1881
Simeon Dooley (Blind Simmie Dooley)*
1909 Hersal
Thomas*
1929 Lavelle White*
1930 Pete Fountain*
1940 Fontella Bass*
1947 Top Topham*
1952 Andy Fraser*
1969 Annie Raines*
1969 Brian Jones+
1971 Jim Morrison+
1972 Fred McDowell+
1982 Jaimi Faulkner*
1986 Joel Fisk*
1997 Johnny Copeland+
2008 Colin
Cooper+
2017 Rudy Rotta+
Joel Fisk *03.07.1986
A journeyman for all seasons, Joel Fisk is regularly on the road with a variety of different acts, which showcase his unique skills as a guitarist and singer.
He first burst onto the rock and blues scene as a founder member of the award-winning band Hokie Joint. The band became crowd favourites on both the British and European tour circuit and even provided the soundtrack for the 2012 horror movie “Umbrage”, which starred Hellraiser actor Doug Bradley.
When the band folded, he and fellow Hokie Joint members JoJo Burgess and Stephen Cutmore rose from the ashes and formed a new group, La Vendore Rogue. The band release their debut CD – Light Up With LaVendore Rogue – in Spring 2016 and will be bringing their alternative, nourish take on the blues to a town near you soon.
His other band, Joel Fisk & The Breakdown, released their debut album – The Well – in 2015, which topped the IBBA Blues Chart and led to them supporting the likes of Robbie McIntosh, Jo Harman and Ian Siegal.
Alongside both groups, Fisk also regularly tours with Jon (The Hoax) Amor in a combo imaginatively titled Joel Fisk & Jon Amor Electro Acoustic Duo.
The list of acts Fisk has opened for over the years reads like a veritable who’s who of the rock world, including ZZ Top, Jeff Beck and Moby. Not to mention Nine Below Zero, Paul Weller and Joe Bonamassa.
He has also been nominated four times as “Guitarist of the Year” in the British Blues Awards and won the “Favourite Guitarist” category in the Digital Blues Awards, and played such prestigious venues as the 100 Club in London, the Paradiso in Amsterdam and the Cognac Blues Festival in France.
His hard work hasn’t one unnoticed, as in 2012 he signed an endorsement deal with Hofner Guitars and Rotosound Strings.
Like all the greatest blues men, Fisk has walked the line and learned his trade the old-fashioned way, night after night and gig after gig. And the truth is he’s only just getting started. Watch out world, Joel Fisk is coming for you and he’s not going to take no for an answer.
Bio by Jamie Hailstone
He first burst onto the rock and blues scene as a founder member of the award-winning band Hokie Joint. The band became crowd favourites on both the British and European tour circuit and even provided the soundtrack for the 2012 horror movie “Umbrage”, which starred Hellraiser actor Doug Bradley.
When the band folded, he and fellow Hokie Joint members JoJo Burgess and Stephen Cutmore rose from the ashes and formed a new group, La Vendore Rogue. The band release their debut CD – Light Up With LaVendore Rogue – in Spring 2016 and will be bringing their alternative, nourish take on the blues to a town near you soon.
His other band, Joel Fisk & The Breakdown, released their debut album – The Well – in 2015, which topped the IBBA Blues Chart and led to them supporting the likes of Robbie McIntosh, Jo Harman and Ian Siegal.
Alongside both groups, Fisk also regularly tours with Jon (The Hoax) Amor in a combo imaginatively titled Joel Fisk & Jon Amor Electro Acoustic Duo.
The list of acts Fisk has opened for over the years reads like a veritable who’s who of the rock world, including ZZ Top, Jeff Beck and Moby. Not to mention Nine Below Zero, Paul Weller and Joe Bonamassa.
He has also been nominated four times as “Guitarist of the Year” in the British Blues Awards and won the “Favourite Guitarist” category in the Digital Blues Awards, and played such prestigious venues as the 100 Club in London, the Paradiso in Amsterdam and the Cognac Blues Festival in France.
His hard work hasn’t one unnoticed, as in 2012 he signed an endorsement deal with Hofner Guitars and Rotosound Strings.
Like all the greatest blues men, Fisk has walked the line and learned his trade the old-fashioned way, night after night and gig after gig. And the truth is he’s only just getting started. Watch out world, Joel Fisk is coming for you and he’s not going to take no for an answer.
Bio by Jamie Hailstone
http://joelfisk.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I1TIfqQOvc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61WTC4vTot0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ArPH9mJinQ
http://www.chicagosouthsidepiano.com/hersal-thomas/
'Black Cat Bone' Joel Fisk @ The Friday House Of Blues, The Bull, Colchester - 26/04/2013
Jon Amor & Joel Fisk - Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith Cover) 2015 - soundboard audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WHhBM5n8BI
Lavelle White *03.07.1929
Lavelle White (* 3. Juli 1929 in Amite City, Louisiana, USA) ist eine afroamerikanische Blues- und Soul-Sängerin und Songwriterin.
Biografie
Geboren als Tochter von Farmpächtern (sharecroppers), begann Lavelle White bereits mit 12 Jahren, Gedichte zu schreiben, woraus sich das Songschreiben entwickelte. Mit 15 ging sie nach Houston in Texas, wo sie mit dem Gitarristen Clarence Hollimon in Clubs auftrat. Ihr Durchbruch kam, als Johnny Copeland sie Don Robey empfahl, dem Eigentümer der Plattenlabel Duke und Peacock Records.[1] Zwischen 1958 und 1964 nahm sie 14 Titel auf, die als Singles bei Duke Records veröffentlicht wurden. Einige der Songs hatte sie selbst geschrieben. Unter dem Pseudonym Deadric Malone schrieb White auch Lead Me On, 1960 ein Hit für Bobby Bland.
Nach Ende ihres Plattenvertrags tourte Lavelle White durch die Staaten. Sie stand mit vielen Musikern auf der Bühne, darunter Bobby Bland, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Junior Parker, Aretha Franklin und Jerry Butler. 1978 zog sie nach Chicago, Illinois, wo sie in Clubs mit Kollegen wie Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks und Buddy Guy auftrat. Nach acht Jahren kehrte sie nach Houston zurück, wo sie später mit dem Titel Houstonʼs Blues Artist Of The Year ausgezeichnet wurde. Schließlich zog sie in die Gegend von Austin in Texas, wo sie weiterhin auftrat.
1994, rund 30 Jahre nach ihren letzten Singles, erschien ihr erstes Album Miss Lavelle; sie war jetzt 65 Jahre alt. 1997 folgte das zweite Album It Havenʼt Been Easy; auf beiden Alben wurde sie von ihrem früheren Gitarristen Clarence Hollimon begleitet. Lavelle White trat jetzt bei großen Musik-Festivals auf, und auch das Fernsehen interessierte sich für sie. Ihr drittes Album Into the Mystic erschien 2003.
Lavelle White wurde vier Mal für einen Blues Music Award nominiert. 2006 wurde sie in die Texas Music Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Im gleichen Jahr erhielt ihre Band bei den Austin Chronicle Music Awards die Auszeichnung Best Blues Band.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavelle_White Biografie
Geboren als Tochter von Farmpächtern (sharecroppers), begann Lavelle White bereits mit 12 Jahren, Gedichte zu schreiben, woraus sich das Songschreiben entwickelte. Mit 15 ging sie nach Houston in Texas, wo sie mit dem Gitarristen Clarence Hollimon in Clubs auftrat. Ihr Durchbruch kam, als Johnny Copeland sie Don Robey empfahl, dem Eigentümer der Plattenlabel Duke und Peacock Records.[1] Zwischen 1958 und 1964 nahm sie 14 Titel auf, die als Singles bei Duke Records veröffentlicht wurden. Einige der Songs hatte sie selbst geschrieben. Unter dem Pseudonym Deadric Malone schrieb White auch Lead Me On, 1960 ein Hit für Bobby Bland.
Nach Ende ihres Plattenvertrags tourte Lavelle White durch die Staaten. Sie stand mit vielen Musikern auf der Bühne, darunter Bobby Bland, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Junior Parker, Aretha Franklin und Jerry Butler. 1978 zog sie nach Chicago, Illinois, wo sie in Clubs mit Kollegen wie Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks und Buddy Guy auftrat. Nach acht Jahren kehrte sie nach Houston zurück, wo sie später mit dem Titel Houstonʼs Blues Artist Of The Year ausgezeichnet wurde. Schließlich zog sie in die Gegend von Austin in Texas, wo sie weiterhin auftrat.
1994, rund 30 Jahre nach ihren letzten Singles, erschien ihr erstes Album Miss Lavelle; sie war jetzt 65 Jahre alt. 1997 folgte das zweite Album It Havenʼt Been Easy; auf beiden Alben wurde sie von ihrem früheren Gitarristen Clarence Hollimon begleitet. Lavelle White trat jetzt bei großen Musik-Festivals auf, und auch das Fernsehen interessierte sich für sie. Ihr drittes Album Into the Mystic erschien 2003.
Lavelle White wurde vier Mal für einen Blues Music Award nominiert. 2006 wurde sie in die Texas Music Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Im gleichen Jahr erhielt ihre Band bei den Austin Chronicle Music Awards die Auszeichnung Best Blues Band.
Lavelle White (born July 3, 1929)[2] is an American Texas blues and soul blues singer and songwriter. After performing most of her adult lifetime, White released three albums, the first of which was issued in 1994, when she was aged 65.
Life and career
Lillia Lavell White[2] was born in Amite City, Louisiana. Her parents were sharecroppers.[1][3]
She started to write poetry at the age of 12, which led her to songwriting,[1] and singing gospel songs.[4] White relocated to Houston, Texas, at the age of 15, and started to perform in that city's blues clubs with the guitarist Clarence Hollimon.[1][5] Her break came when Johnny Copeland recommended her to Don Robey, the owner of the Duke and Peacock record labels.[1] She was then billed as Miss La-Vell. White recorded fourteen tracks, releasing a number of singles for Duke, between 1958 and 1964.[6] These included "If I Could Be with You", "Just Look at You Fool", "Stop These Teardrops", and "The Tide of Love". She wrote several of her songs and has been writing for most of her lifetime.[1] White co-wrote Bobby Bland's "Lead Me On", which was a hit in 1960, though her contribution was credited to Deadric Malone, a pseudonym used by Robey.[5] She appeared in local revues until the late 1960s.[4]
White toured across the United States when her recording contract expired.[1] In the 1960s she shared stages with many musicians, including Bland, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Junior Parker, Aretha Franklin and Jerry Butler.[5] She moved to Chicago in 1978, where she performed in various clubs and worked with Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks and Buddy Guy. She returned to Houston eight years later.[7] White was later voted Houston's Blues Artist of the Year.[3] She relocated again and became a regular performer in the Austin area, including a residency at Antone's.[5]
However, her debut album was not released until 1994, when Miss Lavelle was issued on the Antone's label. It was her first recording for almost 30 years.[1] White appeared at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1995. She has also performed at the Houston International Festival. Her second album, It Haven't Been Easy, was released in 1997.[1] Both albums feature guitar work from her former performing colleague, Clarence Hollimon.[6] The same year, White appeared with Delbert McClinton on the television program Austin City Limits.[8] Her third album, Into the Mystic, was released in 2003.[9]
She has been nominated several times for a Blues Music Award,[10] and in 2006 was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame.[4] The same year her ensemble was voted the Best Blues Band in The Austin Chronicle Music Awards.[11]
White recently appeared at the Ponderosa Stomp music festival.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavelle_WhiteLife and career
Lillia Lavell White[2] was born in Amite City, Louisiana. Her parents were sharecroppers.[1][3]
She started to write poetry at the age of 12, which led her to songwriting,[1] and singing gospel songs.[4] White relocated to Houston, Texas, at the age of 15, and started to perform in that city's blues clubs with the guitarist Clarence Hollimon.[1][5] Her break came when Johnny Copeland recommended her to Don Robey, the owner of the Duke and Peacock record labels.[1] She was then billed as Miss La-Vell. White recorded fourteen tracks, releasing a number of singles for Duke, between 1958 and 1964.[6] These included "If I Could Be with You", "Just Look at You Fool", "Stop These Teardrops", and "The Tide of Love". She wrote several of her songs and has been writing for most of her lifetime.[1] White co-wrote Bobby Bland's "Lead Me On", which was a hit in 1960, though her contribution was credited to Deadric Malone, a pseudonym used by Robey.[5] She appeared in local revues until the late 1960s.[4]
White toured across the United States when her recording contract expired.[1] In the 1960s she shared stages with many musicians, including Bland, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Junior Parker, Aretha Franklin and Jerry Butler.[5] She moved to Chicago in 1978, where she performed in various clubs and worked with Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks and Buddy Guy. She returned to Houston eight years later.[7] White was later voted Houston's Blues Artist of the Year.[3] She relocated again and became a regular performer in the Austin area, including a residency at Antone's.[5]
However, her debut album was not released until 1994, when Miss Lavelle was issued on the Antone's label. It was her first recording for almost 30 years.[1] White appeared at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1995. She has also performed at the Houston International Festival. Her second album, It Haven't Been Easy, was released in 1997.[1] Both albums feature guitar work from her former performing colleague, Clarence Hollimon.[6] The same year, White appeared with Delbert McClinton on the television program Austin City Limits.[8] Her third album, Into the Mystic, was released in 2003.[9]
She has been nominated several times for a Blues Music Award,[10] and in 2006 was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame.[4] The same year her ensemble was voted the Best Blues Band in The Austin Chronicle Music Awards.[11]
White recently appeared at the Ponderosa Stomp music festival.
Miss LaVelle White sings the Blues at The Skylark Lounge in Austin, Texas Sept. 6, 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I1TIfqQOvc
Pete Fountain *03.07.1930
Pete Fountain, eigentlich Pierre Dewey LaFontaine jr., (* 3. Juli 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana; † 6. August 2016 ebenda[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzklarinettist des New Orleans Jazz.
Leben und Wirken
Fountain begann mit 9 Jahren Klarinette zu spielen („um seine Lungen zu stärken“, wie er in einem Interview 2003 sagte) und wurde stark durch den New-Orleans-Klarinettisten Irving Fazola (1912–1949) beeinflusst (und dieser wiederum durch Leon Roppolo und Jimmie Noone).[2] Er spielte in den Bands des Schlagzeugers Monk Hazel (1920–1980) und des Trompeters Al Hirt (1922–1999), bevor er 1950 mit seinem Freund, dem Trompeter George Girard, die „Basin Street Six“ gründete. 1954 trat er der Band von Lawrence Welk bei, die mit einer eigenen TV Show (1957 bis 1959) bei ABC landesweit übertragen wurde und Fountain bekannt machte.[3] Wieder in New Orleans spielte er mit den „Dukes of Dixieland“ der Assunto-Brüder[4] und danach in Bands unter eigenem Namen. Er spielte in den 1960er Jahren häufig im Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles und trat häufig (58 Mal) in der Tonight Show von Johnny Carson auf. In den 1960er und 1970er Jahren hatte er einen eigenen Jazzclub im French Quarter und später bis 2003 „Pete Fountain’s Jazz Club“ im Riverside Hilton in New Orleans, danach im Bay-Saint-Louis-Casino. Dort verlor er auch im Hurrikan Katrina 2005 sein Haus. Im selben Jahr unterzog er sich einer Herzoperation – das einzige Mal, dass er den Mardi-Gras-Umzug verpasste.
Er war einer der Gründer des Mardi-Gras- bzw. Karnevalsvereins „The Half Fast Walking Club“. Unter eigenem Namen veröffentlichte er mehr als 100 Platten oder CDs, wovon Pete Fountain’s New Orleans, Mr. New Orleans und The Rules Gold erreichten. 2006 erhielt er die Ehrendoktorwürde der Loyola University New Orleans. Er wurde viermal von US-Präsidenten eingeladen, im Weißen Haus zu spielen. 1987 spielte er vor dem Papst auf seiner Messe in New Orleans.
1972 schrieb er seine Autobiographie A Closer Walk – the Pete Fountain Story, benannt nach seinem Erkennungs-Hit „Just a Closer Walk with Thee“. 2014 beendete er seine Karriere.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Fountain Leben und Wirken
Fountain begann mit 9 Jahren Klarinette zu spielen („um seine Lungen zu stärken“, wie er in einem Interview 2003 sagte) und wurde stark durch den New-Orleans-Klarinettisten Irving Fazola (1912–1949) beeinflusst (und dieser wiederum durch Leon Roppolo und Jimmie Noone).[2] Er spielte in den Bands des Schlagzeugers Monk Hazel (1920–1980) und des Trompeters Al Hirt (1922–1999), bevor er 1950 mit seinem Freund, dem Trompeter George Girard, die „Basin Street Six“ gründete. 1954 trat er der Band von Lawrence Welk bei, die mit einer eigenen TV Show (1957 bis 1959) bei ABC landesweit übertragen wurde und Fountain bekannt machte.[3] Wieder in New Orleans spielte er mit den „Dukes of Dixieland“ der Assunto-Brüder[4] und danach in Bands unter eigenem Namen. Er spielte in den 1960er Jahren häufig im Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles und trat häufig (58 Mal) in der Tonight Show von Johnny Carson auf. In den 1960er und 1970er Jahren hatte er einen eigenen Jazzclub im French Quarter und später bis 2003 „Pete Fountain’s Jazz Club“ im Riverside Hilton in New Orleans, danach im Bay-Saint-Louis-Casino. Dort verlor er auch im Hurrikan Katrina 2005 sein Haus. Im selben Jahr unterzog er sich einer Herzoperation – das einzige Mal, dass er den Mardi-Gras-Umzug verpasste.
Er war einer der Gründer des Mardi-Gras- bzw. Karnevalsvereins „The Half Fast Walking Club“. Unter eigenem Namen veröffentlichte er mehr als 100 Platten oder CDs, wovon Pete Fountain’s New Orleans, Mr. New Orleans und The Rules Gold erreichten. 2006 erhielt er die Ehrendoktorwürde der Loyola University New Orleans. Er wurde viermal von US-Präsidenten eingeladen, im Weißen Haus zu spielen. 1987 spielte er vor dem Papst auf seiner Messe in New Orleans.
1972 schrieb er seine Autobiographie A Closer Walk – the Pete Fountain Story, benannt nach seinem Erkennungs-Hit „Just a Closer Walk with Thee“. 2014 beendete er seine Karriere.
Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016),[1][2] better known as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist. He played in traditional and contemporary genres of jazz, such as Dixieland, pop jazz, honky-tonk jazz, as well as pop, and Creole music.
Early life and education
Pierre Dewey Fountain, Jr.,[3] was born on White Street, in New Orleans, between Dumaine and St. Ann, in a small Creole cottage-style frame house, to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline. Pete was the great-grandson of a French immigrant, François Fontaine, who was born in Toulon, circa 1796, and came to the U.S. in the early 19th century, and died on the Mississippi Gulf Coast circa 1885.[1] Pete's father, a truck driver and a part-time musician, changed the family name to Fountain.[2][4]
He started playing clarinet as a child at the McDonogh 28 school located on Esplanade Avenue. As a child, young Pete was very sickly, frequently battling respiratory infections due to weakened lungs. He was given expensive medication but it proved to be not very effective. During a pharmacy visit, Pete's father began a discussion with a neighborhood doctor who was also there shopping and talked with him about his son's condition. The doctor agreed to see the boy the following day. After a short exam, the doctor confirmed the weak lung condition and advised the father to try an unorthodox treatment: purchase the child a musical instrument, anything he has to blow into. The same day, they went to a local music store and, given his choice of instruments, Pete chose the clarinet (after first wanting the drums, which his father declined per the doctor's orders). At first, Pete was unable to produce a sound from the instrument, but he continued to practice and eventually not only made sounds and eventually music, but greatly improved the health of his lungs.
He took private lessons but also learned to play jazz by playing along with phonograph records of first Benny Goodman and then Irving Fazola. By the time he reached his teens, he was playing regular gigs in the nightclubs on Bourbon Street.[5] According to Fountain:
When I was a high school senior, my history teacher asked me why I didn’t study more... I answered that I was too busy playing clarinet every night, and when I told him I was making scale — about $125 a week — he said that was more than he made and I should play full time. I guess I was a professional from that point on.[5]
One of Fountain's early engagements were with the bands of Monk Hazel. Fountain founded the Basin Street Six in 1950 with his longtime friend, trumpeter George Girard.[5] In 1954, after the Basin Street Six folded, Fountain briefly went to Chicago to play with the Dukes of Dixieland, then returned to New Orleans and teamed up with Al Hirt to lead a band, playing an extended residence at Dan Levy’s Pier 600.[5]
Lawrence Welk orchestra
A talent scout for Lawrence Welk, who saw Fountain performing at the Pier 600, invited him to join Welk's orchestra in Los Angeles, where he relocated and lived for two years. Fountain became well known for his many solos on Welk's ABC television show, The Lawrence Welk Show.[5] He was rumored to have quit when Welk refused to let him "jazz up" a Christmas carol on the 1958 Christmas show. Other accounts, including one in Fountain's autobiography A Closer Walk With Pete Fountain, indicate he in fact played a jazzy rendition of "Silver Bells" on the show which upset Welk, leading to Fountain's departure in early 1959. In an interview, Fountain said he left The Lawrence Welk Show because "champagne and bourbon don't mix."[6] Fountain was hired by Decca Records A&R head Charles "Bud" Dant and went on to produce 42 hit albums with Dant. After Welk's death, Fountain would occasionally join with the Welk musical family for reunion shows.
Return to New Orleans
Fountain returned to New Orleans, played with the Dukes of Dixieland, then began leading bands under his own name. He owned his own club in the French Quarter in the 1960s and 1970s. He later acquired "Pete Fountain's Jazz Club" at the Riverside Hilton in downtown New Orleans.
The New Orleans Jazz Club presented "Pete Fountain Day" on October 19, 1959, with celebrations honoring the pride of their city, concluding with a packed concert that evening. His Quintett was made up of his studio recording musicians, Stan Kenton's bassist Don Bagley, vibeist Godfrey Hirsch, pianist Merle Koch, and the double bass drummer Jack Sperling. Fountain brought these same players together in 1963 when they played the Hollywood Bowl. Pete would make the trek to Hollywood many times, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 56 times.
Fountain opened his club, the French Quarter Inn, located in the heart of the famed French Quarter district, at 800 Bourbon Street, in the spring of 1960. His group members were Oliver "Stick" Felix on bass, John Probst on piano, Paul Guma on guitar, Godfrey Hirsch on vibes, and Jack Sperling on drums. In no time at all, major entertainers found their way there. Cliff Arquette and Jonathan Winters were there on opening night and performed their comedy routines. Over the next few years Frank Sinatra, Phil Harris, Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet, Keely Smith, Robert Mitchum, and Brenda Lee, among many others, came to the club. Many would perform with the band, and Brenda Lee's sit-in resulted in a duet record album recorded by her and Pete. Benny Goodman came to the club twice, but without bringing his clarinet.[7]
His greatest friendly rivalry was with trumpeter Al Hirt, whose club was down the street from Fountain's. They stole musicians from each other, and sometimes came into each other's clubs and played together. They were good friends who came up together and later recorded several albums together.
In 2003, Fountain closed his club at the Hilton with a performance before a packed house filled with musical friends and fans. He began performing two nights a week at Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he also had a home (later destroyed by Hurricane Katrina).
After heart surgery in 2006, he performed at [the] JazzFest and helped reopen the Bay St. Louis casino. It has since been renamed the Hollywood Casino. He performed his last show at Hollywood Casino on December 8, 2010,[8] before returning to help reopen the resort in 2014, by which point he was mostly retired.
Half-Fast Walking Club
Fountain was a founder and the most prominent member of the Half-Fast Walking Club, one of the best known freelance marching units that parade in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day. The original name was "The Half-Assed Walking Club," and it was an excuse to take a "lubricated" musical stroll down the parade route. Pete changed the name under pressure exerted by the parade organizers. On Mardi Gras Day 2007, Pete again joined his Half-Fast Walking Club, having missed the event in 2006 due to illness.
Musical style
Fountain's clarinet work was noted for his sweet fluid tone. He recorded over 100 LPs and CDs under his own name, some in the Dixieland style, many others with only peripheral relevance to any type of jazz.
The distinctive Fountain sound — more woody than most — came from the crystal mouthpieces he played with since 1949. His first crystal mouthpiece was actually Irving Fazola's, given to Pete by Fazola's mother after Faz's death, because she had heard him play and noted how he played like her son. That mouthpiece was shattered on the bandstand one night when Pete had played his solo and was standing by as trumpeter George Girard played his [own solo], and Girard brought his trumpet down suddenly on top of the mouthpiece. Pete kept the shattered mouthpiece, and played other crystal mouthpieces from then on.[9]
Fountain led the Pete Fountain Quintett, a New Orleans French Quarter jazz band of Fountain and his Creole-style music. The "Quintett" had many musicians over the years, but primarily recorded with Jack Sperling on drums, bassists Don Bagley or Morty Corb, vibeist Godfrey Hirch, and pianists Merle Kock or Stan Wrightsman.
Personal life
Fountain married Beverly Lang on October 27, 1951; they remained married for sixty-five years until his death. They have two sons and a daughter: Kevin, Jeffrey, and Dahra.[10] Dahra's husband, Benny Harrell, was Fountain's manager in his later years.
Fountain died of heart failure in his home town on August 6, 2016, at the age of eighty-six. He had suffered from heart problems and was in hospice care when he died.[1][4]
At the time of his death, Fountain was registered to vote in Orleans Parish as an Independent under the name Peter D. Fountain, Jr.[11]
Awards and honors
2006, Loyola University New Orleans awarded Fountain an honorary degree.
On March 18, 2007, Pete Fountain was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.[12]
On April 5, 2008, Fountain was inducted at the seventh annual Delta Music Museum Festival in Ferriday in Concordia Parish. An exhibit was dedicated to Fountain, and he received a star on the museum "Walk of Fame" sidewalk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_FountainEarly life and education
Pierre Dewey Fountain, Jr.,[3] was born on White Street, in New Orleans, between Dumaine and St. Ann, in a small Creole cottage-style frame house, to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline. Pete was the great-grandson of a French immigrant, François Fontaine, who was born in Toulon, circa 1796, and came to the U.S. in the early 19th century, and died on the Mississippi Gulf Coast circa 1885.[1] Pete's father, a truck driver and a part-time musician, changed the family name to Fountain.[2][4]
He started playing clarinet as a child at the McDonogh 28 school located on Esplanade Avenue. As a child, young Pete was very sickly, frequently battling respiratory infections due to weakened lungs. He was given expensive medication but it proved to be not very effective. During a pharmacy visit, Pete's father began a discussion with a neighborhood doctor who was also there shopping and talked with him about his son's condition. The doctor agreed to see the boy the following day. After a short exam, the doctor confirmed the weak lung condition and advised the father to try an unorthodox treatment: purchase the child a musical instrument, anything he has to blow into. The same day, they went to a local music store and, given his choice of instruments, Pete chose the clarinet (after first wanting the drums, which his father declined per the doctor's orders). At first, Pete was unable to produce a sound from the instrument, but he continued to practice and eventually not only made sounds and eventually music, but greatly improved the health of his lungs.
He took private lessons but also learned to play jazz by playing along with phonograph records of first Benny Goodman and then Irving Fazola. By the time he reached his teens, he was playing regular gigs in the nightclubs on Bourbon Street.[5] According to Fountain:
When I was a high school senior, my history teacher asked me why I didn’t study more... I answered that I was too busy playing clarinet every night, and when I told him I was making scale — about $125 a week — he said that was more than he made and I should play full time. I guess I was a professional from that point on.[5]
One of Fountain's early engagements were with the bands of Monk Hazel. Fountain founded the Basin Street Six in 1950 with his longtime friend, trumpeter George Girard.[5] In 1954, after the Basin Street Six folded, Fountain briefly went to Chicago to play with the Dukes of Dixieland, then returned to New Orleans and teamed up with Al Hirt to lead a band, playing an extended residence at Dan Levy’s Pier 600.[5]
Lawrence Welk orchestra
A talent scout for Lawrence Welk, who saw Fountain performing at the Pier 600, invited him to join Welk's orchestra in Los Angeles, where he relocated and lived for two years. Fountain became well known for his many solos on Welk's ABC television show, The Lawrence Welk Show.[5] He was rumored to have quit when Welk refused to let him "jazz up" a Christmas carol on the 1958 Christmas show. Other accounts, including one in Fountain's autobiography A Closer Walk With Pete Fountain, indicate he in fact played a jazzy rendition of "Silver Bells" on the show which upset Welk, leading to Fountain's departure in early 1959. In an interview, Fountain said he left The Lawrence Welk Show because "champagne and bourbon don't mix."[6] Fountain was hired by Decca Records A&R head Charles "Bud" Dant and went on to produce 42 hit albums with Dant. After Welk's death, Fountain would occasionally join with the Welk musical family for reunion shows.
Return to New Orleans
Fountain returned to New Orleans, played with the Dukes of Dixieland, then began leading bands under his own name. He owned his own club in the French Quarter in the 1960s and 1970s. He later acquired "Pete Fountain's Jazz Club" at the Riverside Hilton in downtown New Orleans.
The New Orleans Jazz Club presented "Pete Fountain Day" on October 19, 1959, with celebrations honoring the pride of their city, concluding with a packed concert that evening. His Quintett was made up of his studio recording musicians, Stan Kenton's bassist Don Bagley, vibeist Godfrey Hirsch, pianist Merle Koch, and the double bass drummer Jack Sperling. Fountain brought these same players together in 1963 when they played the Hollywood Bowl. Pete would make the trek to Hollywood many times, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 56 times.
Fountain opened his club, the French Quarter Inn, located in the heart of the famed French Quarter district, at 800 Bourbon Street, in the spring of 1960. His group members were Oliver "Stick" Felix on bass, John Probst on piano, Paul Guma on guitar, Godfrey Hirsch on vibes, and Jack Sperling on drums. In no time at all, major entertainers found their way there. Cliff Arquette and Jonathan Winters were there on opening night and performed their comedy routines. Over the next few years Frank Sinatra, Phil Harris, Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet, Keely Smith, Robert Mitchum, and Brenda Lee, among many others, came to the club. Many would perform with the band, and Brenda Lee's sit-in resulted in a duet record album recorded by her and Pete. Benny Goodman came to the club twice, but without bringing his clarinet.[7]
His greatest friendly rivalry was with trumpeter Al Hirt, whose club was down the street from Fountain's. They stole musicians from each other, and sometimes came into each other's clubs and played together. They were good friends who came up together and later recorded several albums together.
In 2003, Fountain closed his club at the Hilton with a performance before a packed house filled with musical friends and fans. He began performing two nights a week at Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he also had a home (later destroyed by Hurricane Katrina).
After heart surgery in 2006, he performed at [the] JazzFest and helped reopen the Bay St. Louis casino. It has since been renamed the Hollywood Casino. He performed his last show at Hollywood Casino on December 8, 2010,[8] before returning to help reopen the resort in 2014, by which point he was mostly retired.
Half-Fast Walking Club
Fountain was a founder and the most prominent member of the Half-Fast Walking Club, one of the best known freelance marching units that parade in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day. The original name was "The Half-Assed Walking Club," and it was an excuse to take a "lubricated" musical stroll down the parade route. Pete changed the name under pressure exerted by the parade organizers. On Mardi Gras Day 2007, Pete again joined his Half-Fast Walking Club, having missed the event in 2006 due to illness.
Musical style
Fountain's clarinet work was noted for his sweet fluid tone. He recorded over 100 LPs and CDs under his own name, some in the Dixieland style, many others with only peripheral relevance to any type of jazz.
The distinctive Fountain sound — more woody than most — came from the crystal mouthpieces he played with since 1949. His first crystal mouthpiece was actually Irving Fazola's, given to Pete by Fazola's mother after Faz's death, because she had heard him play and noted how he played like her son. That mouthpiece was shattered on the bandstand one night when Pete had played his solo and was standing by as trumpeter George Girard played his [own solo], and Girard brought his trumpet down suddenly on top of the mouthpiece. Pete kept the shattered mouthpiece, and played other crystal mouthpieces from then on.[9]
Fountain led the Pete Fountain Quintett, a New Orleans French Quarter jazz band of Fountain and his Creole-style music. The "Quintett" had many musicians over the years, but primarily recorded with Jack Sperling on drums, bassists Don Bagley or Morty Corb, vibeist Godfrey Hirch, and pianists Merle Kock or Stan Wrightsman.
Personal life
Fountain married Beverly Lang on October 27, 1951; they remained married for sixty-five years until his death. They have two sons and a daughter: Kevin, Jeffrey, and Dahra.[10] Dahra's husband, Benny Harrell, was Fountain's manager in his later years.
Fountain died of heart failure in his home town on August 6, 2016, at the age of eighty-six. He had suffered from heart problems and was in hospice care when he died.[1][4]
At the time of his death, Fountain was registered to vote in Orleans Parish as an Independent under the name Peter D. Fountain, Jr.[11]
Awards and honors
2006, Loyola University New Orleans awarded Fountain an honorary degree.
On March 18, 2007, Pete Fountain was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.[12]
On April 5, 2008, Fountain was inducted at the seventh annual Delta Music Museum Festival in Ferriday in Concordia Parish. An exhibit was dedicated to Fountain, and he received a star on the museum "Walk of Fame" sidewalk.
Pete Fountain - Basin Street Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61WTC4vTot0
Jaimi Faulkner *03.07.1982
Mix great song-writing, incredible guitar playing, a warm soulful voice and irresistible live performance and you’ll get Jaimi Faulkner, a young multi-talented Australian. With just his guitar, a stomp box and his voice, Faulkner mixes different musical styles and creates one that is uniquely his own.
After posting a cover of CRO’s Einmal Um Die Welt in late 2013, Faulkner gained the attention of famous German Hip-Hop producer Ralf Mayer (Clueso, Fantastische 4, Marc Forster). Faulkner and Mayer connected and after a day of talking about music, the idea of making an album together was born. The concept of working with a Hip Hop producer intrigued Faulkner and after playing Mayer some early demos, Mayer decided the best place to capture the sound and essence of the album was to record in the hills of Motril Spain at Gismo 7 Studios. The end result is Faulkner’s latest musical offering, Up All Night. ‘Ralf was really adamant that to capture the up-tempo nature of the music we had to escape the grey of Berlin and head somewhere where the sun is always shining. Motril in Spain was a great choice.’
Up All Night is Faulkner’s first album featuring his European band. The album, whilst up-tempo in nature, deals with the issues of love, loss and heartache as well as delving into the issues of the world’s growing social divide. ‘There are a lot of songs on this record written from the voice of someone else. I spent a lot of time over the last year, reading about world events and becoming increasing dismayed at the growing social divide. Songs on the album like Up All night and It Ain’t Easy explore what every day life is like for those struggling to get by.’
Up All Night also features an intimate duet with Sarah Bettens (K’s Choice) on the track Lost Love that they co-wrote in the winter of 2013. ‘It was a cold winters evening in 2013 when we first got together in Sarah’s Studio in Belgium. We seemed to click immediately and within two hours of writing we had finished the song Lost Love which is probably the most raw and intimate song on the album’
The album was not always easy going however, and there were setbacks along the way. ‘After setting up in Spain my drummer suffered some serious health problems and late on the second evening before we had even recorded a note, he was rushed to hospital where he stayed for a few days. It was a pretty stressful time. Obviously we were really concerned about his wellbeing, as well as being very aware that we might have to postpone the making of the album to another time. But luckily for him and for the album, he recovered quickly and after a few days recovering in the Spanish sun, he was ready to get back into the studio.
Up All Night is Faulkner’s fourth studio album. Brought up on a diet rich in Blues, Country, Soul and Folk music, Faulkner learned to play guitar on his father’s old beaten up nylon string guitar. In his teens, Faulkner started to write his own songs and combined his interest in pop music with influences from his childhood. At the age of 21 he released his first album Last Light, which debuted at No. 5 on the Australian Rhythms Magazine Charts where it held its position for four months. Music agents in Australia noticed his talent and invited him to support the late Chris Whitley in 2005.
With the success of Last Light, still fresh, Jaimi hit both international and local highways, playing more than 200 shows a year. These included performances at the American Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, playing with the legendary Big Jack Johnson.
In 2008, Jaimi won the prestigious Australian Blues/Roots Performer Of The Year Award and was awarded the opportunity to represent Australia at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Back home his reputation continued to rise with further invitations to support Chris Isaak and Jeff Martin (The Tea Party) on their Australian Tours.
In 2009, after returning from the U.S, Jaimi recorded and released his second studio album Kiss & Ride. Folk, Blues and Soul influences feature heavily on this album and early in 2010 Jaimi was awarded Song Of The Year at Australia’s prestigious M.B.A.S. awards night for his single Highway Life from the same album.
With just one suitcase and his trusty Maton acoustic guitar by his side, Jaimi relocated from his hometown of Melbourne to the bursting arts hub of Berlin. Having secured a Dutch and German booking agent, Jaimi left his Australian band behind and hit the road alone, performing as a solo artist. By the end of 2010, he had performed in many German and Dutch venues, begun to appear on Dutch national radio and opened for The Holmes Brothers, Tom Dice, Rory Block, Tina Dico and Guy Forsyth.
Faulkner continued his rigorous touring schedule in 2011, performing at big festivals, sharing sold out stages alongside famous Dutch soul singer Waylon and British singer-songwriter Jon Allen, as well as two big German-Austrian tours opening for eighties pop royalty Paul Young, and later that year for U.S singer Vonda Shepard (Ally McBeal). Faulker’s live performance and growing reputation was recognised by respected music magazine OOR: ‘whoever sees Faulkner on stage is immediately sold. Faulkner is going to be big’.
Jaimi released his first European release on V2 Records in the Benelux in May 2013; Turn Me Around was very well received in The Netherlands, where it peaked on the Dutch Alternative music charts at number 1 and the overall music charts at number 33.
On the back of the albums success, Faulkner was invited to perform on national Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 6 and even national TV, RTL 4’s Koffietijd. The most prestigious of invitations coming from famous 3FM DJ Giel Beelen who invited Faulkner to perform his song In My Fathers Boots during drive time to over 1 million listeners. Giel declaring on the show ‘Oh man, I love your sound… What fantastic guitar playing, what a magnificent voice.’
Success also followed shortly after in Germany with Faulkner appearing on prime time National TV(Morgenmagazine) and being invited on a European tour opening for UK popstar Tom Odell.
Faulkner’s new release Up All Night will be released on March 13th 2015 on Marx Capital Records and a subsequent tour will take him through Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands from the March 17th until April 3rd.
http://www.jaimifaulkner.com/biography/ After posting a cover of CRO’s Einmal Um Die Welt in late 2013, Faulkner gained the attention of famous German Hip-Hop producer Ralf Mayer (Clueso, Fantastische 4, Marc Forster). Faulkner and Mayer connected and after a day of talking about music, the idea of making an album together was born. The concept of working with a Hip Hop producer intrigued Faulkner and after playing Mayer some early demos, Mayer decided the best place to capture the sound and essence of the album was to record in the hills of Motril Spain at Gismo 7 Studios. The end result is Faulkner’s latest musical offering, Up All Night. ‘Ralf was really adamant that to capture the up-tempo nature of the music we had to escape the grey of Berlin and head somewhere where the sun is always shining. Motril in Spain was a great choice.’
Up All Night is Faulkner’s first album featuring his European band. The album, whilst up-tempo in nature, deals with the issues of love, loss and heartache as well as delving into the issues of the world’s growing social divide. ‘There are a lot of songs on this record written from the voice of someone else. I spent a lot of time over the last year, reading about world events and becoming increasing dismayed at the growing social divide. Songs on the album like Up All night and It Ain’t Easy explore what every day life is like for those struggling to get by.’
Up All Night also features an intimate duet with Sarah Bettens (K’s Choice) on the track Lost Love that they co-wrote in the winter of 2013. ‘It was a cold winters evening in 2013 when we first got together in Sarah’s Studio in Belgium. We seemed to click immediately and within two hours of writing we had finished the song Lost Love which is probably the most raw and intimate song on the album’
The album was not always easy going however, and there were setbacks along the way. ‘After setting up in Spain my drummer suffered some serious health problems and late on the second evening before we had even recorded a note, he was rushed to hospital where he stayed for a few days. It was a pretty stressful time. Obviously we were really concerned about his wellbeing, as well as being very aware that we might have to postpone the making of the album to another time. But luckily for him and for the album, he recovered quickly and after a few days recovering in the Spanish sun, he was ready to get back into the studio.
Up All Night is Faulkner’s fourth studio album. Brought up on a diet rich in Blues, Country, Soul and Folk music, Faulkner learned to play guitar on his father’s old beaten up nylon string guitar. In his teens, Faulkner started to write his own songs and combined his interest in pop music with influences from his childhood. At the age of 21 he released his first album Last Light, which debuted at No. 5 on the Australian Rhythms Magazine Charts where it held its position for four months. Music agents in Australia noticed his talent and invited him to support the late Chris Whitley in 2005.
With the success of Last Light, still fresh, Jaimi hit both international and local highways, playing more than 200 shows a year. These included performances at the American Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, playing with the legendary Big Jack Johnson.
In 2008, Jaimi won the prestigious Australian Blues/Roots Performer Of The Year Award and was awarded the opportunity to represent Australia at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Back home his reputation continued to rise with further invitations to support Chris Isaak and Jeff Martin (The Tea Party) on their Australian Tours.
In 2009, after returning from the U.S, Jaimi recorded and released his second studio album Kiss & Ride. Folk, Blues and Soul influences feature heavily on this album and early in 2010 Jaimi was awarded Song Of The Year at Australia’s prestigious M.B.A.S. awards night for his single Highway Life from the same album.
With just one suitcase and his trusty Maton acoustic guitar by his side, Jaimi relocated from his hometown of Melbourne to the bursting arts hub of Berlin. Having secured a Dutch and German booking agent, Jaimi left his Australian band behind and hit the road alone, performing as a solo artist. By the end of 2010, he had performed in many German and Dutch venues, begun to appear on Dutch national radio and opened for The Holmes Brothers, Tom Dice, Rory Block, Tina Dico and Guy Forsyth.
Faulkner continued his rigorous touring schedule in 2011, performing at big festivals, sharing sold out stages alongside famous Dutch soul singer Waylon and British singer-songwriter Jon Allen, as well as two big German-Austrian tours opening for eighties pop royalty Paul Young, and later that year for U.S singer Vonda Shepard (Ally McBeal). Faulker’s live performance and growing reputation was recognised by respected music magazine OOR: ‘whoever sees Faulkner on stage is immediately sold. Faulkner is going to be big’.
Jaimi released his first European release on V2 Records in the Benelux in May 2013; Turn Me Around was very well received in The Netherlands, where it peaked on the Dutch Alternative music charts at number 1 and the overall music charts at number 33.
On the back of the albums success, Faulkner was invited to perform on national Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 6 and even national TV, RTL 4’s Koffietijd. The most prestigious of invitations coming from famous 3FM DJ Giel Beelen who invited Faulkner to perform his song In My Fathers Boots during drive time to over 1 million listeners. Giel declaring on the show ‘Oh man, I love your sound… What fantastic guitar playing, what a magnificent voice.’
Success also followed shortly after in Germany with Faulkner appearing on prime time National TV(Morgenmagazine) and being invited on a European tour opening for UK popstar Tom Odell.
Faulkner’s new release Up All Night will be released on March 13th 2015 on Marx Capital Records and a subsequent tour will take him through Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands from the March 17th until April 3rd.
Jaimi Faulkner - Troubles Him So
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ArPH9mJinQ
R.I.P.
Hersal Thomas +03.07.1926 *1909
Hersal Thomas (* 9. September 1906 in Houston, Texas; † 2. Juni 1926 in Detroit, Michigan)[1] war ein amerikanischer Jazz- und Blues-Pianist und Komponist. Trotz seines frühen Todes beeinflusste er die Entwicklung des Boogie-Woogie und Pianoblues stark. So bezeichneten ihn Jimmy Yancey, Albert Ammons und Meade Lux Lewis als ihren wichtigsten musikalischen Einfluss.[2]
Leben und Wirken
Hersal Thomas wurde in Houston, Texas als eines von 13 Kindern in eine musikalische Familie geboren. Neben Hersal war auch sein Bruder George W. Thomas ein begnadeter Pianist, während seine Schwester Sippie Wallace und seine Nichte Hociel Thomas sangen.
Schon in sehr jungen Jahren wurde sein Talent entdeckt. Während er zunächst mit seinem Bruder George in den Clubs und Theatern von New Orleans arbeitete, zog er ab 1923 mit seiner Schwester Sippie nach Chicago, wo er wiederum mit seinem Bruder George und seiner Nichte Hociel Thomas arbeitete.
Hersal Thomas nahm ab 1924 Klavierrollen und ab 1925 Schallplatten sowohl als Solist auf als auch als Begleiter von Hociel Thomas, Sippie Wallace, Lilian Miller and Sodarisa Miller. Kurz vor seinem Tod ging er auch mit Louis Armstrong und mit King Oliver auf Tournee. Seine letzte Arbeit vor seinem Tode fand am 4. März 1926 statt, als er Lilian Miller bei ihrer Okeh-Aufnahme von The Kitchen Blues begleitete.
Hersal Thomas starb am 2. Juni 1926 während eines Auftritts im „Penny’s Pleasure Inn“ in Detroit aufgrund einer Lebensmittelvergiftung. Die Umstände seines Todes sind nie geklärt worden.
Seine Schwester Sippie Wallace nahm sieben seiner Kompositionen auf: A Jealous Woman Like Me, A Man for Every Day of the Week, Dead Drunk Blues, Have You Ever Been Down?, I Feel Good, Shorty George Blues und Trouble Everywhere I Roam.[3]
Seine berühmteste Aufnahme ist wohl der Suitcase Blues (8958-A Okeh 8227); die beiden Brüder schrieben 1921 auch The Five gemeinsam, das von Ammons und Lewis als einer der grundlegenden Boogie-Woogies bezeichnet wurde.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersal_Thomas Leben und Wirken
Hersal Thomas wurde in Houston, Texas als eines von 13 Kindern in eine musikalische Familie geboren. Neben Hersal war auch sein Bruder George W. Thomas ein begnadeter Pianist, während seine Schwester Sippie Wallace und seine Nichte Hociel Thomas sangen.
Schon in sehr jungen Jahren wurde sein Talent entdeckt. Während er zunächst mit seinem Bruder George in den Clubs und Theatern von New Orleans arbeitete, zog er ab 1923 mit seiner Schwester Sippie nach Chicago, wo er wiederum mit seinem Bruder George und seiner Nichte Hociel Thomas arbeitete.
Hersal Thomas nahm ab 1924 Klavierrollen und ab 1925 Schallplatten sowohl als Solist auf als auch als Begleiter von Hociel Thomas, Sippie Wallace, Lilian Miller and Sodarisa Miller. Kurz vor seinem Tod ging er auch mit Louis Armstrong und mit King Oliver auf Tournee. Seine letzte Arbeit vor seinem Tode fand am 4. März 1926 statt, als er Lilian Miller bei ihrer Okeh-Aufnahme von The Kitchen Blues begleitete.
Hersal Thomas starb am 2. Juni 1926 während eines Auftritts im „Penny’s Pleasure Inn“ in Detroit aufgrund einer Lebensmittelvergiftung. Die Umstände seines Todes sind nie geklärt worden.
Seine Schwester Sippie Wallace nahm sieben seiner Kompositionen auf: A Jealous Woman Like Me, A Man for Every Day of the Week, Dead Drunk Blues, Have You Ever Been Down?, I Feel Good, Shorty George Blues und Trouble Everywhere I Roam.[3]
Seine berühmteste Aufnahme ist wohl der Suitcase Blues (8958-A Okeh 8227); die beiden Brüder schrieben 1921 auch The Five gemeinsam, das von Ammons und Lewis als einer der grundlegenden Boogie-Woogies bezeichnet wurde.
Hersal Thomas (September 9, 1906 – June 2, 1926)[1] was an American blues pianist and composer. He recorded a number of sides for Okeh Records in 1925 and 1926.
Thomas was born in Houston, Texas, and displayed an early talent for blues playing and composition. He was one of several musicians in his family. His brother George W. Thomas was also a skilled piano player, while his sister Sippie Wallace and niece Hociel Thomas were singers of note.
Though he died at a young age, Thomas was nonetheless an influence on the Chicago boogie woogie school of pianists. Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis both cited him as an influence. His most famous track was "Suitcase Blues" (8958-A Okeh 8227), which was issued on CD in 1992 as part of the box set, Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective. The Thomas brothers also co-wrote "The Fives", which Ammons and Lewis cited as an essential boogie-woogie number.[citation needed]
Thomas recorded under his own name, and as an accompanist to Hociel Thomas, Sippie Wallace, Lilian Miller and Sodarisa Miller. In 1926, he recorded a session with Hociel Thomas and Louis Armstrong. The songs recorded on that occasion were "Deep Water Blues" (9519-A Okeh 8297), "Lonesome Hours" (9522-A Okeh 8297), "Listen To Ma" (9521-A Okeh 8346), and "G'wan, I Told You" (9520-A Okeh 8346). The first three are listed as having been composed by "Thomas", though it is not clear if this refers to Hersal or his brother. He also worked in session with King Oliver.
Sippie Wallace recorded seven of his compositions: "A Jealous Woman Like Me", "A Man For Every Day Of The Week", "Dead Drunk Blues", "Have You Ever Been Down?", "I Feel Good", "Shorty George Blues" and "Trouble Everywhere I Roam".
Thomas died of food poisoning while working at Penny's Pleasure Inn in Detroit, Michigan. The circumstances of his death have never been clarified.
Thomas was born in Houston, Texas, and displayed an early talent for blues playing and composition. He was one of several musicians in his family. His brother George W. Thomas was also a skilled piano player, while his sister Sippie Wallace and niece Hociel Thomas were singers of note.
Though he died at a young age, Thomas was nonetheless an influence on the Chicago boogie woogie school of pianists. Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis both cited him as an influence. His most famous track was "Suitcase Blues" (8958-A Okeh 8227), which was issued on CD in 1992 as part of the box set, Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective. The Thomas brothers also co-wrote "The Fives", which Ammons and Lewis cited as an essential boogie-woogie number.[citation needed]
Thomas recorded under his own name, and as an accompanist to Hociel Thomas, Sippie Wallace, Lilian Miller and Sodarisa Miller. In 1926, he recorded a session with Hociel Thomas and Louis Armstrong. The songs recorded on that occasion were "Deep Water Blues" (9519-A Okeh 8297), "Lonesome Hours" (9522-A Okeh 8297), "Listen To Ma" (9521-A Okeh 8346), and "G'wan, I Told You" (9520-A Okeh 8346). The first three are listed as having been composed by "Thomas", though it is not clear if this refers to Hersal or his brother. He also worked in session with King Oliver.
Sippie Wallace recorded seven of his compositions: "A Jealous Woman Like Me", "A Man For Every Day Of The Week", "Dead Drunk Blues", "Have You Ever Been Down?", "I Feel Good", "Shorty George Blues" and "Trouble Everywhere I Roam".
Thomas died of food poisoning while working at Penny's Pleasure Inn in Detroit, Michigan. The circumstances of his death have never been clarified.
Rudy Rotta +03.07.2017
Rudy Rotta (* 14. Oktober 1950 in Villadossola) ist ein in Italien geborener Blues-Gitarrist, Komponist und Sänger. Er starb am 3. July 2017 in Verona nach einer langen Krankheit.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Rotta
Rudy Rotta ist ein Name, den man so schnell nicht mehr vergisst, wenn man ihn einmal live gesehen und gehört hat. Der gebürtige Italiener hat den Blues nicht nur im Blut, er hat in auch ganz tief in seiner Seele. Nach dem Durchbruch in seinem Heimatland stürmt Rudy Rotta nun wie ein Tornado durch Europa und hinterlässt in Deutschland, Österreich, Belgien, Frankreich, England, Irland und der Schweiz ein begeistertes Publikum. Der Ruf seiner Killergitarre hat in der Zwischenzeit auch die Fans in Amerika erreicht und seither tourt er regelmäßig durch das Herz des Blueslandes.
Seine Musik ist der Beweis seines herausragenden Talentes als Sänger, Gitarrist und Komponist; er kombiniert seinen modernen Stil subtil mit Blueswurzeln und rockig-souligem Funk.
Rudy Rotta gehört zu den absoluten Top-Acts der europäischen Blueskünstler. Er war in Europa bereits eine Sensation, bevor er über den Atlantik hinweg schwappte und die amerikanische Bluesszene einnahm.
Der Norditaliener hat sich als Bluesmusiker in den USA einen respektablen Ruf erspielt und ist dort fast ebenso bekannt wie in seiner Heimat sowie in Westeuropa. Mittlerweile wird er von der europäischen und amerikanischen Fachpresse als einer der besten Bluesmusiker weltweit gefeiert.
Die großen Blueser B.B. King, Luther Allison, Taj Mahal, Peter Green, John Mayall, die Allman Brothers, Fabulous Thundebirds, Double Trouble, Valerie Wellington, Carey Bell, Roomful of Blues, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Maria Muldaur and Joe Louis Walker… säumen seinen musikalischen Werdegang und bezeugen seine allseits anerkannte Klasse als Musiker.
In den vergangenen Jahren hat er an den wichtigsten Bluesfestivals beidseits des Atlantiks teilgenommen und hat mit Weltklassemusikern gespielt. Bei der ‘Ultimate Rhythm & Blues Cruise’ trat er mit Allison, Buckwheat Zydeco, Marcia Ball und John Mayall auf. Auf Einladung des Kansas City Blues Festival trat er mit Al Green, Taj Mahal und Brian Setzer vor 20.000 begeisterten Fans auf. Kurz darauf flog er wieder nach Kansas City, um im Grand Emporium ein Live-Album aufzunehmen. Im Anschluß an dieses Konzert wurde Rudy Rotta als die ‚beste europäische Bluesband gefeiert.
Rudy Rotta hat bereits jetzt der Bluesgeschichte seinen Stempel aufgedrückt. 1998 wurde er erneut zur Blues Cruise eingeladen und spielte mit Taj Mahal, den Fabulous Thunderbirds, Son Seals, Duke Robillard, John Hammond und Marcia Ball. Als Gast von John Mayall spielte er im Sommer 1998 beim “Delta Blues Festival”, beim”Nave Blues” und im Boston’s “House of Blues”.
In den letzten Jahren ist Rudy Rotta regelmässig in Europa aufgetreten, hat für die BBC und die legendäre Londoner Radiostation “Jazz FM” eine Show aufgenommen. Sein Auftritt beim „Great British R&B Festival” in Colne begeisterte und im Jahr 2000 und 2001 hat er zusammen mit dem mythischen Hammondspieler Brian Auger mehrere Tourneen unternommen. Im Jahr 2001 spielte er auch mit Robben Ford und im Juli desselben Jahres holte ihn B.B. King in Montreux auf die Bühne.
Die in 2003 erschienene CD “The Beatles in Blues” ist ein großer Erfolg sowohl beim Publikum als auch für die Kritiker. Im selben Jahr spielt Rudy beim berühmten “1. Mai-Festival” in Rom vor 800.000 Zuschauern. Gemeinsam mit Brian Auger, John Mayall, Robben Ford und Peter Green nahm er im Jahr 2004 eine Benefiz-CD zugunsten benachteiligter Kinder auf.
2006 nimmt er zum fünften Mal am “Montreux Festival” teil und “Mississippi-Boat” feiert B.B. King’ gemeinsam mit B.B. King persönlich.
Schließlich bekommt Rudy Rotta die Ehre, mit dem Bau der ersten “Rudy Rotta Stratocaster” durch Fender Europe in den Olymp der weltbesten Gitarristen aufzusteigen. Es folgte eine zweite Rudy Rotta Signatur-Ausgabe, übergeben durch den italienischen Fender-Vertrieb bei der DISMA Musik-Messe von Rimini.
http://www.rudyrotta.com/de/ Seine Musik ist der Beweis seines herausragenden Talentes als Sänger, Gitarrist und Komponist; er kombiniert seinen modernen Stil subtil mit Blueswurzeln und rockig-souligem Funk.
Rudy Rotta gehört zu den absoluten Top-Acts der europäischen Blueskünstler. Er war in Europa bereits eine Sensation, bevor er über den Atlantik hinweg schwappte und die amerikanische Bluesszene einnahm.
Der Norditaliener hat sich als Bluesmusiker in den USA einen respektablen Ruf erspielt und ist dort fast ebenso bekannt wie in seiner Heimat sowie in Westeuropa. Mittlerweile wird er von der europäischen und amerikanischen Fachpresse als einer der besten Bluesmusiker weltweit gefeiert.
Die großen Blueser B.B. King, Luther Allison, Taj Mahal, Peter Green, John Mayall, die Allman Brothers, Fabulous Thundebirds, Double Trouble, Valerie Wellington, Carey Bell, Roomful of Blues, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Maria Muldaur and Joe Louis Walker… säumen seinen musikalischen Werdegang und bezeugen seine allseits anerkannte Klasse als Musiker.
In den vergangenen Jahren hat er an den wichtigsten Bluesfestivals beidseits des Atlantiks teilgenommen und hat mit Weltklassemusikern gespielt. Bei der ‘Ultimate Rhythm & Blues Cruise’ trat er mit Allison, Buckwheat Zydeco, Marcia Ball und John Mayall auf. Auf Einladung des Kansas City Blues Festival trat er mit Al Green, Taj Mahal und Brian Setzer vor 20.000 begeisterten Fans auf. Kurz darauf flog er wieder nach Kansas City, um im Grand Emporium ein Live-Album aufzunehmen. Im Anschluß an dieses Konzert wurde Rudy Rotta als die ‚beste europäische Bluesband gefeiert.
Rudy Rotta hat bereits jetzt der Bluesgeschichte seinen Stempel aufgedrückt. 1998 wurde er erneut zur Blues Cruise eingeladen und spielte mit Taj Mahal, den Fabulous Thunderbirds, Son Seals, Duke Robillard, John Hammond und Marcia Ball. Als Gast von John Mayall spielte er im Sommer 1998 beim “Delta Blues Festival”, beim”Nave Blues” und im Boston’s “House of Blues”.
In den letzten Jahren ist Rudy Rotta regelmässig in Europa aufgetreten, hat für die BBC und die legendäre Londoner Radiostation “Jazz FM” eine Show aufgenommen. Sein Auftritt beim „Great British R&B Festival” in Colne begeisterte und im Jahr 2000 und 2001 hat er zusammen mit dem mythischen Hammondspieler Brian Auger mehrere Tourneen unternommen. Im Jahr 2001 spielte er auch mit Robben Ford und im Juli desselben Jahres holte ihn B.B. King in Montreux auf die Bühne.
Die in 2003 erschienene CD “The Beatles in Blues” ist ein großer Erfolg sowohl beim Publikum als auch für die Kritiker. Im selben Jahr spielt Rudy beim berühmten “1. Mai-Festival” in Rom vor 800.000 Zuschauern. Gemeinsam mit Brian Auger, John Mayall, Robben Ford und Peter Green nahm er im Jahr 2004 eine Benefiz-CD zugunsten benachteiligter Kinder auf.
2006 nimmt er zum fünften Mal am “Montreux Festival” teil und “Mississippi-Boat” feiert B.B. King’ gemeinsam mit B.B. King persönlich.
Schließlich bekommt Rudy Rotta die Ehre, mit dem Bau der ersten “Rudy Rotta Stratocaster” durch Fender Europe in den Olymp der weltbesten Gitarristen aufzusteigen. Es folgte eine zweite Rudy Rotta Signatur-Ausgabe, übergeben durch den italienischen Fender-Vertrieb bei der DISMA Musik-Messe von Rimini.
Rudy Rotta (14 October 1950 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian blues guitarist who lived near Verona.
Rotta was born in Villadossola, Italy but was raised in Lucerne, Switzerland where his family emigrated.[1] He began his career in Switzerland at the age of 14, but eventually returned to Verona. Over his career, he played with a number of well-known blues artists including Brian Auger, John Mayall, Robben Ford and Peter Green. Rotta died on 3 July 2017 in Verona after an illness.
Rotta was born in Villadossola, Italy but was raised in Lucerne, Switzerland where his family emigrated.[1] He began his career in Switzerland at the age of 14, but eventually returned to Verona. Over his career, he played with a number of well-known blues artists including Brian Auger, John Mayall, Robben Ford and Peter Green. Rotta died on 3 July 2017 in Verona after an illness.
RUDY ROTTA BAND - "Crossroad"- Live im
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