Easyriders is an American motorcycle magazine, founded in 1971.^[1] It is published monthly by Paisano Publications, LLC.

In addition to its coverage of motorcycles (particularly Harley-Davidsons) and related activities, Easyriders is also known for including pictures of nude or topless women^[2][3] and paintings by David Mann who was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture.

The Audit Bureau of Circulation reported that Easyriders had an average paid and verified circulation of 123,587 for the six-month period ending December 31, 2007.^[4]

References[link]

1. ^ "Easyriders". Paisano Publications, LLC. 2008. http://www.easyriders.com/advertising/?cp=5. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 
2. ^ Colker, David (1999-06-17). "Easyriders Seeks Direction as the Road Gets Rough; Publishing: New managers grapple with stock crash and protests over the cleanup of the flagship magazine". Los Angeles Times: p. 1. 
3. ^ Worthington, Rogers (1979-01-11). "A sex and cycles magazine that's more than skin deep". Chicago Tribune: pp. 1, 10 (Tempo section). 
4. ^ Search of "Consumer Magazines - Search Results". Audit Bureau of Circulations. 2007-12-31. http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 

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Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo at the premiere of Grindhouse in Austin, Texas.
Born	Dan Trejo (1944-05-16) May 16, 1944 (age 68) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Debbie Shreve

Dan "Danny" Trejo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtɾexo]; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, most notably in "tough guy" roles as a villain or an anti-hero.

Early life[link]

Born Dan Trejo in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California,^[1][2] Trejo is the son of Alice Rivera and Dan Trejo, a construction worker.^[3][4] He is of Mexican descent.^[5] He is a second cousin of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, though the two were unaware that they were related until the filming of Desperado.^[6][7] As a youth, he roamed the streets around his home area, committing various petty crimes with his uncle, and eventually became addicted to heroin. He was arrested numerous times as an adolescent.^{[citation needed]}

While on the streets, Trejo developed talent as a boxer and considered taking it up as a profession. That ambition was dashed by a lengthy prison sentence. He served 11 years for drug and robbery charges in the Holmesburg Prison^{[citation needed]}. While in Holmesburg, he became the Pennsylvania state prison champion in both the lightweight and welterweight divisions. During this time Trejo became a member of a twelve-step program which he credits with his success in overcoming drug addiction. He also served time in Folsom State Prison. Trejo was released in 1972.^[2]

Career[link]

While speaking at a recovery meeting in Los Angeles, Trejo met a young man in the movie business. His newfound friend invited him to the set of Runaway Train where Trejo was offered a job as an extra in the film's prison scenes. Edward Bunker, himself a former convict and well-respected crime author who was writing the screenplay for the film, recognized Trejo, with whom he had done time at San Quentin. It was widely misreported that Trejo was actually serving time in the prison where filming took place. Bunker remembered Trejo's boxing skills, and offered him $320 per day to train Eric Roberts, one of the movie's stars, for a boxing scene. Director Andrei Konchalovsky liked Trejo's work and decided to offer him a prominent role in the film.

Since then, Trejo has become a prolific actor in both films and television, acting alongside some of Hollywood's most famous actors, including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Nicolas Cage, Charles Bronson, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Val Kilmer, and Antonio Banderas. Trejo has often appeared in five or more movies per year in various genres. Major releases in which he has acted include Machete, Blood in Blood Out, Animal Factory, Bubble Boy, Anaconda, Marked for Death, xXx, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Heat, From Dusk till Dawn, Con Air, Six Days Seven Nights, Spy Kids, The Replacement Killers, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Predators, Urban Justice, The Devil's Rejects, Valley of Angels, Delta Farce, Grindhouse, Rob Zombie's Halloween and Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror.

Trejo at Muscle Beach

Trejo is known for his very distinctive appearance. In addition to his heavily lined face (usually sporting a long mustache), he has displayed the large tattoo on his chest for many roles (the tattoo depicts a woman wearing a sombrero). He often plays thugs or lowlife characters, although he has also played protagonists in films such as Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids trilogy, Bubble Boy and a guest appearance on the USA Network series Monk with art imitating life as a convict roommate to Tony Shalhoub's undercover detective. He also appeared in an episode of Desperate Housewives in Season 2, sent by Carlos to help Gabrielle deal with her grief of losing her unborn baby (another good-guy character). He voices the character Enrique, and Octavio's character is based on his appearance on King of the Hill. His role on King of the Hill was referenced in the HBO series Unscripted in which he appears in a quick cameo. He also is featured in an episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and an episode of Do IT LIVE alongside actors Anna Bennett and Claudia Pickering, shot in Downtown Los Angeles, by the name of Sebring feat. Danny Trejo. Trejo also made guest appearances in the award-winning series Breaking Bad in 2009 and 2010.

The award-winning independent film, CHAMPION was released in 2005, documenting Trejo's life. It features Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Steve Buscemi and Robert Rodriguez. Trejo appears as a playable character in Def Jam: Fight for NY, a fighting game to which the actor lent his voice and likeness. He had previously lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the character Umberto Robina, who also resembles Trejo. Trejo voiced the character of Rico in Rob Zombie's animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as well as starring alongside Steven Seagal in Urban Justice. He is now portraying the Mexican bartender in the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. He also voices Raul the Ghoul in Fallout: New Vegas.

Regarding his continued growth as a professional actor, Trejo has stated that he still cannot believe how fortunate he has been. "I'm so blessed. I'm still scared that somebody's going to wake me up and say, 'Hey, we're still in prison. Let's go to chow'".^[8]

Many of Trejo's characters in Robert Rodriguez movies have been named after knives or sharp instruments: Machete in Spy Kids, Razor Eddie in the From Dusk till Dawn series, Navajas (Spanish for blades) in Desperado, and Cuchillo (Spanish for knife) in Predators.^[9] He also plays Machete in a trailer made for Rodriguez's film collaboration with Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse. In 2010, he starred in a full theatrical version of Machete, based on the character.

He has also made cameo appearances in music videos such as, in rapper Tech N9ne's video for the single, Like Yeah, from his 2008 release Killer, Rehab's 2007 song Bartender, Jay Chou's short movie-music video Double Blade from his 2003 album Ye Hui Mei, in southern metalcore band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster's video for the single, Open Your Eyes, from their 2011 release IV and the Jonas Brothers' Burnin' Up from their album A Little Bit Longer and in Sepultura video Attitude in 1996.

He also appeared in the PlayStation Move game The Fight: Lights Out as an instructor for the player's character, and as himself in the second map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops; Escalation map pack, on the zombie map Call of the Dead.

In 2012, Trejo starred alongside Ron Perlman and Charles S. Dutton in Craig Moss’s action film Bad Ass. He plays the main character of Frank Vega, a Vietnam veteran based upon 67-year-old “Epic Beard Man” Thomas Bruso, who became famous for successfully defending himself when attacked by two thugs who were bothering a 50-year old man aboard an AC Transit bus in Oakland, California.

Personal life[link]

Trejo is married to Debbie Shreve. He has four children: Danny Boy (b. 1981), Gilbert (b. 1988), Danielle (b. 1990), Jose (b. 1991) who are all from previous relationships. He also has a daughter Esmeralda Trejo who is married and has three children in Austin, Texas. Her mother is the woman with the sombrero on his chest tattoo.

Trejo has said that he is amazed when he walks the streets where he used to commit crimes and children ask him for autographs. He also pointed out that he often chooses to play bad guys to teach younger audiences that bad guys often die or go to prison, and that one should try to live a decent life.

Trejo often speaks in front of youth groups and at colleges and encourages young people to avoid making the same mistakes he did while growing up.

On February 7, 2012 Trejo visited John H. Francis Polytechnic high school to talk to students about education.

Trejo is a Christian.^[10]

Filmography[link]

Cultural references[link]

Plastilina Mosh, a Mexican alternative rock band, paid tribute to Trejo with their song "Danny Trejo", featured in their album All U Need Is Mosh. Trejo is also featured in the 2004 hip-hop fighting game Def Jam: Fight for NY as a soldier to Crow's side. Crow is voiced by and his looks are captured by Snoop Dogg. Danny Trejo can also be seen in the intro of Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max'd ("Play for Real", B-Real & DJ Lethal). He also is featured in the downloadable content pack called Escalation Map Pack in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops on the map "Call of the Dead" as himself.

ITN Clothing[link]

In addition to his acting career, Trejo is also the founder of ITN Clothing, which offers hip-hop style T-shirts and accessories.

References[link]

External links[link]

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Hamilton H. Gilkyson III (June 17, 1916–October 15, 1999), better known as Terry Gilkyson, was an American folk singer, composer, and lyricist.

Biography[link]

Gilkyson was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and graduated from St George's high school in 1935. By his early twenties, he had become a worker on a ranch in Tucson, Arizona, then joined the military during World War II. In 1947, he married Jane Gilkyson and moved to California to pursue a career as a folk singer.

He wrote and recorded "The Cry Of the Wild Goose", which became a hit song for Frankie Laine in 1950, as well as the 1953 hit song "Tell Me a Story" recorded by Jimmy Boyd and Laine. In 1951 Gilkyson appeared in, as well as wrote continuing songs for, the Cinecolor Western film Slaughter Trail that, in the manner of High Noon, had ballads throughout the film relating to the plot. He was also featured vocalist on The Weavers No. 1 hit recording of "On Top Of Old Smokey", as well as their recording of "Across The Wide Missouri". He appeared and sang in the 1956 Western "Star in the Dust" with John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, and Richard Boone.^[1]

In 1956, he formed a group called The Easy Riders with Richard Dehr and Frank Miller. The group had a major hit with "Marianne", both written and performed by the trio. The record sold in excess of one million copies, earning a gold disc.^[2] The three also wrote "Memories Are Made of This", which became a popular song in several versions, most particularly the one sung by Dean Martin backed by the Easy Riders. An adaptation of the song became an anthem for refugees from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

In the 1960s, he left the group to work for the Walt Disney Studios, writing music both for movies and the television series The Wonderful World of Disney especially "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh." In 1968 he was nominated for an Academy Award for "The Bare Necessities" from the 1967 movie The Jungle Book.^[3]

He died in Austin, Texas, while visiting family.

Guitarist Tony Gilkyson, formerly of the band X, and Austin singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson are Terry Gilkyson's son and daughter. His other daughter Nancy has served for 20 years as a vice president at Warner Bros. Records.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bio by Don Richardson, written shortly after he died
• Bio on Music Theater International site
• The Easy Riders biography at Yahoo! Music
• Allmusic
• Terry Gilkyson at the Internet Movie Database

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Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee performing at Nambassa in 1981.
Background information
Birth name	Walter Brown McGhee
Born	(1915-11-30)November 30, 1915 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Died	February 16, 1996(1996-02-16) (aged 80) Oakland, California, United States
Genres	Folk-blues, country blues, Piedmont blues, East Coast blues, blues revival
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, piano, kazoo, vocals
Associated acts	Stick McGhee, Sonny Terry

Walter Brown ("Brownie") McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996)^[1] was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.^[2]

Life and career[link]

Brownie McGhee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee.^[3] As a child he had polio, which incapacitated his leg. His brother Granville "Sticks" or "Stick" McGhee was nicknamed for pushing young Brownie around in a cart. His father, George McGhee, was a factory worker known around University Avenue for playing guitar and singing. Brownie's uncle made him a guitar from a tin marshmallow box and a piece of board.^[4] McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with local harmony group the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet and teaching himself to play guitar. A March of Dimes-funded leg operation enabled McGhee to walk.

At age 22, Brownie McGhee became a traveling musician, working in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and befriending Blind Boy Fuller, whose guitar playing influenced him greatly. After Fuller's death in 1941, J. B. Long of Columbia Records had McGhee adopt his mentor's name, branding him "Blind Boy Fuller No. 2." By that time, McGhee was recording for Columbia's subsidiary Okeh Records in Chicago, but his real success came after he moved to New York in 1942, when he teamed up with Sonny Terry, whom he had known since 1939 when Sonny was Blind Boy Fuller's harmonica player. The pairing was an overnight success; as well as recording, they toured together until around 1980. As a duo, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee did most of their work from 1958 until 1980, spending 11 months of each year touring, and recording dozens of albums.

Despite their later fame as "pure" folk artists playing for white audiences, in the 1940s Terry and McGhee also attempted to be successful black recording performers, fronting a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and rolling piano, variously calling themselves "Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers" or "Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five," often with Champion Jack Dupree and Big Chief Ellis. They also appeared in the original Broadway productions of Finian's Rainbow and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

During the blues revival of the 1960s, Terry and McGhee were very popular on the concert and music festival circuits, occasionally adding new material but usually remaining faithful to their roots and their audience. With Sonny Terry, he appeared in the 1979 Steve Martin comedy The Jerk. In 1987, McGhee gave a small but memorable performance as ill-fated blues singer Toots Sweet in the supernatural thriller movie, Angel Heart. He appeared in a 1988 episode of "Family Ties" titled "The Blues Brother" in which he played fictional blues musician Eddie Dupre, as well as a 1989 episode of Matlock entitled "The Blues Singer."

Happy Traum, a former guitar student of Brownie's, edited a blues guitar instruction guide and songbook for him. Using a tape recorder, Traum had McGhee instruct and, between lessons, talk about his life and the blues. Guitar Styles of Brownie McGhee was published in New York in 1971. The autobiographical section features Brownie talking about growing up, his musical beginnings, and a history of the early blues period (1930s onward).

One of McGhee's final concert appearances was at the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival.^[3]

McGhee died from stomach cancer in February 1996 in Oakland, California at age 80; he missed his planned return trip to Australia.^[5]

Discography[link]

• Traditional Blues - Vol. 1 (Folkways Records, 1951)
• Get on Board: Negro Folksongs by the Folkmasters (Folkways, 1952)
• Brownie McGhee Blues (Folkways, 1955)
• Washboard Band - Country Dance Music (Folkways, 1956)
• Folk Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (Roulette, 1958)
• Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (Folkways, 1959)
• Brownie McGhee Sings the Blues (Folkways, 1959)
• Traditional Blues - Vol. 2 (Folkways, 1960)
• Preachin' the Blues (Folkways, 1968)
• Sonny & Brownie (A&M Records, 1973)
• Brownie's Blues (Prestige Records, 1984)
• Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing (Smithsonian Folkways, 1990)
• The Folkways Years, 1945-1959 (Smithsonian Folkways, 1991)

See also[link]

• American folk music
• Woody Guthrie
• American Blues
• List of blues musicians
• List of people from Tennessee
• List of folk musicians

References[link]

External links[link]

• Center for Southern African American Music - Brownie McGhee — McGhee bio and audio samples

Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry performing live at Nambassa in 1981.
Background information
Birth name	Saunders Terrell
Born	(1911-10-24)October 24, 1911
Origin	North Carolina, United States
Died	March 11, 1986(1986-03-11) (aged 74)
Genres	Harmonica blues Piedmont blues[1] Country blues Blues revival Folk-blues East Coast blues
Instruments	Harmonica, Jaw harp
Years active	1930s—1980s
Labels	Atlantic, ABC
Associated acts	Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry and His Night Owls

Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911 - 11 March 1986^[2]) was a blind American Piedmont blues musician.^[1] He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts.

Career[link]

Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia.^[3] His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself.^[2] In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont blues-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died in 1941, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous songs together. The duo became well-known among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Styve Homnick, Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.

In 1938 Terry was invited to play at Carnegie Hall for the first From Spirituals to Swing concert,^[2] and later that year he recorded for the Library of Congress. In 1940 Terry recorded his first commercial sides. Some of his most famous works include "Old Jabo" a song about a man bitten by a snake and "Lost John" in this he demonstrates his amazing breath control .

Despite their fame as "pure" folk artists, in the 1940s, Terry and McGhee fronted a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and rolling piano that was variously called Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five.

Terry was also in the 1947 original cast of the Broadway musical comedy, Finian's Rainbow.^[4]

Terry died from natural causes at Mineola, New York, in March 1986,^[5] the year he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.^[2] He died three days before Crossroads was released in theaters.

In Popular Culture[link]

Terry's rendition of the traditional song "Fox Chase", was used by the experimental filmmaker Len Lye as the soundtrack for his short film, Color Cry (1952). "Old Lost John" was used by Werner Herzog twice: at the conclusion of his 1977 feature film Stroszek and also during shooting scene in Bad Lieutenant. Port of Call: New Orleans (2009). He also appeared in The Colour Purple directed by Steven Spielberg. With Brownie McGhee, he appeared in the 1979 Steve Martin comedy The Jerk. Terry collaborated with Ry Cooder on "Walkin' Away Blues" as well as a cover of Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues" for the 1986 film Crossroads. More recently Terry's track "Whoopin' The Blues" was used for a EON Wind Farm brand commercial. It also appeared in the film 24 Hour Party People (Winterbottom, 2002).

Sonny Terry's harmonica is sampled in the song "Love is Eternal Sacred Light" on Paul Simon's forthcoming album So Beautiful or So What.

Discography[link]

• Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (Folkways, 1955)
• Folk Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (Roulette, 1958)
• Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (Folkways, 1959)
• Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry At The Bunkhouse (Smash, 1965)
• "sing & play" (society,1966)
• Sonny & Brownie (A&M Records, 1973)
• Whoopin' (feat. Johnny Winter & Willie Dixon / Alligator, 1984)
• Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing (Smithsonian Folkways, 1990)
• Whoopin' the Blues: The Capitol Recordings, 1947-1950 (Capitol, 1995)

See also[link]

• List of blues musicians
• Blind musicians
• List of harmonicists
• Harmonica
• Jaw harp
• American Blues
• American folk music
• List of people on stamps of the United States

References[link]