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Bad Luck Boy
''Bad Luck Boy'' is the second album by blues musician Phil Guy, recorded in March 1982 and released on JSP Records in 1983. Background and recordings "Bad Luck Boy" was recorded at the same session, like Phil Guy’s previous album ''The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy'', but it was released a year later. The album’s last two tracks was recorded in December 1981, also in the Soto Sound Studio, when they recorded ''DJ Play My Blues'' for Buddy Guy. Release “Bad Luck Boy” released only on vinyl in 1983. Tracks 1-4 were released on Phil Guy’s '' All Star Chicago Blues Session'' compilation CD in 1994 by JSP, while tracks 5-6 were released on Buddy Guy’s ''DJ Play My Blues'' CD. Track listing Note *“Bad Luck Boy” is a rework of "Born Under a Bad Sign", written by Booker T. Jones and William Bell. Although "Cold Feeling" credited to Phil Guy and Eddie Lusk, originally written by Jesse Mae Robinson. '' Personnel * Phil Guy – guitar, vocals * Buddy Guy George "Bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Guy
Phil Guy (April 28, 1940 – August 20, 2008) was an American blues guitarist. He was the younger brother of blues guitarist Buddy Guy. Phil and Buddy Guy were frequent collaborators and contribute both guitar and vocal performances on many of each other's albums. Biography Guy was born in Lettsworth, Louisiana. He played with the harmonica player Raful Neal for ten years in the Baton Rouge area. He then relocated to Chicago in 1969, where he joined his brother's band, at the time when his brother was becoming known as an innovator in blues guitar. The brothers collaborated extensively with Junior Wells in the 1970s. Guy recorded a number of albums under his own name in the 1980s and 1990s, branching out into soul and funk. He can be seen in his self-described hippie phase in the film '' Festival Express'', in which the Guy band tours southern Canada by train in 1970 with the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and the Band. Guy worked with Maurice John Vaughn in 1979, notably conver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palatine, Illinois
Palatine () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a northwestern residential suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 67,908. As of the 2010 Census, it was the seventh-largest community in Cook County and the 18th-largest in the state of Illinois. History The first European-American to settle in Palatine is generally thought to be George Ela, who built a log cabin in the area now called Deer Grove. Ela was one of the first of a wave of pioneers to migrate to northern Illinois following the Black Hawk War. A road that passes through the western edge of Palatine is called Ela Road in his honor. Palatine is thought to be named after a town in New York state. The Village of Palatine was founded in 1866. It was built around a station on the new Chicago and North Western Railway. Joel Wood surveyed and laid out the village, earning him the title of Palatine's founder. One of Palatine's original downtown streets is named after Wood. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture. The blues form is ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, and is characterized by the call-and-response pattern (the blues scale and specific chord progressions) of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. Blue notes (or "worried notes"), usually thirds, fifths or sevenths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove. Blues as a genre is also characterized by its lyrics, bass lines, and instrumentation. Early traditional blues verses consisted of a single line repeated four times. It was only in the first decades of the 20th century that the most common current str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JSP Records
JSP Records is a British record label, founded in 1978 by John Stedman (John Stedman Promotions), releasing recordings by blues musicians such as Professor Longhair, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Witherspoon, Louisiana Red, Deitra Farr, Charlie Sayles, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Kansas City Red, Eddie Taylor, and Big John Wrencher. The label is based in London, England. JSP now predominantly releases remastered CDs of public domain jazz and blues recordings. In the case of old Paramount recordings (including those by Charley Patton and Blind Blake), the original records were made from shellac which made them susceptible to damage. JSP's releases from this material are remastered versions. Their release of Louis Armstrong's ''Hot Fives & Sevens'' is often considered to be one of the most essential jazz releases available. The label has an extensive catalog of original recordings, but their recording program continues to this day, with Lucky Peterson, Johnnie Marshall, Randy McAllister, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Hot Blues Of Phil Guy
''The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy'' is the first album by blues musician Phil Guy, recorded in March 1982 and released on JSP Records in that same year. Background and recordings Three months after they recorded ''DJ Play My Blues'' album for Buddy Guy, they entered the Soto Sound Studio in Chicago again to record a new session, but this time led by Phil Guy. They recorded a bunch of songs, which released on two different albums. The first one was released in 1982, and the next a year later, both on JSP. There was some changes in the line-up, Professor Eddie Lusk connected on keyboards, J.W. Williams returned on the bass, Maurice John Vaughn played some saxes. Releases The “Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy” released only on vinyl in 1982, but most of the tracks released on Phil Guy’s ''All Star Chicago Blues Session'' compilation CD in 1994 by JSP. Track listing Note *"Red Dress" is a rework of the blues standard "Hi-Heel Sneakers", written by Tommy Tucker. Personnel * Phil Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture. The blues form is ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, and is characterized by the call-and-response pattern (the blues scale and specific chord progressions) of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. Blue notes (or "worried notes"), usually thirds, fifths or sevenths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove. Blues as a genre is also characterized by its lyrics, bass lines, and instrumentation. Early traditional blues verses consisted of a single line repeated four times. It was only in the first decades of the 20th century that the most common current str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Play My Blues
''DJ Play My Blues'' is the sixth studio album by blues musician Buddy Guy, recorded in December 1981 and released on JSP Records in 1982. It was the third in a trio of Guy albums on JSP. Background and recordings One year after the release of the slicker and funkier ''Breaking Out'', Buddy Guy and his band entered Soto Sound Studio in Chicago and recorded one of the most remarkable blues albums of the 1980s. Buddy's brother, Phil Guy, was on second guitar. Longtime drummer Ray "Killer" Allison was back again, and there were two new members in Buddy's band: guitarist Doug Williams (a member of Phil Guy's band), and bassist Mike Morrison (who had played with Junior Wells and Willie Dixon). Releases The original release includes only seven tracks. A 10-track LP was released in 1991 by Music Box International in Greece. Two of the three new tracks were previously released on Phil Guy's solo albums in 1982 and 1983 (''The Garbage Man Blues'' and ''Mellow Down''), with Phil singing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells. Guy has won eight Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Guy was ranked 23rd in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's " 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the ''Rolling Stone'' list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book ''Damn Right I've Got the Blues'', with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, ''When I Left Home: My Story'', was publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Star Chicago Blues Session
''All Star Chicago Blues Session'' is a compilation album by blues musician Phil Guy. It contains the full session that was recorded at the Soto Sound Studio in March 1982. Background and recordings Phil Guy and his brother Buddy Guy recorded a bunch of songs at the Soto Sound Studio in Chicago in March 1982. These tracks were separately released on Phil Guy’s albums, The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy in 1982 and Bad Luck Boy in 1983. “All Star Chicago Blues Session” is a combination of these two vinyls. The original tracks are remixed. Track listing # "Breakin' Out On Top" – 7:26 # "Texas Flood" – 5:46 # "Blues With A Feeling" – 6:22 # "Red Dress" – 4:11 # "Ice Around My Heart" – 8:55 # "Bad Luck Boy" – 9:11 # "Wine Head Woman" – 3:53* # "Skin & Bones / Money" – 8:25 # "Love Is Like Quicksand" – 5:04 # "Garbage Man Blues” – 4:42 Note *Track 5 was titled “Cold Feeling”, track 7 titled "Winehead" on the original vinyl. Personnel * Phil Guy – g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money (That's What I Want)
"Money (That's What I Want)" is a rhythm and blues song written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, which was the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise. Barrett Strong recorded it in 1959 as a single for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. Many artists later recorded the tune, including the Beatles in 1963, the Rolling Stones in 1964, and the Flying Lizards in 1979. Composition and recording The song developed out of a spontaneous recording session at the Hitsville studio A in Detroit. Gordy and Strong began by improvising on piano and vocals and were joined by Benny Benjamin on drums and Brian Holland on tambourine. Authors Jim Cogan and William Clark only identify the guitarist and bass guitarist as "two white kids walking home from high school hoheard the music out on the street and wandered in to Hitsville ndasked if they could play along." They add "Strong claimed he never saw the two boys who played bass and guitar again." Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is a retired American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades. As a songwriter, he composed or co-composed a number of hits including "Lonely Teardrops" and "That's Why" ( Jackie Wilson), "Shop Around" (the Miracles), and "Do You Love Me" (the Contours), all of which topped the US R&B charts, as well as the international hit "Reet Petite" ( Jackie Wilson). As part of the Corporation, he wrote many hit songs for the Jackson 5, including "I Want You Back" and "ABC". As a record producer, he launched the Miracles and signed acts like the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Stevie Wonder. He was known for carefully directing the public image, dress, manners, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janie Bradford
Janie Bradford (born June 2, 1939 in Charleston, Missouri, United States) is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money (That's What I Want)", originally recorded by Barrett Strong, and then by The Beatles on their second album ''With The Beatles''. "Money" is also on The Rolling Stones' first UK EP (January 17, 1964). Other hits by Bradford include "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" by Marvin Gaye (although originally by The Temptations), and also recorded by Phil Collins, "Contract On Love" by Little Stevie Wonder and "Your Old Standby" for Mary Wells. She worked at Motown for more than 25 years. Currently, Bradford is the executive director of the Janie Bradford HAL Scholarship Fund and producer of the Heroes And Legends a.k.a. HAL Awards, an annual event that raises funds for performing arts scholarships while paying tribute to entertainment legends, including many of Motown's biggest stars. She has also established T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
