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Benchmark Recordings
Benchmark Recordings is a record label that was founded in 2000 by music industry veterans Bill Coben and Denny Bruce. The initial catalog included the first four albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, which were originally released in the late 1970s and early 1980s on the Takoma Records label and distributed by Chrysalis Records. The early albums featured Kim Wilson on vocals and harmonica and Jimmie Vaughan on guitar. A compilation of live recordings and new material titled ''Tacos Deluxe'' was released in 2004. In 2008 Jon Monday, who had worked with Denny and Bill at Takoma Records in the 1970s and 1980s, joined the company as its President. A CD titled '' I'm With You Always'' by Mike Bloomfield Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American guitarist and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his ..., a live recording from 1977 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Record Labels
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Bird Rhythm
''T-Bird Rhythm'' is the fourth studio album by Texas-based blues rock band the Fabulous Thunderbirds, released in 1982. The recording contains a mixture of covers and originals. Chrysalis dropped the band following the release of the album. Production The album was produced by Nick Lowe. A video was produced for "How Do You Spell Love?" Critical reception Robert Christgau wrote that "both sides open with fetchingly offhand ravers, Kim Wilson works his shoo-fly drawl for gumbo lilt, and the mysterious J. Miller contributes the irresistible 'You're Humbuggin' Me', which had me tearing through my Jimmy Reed records in a fruitless search for the original." ''The Globe and Mail'' wrote: "Jimmy Vaughan's 'sic''guitar can make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end, but the real genius of this band is vocalist and harmonica player Kim Wilson." ''The New York Times'' called ''T-Bird Rhythm'' "a rocking album that generates excitement without sounding like the work of fanatic b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butt Rockin'
''Butt Rockin' '' is the third studio album by Texas-based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds, released in 1981. The recording took the band closer to old rhythm and blues and added additional musicians playing piano and brass. A 2000 CD reissue contains three bonus tracks. Track listing All tracks composed by Kim Wilson; except where indicated # "I Believe I'm in Love" # "One's Too Many (And a Hundred Ain't Enough)" (Wilson, Nick Lowe) # "Give Me All Your Lovin # "Roll, Roll, Roll" (Eddie Shuler, Lonnie Brooks) # "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (Louiguy, Jacques Larue, Mack David) # "I Hear You Knockin ( J.D. Miller) # "Tip on In" (Robert Holmes, James Moore, John Holmes) # "I'm Sorry" # "Mathilda" (Huey Thierry, George Khoury) # "Tell Me Why" # "In Orbit" (Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson, Fran Christina) Bonus tracks # "Found a New Love" # "I Got Eyes" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) # "Someday You'll Want Me" (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) Personnel ;The Fab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's The Word
''What's the Word'' is the second studio album by the Austin, Texas-based blues band The Fabulous Thunderbirds, released in 1980. Like its predecessor, the album initially sold poorly, but is now regarded as a successful white blues recording. The 2000 CD reissue on Benchmark Records contains three bonus tracks, two of which were recorded live at Club Koda, Austin, Texas. Track listing All tracks composed by Kim Wilson; except where indicated # "Runnin' Shoes" (Traditional, Juke Boy Bonner) – 3:38 # "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine" (Sidney Simien, Floyd Soileau) – 1:48 # "Low-Down Woman" – 3:15 # "Extra Jimmies" (Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson) – 2:35 # "Sugar Coated Love" (Audrey Butler, J.D. Miller) – 3:00 # "Last Call for Alcohol" (Vaughan, Kim Wilson) – 2:55 # "The Crawl" (Raymond Victoria, Wayne Shuler) – 2:15 # "Jumpin Bad" (Vaughan, Wilson) – 2:25 # "Learn to Treat Me Right" – 3:07 # "I'm a Good Man (If You Give Me A Chance)" – 2:50 # "Dirty Work" – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Go Wild
''The Fabulous Thunderbirds'' is the 1979 debut studio album by the Texas-based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. The album is often erroneously referred to as ''"Girls Go Wild"'' due to the prominence of the words on the cover. The album was reissued via Benchmark Recordings in 2000. Reception The ''Cleveland Scene'' wrote that the album "generated an excitement among many blues fans on a par with that brought on by the first couple of Paul Butterfield albums more than a decade before." Track listing # "Wait on Time" (Kim Wilson) – 3:03 # "Scratch My Back" ( James Moore AKA Slim Harpo) – 3:52 # "Rich Woman" (Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley "Li'l" Millet) – 3:28 # "Full-Time Lover" (Frankie Lee, Frank Scott) – 4:43 # "Pocket Rocket" – 3:27 # "She's Tuff" ( Jerry "Boogie" McCain) – 2:59 # "Marked Deck" ( Jimmy Mullins, Johnny Vincent) – 2:41 # "Walkin' to My Baby" – 2:25 (Wilson) # "Rock with Me" – 2:38 (Wilson) # "C-Boy's Blues" (Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Birds Special
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Early may refer to: History * The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.: ** Early Christianity ** Early modern Europe Places in the United States * Early, Iowa * Early, Texas * Early Branch, a stream in Missouri * Early County, Georgia Other uses * ''Early'' (Scritti Politti album), 2005 * ''Early'' (A Certain Ratio album), 2002 * Early (name) * Early effect, an effect in transistor physics * Early Records, a record label * the early part of the morning See also * Earley (other) Earley is a town in England. Earley may also refer to: * Earley (surname), a list of people with the surname Earley * Earley (given name), a variant of the given name Earlene * Earley Lake, a lake in Minnesota *Earley parser, an algorithm *Earley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bloomfield
Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American guitarist and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, as he rarely sang before 1969. Respected for his guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues musicians before achieving his own fame and was instrumental in popularizing blues music in the mid-1960s. In 1965, he played on Bob Dylan's ''Highway 61 Revisited'', including the single "Like a Rolling Stone", and performed with Dylan at that year's Newport Folk Festival. Bloomfield was ranked No. 22 on Rolling Stone's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2003 and No. 42 by the same magazine in 2011. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012 and, as a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Early years Bloomfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Monday
Jon Monday (born 1947 in San Jose, California) is an American producer and distributor of CDs and DVDs across an eclectic range of material such as Swami Prabhavananda, Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Huston Smith, Chalmers Johnson, and Charles Bukowski. Monday directed and co-produced with Jennifer Douglas the feature-length documentary '' Save KLSD: Media Consolidation and Local Radio''. He is also President of Benchmark Recordings, which owns and distributes the early catalog of The Fabulous Thunderbirds CDs and a live recording of Mike Bloomfield. Career Monday got his start in multimedia through his own psychedelic light-show company in the Bay Area in the sixties, providing visuals for concerts by Country Joe and the Fish, Janis Joplin's Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Steve Miller's Blues Band at local Berkeley, California venues and The Fillmore in San Francisco. In 1970, Monday was hired by John Fahey at Takoma Records i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Bruce
Denny Bruce (born in 1944 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American record producer and artist manager. While living in Los Angeles in 1965 Denny was hired by Frank Zappa as a second drummer with The Mothers of Invention. After 6 months he contracted mononucleosis and was forced to leave the group. He was replaced by Billy Mundi. Bruce launched a career in artist management and record production with his first artist signed, Lisa Kindred, and soon added Magic Sam, Albert Collins and Earl Hooker. He later became A&R consultant to Blue Thumb Records, working with such artists as Ike and Tina Turner, Charlie Musselwhite, and Robbie Basho. After the death of Magic Sam in 1969, Bruce worked as Tour Manager of Buffy Sainte-Marie. He formed a production company with Jack Nitzsche and songwriter Gerry Goffin. They worked out of Goffin's new Larabee Studios in West Hollywood. While working for Vanguard Records he started producing John Fahey and through Fahey and his label, Takoma R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan (born March 20, 1951) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas. He is the older brother of the late Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Several notable blues guitarists have had a significant influence on Vaughan's playing style, including the "Three Kings" (Albert, Freddie, and B.B. King) and Johnny "Guitar" Watson. Early career Jimmie Vaughan was born on March 20, 1951, in Dallas County, Texas, United States, to parents Jimmie Lee Vaughan and Martha Jean Cook. Raised in Dallas, Texas, Vaughan attended L V. Stockard Junior High where on February 3, 1965, he first played before an audience in a group named The Pendulums, or the JSP's, along with Phil Campbell and Ronny Sterling. Vaughan moved to Austin in the late 1960s and began playing with such musicians as Paul Ray and WC Clark. In 1969, Vaughan's group opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience in Fort Worth, Texas. It was at this show that Vaughan lent Jimi Hendrix hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
