1907 Sunnyland Slim*
1922 Zuzu Bollin*
1947 Buddy Miles*
1948 Sandra Hall*
1949 Clem Clempson*
1959 Deanna Bogart*
1969 Josh White+
1994 Louis Myers+
1997 Florian Zimmer*
1999 Katie Webster+
Nic Clark*
Robbie Laws*
Rene Lacko*
Happy Birthday
Sunnyland Slim *05.09.1907
Sunnyland Slim (* 5. September 1907 in Vance, Mississippi; † 17. März 1995 in Chicago als Albert Luandrew) war ein einflussreicher US-amerikanischer Blues-Pianist und Sänger.
In den späten 1920er Jahren zog Sunnyland Slim nach Memphis, um dort als Pianist seinen Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. In der Beale Street spielte er u. a. mit Little Brother Montgomery und Ma Rainey.
1939 ging er nach Chicago, wo er mit Sonny Boy Williamson I. auftrat. 1947 machte er Aufnahmen unter dem Namen „Doctor Clayton's Buddy“. Er nahm für J.O.B. Records auf und spielte auch auf Muddy Waters' Platten in den späten 1940er Jahren als Begleitmusiker, so für das kurzlebige Label Tempo-Tone. Sunnyland Slim wurde bei einer Messerstecherei an der Hand verletzt, so dass einige Finger etwas von der ursprünglichen Bewegungsfähigkeit einbüßten, aber er war dennoch ein begehrter Begleitpianist. 1962 veröffentlichte er auf Prestige Records eine LP. Es folgten im Laufe der Zeit zahlreiche Aufnahmen für verschiedene Plattenfirmen.
In den 1960er Jahren spielte er mit King Curtis, ging mit Otis Rush auf Tour und reiste mit dem American Folk Blues Festival 1964 und den Chicago All Stars 1968 durch Europa. Die Allstars bestanden aus Willie Dixon am Bass, Clifton James am Schlagzeug, Walter Horton an der Bluesharp und Johnnie Shines an der Gitarre. Diese Besetzung machte 1968 für BASF Aufnahmen, die als LP im gleichen Jahr veröffentlicht wurde. Die Allstars hatten in den USA weitaus weniger Erfolg als in Europa, was kurze Zeit später zur Auflösung dieser Band führte. 1970 trat er beim Ann Arbor Blues Festival auf. Zur gleichen Zeit nahm er für BEE & Baby Records in Chicago einige Singles auf: Entweder unter seinem Namen oder denen von Homesick James (voc & Slide-Gitarre) oder von Andrew McMahon (Voc & Bass). 1972 ist er als Begleitmusiker auf einer Live-Howling Wolf-LP der Firma Chess zu hören. 1980/81 tourte Sunnyland mit dem AFBF. Selbst im hohen Alter spielte Sunnyland Slim noch bei Konzerten in Chicago und gab jungen und alten Talenten so Auftrittsmöglichkeiten.
Sunnyland Slim starb 1995 nach einigen schweren Erkrankungen an Nierenversagen. 1991 war er in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen worden.
Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew (September 5, 1906 – March 17, 1995)[1] was an American blues pianist, who was born in the Mississippi Delta, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois, to contribute to that city's post-war scene as a center for blues music.[2] Chicago broadcaster and writer Studs Terkel said Sunnyland Slim was "a living piece of our folk history, gallantly and eloquently carrying on in the old tradition."[3]
Biography
Sunnyland Slim was born on a farm in Quitman County, near Vance, Mississippi.[1][3] He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1925, where he performed with many of the popular blues musicians of the day. His stage name came from a song he composed about the Sunnyland train that ran between Memphis and St. Louis, Missouri.[3] In 1942 he followed the great migration of southern workers to the industrial north in Chicago.
At that time the electric blues was taking shape there, and through the years Sunnyland Slim played with such musicians as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf,[4] Robert Lockwood, Jr., and Little Walter.[3] His piano style is characterised by heavy basses or vamping chords in the left hand and tremolos with his right. His voice was loud and he sang in a declamatory style.[5]
Sunnyland Slim's first recording was as a singer with Jump Jackson's band on the Specialty label in September 1946. His first recordings as a leader were on the Hy-Tone and Aristocrat labels in late 1947.[6] Slim continued performing until his death in 1995.
He released one record on RCA Victor using the moniker "Dr. Clayton's Buddy": "Illinois Central" b/w "Sweet Lucy Blues" (Victor 20-2733).
In the late 1960s, Slim became friends with Canned Heat and played piano on the track "Turpentine Moan" on the album Boogie with Canned Heat. In turn, members of Canned Heat - lead guitarist Henry Vestine, slide guitarist Alan Wilson and bassist Larry Taylor - guested on Sunnyland Slim's Liberty Records album Slim's Got His Thing Goin' On (1968), which also featured Mick Taylor.
In 1988 Sunnyland Slim was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship.[3]
He died in March 1995 in Chicago, after complications from renal failure, at the age of 88.
Biography
Sunnyland Slim was born on a farm in Quitman County, near Vance, Mississippi.[1][3] He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1925, where he performed with many of the popular blues musicians of the day. His stage name came from a song he composed about the Sunnyland train that ran between Memphis and St. Louis, Missouri.[3] In 1942 he followed the great migration of southern workers to the industrial north in Chicago.
At that time the electric blues was taking shape there, and through the years Sunnyland Slim played with such musicians as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf,[4] Robert Lockwood, Jr., and Little Walter.[3] His piano style is characterised by heavy basses or vamping chords in the left hand and tremolos with his right. His voice was loud and he sang in a declamatory style.[5]
Sunnyland Slim's first recording was as a singer with Jump Jackson's band on the Specialty label in September 1946. His first recordings as a leader were on the Hy-Tone and Aristocrat labels in late 1947.[6] Slim continued performing until his death in 1995.
He released one record on RCA Victor using the moniker "Dr. Clayton's Buddy": "Illinois Central" b/w "Sweet Lucy Blues" (Victor 20-2733).
In the late 1960s, Slim became friends with Canned Heat and played piano on the track "Turpentine Moan" on the album Boogie with Canned Heat. In turn, members of Canned Heat - lead guitarist Henry Vestine, slide guitarist Alan Wilson and bassist Larry Taylor - guested on Sunnyland Slim's Liberty Records album Slim's Got His Thing Goin' On (1968), which also featured Mick Taylor.
In 1988 Sunnyland Slim was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship.[3]
He died in March 1995 in Chicago, after complications from renal failure, at the age of 88.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gevMng5GEwY
http://www.deannabogart.com/
Deanna Bogart (born September 5, 1959, Washington, D.C., United States) is an American blues singer, pianist, and saxophone player.[1]
She began her career in the Maryland-area with the ensemble Cowboy Jazz, and following that band's breakup in 1986, a stint playing with Root Boy Slim. In the early 90s she began her solo career.
In 2013, Bogart was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Pinetop Perkins Piano Player' category.[2] Two years later she won a Blues Music Award in the 'Instrumentalist - Horn' category.
She began her career in the Maryland-area with the ensemble Cowboy Jazz, and following that band's breakup in 1986, a stint playing with Root Boy Slim. In the early 90s she began her solo career.
In 2013, Bogart was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Pinetop Perkins Piano Player' category.[2] Two years later she won a Blues Music Award in the 'Instrumentalist - Horn' category.
DEANNA BOGART I - TORONTO WATERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL 2013
Florian Zimmer *05.09.1997
Florian Zimmer, eines der größten Talente an der Gitarre. Er bringt alles mit was ein Rockstar so
braucht, lange Mähne und Virtuosität auf der Gitarre. Wenn man ihn
heute so spielen sieht, vor allem die Titel von seinem Idol Alvin
Lee, dann hat man den Eindruck, Alvin Lee ist wieder da.
Mit 8 Jahren begann Flo Gitarrenunterricht auf der Konzertgitarre an der Musikschule "Heinrich Schütz" in Weißenfels zu nehmen. Bald entdeckte er seine Liebe zu Kurt Cobain und Nirvana. Schnell hatte er viele Titel seines Vorbildes drauf.
Jetzt musste eine Band her. Ein Schlagzeuger war schnell gefunden. Fehlte noch der Bassist. Diese Rolle musste nun sein Vater, Roland Zimmer, übernehmen. Das Verrückte daran, der konnte gar keinen Bass spielen, musste es erst lernen. Wer wünschte sich nicht so einen Vater.
„Florian Zimmer, Gitarre und einprägsame Gesangsstimme, Marko Stolz am Schlagzeug und Roland Zimmer am Bass sind ein Bandprojekt der besonderen Art: 2006 bildete sich die Band, um zur Abschlussveranstaltung der Sommerakademie 2006 der Kulturstiftung Hohenmölsen einen Beitrag zu leisten. Da war Florian acht Jahre alt und spielte zusammen mit seinem Vater und einem befreundeten Schlagzeuger. "Flo & Co" war geboren und ab und an live zu hören. Bis Ende 2007, da löste sich die Band auf. Doch schon im Januar 2008 waren Vater und Sohn wieder da, mit Marko am Schlagzeug, und nun als Band iNUTERO. Ihren ersten Auftritt hatten sie zur Rocknacht in Borau, und da prägte Nirvana bereits den Stil der neuen Gruppe.“1)
„Heute kann Florian mit seiner Band
iNUTERO auf zahlreiche Open Air Konzerte und Club-Veranstaltungen
zurück blicken. Dabei waren auch gemeinsame Konzerte mit
international bekannten Musikern wie PAUL MILLNS(UK), MENA(A),
Michael Katon(US), Flying Eyes(US), Piet Botha (Südafrika)sowie Rob
Tognoni (Australien).“3) Mittlerweile
gehören
auch
Hundred
Seventy Split
und
Canned Heat zu den
Partnerbands bei Konzerten.
„Wenn Flo Zimmer TYA-Hymnen wie "Im Going Home", "Love Like a Man" oder "One Of These Days" zum Besten gibt, ersteht Alvin Lee scheinbar aus dem Grab, dann vollzieht sich ungeachtet des fehlenden Keyboarders bei den Sachsen-Anhaltinern die Reinkarnation der britischen Supergruppe. Der 17-jährige Florian Zimmer ist dabei der absolute Fixpunkt, technisch glänzend, versunken, inbrünstig, weltentrückt - nur er und die Musik. Spielerische Leichtigkeit gepaart mit Tiefgang. Er unternimmt eine Reise in eine musikalische Epoche, als er noch nicht mal Quark im Schaufenster war. Und doch spielt er diesen Bluesrock so ausgefeilt, als hätte er diese Musik und die Zeit mit der Muttermilch aufgesogen.“4)
Mit 8 Jahren begann Flo Gitarrenunterricht auf der Konzertgitarre an der Musikschule "Heinrich Schütz" in Weißenfels zu nehmen. Bald entdeckte er seine Liebe zu Kurt Cobain und Nirvana. Schnell hatte er viele Titel seines Vorbildes drauf.
Jetzt musste eine Band her. Ein Schlagzeuger war schnell gefunden. Fehlte noch der Bassist. Diese Rolle musste nun sein Vater, Roland Zimmer, übernehmen. Das Verrückte daran, der konnte gar keinen Bass spielen, musste es erst lernen. Wer wünschte sich nicht so einen Vater.
„Florian Zimmer, Gitarre und einprägsame Gesangsstimme, Marko Stolz am Schlagzeug und Roland Zimmer am Bass sind ein Bandprojekt der besonderen Art: 2006 bildete sich die Band, um zur Abschlussveranstaltung der Sommerakademie 2006 der Kulturstiftung Hohenmölsen einen Beitrag zu leisten. Da war Florian acht Jahre alt und spielte zusammen mit seinem Vater und einem befreundeten Schlagzeuger. "Flo & Co" war geboren und ab und an live zu hören. Bis Ende 2007, da löste sich die Band auf. Doch schon im Januar 2008 waren Vater und Sohn wieder da, mit Marko am Schlagzeug, und nun als Band iNUTERO. Ihren ersten Auftritt hatten sie zur Rocknacht in Borau, und da prägte Nirvana bereits den Stil der neuen Gruppe.“1)
Florian entwickelte sich und sein
Gitarrenspiel weiter und entdeckte seine Liebe zum Bluesrock.
Hier hat es ihm vor allem Alvin Lee
angetan.
Seitdem zeigt er auf vielen lokalen
Festivals sein Können und die Zahl der Fans wächst ständig.
Vorläufiger Höhepunkt seiner Karriere
war der gemeinsame Auftritt mit dem Ten Years After Urgestein Leo
Lyons beim Winterblues-Festival 20135). Bei „Good
Morning Little Schoolgirl“ waren nicht nur die Fans begeistert,
auch Leo Lyons war angetan vom brillanten Spiel Floris. Hier hätte
ich gerne einmal Leos Gedanken gelesen....................
Nicht
nur,dass Florian seinem Vorbild in vielem ähnelt, wenn man genau
hinsieht erkennt man, dass er die baugleiche Gitarre, eine Gibson ES
335 ohne technischen Schnickschnack, wie Alvin benutzt.
„Wenn Flo Zimmer TYA-Hymnen wie "Im Going Home", "Love Like a Man" oder "One Of These Days" zum Besten gibt, ersteht Alvin Lee scheinbar aus dem Grab, dann vollzieht sich ungeachtet des fehlenden Keyboarders bei den Sachsen-Anhaltinern die Reinkarnation der britischen Supergruppe. Der 17-jährige Florian Zimmer ist dabei der absolute Fixpunkt, technisch glänzend, versunken, inbrünstig, weltentrückt - nur er und die Musik. Spielerische Leichtigkeit gepaart mit Tiefgang. Er unternimmt eine Reise in eine musikalische Epoche, als er noch nicht mal Quark im Schaufenster war. Und doch spielt er diesen Bluesrock so ausgefeilt, als hätte er diese Musik und die Zeit mit der Muttermilch aufgesogen.“4)
„Mit Florian Zimmer, Guitar, Roland
Zimmer, Bass und Bastian Jung (seit Ende Juli 2014 dabei) an den
Drums“ ist die Band im Moment gut aufgestellt und bereit für
weitere Gigs.
Was ich mir für die Zukunft von
Florian und seiner Band wünsche:
1. Die Herausgabe einer CD oder DVD. Es
müssen ja noch keine eigenen Titel sein, ein Konzertmitschnitt wäre
schon eine feine Sache.
2. Songs von Rory Gallagher würden gut
in das Konzept passen und ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass das
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Florian Zimmer: Between Alvin Lee and Nirvana
Florian Zimmer, one of the biggest talents on guitar in this country is. He brings everything with what a rock star as needs, long mane and virtuosity on the guitar. When you see him play today so, especially the title of his idol Alvin Lee, then one has the impression, Alvin Lee is back.
With 8 years Flo lessons started on the classical guitar at the Music School "Heinrich Schütz" to take in Weissenfels. Soon he discovered his love for Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. He quickly had it many titles of his model.
Now had to be a band. A drummer was found quickly. Still lacked the bassist. This role had to take over his father, Roland room. The crazy thing ,: could play no bass, it had to learn. Who wished not as a father ...
Florian Zimmer, guitar and catchy vocals, Marko Pride on drums and Roland on bass rooms are a band very special project: 2006, formed the band in order to contribute to the closing ceremony of the 2006 Summer Academy of the Arts Council Hohenmölsen. As Florian was only eight years old "Flo & Co" was born and from time to time to hear live. In late 2007, the band broke up. But already in January 2008 father and son were back, with Marko on drums, and now as a band iNUTERO. Her first appearance she had to Rocknacht in Borau, and as coined Nirvana the style of the new group. "
Florian continued to evolve and his guitar playing and discovered his love for blues rock. Here it has done to him especially Alvin Lee.
Since then he shows at many local festivals his skills and the number of fans is growing steadily. The highpoint of his career was the joint appearance with the Ten Years After veteran Leo Lyons during Winter Blues Festival 2013. In "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" not only the fans were excited, even Leo Lyons was impressed by the brilliant game Floris. Here I would like to have even read Leo's thoughts ...
Not only that, Florian his model is similar in many ways, if you look closely you can see that it uses the identical guitar, a Gibson ES 335 without technical bells and whistles, like Alvin.
Today Florian looks back with his band iNUTERO already numerous open air concerts and club events. It also joint appearances were with internationally renowned musicians like Paul Millns (UK), MENA (A), Michael Katon (US), Flying Eyes (US), Piet Botha (South Africa) and Rob Tognoni (Australia). Meanwhile Hundred Seventy Split and Canned Heat are among the partners bands at concerts.
"If Flo rooms TYA anthems like" In Going Home "," Love Like a Man "or" One Of These Days "are the best, rises Alvin Lee seemingly out of the grave, then takes place regardless of the lack of keyboardist in Saxony Anhaltinern the reincarnation of the British supergroup. The 17-year-old Florian Zimmer is the absolute fixed point, technically brilliant, lost, fervently, world caught up - only he and the music. Playful lightness paired with depth. He undertakes a journey in a musical era, when he was not even cheese in the shop window. And yet he makes this Blue Rock so sophisticated, as if he had absorbed this music and spending time with their mother's milk. "
Meanwhile, the band has reshuffled again. New drummer since the end of July 2014 Bastian Jung. And you may be curious to see how iNUTERO will develop in the near future on.
What I want for the future of Florian and his band:
The publication of a CD or DVD. It must still be no own title, a concert recording would be a fine thing.
Florian Zimmer, one of the biggest talents on guitar in this country is. He brings everything with what a rock star as needs, long mane and virtuosity on the guitar. When you see him play today so, especially the title of his idol Alvin Lee, then one has the impression, Alvin Lee is back.
With 8 years Flo lessons started on the classical guitar at the Music School "Heinrich Schütz" to take in Weissenfels. Soon he discovered his love for Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. He quickly had it many titles of his model.
Now had to be a band. A drummer was found quickly. Still lacked the bassist. This role had to take over his father, Roland room. The crazy thing ,: could play no bass, it had to learn. Who wished not as a father ...
Florian Zimmer, guitar and catchy vocals, Marko Pride on drums and Roland on bass rooms are a band very special project: 2006, formed the band in order to contribute to the closing ceremony of the 2006 Summer Academy of the Arts Council Hohenmölsen. As Florian was only eight years old "Flo & Co" was born and from time to time to hear live. In late 2007, the band broke up. But already in January 2008 father and son were back, with Marko on drums, and now as a band iNUTERO. Her first appearance she had to Rocknacht in Borau, and as coined Nirvana the style of the new group. "
Florian continued to evolve and his guitar playing and discovered his love for blues rock. Here it has done to him especially Alvin Lee.
Since then he shows at many local festivals his skills and the number of fans is growing steadily. The highpoint of his career was the joint appearance with the Ten Years After veteran Leo Lyons during Winter Blues Festival 2013. In "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" not only the fans were excited, even Leo Lyons was impressed by the brilliant game Floris. Here I would like to have even read Leo's thoughts ...
Not only that, Florian his model is similar in many ways, if you look closely you can see that it uses the identical guitar, a Gibson ES 335 without technical bells and whistles, like Alvin.
Today Florian looks back with his band iNUTERO already numerous open air concerts and club events. It also joint appearances were with internationally renowned musicians like Paul Millns (UK), MENA (A), Michael Katon (US), Flying Eyes (US), Piet Botha (South Africa) and Rob Tognoni (Australia). Meanwhile Hundred Seventy Split and Canned Heat are among the partners bands at concerts.
"If Flo rooms TYA anthems like" In Going Home "," Love Like a Man "or" One Of These Days "are the best, rises Alvin Lee seemingly out of the grave, then takes place regardless of the lack of keyboardist in Saxony Anhaltinern the reincarnation of the British supergroup. The 17-year-old Florian Zimmer is the absolute fixed point, technically brilliant, lost, fervently, world caught up - only he and the music. Playful lightness paired with depth. He undertakes a journey in a musical era, when he was not even cheese in the shop window. And yet he makes this Blue Rock so sophisticated, as if he had absorbed this music and spending time with their mother's milk. "
Meanwhile, the band has reshuffled again. New drummer since the end of July 2014 Bastian Jung. And you may be curious to see how iNUTERO will develop in the near future on.
What I want for the future of Florian and his band:
The publication of a CD or DVD. It must still be no own title, a concert recording would be a fine thing.
Good morning little Schoolgirl - iNUTERO feat. Leo Lyons
Hundred Seventy Split und Inutero
iNUTERO – I Can´t Keep From Crying Sometimes Pt. 1 @ Woodstock Forever 19.8.2016
Robbie Laws *05.09.
Robbie Laws is one of the most decorated and in demand blues guitarists in the Pacific Northwest. He has been honored with 21 Portland Cascade Blues Association Muddy Awards, nine of which were for ‘Best Electric Guitarist", the ‘Best Blues Act 2010' award from the Seattle based Washington Blues Society and most recently, the 'Outstanding Achievement in Blues' award from the Portland Music Association in 2011. The Robbie Laws Band won the prestigious 'Journey to Memphis' competition in Portland, Oregon on July 4, 2011 as the top regional act and competed at The 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, making it into the semi-finals and runner up for the 'Kings of Beale Street' competition.
Having played with guitar legends from Albert Collins to Ronnie Earl, Robbie is an internationally recognized Blues Guitar Master who has thrilled festival and concert audiences for over 15 years with his sheer technical prowess on the guitar, his soulful voice, impressive stage presence and likeable personality. Laws possesses the inherent ability to authentically convey styles such as nineteen forties, jump swing, traditional country blues, Piedmont, Delta, early Texas and Chicago, yet is comfortable playing uptown jazz as well as progressive rock.
Laws recently toured the lower Baja region of Mexico for the highly acclaimed 2012 'Rockin' Blues Extravanganza' and the 'Cabo Blues Guitar Boot Camp'. The Gringo Gazette touted this performance tour as " the best ever musical performance of a band in Los Cabos in the past 20 years".
Robbie has shared the stage with a long list of great legends and has performed at many notable blues festivals as well as being a regular favorite at arguably the best and second largest blues festival in the United States, the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival. Throughout his career, Laws has released five recordings including the most recent ‘Robbie Laws Live' which has been receiving rave reviews and notable airplay up and down the West Coast, including Alaska and Canada. All of his previous recordings have been awarded "Best Recording of the Year" in the Pacific Northwest. Robbie is currently in the recording studio working on his next album and plans a release in Summer of 2013.
Laws is also co-owner of 'Robbie Laws School of Guitar' with his wife Jerri. This is a music company that offers the guitar player several options on their personal journey of learning how to play the guitar along with an optional performance component if the student so desires. This company offers online, private and group guitar lessons as well as workshops held live on the web, locally, regionally and at festivals around the world. His mission is to keep the blues alive and available for generations to come. "Each generation leaves a fingerprint on the music" says Laws. "It's about keeping the music fresh and viable for the next one".
Having played with guitar legends from Albert Collins to Ronnie Earl, Robbie is an internationally recognized Blues Guitar Master who has thrilled festival and concert audiences for over 15 years with his sheer technical prowess on the guitar, his soulful voice, impressive stage presence and likeable personality. Laws possesses the inherent ability to authentically convey styles such as nineteen forties, jump swing, traditional country blues, Piedmont, Delta, early Texas and Chicago, yet is comfortable playing uptown jazz as well as progressive rock.
Laws recently toured the lower Baja region of Mexico for the highly acclaimed 2012 'Rockin' Blues Extravanganza' and the 'Cabo Blues Guitar Boot Camp'. The Gringo Gazette touted this performance tour as " the best ever musical performance of a band in Los Cabos in the past 20 years".
Robbie has shared the stage with a long list of great legends and has performed at many notable blues festivals as well as being a regular favorite at arguably the best and second largest blues festival in the United States, the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival. Throughout his career, Laws has released five recordings including the most recent ‘Robbie Laws Live' which has been receiving rave reviews and notable airplay up and down the West Coast, including Alaska and Canada. All of his previous recordings have been awarded "Best Recording of the Year" in the Pacific Northwest. Robbie is currently in the recording studio working on his next album and plans a release in Summer of 2013.
Laws is also co-owner of 'Robbie Laws School of Guitar' with his wife Jerri. This is a music company that offers the guitar player several options on their personal journey of learning how to play the guitar along with an optional performance component if the student so desires. This company offers online, private and group guitar lessons as well as workshops held live on the web, locally, regionally and at festivals around the world. His mission is to keep the blues alive and available for generations to come. "Each generation leaves a fingerprint on the music" says Laws. "It's about keeping the music fresh and viable for the next one".
Robbie Laws is one of the most decorated and in demand blues guitarists in the Pacific Northwest. He has been honored with 21 Portland Cascade Blues Association Muddy Awards, nine of which were for ‘Best Electric Guitarist", the ‘Best Blues Act ' award from the Seattle based Washington Blues Society and most recently, the 'Outstanding Achievement in Blues' award from the Portland Music Association .
Having played with guitar legends from Albert Collins to Ronnie Earl, Robbie is an internationally recognized Blues Guitar Master who has thrilled festival and concert audiences for over 15 years with his sheer technical prowess on the guitar, his soulful voice, impressive stage presence and likeable personality. Laws possesses the inherent ability to authentically convey styles such as nineteen forties, jump swing, traditional country blues, Piedmont, Delta, early Texas and Chicago, yet is comfortable playing uptown jazz as well as progressive rock.
Laws recently toured the lower Baja region of Mexico for the highly acclaimed 'Rockin' Blues Extravanganza' and the 'Cabo Blues Guitar Boot Camp'. The Gringo Gazette touted this performance tour as " the best ever musical performance of a band in Los Cabos in the past 20 years".
Robbie has shared the stage with a long list of great legends and has performed at many notable blues festivals as well as being a regular favorite at arguably the best and second largest blues festival in the United States, the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival. Throughout his career, Laws has released six recordings with rave reviews and notable airplay up and down the West Coast, including Alaska and Canada. All of his previous recordings have been awarded "Best Recording of the Year" in the Pacific Northwest. Robbie's latest recording 'Between the Lines' was released in December 2013 and he is currently in the studio working on his next album.
Laws is also co-owner of 'Robbie Laws Music' with his wife Jerri. This is a music company that offers the guitar player several options on their personal journey of learning how to play the guitar along with an optional performance component if the student so desires. This company offers online, private and group guitar lessons as well as workshops held live on the web, locally, regionally and at festivals around the world. His mission is to keep the blues alive and available for generations to come. "Each generation leaves a fingerprint on the music" says Laws. "It's about keeping the music fresh and viable for the next one".
Having played with guitar legends from Albert Collins to Ronnie Earl, Robbie is an internationally recognized Blues Guitar Master who has thrilled festival and concert audiences for over 15 years with his sheer technical prowess on the guitar, his soulful voice, impressive stage presence and likeable personality. Laws possesses the inherent ability to authentically convey styles such as nineteen forties, jump swing, traditional country blues, Piedmont, Delta, early Texas and Chicago, yet is comfortable playing uptown jazz as well as progressive rock.
Laws recently toured the lower Baja region of Mexico for the highly acclaimed 'Rockin' Blues Extravanganza' and the 'Cabo Blues Guitar Boot Camp'. The Gringo Gazette touted this performance tour as " the best ever musical performance of a band in Los Cabos in the past 20 years".
Robbie has shared the stage with a long list of great legends and has performed at many notable blues festivals as well as being a regular favorite at arguably the best and second largest blues festival in the United States, the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival. Throughout his career, Laws has released six recordings with rave reviews and notable airplay up and down the West Coast, including Alaska and Canada. All of his previous recordings have been awarded "Best Recording of the Year" in the Pacific Northwest. Robbie's latest recording 'Between the Lines' was released in December 2013 and he is currently in the studio working on his next album.
Laws is also co-owner of 'Robbie Laws Music' with his wife Jerri. This is a music company that offers the guitar player several options on their personal journey of learning how to play the guitar along with an optional performance component if the student so desires. This company offers online, private and group guitar lessons as well as workshops held live on the web, locally, regionally and at festivals around the world. His mission is to keep the blues alive and available for generations to come. "Each generation leaves a fingerprint on the music" says Laws. "It's about keeping the music fresh and viable for the next one".
Robbie Laws Band
Clem Clempson *05.09.1949
David „Clem“ Clempson (* 5. September 1949 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England als David Clempson) ist ein britischer Gitarrist, der Mitglied mehrerer bekannter Rockbands war, darunter Colosseum und Humble Pie.
Ende der 1960er begann Clempson seine musikalische Karriere bei der Band Bakerloo. Bei diesem Blues-Powertrio hatte Clempson die zentrale Rolle des Sängers und Gitarristen. Als Bakerloo im Vorprogramm von Colosseum spielten, wurde Jon Hiseman auf Clempson aufmerksam und holte ihn 1969 als Sänger und Gitarrist zu Colosseum. 1970 übernahm Chris Farlowe die Position des Sängers. Nach der Auflösung von Colosseum ging Clempson 1971 zu Steve Marriotts Humble Pie, wo er Peter Frampton ersetzte.
1975 gründete Clempson zusammen mit Greg Ridley und Cozy Powell das Powertrio Strange Brew, das jedoch nur zwei Monate bestand, da Clempson einen Unfall hatte. Im selben Jahr wurde er von Deep Purple als Ersatz für Ritchie Blackmore eingeladen, aber auch diese Zusammenarbeit endete nach wenigen Tagen. Zur ähnlichen Zeit half Clempson bei der Band Snafu aus. Im Januar 1976 wurde Clempson Mitglied von Steve Marriott's All Stars, doch auch dieses Experiment war nach kurzer Zeit zu Ende, als Marriott die Small Faces wiederbelebte.
Im September 1976 stellte Clempson mit David Byron die Gruppe Rough Diamond zusammen, die sich nach Byrons Weggang 1977 in Champion umbenannte und 1979 auflöste. Danach schloss er sich Jack Bruce an, mit dem er Alben aufnahm, Fernsehauftritte und Tourneen absolvierte. Außerdem spielte er in den Bands so bekannter Musiker wie Roger Chapman, Roger Daltrey, Cozy Powell, Ken Hensley, Jon Anderson, Tom Waits, Tanita Tikaram, Chris de Burgh, Bonnie Tyler und Bob Dylan.
1994 gab es die Wiedervereinigung von Colosseum. Zwei Studio- und zwei Livealben sowie ausverkaufte Tourneen folgten.
Nach dem Ausstieg von Alex Conti im Frühjahr 2008 ist er festes Mitglied der Hamburg Blues Band, mit der er bereits das im November 2008 veröffentlichte Album Mad Dog Blues einspielte.
Clempson war daneben als Sessionmusiker, Komponist oder Arrangeur an etlichen Filmmusiken beteiligt, darunter Evita, G.I. Jane, Lawn Dogs, Tomorrow Never Dies und Notting Hill.
2011 war er mit Colosseum, Arthur Brown und Chris Farlowe auf Tournee. 2012 verließ er nach einem Auftritt beim Herzberg Festival die Hamburg Blues Band um ein Solo-Projekt zu beginnen.
Ende der 1960er begann Clempson seine musikalische Karriere bei der Band Bakerloo. Bei diesem Blues-Powertrio hatte Clempson die zentrale Rolle des Sängers und Gitarristen. Als Bakerloo im Vorprogramm von Colosseum spielten, wurde Jon Hiseman auf Clempson aufmerksam und holte ihn 1969 als Sänger und Gitarrist zu Colosseum. 1970 übernahm Chris Farlowe die Position des Sängers. Nach der Auflösung von Colosseum ging Clempson 1971 zu Steve Marriotts Humble Pie, wo er Peter Frampton ersetzte.
1975 gründete Clempson zusammen mit Greg Ridley und Cozy Powell das Powertrio Strange Brew, das jedoch nur zwei Monate bestand, da Clempson einen Unfall hatte. Im selben Jahr wurde er von Deep Purple als Ersatz für Ritchie Blackmore eingeladen, aber auch diese Zusammenarbeit endete nach wenigen Tagen. Zur ähnlichen Zeit half Clempson bei der Band Snafu aus. Im Januar 1976 wurde Clempson Mitglied von Steve Marriott's All Stars, doch auch dieses Experiment war nach kurzer Zeit zu Ende, als Marriott die Small Faces wiederbelebte.
Im September 1976 stellte Clempson mit David Byron die Gruppe Rough Diamond zusammen, die sich nach Byrons Weggang 1977 in Champion umbenannte und 1979 auflöste. Danach schloss er sich Jack Bruce an, mit dem er Alben aufnahm, Fernsehauftritte und Tourneen absolvierte. Außerdem spielte er in den Bands so bekannter Musiker wie Roger Chapman, Roger Daltrey, Cozy Powell, Ken Hensley, Jon Anderson, Tom Waits, Tanita Tikaram, Chris de Burgh, Bonnie Tyler und Bob Dylan.
1994 gab es die Wiedervereinigung von Colosseum. Zwei Studio- und zwei Livealben sowie ausverkaufte Tourneen folgten.
Nach dem Ausstieg von Alex Conti im Frühjahr 2008 ist er festes Mitglied der Hamburg Blues Band, mit der er bereits das im November 2008 veröffentlichte Album Mad Dog Blues einspielte.
Clempson war daneben als Sessionmusiker, Komponist oder Arrangeur an etlichen Filmmusiken beteiligt, darunter Evita, G.I. Jane, Lawn Dogs, Tomorrow Never Dies und Notting Hill.
2011 war er mit Colosseum, Arthur Brown und Chris Farlowe auf Tournee. 2012 verließ er nach einem Auftritt beim Herzberg Festival die Hamburg Blues Band um ein Solo-Projekt zu beginnen.
David "Clem" Clempson (born 5 September 1949 in Tamworth, Staffordshire) is an English rock guitarist who has played as a member in a number of bands including Colosseum and Humble Pie.
Career
Clempson began his career in the late 1960s with the power trio, Bakerloo (originally The Bakerloo Blues Line), playing blues-rock. In 1969, he joined Colosseum, until they disbanded in 1971, but re-joined to form a reunion version of the band in 1994, and has continued to perform with them since that time. After Colosseum's split he went on to join Humble Pie in 1971, replacing Peter Frampton. When the band split in 1975 he and Greg Ridley joined drummer Cozy Powell to form Strange Brew. During this period, Clempson auditioned for Deep Purple but lost to Tommy Bolin. Although he played in Marriott’s All Stars he opted not to join the reformed Humble Pie in 1980.
Clempson has appeared as a guest musician with Jack Bruce, Billy Cobham and Dave Sancious, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Bob Dylan, Chris de Burgh and Jon Anderson.
Credits extend into scores for many films, most notably Evita, G.I. Jane, Lawn Dogs, and Tomorrow Never Dies. Clempson was also called upon by the Oscar-winning composer Trevor Jones for arrangements for the 1999 romantic comedy film, Notting Hill.[1]
From 2008 to summer 2012 he played as a member of Hamburg Blues Band. After that he has formed his own The Clem Clempson Band which started touring in the end of February 2013 in Braunschweig, Germany. Among others the band include Adrian Askew from Hamburg Blues Band and the band is featuring also Chris Farlowe in vocals occasionally.
Career
Clempson began his career in the late 1960s with the power trio, Bakerloo (originally The Bakerloo Blues Line), playing blues-rock. In 1969, he joined Colosseum, until they disbanded in 1971, but re-joined to form a reunion version of the band in 1994, and has continued to perform with them since that time. After Colosseum's split he went on to join Humble Pie in 1971, replacing Peter Frampton. When the band split in 1975 he and Greg Ridley joined drummer Cozy Powell to form Strange Brew. During this period, Clempson auditioned for Deep Purple but lost to Tommy Bolin. Although he played in Marriott’s All Stars he opted not to join the reformed Humble Pie in 1980.
Clempson has appeared as a guest musician with Jack Bruce, Billy Cobham and Dave Sancious, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Bob Dylan, Chris de Burgh and Jon Anderson.
Credits extend into scores for many films, most notably Evita, G.I. Jane, Lawn Dogs, and Tomorrow Never Dies. Clempson was also called upon by the Oscar-winning composer Trevor Jones for arrangements for the 1999 romantic comedy film, Notting Hill.[1]
From 2008 to summer 2012 he played as a member of Hamburg Blues Band. After that he has formed his own The Clem Clempson Band which started touring in the end of February 2013 in Braunschweig, Germany. Among others the band include Adrian Askew from Hamburg Blues Band and the band is featuring also Chris Farlowe in vocals occasionally.
Clem Clempson Band Borderline Blues
Konzert vom 13.04.13 in Paderborn
feat. Chris Farlowe
feat. Chris Farlowe
Clem Clempson Band - Blues Garage, 20.09.14
Sandra Hall *05.09.1948
Sandra Hall (born c. 1948) is an African-American blues and soul blues singer and songwriter. She has been billed as Atlanta's "Empress of the Blues"[1] Hall is a Honorary Member of the Atlanta Blues Society.[3] To date she has released five albums, including three on Ichiban Records.[4]
Life and career
Hall was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.[2] After singing from the age of four at a nearby church, Hall formed a duo with her sister, Barbara, called the Soul Sisters. She later formed the Exotics, singing and dancing particularly at the Royal Peacock Club, one of the premier Atlanta nightclubs. The Exotics opened for several touring acts at that venue, including Otis Redding, Joe Tex and the Temptations. By the late 1960s, Hall had trained as a nurse, supplementing her income by working variously as a singer, go-go dancer and stripper. She also raised her daughter during this time.[2][4]
She continued singing in a semi-professional vein, whilst working full-time as a nurse. She developed her stage act to include a risque repertoire which was ripe with innuendo. Her better known songs included "Big Long Sliding Thing," "One Drop Will Do You," and "Pump Up Your Love".[2][5][4] Hall's live work came to the attention of Ichiban Records and, in 1995, they released her debut solo album, Showin' Off.[6] The same year she appeared at the Sarasota Blues Fest. Hall continued to work largely around Atlanta, but her recording exposure led her on tours in Europe, which included her performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[2][5][4] Her second album, One Drop Will Do You, was issued in 1997. The Allmusic journalist, Alex Henderson, noted that One Drop Will Do You "isn't an innovative or groundbreaking album, but it's certainly a very satisfying and inspired one".[7]
In 2001, she self-released Miss Red Riding Hood.[4] Hall performed at the W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival in 2005.[2] As well as continuing to perform and record, she befriended Shemekia Copeland and gave guidance in her early career, and Hall regularly visits schools teaching blues culture and singing styles.[2] Hall continues to perform at Blind Willie's in Atlanta. In 2011, Hall appeared at the Julius Daniels Memorial Blues Festival.
b. c. 1948, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Hall sang from very early childhood, singing not only in church but also performing for admiring customers at her grandmother’s fish fry. From the age of 12 she sang in a duo, the Soul Sisters, with her sister Barbara Hall. From the mid-60s she sang and danced with the Exotic, a female group that sometimes opened for touring blues and soul artists visiting Atlanta, in particular at the Royal Peacock, one of the city’s leading nightclubs. Later, Hall worked as a nurse in Atlanta, singing part time, and she also raised her daughter. Reportedly, Hall also performed as a go-go dancer and stripper and if true, this element of her past might account for the emergence in her live performances of vibrant and sensual undercurrents. Unafraid to offer highly charged songs that are replete with innuendo, if not outright sexuality, Hall is perhaps best caught live although her recordings retain some of that same earthy drive.
Hall began recording in the mid-70s and successfully blended earthy blues with soaring soul. Any blues singer who takes as her billing the accolade, ‘Empress of the Blues’, has a lot to live up to and if Hall is no Bessie Smith then she is certainly worthy of a wider audience than has so far been hers although she has visited Europe where she attracted attention from fans and critics alike in Switzerland, where she sang at the Montreux Festival, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. Songs in her repertoire include ‘Pump Up Your Love’, ‘Ball And Chain’, ‘I Got Everything I Need’, ‘One Drop Will Do You’, ‘Find You A Job’, ‘Use What You Got’ and ‘Big Long Slidin’ Thing’. In 2005 she appeared at the W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival. Hall is a friend and mentor to newcomers such as Shemekia Copeland. In addition to performing, Hall also visits schools in the south, talking about the culture of the blues and teaching blues singing.
Life and career
Hall was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.[2] After singing from the age of four at a nearby church, Hall formed a duo with her sister, Barbara, called the Soul Sisters. She later formed the Exotics, singing and dancing particularly at the Royal Peacock Club, one of the premier Atlanta nightclubs. The Exotics opened for several touring acts at that venue, including Otis Redding, Joe Tex and the Temptations. By the late 1960s, Hall had trained as a nurse, supplementing her income by working variously as a singer, go-go dancer and stripper. She also raised her daughter during this time.[2][4]
She continued singing in a semi-professional vein, whilst working full-time as a nurse. She developed her stage act to include a risque repertoire which was ripe with innuendo. Her better known songs included "Big Long Sliding Thing," "One Drop Will Do You," and "Pump Up Your Love".[2][5][4] Hall's live work came to the attention of Ichiban Records and, in 1995, they released her debut solo album, Showin' Off.[6] The same year she appeared at the Sarasota Blues Fest. Hall continued to work largely around Atlanta, but her recording exposure led her on tours in Europe, which included her performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[2][5][4] Her second album, One Drop Will Do You, was issued in 1997. The Allmusic journalist, Alex Henderson, noted that One Drop Will Do You "isn't an innovative or groundbreaking album, but it's certainly a very satisfying and inspired one".[7]
In 2001, she self-released Miss Red Riding Hood.[4] Hall performed at the W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival in 2005.[2] As well as continuing to perform and record, she befriended Shemekia Copeland and gave guidance in her early career, and Hall regularly visits schools teaching blues culture and singing styles.[2] Hall continues to perform at Blind Willie's in Atlanta. In 2011, Hall appeared at the Julius Daniels Memorial Blues Festival.
b. c. 1948, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Hall sang from very early childhood, singing not only in church but also performing for admiring customers at her grandmother’s fish fry. From the age of 12 she sang in a duo, the Soul Sisters, with her sister Barbara Hall. From the mid-60s she sang and danced with the Exotic, a female group that sometimes opened for touring blues and soul artists visiting Atlanta, in particular at the Royal Peacock, one of the city’s leading nightclubs. Later, Hall worked as a nurse in Atlanta, singing part time, and she also raised her daughter. Reportedly, Hall also performed as a go-go dancer and stripper and if true, this element of her past might account for the emergence in her live performances of vibrant and sensual undercurrents. Unafraid to offer highly charged songs that are replete with innuendo, if not outright sexuality, Hall is perhaps best caught live although her recordings retain some of that same earthy drive.
Hall began recording in the mid-70s and successfully blended earthy blues with soaring soul. Any blues singer who takes as her billing the accolade, ‘Empress of the Blues’, has a lot to live up to and if Hall is no Bessie Smith then she is certainly worthy of a wider audience than has so far been hers although she has visited Europe where she attracted attention from fans and critics alike in Switzerland, where she sang at the Montreux Festival, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. Songs in her repertoire include ‘Pump Up Your Love’, ‘Ball And Chain’, ‘I Got Everything I Need’, ‘One Drop Will Do You’, ‘Find You A Job’, ‘Use What You Got’ and ‘Big Long Slidin’ Thing’. In 2005 she appeared at the W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival. Hall is a friend and mentor to newcomers such as Shemekia Copeland. In addition to performing, Hall also visits schools in the south, talking about the culture of the blues and teaching blues singing.
Sandra Hall w/ The Shadows, "Ball And Chain" (04-24-2010 (01) Atlanta--Blind Willie's)
Though he was certainly capable of brilliantly fronting a band, remarkably versatile guitarist/harpist Louis Myers will forever be recognized first and foremost as a top-drawer sideman and founding member of the Aces -- the band that backed harmonica wizard Little Walter on his immortal early Checker waxings.
Along with his older brother David -- another charter member of the Aces -- Louis left Mississippi for Chicago with his family in 1941. Fate saw that the family move next door to blues great Lonnie Johnson, whose complex riffs caught young Louis' ear. Another Myers brother, harp-blowing Bob, hooked Louis up with guitarist Othum Brown for house party gigs. Myers also played with guitarist Arthur "Big Boy" Spires before teaming with his brother, David, on guitar and young harpist Junior Wells, to form the first incarnation of the Aces (who were initially known as the Three Deuces). In 1950, drummer Fred Below came on board.
In effect, the Aces and Muddy Waters traded harpists in 1952, Wells leaving to play with Waters while Little Walter, just breaking nationally with his classic "Juke," moved into the frontman role with the Aces. Myers and the Aces backed Walter on his seminal "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," and "Tell Me Mama" and at New York's famous Apollo Theater before Louis left in 1954 (he and the Aces moonlighted on Wells' indispensable 1953-1954 output for States).
Plenty of sideman work awaited Myers -- he played with Otis Rush, Earl Hooker, and many more. But his own recording career was practically non-existent; after a solitary 1956 single for Abco, "Just Whaling"/"Bluesy," that found Myers blowing harp in Walter-like style, it wasn't until 1968 that two Myers tracks turned up on Delmark.
the Aces re-formed during the '70s and visited Europe often as a trusty rhythm section for touring acts. Myers cut a fine set for Advent in 1978, I'm a Southern Man, that showed just how effective he could be as a leader (in front of an L.A. band, no less). Myers was hampered by the effects of a stroke while recording his last album for Earwig, 1991's Tell My Story Movin'. He courageously completed the disc but was limited to playing harp only. His health soon took a turn for the worse, ending his distinguished musical career.
Along with his older brother David -- another charter member of the Aces -- Louis left Mississippi for Chicago with his family in 1941. Fate saw that the family move next door to blues great Lonnie Johnson, whose complex riffs caught young Louis' ear. Another Myers brother, harp-blowing Bob, hooked Louis up with guitarist Othum Brown for house party gigs. Myers also played with guitarist Arthur "Big Boy" Spires before teaming with his brother, David, on guitar and young harpist Junior Wells, to form the first incarnation of the Aces (who were initially known as the Three Deuces). In 1950, drummer Fred Below came on board.
In effect, the Aces and Muddy Waters traded harpists in 1952, Wells leaving to play with Waters while Little Walter, just breaking nationally with his classic "Juke," moved into the frontman role with the Aces. Myers and the Aces backed Walter on his seminal "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," and "Tell Me Mama" and at New York's famous Apollo Theater before Louis left in 1954 (he and the Aces moonlighted on Wells' indispensable 1953-1954 output for States).
Plenty of sideman work awaited Myers -- he played with Otis Rush, Earl Hooker, and many more. But his own recording career was practically non-existent; after a solitary 1956 single for Abco, "Just Whaling"/"Bluesy," that found Myers blowing harp in Walter-like style, it wasn't until 1968 that two Myers tracks turned up on Delmark.
the Aces re-formed during the '70s and visited Europe often as a trusty rhythm section for touring acts. Myers cut a fine set for Advent in 1978, I'm a Southern Man, that showed just how effective he could be as a leader (in front of an L.A. band, no less). Myers was hampered by the effects of a stroke while recording his last album for Earwig, 1991's Tell My Story Movin'. He courageously completed the disc but was limited to playing harp only. His health soon took a turn for the worse, ending his distinguished musical career.
Katie Webster +05.09.1999
Katie Webster (* 11. Januar 1936 in Houston; † 5. September 1999 in League City, Texas) war eine US-amerikanische Jazz-Pianistin und Sängerin.
Sie war teils indianischer, teils afro-amerikanischer Abstammung und hauptsächlich durch die Einspielung des Klavierparts in dem Otis Redding-Hit I’m sitting on the dock of the bay bekannt geworden. Sie wurde auch – nach dem Titel ihres bekanntesten Albums – als The Swamp Boogie Queen bezeichnet.
Ihr Geburtsname war Kathryn Jewel Thorne. Sie lernte Gospelsongs von ihrer Mutter, machte in den 50er und 60er Jahren internationale Tourneen mit dem Soulmusiker Otis Redding und ist auf Platten mit Swamp Blues-Musikern wie Lazy Lester zu hören. Von 1964 bis 1967 spielte sie in der Band von Otis Redding. Der internationale Durchbruch als Solistin gelang ihr in den 1980er Jahren mit unzähligen Europatourneen und einem Plattenvertrag bei Alligator-Records. Sie ließ sich nie „eindeutigen“ Stilen wie Blues oder Boogie Woogie zuordnen, sondern spielte Jazz, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Rhythm and Blues, Swamp Blues, verjazzte Popsongs sowie Gospel und Spirituals. Dazu spielte sie in Zydeco/Cajun-Bands, musizierte zusammen mit dem Blues-Musiker Robert Cray und unterhielt Touristen in New Orleans’ Bourbon Street.
Nach einem 1993 erlittenen Schlaganfall zog sich Katie Webster weitgehend aus dem Musikgeschäft zurück und lebte mit ihrer Familie nahe Houston, Texas. Sie verstarb am 5. September 1999 an Herzversagen.
Katie Webster (January 11, 1936 – September 5, 1999), born Kathryn Jewel Thorne,[1] was an American boogie-woogie pianist.
Career
Webster was initially best known as a session musician behind Louisiana musicians on the Excello and Goldband record labels, such as Lightnin' Slim and Lonesome Sundown.[2] She also played piano with Otis Redding in the 1960s, but after his death went into semi-retirement.
In the 1980s she was repeatedly booked for European tours and recorded albums for the German record label, Ornament Records. She cut You Know That's Right with the band Hot Links, and the album that established her in the United States; The Swamp Boogie Queen with guest spots by Bonnie Raitt and Robert Cray.[2] She performed at both the San Francisco Blues Festival and Long Beach Blues Festival.
Webster suffered a stroke in 1993 while touring Greece and returned to performing the following year.[3] She died from heart failure in League City, Texas, in September 1999.
Katie Webster - Pussycat Moan
Katie Webster Pussycat Moan
