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Terrence Orlando "Terry" Callier (May 24, 1945 – October 27, 2012) was an American
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guitarist and singer-songwriter.


Life and career

Callier was born in the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in the Cabrini–Green housing area. He learned piano, was a childhood friend of
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and
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, and began singing in
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groups in his teens. In 1962 he took an audition at
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, where he recorded his debut single, "Look at Me Now". At the same time as attending college, he then began performing in folk clubs and coffee houses in Chicago, becoming strongly influenced by the music of
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. During this period, he briefly performed in a duo with
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in Chicago and
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. He met
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of
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in 1964, and the following year they recorded his debut album. Charters then took the tapes away with him into the Mexican desert, and the album was eventually released in 1968 as '' The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier''. Two of Callier's songs, "Spin, Spin, Spin" and "It's About Time", were recorded by the
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band H. P. Lovecraft in 1968, as part of their ''
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'' album. H. P. Lovecraft featured fellow Chicago folk club stalwart George Edwards, who would go on to co-produce several tracks for Callier in 1969. He continued to perform in Chicago, and in 1970 joined the Chicago Songwriters Workshop set up by Jerry Butler. He and partner Larry Wade wrote material for Chess and its subsidiary
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label, including
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' 1972 hit "The Love We Had Stays on My Mind", as a result of which he was awarded his own recording contract with Cadet as a singer-songwriter. Three critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums followed, produced by
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: ''
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'' (1972), ''
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'' (1972), and ''
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'' (1973). These demonstrated that Callier's influences included soul, jazz,
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, and
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. Subsequently, he toured with
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and others. Cadet and its parent label
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were sold in 1976 and Callier was then dropped from the label. The Songwriters Workshop closed in 1976. The following year,
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signed him to a new contract with his
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Division at
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, resulting in the R&B-oriented ''Fire On Ice'' (1977) and ''Turn You to Love'' (1978). The opening track of the latter album, "Sign Of The Times", was used as the theme tune of radio DJ
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and became Callier's only US chart success, reaching No. 78 on the
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in 1979. The single prompted his appearance at the
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, where Mizell presented him in the Elektra Jazz Fusion Night showcase alongside
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,
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and
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. When Mizell moved on to work with
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in 1980, Callier was dropped from the label. Callier continued to perform and tour until 1983, when he gained custody of his daughter and retired from music to take classes in computer programming, landing a job at the
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and returning to college during the evenings to pursue a degree in
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. He re-emerged from obscurity in the late 1980s, when British DJs discovered his old recordings and began to play his songs in clubs.
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reissued a little-known Callier recording from 1983, "I Don't Want to See Myself (Without You)", and brought him to play clubs in Britain. From 1991 he began to make regular trips to play gigs during his vacation time from work. In the late 1990s Callier began his comeback to recorded music, collaborating with
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on their 1997 EP ''Religion and Politics'' and contributed to
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's '' Best Bit'' EP in 1997 before releasing the album '' Timepeace'' in 1998, which won the United Nations' Time For Peace award for outstanding artistic achievement contributing to world peace. His colleagues at the University of Chicago did not know of Callier's life as a musician, but after the award the news of his work as a musician became widely known and subsequently led to his dismissal by the University. As well as touring internationally, Callier continued his recording career, releasing five albums after ''Timepeace'', including ''Lifetime'' (1999), ''Alive'' (2001), ''Speak Your Peace'' (2002), featuring
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on the single " Brother to Brother", ''Golden Apples of the Sun'' (2003), featuring the words of
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' poem ''The Song of the Wandering Aengus'', and ''Lookin' Out'' (2004). May 2009 saw his album ''Hidden Conversations'' featuring
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released on
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records. In 2001, Callier performed "Satin Doll" for the
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's compilation album ''
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'', a tribute to
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, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. He died from cancer on October 27, 2012, aged 67.


Discography


Studio albums

* '' The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier'' (
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, 1968) * ''
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'' (
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, 1972) * ''
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'' (Cadet, 1972) * ''
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'' (Cadet, 1973) * '' Fire on Ice'' ( Elektra, 1978) * ''Turn You to Love'' (Elektra, 1979) * ''Time Peace'' (
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/
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, 1998) No. 92 UK * ''Lifetime'' (
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/Talkin' Loud, 1999) No. 96 UK * ''Speak Your Peace'' (
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, 2002) No. 156 UK * ''Lookin' Out'' (Mr Bongo, 2004) * ''Hidden Conversations'' (Mr Bongo, 2009)


Live albums

* ''TC in DC'' (Premonition, 1996) recorded live in Washington D.C. 1982 * ''Live at Mother Blues, 1964'' (Premonition, 2000) recorded live in Chicago 1964 * ''Alive'' (Mr Bongo, 2001) recorded live in London 2000 * ''Welcome Home'' (Mr Bongo, 2008) recorded live in London 2008


Singles and maxi singles

*"Look at Me Now" (Chess, 1962) * "I Just Can't Help Myself" (Cadet, 1973) * "Ordinary Joe" / "Golden Circle of Your Love" (Cadet) * "Look at Me Now" / "Ordinary Joe" (Cadet) * "Butterfly" / "Street Fever" (Elektra, 1978) * "Sign of the Times" / "Occasional Rain" (Elektra, 1979) * "I Don't Want to See Myself (Without You)" / "If I Could Make You (Change Your Mind)" (Erect, 1982; reissued on Acid Jazz, 1990 & 2006) * "Love Theme from Spartacus" (Talkin' Loud/(Verve Forecast), 1998) * "I Don't Want to See Myself (Without You)" (Talkin' Loud, 1999) * "Silent Night" (Talkin' Loud, 1999) * "Holdin' On" / "When My Lady Danced" (Talkin' Loud, 1999) * "Tomorrow in Your Eyes" – East West Connection featuring Terry Callier (Chillifunk, 2001) * "Brother to Brother" – Terry Callier with
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(Mr Bongo 2002) * "Running Around" / "Monuments of Mars" (Mr Bongo, 2002) * "In a Heartbeat" –
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feat. Terry Callier (Superstudio Grå/
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, 2002) * "Lookin’ Out" (Mr Bongo, 2004) * "
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with Terry Callier (Virgin, 2006) * "Advice" – Hardkandy featuring Terry Callier (Catskills, 2006) * "Wings" (Mr Bongo, 2009)


DVD and videos

* ''Terry Callier – Live in Berlin'' (
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, 2005) Prod.: Modzilla Films/ Beatrice Tillmann


Appearances

* Vocals on The Juju Orchestra's – "What Is Hip" (2007) * Vocals on
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's "
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" (2006) * Vocals on Hardkandy's "Advice" (2006) * Vocals on
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" (2005) * Vocals on
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's "Moonlight and Mescaline" (2004) * Vocals on
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's "Blue 3rd" (2003) * Vocals on
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's "Varekai" (2002) * Vocals on
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's "Deep in Your Mind" (2002) * Vocals on
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's "The Day of the Greys" (2001) * Vocals on
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's "In a Heartbeat" (2001) * Vocals on
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's "Simple Things"(2001) * Vocals on Grand Tourism's "Les Courants d'Air" (2001) * Vocals on
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'' (1999) * Vocals on
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's "Religion and Politics" and "Changing of the Guard", from the album ''Blanket'' (1998), after sampling his song "You Goin' Miss Your Candyman" in their song "Listen" from the album by the same name (1994) * His song "You Goin' Miss Your Candyman" was featured in the French movie, ''
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''.


References


External links

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