ group at the Twisted Wheel). Herbie sings with musicians such as Dick Heckstall Smith, Jack Bruce, Ginger Backer, Danny Thompson, Phil Seaman, and many others. Unforgettable are the albums recorded in this period as “Live at the Cavern” and “Red Hot from Alexis”.
After some years with Alexis Korner Herbie forms his own group, The Nightimers, and orients himself mostly towards Rhythm and Blues. Once again he has in his band great talent musicians like John Mc Laughlin at the guitar, just to tell one name. It is an immediate success. Herbie becomes one of the favourite singers of the Mods, a really important movement in England at that time. They follow him in all the historical London Clubs, such as Flamingo, Marquee, Sylibles. His song “Number One in Your Heart” becomes Mods’ himn. EMI engages Herbie and his records enter the charts in most of the European countries and, after years, will become great demand for collectors of rare records. (In the photo, Herbie Goins and the Nightimers in front of EMI, London)
This lo-fi version of this song / video is currently displayed via the Symphonic Distribution YouTube with full permission from the record label distributing the release. The label and its artist retain all ownership and hereby agree to all of the terms & conditions placed by Symphonic Distribution, the hosting party of this video, and all other terms as listed on their agreement. Please support the label and its artist(s) by purchasing this release via iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, and many more of the retailers located worldwide. If you are a label or artist and you are interested in getting your music out there, visit www.symphonicdistribution.com.
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