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Robert Gordon writes for some major music magazines, is publisher and editor of Asymptote literary newspaper, and received the 1991 Handy Prize, “Keeping the Blues Alive in Journalism.” He directed and edited the blues documentary video ALL DAY LONG and FOREVER and has produced music movies for Mojo Nixon, the …

Michael Allen was a Uk singer whose profession bridged the changeover from early to mid-’60s Uk defeat (and Merseybeat) into ’70s pop/rock and roll. He appears to have been from your north of Britain, as indicated by the actual fact that he was displayed by the administration of Liverpool’s Cavern …

Al Jackson, Jr. was the wonderful drummer who held Booker T. & the MG’s in-line, both independently recordings in addition to on a large number of classes for performers contracted to Hi there and Stax Information. Created in Memphis in 1934, he developed maker Willie Mitchell in the Hi there …

Arguably the best soul horn section ever, the Memphis Horns were a crucial area of the Stax formula through the ’60s and ’70s, in addition to prolific contributors to varied other sessions because the label’s demise. Though today the name is usually identified using the duo of trumpeter Wayne Jackson …

Born 70 mls east of Memphis, TN, Jim Stewart started his music profession as a nation fiddler within the Tx swing custom and finished up the founder and leader of 1 of the best spirit and R&B brands ever, Stax Information. At 18, Stewart relocated to Memphis from his house …

Vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist Sandra Rhodes made a name for herself seeing that an artist who have could walk the great line between nation and Southern spirit. A indigenous of Memphis, Tennessee, Sandra Rhodes was created right into a musical family members; her dad was “Dusty” Rhodes, who performed along …

Organist/pianist Ron Levy provides devoted the majority of his profession to keeping the fire of funky, bluesy soul-jazz alive. Delivered Reuvin Zev ben Yehoshua Ha Levi in 1959 in Cambridge, MA, Levy performed clarinet as a kid but turned to piano after viewing Ray Charles at age group 13. When …

Tempo guitarist Mabon “Teenie” Hodges was an essential ingredient from the Memphis Spirit sound from the 1970s. Together with his brothers, Leroy (bass) and Charles (body organ), he generated the chugging, bluesy grooves and even rhythms that, especially with vocalist Al Green, became a prominent section of American music background. …

Whenever Luther Allison toured the U.S. within the ’90s, he was supported by the Jim Solberg Music group. Solberg and Allison acquired an extended, friendly working romantic relationship that goes back to the first ’70s, when Allison was surviving in Milwaukee. Solberg, a talented guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, often co-wrote …

Playing his first live time at age 12 using the legendary Rufus Thomas, drummer Howard Grimes is a mainstay within the Memphis blues and r&b scene for over four decades. He started documenting with Stax information (then referred to as Satellite television) as an adolescent and by his past due …