Name	EARL
Type	studio
Artist	Earl Sweatshirt
Cover	EARL.jpg
Released
Genre	Hip Hop, Rap
Length
Label	Odd Future
Producer	Tyler the Creator, Left Brain, BeatBoy
This album	EARL
Next album	The Sweaty Martian (TBA)

EARL is the debut studio album by Earl Sweatshirt, member of the OFWGKTA rap collective It was released as a free digital download only on the OFWGKTA website . The album features production by fellow OFWGKTA members Tyler the Creator, and Left Brain, as well as Odd Future affiliate BeatBoy.

Lyrically, the album tends to be rather mature and often obscene, typical of the works created by OFWGKTA and its members, which is particularly notable because Earl Sweatshirt himself is 16 years old .

Upon its release the album was met with much interest and general acclaim on the web. Pitchfork Media called the album "mezmerizing," . Underground music blog Altered Zones listed EARL as one of their top 20 albums of 2010, praising the album for its ferocity and for making "some of the most vile verses sound eloquent." . Music site Gorilla vs. Bear listed it at number 12 in it's list of the 30 best albums of 2010 .

Track listing

#"Thisniggaugly" #"Earl" #"Couch" (feat. Ace Creator) #"Kill #"Wakeupfaggot" #"Luper" #"epaR" (feat. Vince Staples) #"Moonlight" (feat. Hodgy Beats) #"Pigions" (feat. Wolf Haley) #"Stapleton"

References

External links

Odd Future website

Official music video for song "Earl"

Category:2010 albums

Name	Earl Klugh
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	September 16, 1954
Origin	Detroit Michigan, United States
Instrument	Acoustic Guitar
Genre	Smooth jazz, Crossover jazz, Jazz fusion
Years active	1970 to present
Label	Blue Note, Warner Bros. Records, Capitol Records, Koch Records
Url	Official website
Notable instruments	Del Langejans electric acoustic

Earl Klugh (pronounced "Clue") (born September 16, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan

Klugh's first recording, at age 15, was on Yusef Lateef's Suite 16. He played on George Benson's White Rabbit album and two years later, in 1973, joined his touring band. Klugh hosts a special Weekend of Jazz (http://www.weekendofjazz.com/index.php) featuring jazz legends and greats at the Five-Star Broadmoor Hotel & Resort in Colorado Springs. Jazz greats including Ramsey Lewis, Patti Austin, Chuck Mangione, Bob James, Joe Sample, Chris Botti, Roberta Flack, and Arturo Sandoval have all performed at the annual event set in foot of the Colorado Rockies. In November 2010 Klugh will bring the Weekend of Jazz to Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina.

In 2006 Modern Guitar magazine wrote that Klugh "is considered by many to be one of the finest acoustic guitar players today."

Discography

Studio albums

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" |- align="center" ! | Year ! | Title ! | Label ! | Notes |- |rowspan="2"|1976 |Earl Klugh | EMI Music Distribution | |- |Living inside Your Love | Blue Note | |- |1977 |Finger Paintings | Blue Note | |- |1978 |Magic in Your Eyes | Blue Note | |- |1979 |Heart String | Blue Note | |- |rowspan="2"|1980 |Dream Come True | EMI Music Distribution | received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Fusion Performance |- |Late Night Guitar | Blue Note | |- |1981 |Crazy for You | Blue Note | |- |1983 |Low Ride | Capitol Records | |- |1984 |Wishful Thinking | EMI Music Distribution | |- |rowspan="2"|1985 |Nightsongs | Capitol Records | received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance |- |Soda Fountain Shuffle | Warner Bros. Records | |- |1986 |Life Stories | Warner Bros. Records | |- |rowspan=2|1989 |Solo Guitar | Warner Bros. Records | |- |Whispers and Promises | Warner Bros. Records |received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance |- |1991 |Midnight in San Juan | Warner Bros. Records | |- |1994 |Move | Warner Bros. Records | |- |1996 |Sudden Burst of Energy | Warner Bros. Records | |- |1997 |The Journey | Warner Bros. Records | |- |1999 |Peculiar Situation | BMG | |- |2005 |Naked Guitar | Koch Records |received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album |- |2008 |The Spice of Life | Koch Records |received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album |- |}

The Earl Klugh Trio Albums

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" |- align="center" ! | Year ! | Title ! | Label ! | Notes |- |1991 | The Earl Klugh Trio, Vol. 1 | Warner Bros. Records |with Gene Dunlap and Ralph Armstrong |- |1993 |Sounds and Visions, Vol. 2 | | with Gene Dunlap, Ralph Armstrong & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |- |}

Duet albums

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" |- align="center" ! | Year ! | Title ! | Label ! | Notes |- |1979 | One on One | Tappan Zee Records | with Bob James - Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1981 |- |1982 | Two of a Kind | Manhattan Records | with Bob James |- |1987 | Collaboration | Warner Bros. Records |with George Benson |- |1992 |Cool | Warner Bros. Records | with Bob James |- |}

Movie Soundtrack Albums

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" |- align="center" ! | Year ! | Title ! | Label ! | Notes |- |1980 | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | Columbia Records | Hubert Laws & Earl Klugh |- |1983 | Marvin and Tige | Capitol Records | Patrick Williams & Earl Klugh |- |1992 | Just Between Friends | Warner Bros. Records | Patrick Williams & Earl Klugh |- |}

Best of Albums

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" |- align="center" ! | Year ! | Title ! | Label |- |1991 | The Best of Earl Klugh, Vol. 1 | Blue Note |- |1992 |The Best of Earl Klugh, Vol. 1 | Blue Note |- |1998 |The Best of Earl Klugh | Warner Bros. Records |- |}

Compilation Albums

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" |- align="center" ! | Year ! | Title ! | Label |- |1983 |Heart String/Late Night Guitar | Liberty Records |- |1991 |Key Notes | Capitol Records |- |1992 |A Time for Love | Cema |- |1993 |Ballads | Manhattan Records |- |1996 |Guitar Magic | EMI-Capitol Special Markets |- |1996 |Love Songs | Blue Note |- |1998 |Jazz Masters | EMI Music Distribution |- |2004 |Guitar Legends | Disky |- |2006 |Music for Lovers | Blue Note |- |2007 |Ultimate Earl Klugh |Mosaic Records |- |2007 |Rhino Hi-Five: Earl Klugh |Rhino/Warner Bros. |- |}

DVDs & Video

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" |- align="center" ! | Year ! | Title ! | Label |- |2001 | The Jazz Channel Presents Earl Klugh | Image Entertainment |- |2003 |Earl Klugh In Concert | BMG/Image |- |}

References

External links

EarlKlugh.com

Tom Redmond - Working with Chet Atkins: An Interview with Earl Klugh

Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:American jazz guitarists Category:African American guitarists Category:Grammy Award winners Category:E1 Music artists Category:Smooth jazz guitarists Category:Return to Forever members Category:GRP Records artists

Name	Kate Earl
Background	solo_singer
Origin	Chugiak, Alaska was released as a digital download on August 18, 2009 and in physical copy on November 3, 2009. Earl is managed by the Tommy Mottola's Mottola Company. Kate Earl's songs "Can't Treat Me That Way" and "Learning to Fly" were used in the TV series Private Practice. Her song "Nobody" was featured in an episode of the CW network series 90210.
Name	Earl, Kate
Date of birth	October 8, 1981

Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Alaska Category:Songwriters from Alaska Category:American female singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American musicians of Filipino descent Category:People from Anchorage, Alaska

Name	Robert Earl
Birth name	Robert Leigh
Birth date	May 25, 1951
Birth place	Hendon, England
Occupation	Owner, Planet HollywoodDirector, Everton F.C.

Robert Ian Earl is the founder of the Planet Hollywood chain of fast-food restaurants and an Everton F.C. director.

Everton Football Club

On October 20 2006 Earl the sandwich king bought shares in Everton from major shareholders Paul and Anita Gregg, they resigned from the board following the sale. The deal was brokered by Philip Green. Earl underwrote bank loans to help sign players and extend existing borrowings at Everton.

He indicated that he has no intention of taking over the club:

"It's an endorsement of Bill Kenwright, an endorsement of David Moyes - it is not a takeover. Anything that helps the economic model, and in turn gives David a better pool of talent, is something we want to do."

His most high profile involvement with the club has been inviting his friend and business partner Sylvester Stallone to Goodison Park.

BCR Sports

BCR Sports is an investment vehicle for Robert Earl. The company is registered in the British Virgin Islands. It owns 23% of Everton Football Club.

References

External links

Category:American sports businesspeople Category:Everton F.C. directors and chairmen Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the University of Surrey

Name	The Kings
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Genre	Rock, pop
Years active	1977-present
Current members	David Diamond Mister Zero Peter Nunn Sonny Keyes Peter Kadar Todd Reynolds
Past members	Gary Craig Greg Chritchley Josh Broadbent Marty Cordrey Max Styles Randall Coryell Rich Roxborough Whitey Glan Atilla Turi

The Kings are a Canadian band formed in the 1970s, best known for their 1980 North American hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide".

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External links

Official website

Bullseye Records

The Kings: Anatomy of a One-Hit Wonder DVD review

Category:Canadian rock music groups Category:Musical groups from Vancouver

Name	Steve Earle
Landscape	yes
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Stephen Fain Earle
Born	January 17, 1955Hampton, VirginiaUnited States
Origin	Schertz, Texas
Instrument	Vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, banjo, bouzouki, bass| Genre = Country, rock and roll, folk
Occupation	Musician, Songwriter, Author, Playwright
Label	MCA Nashville, New West, E² Records, Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Allison Moorer, Justin Townes Earle, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Buddy Miller, Joan Baez
Url	SteveEarle.com

Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and country music as well as his political views. He is also a published writer, a political activist, an actor and has written and directed a play.

Personal life

Earle was born on January 17, 1955, at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. He is the eldest son of Jack Earle, an air traffic controller, and Barbara Earle. Although he was born in Virginia where his father was stationed in the military, the family returned to Texas before Earle's second birthday. They moved often during his childhood, primarily within Texas, but he spent several of his formative years in Schertz, Texas. He dropped out of school in the 9th grade to move to Houston and learn more about the music business. Earle released his first album, Guitar Town, in 1986. His sister, Stacey Earle, is also a musician, having toured with Steve in the 1990s and sung on the song "When I Fall" on Steve's 2000 album Transcendental Blues.

Earle has been married seven times, including twice to the same woman. His wives were Sandra "Sandy" Henderson, Cynthia Dunn, Carol-Ann Hunter (with whom he had his first child, Justin), Lou-Anne Gill (with whom he had a second son, Ian), Maria Teresa Ensenat, Lou-Anne Gill a second time, and finally, in 2005, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. His first son, Justin Townes Earle, is also a musician, and is named for Townes Van Zandt. Earle and Moorer had their first child together, John Henry Earle, on April 5, 2010.

Career

Musical career

In 1975, Earle moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he met and worked with Guy Clark and his wife Susanna. Clark was active in Earle being employed as a songwriter by the Sunbury Dunbar publishing division of RCA. There he wrote songs for the likes of Carl Perkins, Johnny Lee, Vince Gill and Steve Wariner. His song "Mustang Wine" was due to be recorded by Elvis Presley in 1975, but Presley did not turn up for the recording session. The song was released as a single by Carl Perkins. He also wrote the Patty Loveless hit "A Little Bit in Love." Earle did backing vocals on "Desperados Waiting for a Train" (together with Emmylou Harris) on Clark's first album Old No. 1 and toured in Clark's band. In 1981 Earle achieved a top-ten cut with "When You Fall in Love," which was recorded by Johnny Lee. In 1985 one of his compositions "A Far Cry from You" was recorded by Connie Smith, who made the song a minor hit that year.

Earle's early work as a recorded performer was in the rockabilly style, and can be heard on the Early Tracks album. Early Tracks was recorded for Epic Records, but the company dropped Earle, only releasing the album in 1987 after he found success with MCA Nashville. Earle had to wait until 1986 before his first album, Guitar Town, was released by MCA. It was a critical success and was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The follow-up albums Exit 0 in 1987 and the certified-gold Copperhead Road, 1988, built on this success. With Copperhead Road, Earle moved to MCA Los Angeles and drew increasingly on rock influences.

Earle had been a recreational drug user since an early age and was addicted to heroin for many years. By the time of his 1990 album The Hard Way, it started to become clear that the drugs were seriously affecting him. By 1992, his drug problems resulted in him effectively stopping performing and recording for two years, a period he refers to as his "vacation in the ghetto." He eventually ended up in jail on drug and firearms charges. Kicking the drug habit while in jail, Earle came out a new man and released two albums within 18 months of his release in late 1994. His comeback album, the Train A Comin' , was nominated for the Best Contemporary Folk Album Grammy Award in 1996. Train A Comin' was a return to the country blues-influenced folk of Earle's early career and drew on his older catalogue of unrecorded material.

Earle's post-jail musical career has been more diverse than his early work. He set up his own record label with producer and engineer Ray Kennedy, allowing him increasing artistic control. This has led to experimentation with a range of styles from country and bluegrass music to folk and hard rock music. He has maintained a strict work ethic. Several albums have been released since, as well as a book of haiku and a collection of short stories called Doghouse Roses. He also wrote and directed a play about the death penalty. Earle also tours often, playing over 200 shows per year. His concerts tend to be either solo acoustic shows or ensemble affairs with one of his two backing bands, the Dukes or the Bluegrass Dukes. at Bumbershoot, 2007]]

Earle is the subject of the documentary film Just an American Boy, directed by Amos Poe, which explores his political views as well as his music. The film was shot while Earle was touring in support of his 2002 release Jerusalem. In 2005, he caused consternation among his fans by allowing the song The Revolution Starts Now to be used by General Motors in a TV advertisement for pick-up trucks. In 2006, Earle contributed a cover of Randy Newman's song "Rednecks" to the tribute album Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman. Earle is also the subject of two biographies, Steve Earle: Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet, by the noted New York-based music writer David McGee and Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle by Lauren St. John.

In September 2007, Earle released his twelfth studio album, Washington Square Serenade, on New West Records. Earle recorded the album after relocating to New York City, and it was his first attempt at using digital audio workstation ProTools, as opposed to traditional analog recording techniques. The disc features wife Allison Moorer on "Days Aren't Long Enough". The album includes Earle's version of Tom Waits' song "Way Down in the Hole" which is featured as the theme song for the fifth season of The Wire in which Earle himself appears as Walon. In 2008, Earle produced Joan Baez's album Day After Tomorrow. (Prior to their collaboration on Day After Tomorrow, Baez had covered two Earle songs, "Christmas in Washington" and "Jerusalem," on previous albums.) In the winter, he toured Europe and North America in support of Washington Square Serenade, performing half the set solo and the other half with a DJ. Both Washington Square Serenade and Townes also earned Grammy awards in the contemporary folk category.

Since his emergence as a performer, his songs have been covered by various well-known artists, including Joan Baez, The Pretenders, The Proclaimers, Eddi Reader, The Highwaymen, Waylon Jennings, Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris, Percy Sledge and Johnny Cash. Travis Tritt had a #7 country hit in 1995 with Earle's "Sometimes She Forgets."

Acting career

Earle portrayed a recovered drug addict named Walon in several episodes of the HBO television series The Wire, created by David Simon. He appears first in season one where he addresses a 12-step-type meeting with an account of how he lost everything to addiction: "I pawned my bike, my pickup truck, a National Steel guitar, a stamp collection that my grandpa left me; lost a good wife, a bad girlfriend, and the respect of anyone who ever lent me money." His story affects Bubbles and appears to spur him towards recovery. After season one, Walon does not return until Bubbles hits rock-bottom hard in the season four finale. Picking up the thread, he then appears throughout season five as sponsor, as Bubbles attempts to overcome his heroin addiction and its consequences. Earle's song "I Feel Alright" is used in a montage to close out season two. He also performs the opening theme of the fifth season, performing "Way Down in the Hole," a song written by Tom Waits.

Earle also played a supporting role as a drug dealer in Tim Blake Nelson's 2009 movie Leaves of Grass, starring Edward Norton, and plays a street musician in Treme, a HBO series set in post-Katrina New Orleans, since the spring of 2010. He was also one of several musicians who sang a mock charity appeal in the final episode of Season 3 of 30 Rock.

Radio shows

Earle's radio show on Air America began in August 2004 and last aired on June 10, 2007, and that was a rebroadcast of a past episode. Shortly thereafter, he started DJing on a show on Sirius Satellite Radio called Hardcore Troubadour on their Outlaw Country channel.

Political views

Since early in his career, Earle has been involved in a number of political causes. In his first public performances, Earle was unable to play in bars due to his age and took to playing in coffeehouses alongside anti-Vietnam War campaigners. These experiences had a strong effect on him, prompting his opposition to the Iraq War.

Earle's mother took part in anti-death penalty vigils, a cause that has been taken up by Earle. He has worked to abolish the death penalty and has recorded several songs about this cause, including "Billy Austin," "Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)" and "Ellis Unit One" for the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. Ellis Unit, located in Huntsville, Texas, previously housed the Texas male death row convicts, until it was moved to Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas. He is also a regular participant in the "Concerts for a Landmine Free World," benefiting the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. In 2010 Earle was awarded the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's Shining Star of Abolition award.

In the early 2000s Earle's music was more explicitly political. His 2002 album, Jerusalem, was largely inspired by the US-led War on Terrorism. This album featured "John Walker's Blues," which was about the captured American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh. Many accused Earle of sympathizing with terrorists as the song was written from Lindh's perspective. Earle responded that he was simply empathizing with Lindh and attempting to understand his motivation through song rather than glorifying or forgiving terrorism. He said that, as a parent, he was moved by pictures of Lindh bound to a stretcher. "For some reason when I saw him on TV, I related it to my son. That skinny and that age, exactly. I thought, he's got parents somewhere, and they must be sick."

His 2004 album, The Revolution Starts Now, which features several songs relating to the Iraq War, was deliberately released to coincide with the run-up to the 2004 US presidential election, with the aim of encouraging votes for John Kerry. The song "The Revolution Starts Now" was used in the promotion of Michael Moore's anti-war documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11 and appears on the album Songs and Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11, the songs for which were selected by Moore. The song also opened Earle's weekly Sunday-night show on Air America Radio. He appears in the 2008 political documentary Slacker Uprising.

Discography

Use in media

Steve Earle's songs have appeared in many major motion pictures and television as writer and performer.

As performer and writer

The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) ("Honey Don't")

Dead Man Walking (1995) ("Ellis Unit One")

The Horse Whisperer (1998) ("Me and the Eagle")

Pay It Forward (2000) ("Open Your Window")

You Can Count on Me (2000) ("I'm Still In Love With You", "Harlan Man", "Texas Eagle", "The Mountain", "Pilgrim")

The Pledge (2001) ("The Other Side of Town")

Last Party 2000 (also known as The Party's Over (2001) ("Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)")

Big Bad Love (2001) ("Goodbye")

The Rookie (2002) ("Some Dreams")

Stevie (2002) ("I Ain't Ever Satisfied")

Silver City (2004) ("Amerika v. 6.0")

Brokeback Mountain (2005) ("Devil's Right Hand")

Talladega Nights (2006) ("Valentine's Day", "Hard-Core Troubadour", "I Feel Alright")

The Guardian (2006) ("Home To Houston")

Bridge to Terabithia (2007) ("Someday")

Leaves of Grass (2009) ("Lonely Are the Free")

As writer

Sgt. Bilko (1996) ("Sometimes She Forgets")

G.I. Jane (1997) ("Goodbye")

P.S. I Love You (2007) ("The Galway Girl")

Awards

Steve Earle has received a total of fourteen nominations for Grammy Awards.

He was named Country Artist of the Year for 1986 by Rolling Stone magazine.

In 2004, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award for songwriting by the UK's BBC Radio 2.

In February 2005, he received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for The Revolution Starts Now.

In February 2008, he received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental) for Washington Square Serenade.

In January 2010, he received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album for Townes.

In July 2010, Earle was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Music and Lyrics category, for the song "This City," which was written for the television series Tremé.

Collaborations

Recorded and performed "Johnny Come Lately" with The Pogues.

Performed a duet with Iris DeMent on "I'm Still In Love With You".

Co-wrote the Jason & the Scorchers song "A Bible & A Gun".

Sang on Jason Ringenberg's re-recording of "A Bible & A Gun" in 2002.

Worked with the Supersuckers, recording their song "Creepy Jackalope Eye" and his song "NYC" (1996)

With the Rolling Stones, "Before They Make Me Run"

Sang backup vocals and played the harmonica on the Indigo Girls song "Shame on You", on their 1997 album Shaming of the Sun.

Recorded "The Galway Girl" and "Dominick Street" with Sharon Shannon and The Woodchoppers.

Recorded covers of Alejandro Escovedo's "Paradise" and Warren Zevon's "Reconsider Me" with Reckless Kelly, for Escovedo and Zevon tribute albums.

Collaborated with the Del McCoury Band on 1999's The Mountain.

Performed a duet with Lucinda Williams on "You're Still Standin' There".

Performed a duet with Chris Hillman on "High Fashion Queen" for the Gram Parsons tribute album .

Performed a duet with Siobhan Maher Kennedy on "Poison Lovers".

Performed a duet with Emmylou Harris on "Comin' Around", "Goodbye", and "I Remember You".

Performed a duet with Stacey Earle on "When I Fall".

Played guitar and sang backup on Emmylou Harris's version of "Goodbye" (from her Wrecking Ball album.)

Co-wrote "Go Amanda" with Sheryl Crow (on Jerusalem).

Sang with Sheryl Crow on his cover of "Time Has Come Today" on Sidetracks.

Covers the Son Volt classic "Windfall"

Played banjo on Patti Smith's cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Produces and collaborates on Joan Baez's album Day After Tomorrow.

Performed a duet with Jill Sobule on her song "Love is Never Equal"

Covered NRBQs "A Girl Like That" on the NRBQ tribute album The Q People

Performed with Allison Moorer on the song "After The Fire Is Gone" from Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn (2010).

Sources

McGee, David. Steve Earle: Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet, Backbeat, 2005.

Schone, Mark. (1998). "Steve Earle." In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Ed. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 160–1.

St John, Lauren. Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle, Fourth Estate, 2002 ISBN 1-84115-611-6

References

External links

Steve Earle Official website

"Death in Texas" Article By Earle On Witnessing The Execution Of A Friend

Just an American Boy

Interview with Steve Earle

Features, CD and concert reviews with Steve Earle at Country Standard Time

GM commercial featuring The Revolution Starts Now

Steve Earle to Release Townes Van Zandt Tribute Album

Freeing a Mentor From His Mythology

Steve Earle Lays it Down

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:This article refers to the musician. For the district attorney of Travis County, Texas, see Ronnie Earle.

Name	Ronnie Earl
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Ronald Horvath
Born	March 10, 1953Queens, New York,United States
Genre	Blues, Blues rock, R&B;, Jazz, Jazz rock, Instrumental rock
Occupation	Musician, Professor
Instrument	guitar
Years active	1979 to present
Associated acts	Roomful of Blues,
Label	Black Top Records, Stony Plain Records, Verve Records, Sledgehammer Blues/AudioQuest Music
Url	}}

Ronnie Earl (born Ronald Horvath, March 10, 1953, Queens, New York, is an American blues guitarist and music instructor.

Career

Earl collected blues, jazz, rock and soul records while growing up. He studied American History at C.W. Post College on Long Island for a year and a half, then moved to Boston to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Special Education and Education at Boston University where he would graduate in 1975. He spent a short time teaching handicapped children. It was during his college years that he attended a Muddy Waters concert at the Jazz Workshop in Boston. After seeing Waters perform in a close setting, Earl took a serious interest in the guitar, which he had first picked up in 1973. His first job was as a rhythm guitarist at The Speakeasy, a blues club in Cambridge, MA. In addition to playing in the Boston blues scene, Earl traveled twice by Greyhound Bus to Chicago, where he was introduced to the Chicago blues scene by Koko Taylor. Later he would travel down South to New Orleans and Austin Texas, where he would spend time with Kim Wilson, Jimmy Vaughan and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. In 1979 he joined The Roomful of Blues as lead guitarist for the band. It was also around this time that he adopted the last name of "Earl". As he put it, "Muddy Waters would invite me onstage, but he could never say my last name. So because I liked Earl Hooker, I took the last name of "Earl".

During his eight year tenure with The Roomful of Blues, Earl continued to refine his own style and the result was a jazzy, soulful blues style, as well as his slow burn style which fans found both mesmerizing and exhilarating. He began performing solo in 1986, in addition to playing with Roomful of Blues, and he released his first solo album on the Black Top Records label with a quartet that focused on blues instrumentals. After leaving Roomful of Blues, he began collaborations with contemporaries Ron Levy and Jerry Portnoy, Earl King, Jimmy Rogers, and Jimmy Witherspoon. It was also around this time that Earl got treatment for a substance addiction problem.

In 1988 Earl formed his own band that he called The Broadcasters, named after the first Fender guitar which originally had been labeled The Broadcaster and was distributed in 1950. The first group of Broadcasters included Darrell Nulisch (vocalist), Jerry Portnoy (harmonica), Steve Gomes (bass), and Per Hanson (drums). In 1988 they released their first album, Soul Searchin, followed by Peace of Mind in 1990. The current group of Broadcasters, Jimmy Mouradian (bass), Dave Limina (organ), and Lorne Entress (drums), began playing together prior to the 2003 release of I Feel Like Going On and in 2009 released Living in the Light, their fifth release from Stony Plain Records and Earl's twenty third album. In 2008, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters celebrated 20 years as a band. In August, 2010, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters released the album "Spread the Love" to wide critical acclaim.

Earl is a two-time W. C. Handy Blues Music Award winner as Guitar Player of the Year. For five years he was an Associate Professor of Guitar at Berklee College of Music and in 1995 he released Ronnie Earl: Blues Guitar with Soul, an instructional VHS tape that was then re-released in DVD format in 2005. Earl was also the blues instructor at the 'National Guitar Summer Workshop'. His albums primarily consist of strong instrumental compositions and traditional covers.

In early 2004, Earl's "Hey Jose" won in The 3rd Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Blues/R&B; Song.

See also

List of blues musicians

San Francisco Blues Festival

Long Beach Blues Festival

Black Top Records catalog

List of guitarists by genre

References

External links

Official Web site

Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:American blues musicians Category:People from Queens Category:American blues guitarists Category:American people of Hungarian descent Category:Black Top Records artists Category:Contemporary blues musicians

Name	Mylo
Landscape	Yes
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Myles MacInnes
Born	May 10, 1978Broadford Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Genre	House
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, producer
Years active	2004 – present
Label	Breastfed Recordings
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Myles MacInnes (born 10 May 1978, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Scotland), better known by the stage name Mylo, is a Scottish electronic musician and record producer.

Career

He went the top private school, George Watson's College, in Morningside, Edinburgh. He attended the University of Edinburgh before graduating in philosophy, psychology and physiology from Brasenose College, Oxford, where he achieved a first class degree. He subsequently gave up studying for a philosophy Ph.D at UCLA to return home and produce music. Mylo released his debut album, Destroy Rock & Roll in 2004, on the Breastfed Recordings label, which he co-owns. Mylo produced the album on a computer in his own bedroom.

He has provided remixes for Scissor Sisters ("Mary"), Amy Winehouse ("Fuck Me Pumps"), The Knife ("You Take My Breath Away") and The Killers ("Somebody Told Me"). One of his works was a 2004 remix of Kylie Minogue's #2 UK hit, "I Believe in You", which appeared on the single that peaked at #3 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. His biggest chart success to date came in the autumn of 2005. This was when the single "Doctor Pressure", a mash-up of his own song "Drop The Pressure" and Miami Sound Machine's "Dr. Beat", peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The single performed well in the U.S., especially on the Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts, where it jointly made the Top 10.

"Muscle Car", the follow-up single to "Doctor Pressure", was a hit in the UK and European dance charts, reaching #1 on the UK Club Chart in November 2005, and #38 in the UK Singles Chart. The video that accompanied the single courted controversy as it featured two supposed Chinese spies - actually played by British actors Bruce Wang and Alex Liang - inventing an electronic fly to spy on the American president, George W. Bush. Mylo did not appear in the video.

He contributed a song, "Mars Needs Women", to the War Child compilation album, , released in September 2005, and was also featured on the Canadian compilation album, MuchDance, released in November 2006. In 2006, the track "Otto's Journey" was used in a television commercial for Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing, which featured Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan at home improvising a salad out of green beans, blackberries, and potatoes.

In 2005, Mylo released his second album, which was a DJ mix titled Mylo's Rough Guide to Rave, and was released as a covermount CD in Mixmag.

BBC Radio 1 played a world exclusive of a track by Mylo on 23 January 2009. The title of the track is unconfirmed, however Radio 1 referred to it as 'I'm Back', because, as Annie Mac stated, "he (Mylo) sent it to us with the file titled I'm Back". The same month, he released another DJ mix album covermount in an issue of Mixmag, this time it was called The Return of Mylo, which contained his new song "Wings of Fire".

Discography

Albums

Destroy Rock & Roll (2004) #26 UK

Destroy Rock & Roll (re-release including "Doctor Pressure") (2005) #31 UK, #10 U.S. Top Electronic Albums

Mylo's Rough Guide to Rave (2005) Mix album free in Mixmag.

The Return of Mylo (2009) Mix album free in Mixmag.

Singles

Compilation appearances

Mylo tracks have appeared on the following compilation CDs:

References

External links

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Name	Larry Carlton
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Lawrence Eugene Carlton
Alias	Mr. 335
Born	March 02, 1948Torrance, California, United States
Instrument	Vocals, guitar
Genre	Jazz, Smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
Label	Warner Bros. Records, MCA Master Series
Associated acts	Fourplay
Url	Larry Carlton Homepage
Notable instruments	Gibson ES-335

Larry Carlton (born Lawrence Eugene Carlton, March 2, 1948, Torrance, California) is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands. Over his career, Carlton has won three Grammy Awards for his performances and compositions, including the theme music for the hit television series, Hill Street Blues (1981).

Biography

Carlton started learning to play guitar when he was six years old, studying under Slim Edwards near his Torrance home. Taking an interest in jazz while at high school, his playing style was influenced by Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel, and B.B. King. Saxophonist John Coltrane has also made a notable impression on Carlton, and Carlton's live albums have featured cuts from Miles Davis's Kind of Blue.

Music career

During the 1970s and early 1980s, Carlton was a session musician in Los Angeles, making up to five hundred recordings a year, including albums by Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, The Four Tops, Christopher Cross, Barbra Streisand, the Partridge Family, and Charly García's Clics Modernos. His guitar work on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne" from their 1976 LP The Royal Scam has been listed as the third best guitar solo on record by Rolling Stone Magazine. From 1971 to 1976 he played with the jazz-rock group The Crusaders. In 1977 he signed with Warner Bros. Records for a solo career. In 1979 he played guitar on Michael Jackson's Off the Wall. Although still relatively unknown outside his fan-base, Carlton produced six albums from 1978 to 1984, during which his adaptation of Santo Farina's "Sleepwalk" climbed the pop and adult contemporary charts and his 1983 LP Friends garnered a Grammy nomination.

His solo career took a twist in 1985 when he signed with MCA Master Series for an acoustic jazz album. The result was Alone / But Never Alone, which included a rendition of "The Lord's Prayer". During this time Carlton worked with musicians from around the world, including Japanese guitarist Hideshi Takatani. From 1985 to 1990 Carlton did various solo projects including the 1986 live Last Nite. He won another Grammy for his cover of the McDonald/Abrams song "Minute by Minute," from the successful LP Discovery.

In 1988, while working on his electric guitar LP On Solid Ground, which was released in 1989, Carlton was the victim of a random act of violence, shot in the throat outside Room 335, his private studio in Southern California. The bullet shattered his vocal cord and caused significant nerve trauma. Carlton managed to recover quickly and completed On Solid Ground by the end of the year. He continued his work with the electric guitar in 1991 when he started to record a blues album, but decided to delay the project to meet demand for a more commercially-oriented jazz offering, which resulted in Kid Gloves. Renegade Gentleman was finally released in 1993, featuring Nashville, Tennessee harmonica player Terry McMillan on several tracks.

From 1994 to 1997 Carlton participated in various tours (notably with Toto guitarist Steve Lukather) and released an album (Larry & Lee). In 1997, Carlton took Lee Ritenour's place in Fourplay.

In 2000, Carlton furthered his solo career with Fingerprints. His career received another boost the following year when his live performance with Lukather, , garnered his third Grammy. Carlton's more recent work included Deep Into It, Sapphire Blue, and Firewire.

At the beginning of 2007 Carlton released two CDs. A live recording together with blues guitarist Robben Ford, Live in Tokyo, and The Jazz King album. The Jazz King record is the result of a composition Carlton wrote for H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The Jazz King project was initiated to celebrate the 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol's accession to the throne as well as his 80th birthday in 2007. Carlton was commissioned to write this composition by the Royal Project Foundation and Rotary Club of Bangkok. These compositions were released on CD only in Thailand, the net proceeds of the CD will be used to support the indigenous hill-tribe children of Thailand. Carlton's compositions for this Jazz King project resulted in a concert held on January 28, 2007 at BEC-Tero Hall, Suan Lum Night Bazaar, Bangkok.

In July, August and September 2009, Carlton joined Steely Dan as guest guitarist for six dates in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

In June 2010 Carlton released Take Your Pick, an album made with Tak Matsumoto.

Personal life

Carlton has been married to contemporary Christian music artist Michele Pillar since 1987. He is also the uncle of the singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton.

Discography

Albums

With A Little Help 1968 Uni

Singing / Playing 1973 Blue Thumb

Larry Carlton 1978 Warner Bros. Records

Mr. 335 Live in Japan 1979 Warner Bros. Records (Japan)

Strikes Twice 1980 Warner Bros. Records

Sleepwalk 1981 Warner Bros. Records

Eight Times Up 1983 Warner Bros. Records

Friends 1983 MCA

Last Nite 1986 MCA

Alone / But Never Alone 1986 MCA

Discovery 1986 MCA

On Solid Ground 1989 MCA

Collection 1990 GRP

Renegade Gentleman 1991 GRP

Kid Gloves 1992 GRP

Larry & Lee 1995 GRP

Christmas at My House 1995 MCA

The Gift 1996 GRP

Collection Vol.2 1997 GRP

Fingerprints 2000 Warner Bros. Records

2001 Favored Nations

Deep Into It 2001 Warner Bros. Records

Sapphire Blue 2003 JVC Music

The Very Best of Larry Carlton 2005 GRP

Fire Wire 2006 RCA Victor

Larry Carlton with Robben Ford Live in Tokyo 2007 335 Records

Take Your Pick (with Tak Matsumoto) 2010

Film soundtracks

Against All Odds 1984 Virgin Records (with Michel Colombier)

Videos

Larry Carlton Live 1987

Star Licks Larry Carlton 1989

Star Licks Larry Carlton Vol.2 1992

Larry Carlton Live At Montreal International Jazz Festival 1997

DVDs

Ohne Filter 2002 inakustik

Live at Montreal JazzFestival 2002 Eagle

Carlton Lukather Band - The Paris Concert 2005 inakustik

Carlton, Ford + Autour Du Blues - The Paris Concert 2008 inakustik

Carlton & The Sapphire Blues Band - The Paris Concert 2008 inakustik

Carlton Trio - The Paris Concert 2009 inakustik

Appeared in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, 2004

References

External links

Larry Carlton Homepage

Larry Carlton Guitar Tabs

Larry Carlton

Live performance images

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Name	George Benson
Background	solo_singer
Born	March 22, 1943Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaUnited States
Instrument	Vocals, guitar, archtop guitar
Genre	Jazz, funk, R&B;, pop, funk rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1963–present
Label	Prestige Records (1964)Columbia Records (1966)Verve Records (1968)A&M; Records (1968-1969)CTI Records (1971-1976)Warner Bros. Records (1976-1993)GRP Records (1996-2005)Concord Records (2006-2009)
Url	www.georgebenson.com
Notable instruments	Ibanez GB10 Signature ModelIbanez GB200 Signature Model

George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a multi- Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is also known as a pop, R&B;, and scat singer. This one-time child prodigy topped the Billboard 200 in 1976 with the triple-platinum album, Breezin'. He was also a major live attraction in the UK during the 1980s.

Benson attended the Connelly High School, although he left before graduation. As a youth, instead, he learned how to play straight-ahead instrumental jazz during a relationship performing for several years with organist Jack McDuff. At the age of 21, he recorded his first album as leader, The New Boss Guitar, featuring McDuff. He also recorded the original version of "Greatest Love of All" for the 1977 Muhammad Ali bio-pic, The Greatest, which was later recorded as a cover by Whitney Houston.

Later and current career

In 1985 Benson and guitarist Chet Atkins went on the smooth jazz charts with their collaboration "Sunrise", one of two songs from the duo released on Atkins' disc Stay Tuned. In 1992, Benson appeared on Jack McDuff's Colour Me Blue album. Benson toured with Al Jarreau in America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand to promote their 2006 album Givin' It Up. He played during the second Monsoon Cup in Terengganu in 2006 and also Malaysia's 50th Merdeka celebration alongside Jarreau in 2007. In May 2008, for the first time Benson took part in Mawazine Festival in Morocco.

To commemorate the long term relationship between Benson and Ibanez and to celebrate 30 years of collaboration on the GB Signature Models, Ibanez created the GB30TH, a very limited edition model featuring a gold foil finish inspired by the traditional Japanese Garahaku art form. In 2009, Benson was recognized by the National Endowment of the Arts as a Jazz Master, the nations highest honor in Jazz. Benson performed at the 49th issue of The Ohrid Summer Festival in FYROM on July 25, 2009, and his tribute show to Nat King Cole "An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole" as part of the Istanbul International Jazz Festival in Turkey on July 27. In the fall of 2009, Benson finished recording a new album titled Songs and Stories, with Marcus Miller, producer John Burk, and session musicians David Paich and Steve Lukather. As a part of the promotion for his recent Concord Music Group/Monster Music release Songs and Stories, Benson has appeared and/or performed on The Tavis Smiley Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

He is currently touring and performing in support of his recent release Songs and Stories (Concord Music Group/Monster Music). He will perform at the Java Jazz Festival March 4-6, 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

The New Boss Guitar (1964)

It's Uptown (as The George Benson Quartet) (1966)

The George Benson Cookbook (as The George Benson Quartet) (1966)

Giblet Gravy (1968)

Shape of Things to Come (1968)

Goodies (1968)

Tell It Like It Is (1969)

I Got a Woman and Some Blues (1969)

The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)

White Rabbit (1971)

Body Talk (1973)

Bad Benson (1974)

Good King Bad (1975)

Pacific Fire (1983)

Breezin' (1976)

Benson & Farrell (with Joe Farrell) (1976)

In Flight (1976)

Livin' Inside Your Love (1977)

Give Me the Night (1980)

In Your Eyes (1983)

20/20 (1984)

While the City Sleeps... (1986)

Collaboration (with Earl Klugh) (1987)

Twice the Love (1988)

Tenderly (1989)

Big Boss Band (1990)

Love Remembers (1993)

That's Right (1996)

Standing Together (1998)

Absolute Benson (2000)

Irreplaceable (2003)

Givin It Up (For Love) (with Al Jarreau) (2006)

Songs and Stories (2009)

References

External links

Tour dates

George Benson Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards

George Benson

George Benson official homepage

"Twelve Essential George Benson Recordings" by Bobby Broom (Jazz.com)

George Benson Guitar Tabs

George Benson 2006 Interview with Al Jarreau on Sidewalks Entertainment

Interview with George Benson Recorded by NPR's KJZZ

YourSingapore - Singapore Sun Festival''

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Name	Earl Zero
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Earl Anthony Johnson
Born	1953
Origin	Kingston, Jamaica
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Reggae
Years active	Early 1970s–present
Associated acts	Soul Syndicate

Earl Anthony Johnson (born 1953), better known as Earl Zero, is a Jamaican reggae singer whose career began in the 1970s.

History

Born 1953 in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Johnson was the eldest of ten children, his father a fisherman and his mother a fishmonger. Zero began his career in the 1970s, first as a member of the group Rush-It with his childhood friend Earl "Chinna" Smith, who recorded for producer Bunny Lee, who gave him the name 'Earl Zero' to distinguish him from Smith. His recording of his song "None Shall Escape the Judgement" went unreleased but it was a hit for Johnny Clarke when recorded by the singer in 1974, and Zero first had success as a singer himself with the Al Campbell-produced "Righteous Works" in 1975. His latest album is And God Said to Man, released in 2009.

Discography

Visions of Love (1979), Epiphany

In the Right Way aka Only Jah Can Ease the Pressure (1979), Freedom Sounds/Student

Roots & Romance (200?)

And God Said to Man (2009), Ernie B

References

External links

Earl Zero at Roots Archives

Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Jamaican reggae musicians

Name	Earl Bostic
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	April 25, 1913
Died	October 28, 1965Rochester, New York, United States
Origin	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Instrument	alto saxophone
Genre	Jazz, rhythm and blues
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1931–1965
Associated acts	Lionel Hampton, John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Blue Mitchell, many others

Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist, and a pioneer of the post-war American Rhythm and Blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep" and "Where or When", which showed off his characteristic growl on the horn. He was a major influence on John Coltrane.

Career

Bostic was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He turned professional at age 18 when he joined Terence Holder's 'Twelve Clouds of Joy'. He made his first recording with Lionel Hampton in October 1939, with a.o. Charlie Christian, Clyde Hart and Big Sid Catlett. Before that he performed with Fate Marable on New Orleans riverboats. Bostic graduated from Xavier University in New Orleans. He worked with territory bands as well as Arnett Cobb, Hot Lips Page, Rex Stewart, Don Byas, Charlie Christian, Thelonious Monk, Edgar Hayes, Cab Calloway, and other jazz luminaries. In 1938, and in 1944, Bostic led the house band at Small's Paradise. While playing at Small's Paradise, he doubled on guitar and trumpet. During the early 1940s, he was a well respected regular at the famous jam sessions held at Minton's Playhouse. He formed his own band in 1945 and made the first recordings under his own name for the Majestic label.He turned to rhythm and blues in the late 1940s. His biggest hits were "Temptation," "Sleep," "Flamingo," "You Go to My Head" and "Cherokee." At various times his band included Jaki Byard, John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Blue Mitchell, Stanley Turrentine, Tommy Turrentine, Keter Betts, Sir Charles Thompson, Teddy Edwards, Tony Scott, Benny Carter and other musicians who rose to prominence in jazz.

Bostic's King album titled Jazz As I Feel It featured Shelly Manne on drums, Joe Pass on guitar and Richard "Groove" Holmes on organ. Bostic recorded A New Sound about one month later again featuring Holmes and Pass. These recordings allowed Bostic to stretch out beyond the 3 minute limit imposed by the 45 RPM format. Bostic was pleased with the sessions which highlight his total mastery of the blues but they also foreshadowed musical advances that were later evident in the work of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy.

He wrote arrangements for Paul Whiteman, Louis Prima, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw, Hot Lips Page, Jack Teagarden, Ina Ray Hutton and Alvino Rey.

His songwriting hits include "Let Me Off Uptown" performed by Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge and "Brooklyn Boogie" which featured Louis Prima and members of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Bostic's signature hit, "Flamingo" was recorded in 1951 and remains a favorite among followers of Carolina Beach Music in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

During the early 1950s Bostic lived with his wife in Addisleigh Park in St. Albans, Queens in New York City, where many other jazz stars made their home. After that he moved to Los Angeles where he concentrated on writing arrangements after suffering a heart attack. He opened his own R&B; club in Los Angeles known as the Flying Fox.

Bostic died from a heart attack in Rochester, New York, while performing with his band in 1965. He was buried in Los Angeles on November 2, 1965. Honorary pallbearers at the funeral included Slappy White and Louis Prima.

Style and Influence

Bostic was influenced by Sidney Bechet and (according to James Moody) Coltrane in turn was influenced by Bostic. Coltrane told Down Beat magazine in 1960 that Bostic "showed me a lot of things on my horn. He has fabulous technical facilities on his instrument and knows many a trick." Moody mentioned that "Bostic knew his instrument inside out, back to front and upside down." If one listens carefully to Bostic's fabulous stop time choruses and his extended solo work, the roots of Coltrane's "sheets of sound" become clear.

Bostic's early jazz solos bear similarity to Benny Carter's long flowing lines. Other influences on Bostic include European concert music, bebop and the sounds associated with his Oklahoma roots. Bostic admitted that he was interested in selling records and he went as far as to write out his popular solos note for note in order to please his admiring fans during concerts. Nonetheless, Bostic was always ready to improvise brilliantly during his live performances.

Bostic's virtuosity on the saxophone was legendary, and is evident on records such as Up There In Orbit, Earl's Imagination, Apollo Theater Jump, All On, Artistry by Bostic, Telestar Drive, Liza, Lady Be Good and Tiger Rag. He was famous as a peerless jammer and held his own against Charlie Parker. The alto saxophonist Sweet Papa Lou Donaldson recalled seeing Parker get burned by Bostic during one such jam session. Art Blakey remarked that "Nobody knew more about the saxophone than Bostic, I mean technically, and that includes Bird. Working with Bostic was like attending a university of the saxophone.When Coltrane played with Bostic, I know he learned a lot." Victor Schonfield pointed out that "...his greatest gift was the way he communicated through his horn a triumphant joy in playing and being, much like Louis Armstrong and only a few others have done." He was able to control the horn from low A without using his knee up into the altissimo range years before other saxophonists dared to stray. Bostic was able to play melodies in the altissimo range with perfect execution. He could play wonderfully in any key at any tempo over any changes. Benny Golson, who called Bostic "the best technician I ever heard in my life," mentioned that "He could start from the bottom of the horn and skip over notes, voicing it up the horn like a guitar would. He had circular breathing before I even knew what circular breathing was - we're talking about the early 50s. He had innumerable ways of playing one particular note. He could double tongue, triple tongue. It was incredible what he could do, and he helped me by showing me many technical things." Bostic used a Beechler mouthpiece with a tenor saxophone reed on his Martin Committee model alto sax.

Bostic was a master of the blues and he used this skill in a variety of musical settings. Although he recorded many commercial albums, some notable jazz based exceptions on the King label include Bostic Rocks Hits of the Swing Age, Jazz As I Feel It and A New Sound. Compositions like "The Major and the Minor" and "Earl's Imagination" display a solid knowledge of harmony. In 1951, Bostic successfully toured with Dinah Washington on the R&B; circuit. Bostic was always well dressed and articulate during interviews. His live performances provided an opportunity for a departure from his commercial efforts and those who witnessed these shows remember him driving audiences into a frenzy with dazzling technical displays. Always the consummate showman, he appeared on the Soupy Sales TV show and performed the Soupy Shuffle better than Soupy while playing the saxophone.

During the late 1940's Bostic changed his style in a successful attempt to reach a wider audience.The new sound incorporated his unmistakable rasp or growl,shorter lines than in his jazz based recordings,emphasis on a danceable back beat and a new way of wringing"...the greatest possible rhythmic value from every note and phrase." Bostic showed off the new approach in his hit "Temptation" which reached the Top Ten of the R&B; chart during the summer of 1948. The addition of Gene Redd on vibes in 1950 rounded out the Bostic sound and he used the vibes on his major hits such as "Flamingo" in 1951. The 1956 version of Where or When features Bostic growling through the mid-range of the instrument behind a heavy backbeat and loud bass and it is a marked departure from his approach to the same tune recorded on Gotham in 1947 which showed off his sweet “singing’ in the upper register with barely audible percussion. Bostic proved that saxophone instrumentals could climb the hit charts and other saxists with hits including Boots Randolph and Stanley Turrentine have acknowledged his influence.

In February 1959 Bostic was voted #2 jazz alto sax in the Playboy jazz poll over leading saxists including Cannonball Adderley and Sonny Stitt. He recorded an inimitable version of All The Things You Are released on the Playboy label. In August 1959, he performed at the famous Playboy Jazz Festival in Chicago on the same bill as the major jazz stars of the time.

Bostic discussed his approach to improvising in an interview with Kurt Mohr. "Of course I am maybe one of the few musicians who like simple recurring melody patterns and in all my playing I try to keep to keep a basic melody line in my mind and attempt to develop meaningful inversions and variations...I like the basic blues... The blues has it all; basic rhythmic quality, genuine lyric content,essential and basic chord structure and maybe above all else, personality. Blues and jazz are inseparable."

Bostic's recording career was diverse and it included small group swing based jazz, big band jazz,jump blues, organ based combos and a string of commercial successes.

Discography

Albums

Earl Bostic and His Alto Sax, Volume 1

Earl Bostic and His Alto Sax, Volume 2

Earl Bostic and His Alto Sax, Volume 3

Earl Bostic and His Alto Sax, Volume 4

Earl Bostic Plays the Old Standards

Dance to the Best Of Bostic (1956)

Earl Bostic For You (1956)

Alto-Tude (1956)

Dance Time (1956)

Let's Dance with Earl Bostic (1956)

Invitation to Dance from Earl Bostic (1956)

C'mon and Dance with Earl Bostic (1956)

Bostic Rocks Hits of the Swing Age (1957)

Bostic Showcase of Swinging Dance Hits (1958)

Alto Magic in Hi-Fi (1958)

Sweet Tunes of the Fantastic 50's (1959)

Bostic Workshop (1959)

Earl Bostic Play's Sweet Tunes of the Roaring 20's (1959)

Earl Bostic Plays the Sweet Tunes of the Swinging ‘30s (1959)

Sweet Tunes of the Sentimental 40s (1959)

Musical Pearls (1959)

Earl Bostic Plays Hit Tunes of Big Broadway Shows (1960)

By Popular Demand (1962)

Earl Bostic Plays Bossa Nova (1963)

Jazz as I Feel It (1963)(featuring Groove Holmes)

The Best of Earl Bostic, Volume 2 (1964)

The New Sound (1964)(featuring Groove Holmes)

Earl Bostic Plays the Great Hits Of 1964 (1964)

The Great Earl Bostic: 24 Songs That Earl Loved the Most (1966)

References

External links

Earl Bostic's IMDB profile

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Name	Del McCoury
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Delano Floyd McCoury
Born	February 01, 1939
Origin	York, Pennsylvania
Instrument	Guitar, singer
Genre	Bluegrass, country
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1958–present
Associated acts	Del McCoury Band
Url	www.delmccouryband.com

Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939 in Bakersville, North Carolina) is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury, who play mandolin and banjo respectively. In June 2010, he received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Career

McCoury has had a long career in bluegrass. Although originally hired as banjo player, he sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1963, with whom he first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. McCoury briefly appeared with the Golden State Boys in 1964 before taking a series of day jobs in construction and logging, while continuing to work as an amateur musician in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

In the 1980s his sons began performing with him. Fiddler Tad Marks and bass player Mike Brantley joined McCoury's group in early 1990s. McCoury's group toured widely throughout the US. They relocated to Nashville, Tennessee as they began to attract attention. Fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Mike Bub joined in 1992. Alan Bartram joined the band as bassist in 2005. McCoury became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in October 2003.

McCoury was also one of many performers at The Clearwater Concert at Madison Square Garden on May 3, 2009. The event celebrated the 90th birthday of Pete Seeger.

McCoury has influenced a great number of bands, including Phish, with whom he has shared the stage several times, and who have covered his songs. He has also performed with The String Cheese Incident and Donna the Buffalo, and recorded with Steve Earle. McCoury has covered songs by artists as diverse as The Lovin' Spoonful, Tom Petty, and Richard Thompson. His television appearances include Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Late Show with David Letterman. Del has a very enthusiastic fan base, known as the Del-Heads.

In October 2009, The Del McCoury Band began offering fans recordings of their performances on USB flash drives available immediately after their concerts.

In June 2010, McCoury received a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts in the field of folk and traditional arts, including a stipend of $25,000.

DelFest

, 2009]] In 2008, Del McCoury started DelFest, an annual bluegrass festival in Cumberland, Maryland, held at the Allegany County Fairgrounds

Discography

Del McCoury

Del McCoury Band

Awards

Del McCoury has won 31 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year four consecutive times (nine total). McCoury has also won IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year four times. In 2004 he was nominated for the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Award for It's Just The Night, and in 2006 he won his first Grammy Award, in the same category, for The Company We Keep.

International Bluegrass Music Association Awards

1990 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury

1991 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury

1992 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury

1994 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

1994 Album of the Year – A Deeper Shade of Blue; Del McCoury

1996 Instrumental Group of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

1996 Entertainer of the Year – Del McCoury

1996 Male Vocalist of the Year – Del McCoury

1997 Instrumental Group of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

1997 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

1997 Album of the Year – True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe; Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Mike Compton, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Pat Enright, Greg Garing, Richard Greene, David Grier, David Grisman, John Hartford, Bobby Hicks, Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Mike Marshall, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jim Nunally, Scott Nygaard, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Alan O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen, Todd Phillips, John Reischman, Peter Rowan, Craig Smith, Chris Thile, Tony Trischka, Roland White.

1998 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

1999 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

2000 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

2002 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

2002 Song of the Year – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; The Del McCoury Band (artists), Richard John Thompson (writer)

2003 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

2004 Entertainer of the Year – The Del McCoury Band

2004 Album of the Year – It’s Just the Night; The Del McCoury Band

Notes and references

External links

Del McCoury Band official website

Discography at Discography of Bluegrass Sound Recordings

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Name	Chet Atkins
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Chester Burton Atkins
Alias	Mr. GuitarThe Country Gentleman
Born	June 20, 1924Luttrell, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	June 30, 2001Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Instrument	Guitar
Genre	Country, classical, folk, jazz
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
Years active	1942–2001
Label	RCA, Columbia
Url	Official Website
Notable instruments	Country GentlemanTennessean6120Gibson Chet Atkins SST

Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), better known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who created, along with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.

Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally. Atkins produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings and others.

Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year awards, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Biography

Childhood and early life

Chet Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, in Luttrell, Tennessee, near Clinch Mountain, and grew up with his mother, two brothers and a sister—he was the youngest. His parents divorced when he was six. He started out on the ukulele, later moving on to the fiddle, but traded his brother Lowell an old pistol and some chores for a guitar when he was nine. He stated in his 1974 autobiography, "We were so poor and everybody around us was so poor that it was the forties before anyone even knew there had been a depression." Forced to relocate to Fortson, Georgia to live with his father due to a near-fatal asthma condition, Atkins was a sensitive youth who made music his obsession. Because of his illness, he was forced to sleep in a straight-back chair in order to breathe comfortably. On those nights, he would play his guitar until he fell asleep holding it, a habit which lasted his whole life. While living in Fortson, he attended historic Mountain Hill School. He would return in the 1990s to play a series of charity concerts to save the school from demolition.

Stories have been told about the very young Chet who, when a friend or relative would come to visit, and if that person played a guitar, would crowd in and put his ear so very close to the instrument that it became difficult for that person to play. His first guitar had a nail for a nut and was so bowed that only the first few frets could be used. He later purchased a semi-acoustic electric guitar and amp, but he had to travel many miles to find an electrical outlet since his home had no electricity.

Later in life he lightheartedly gave himself (along with John Knowles, Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Wariner and Jerry Reed) the honorary degree CGP, standing for "Certified Guitar Player". This early influence dramatically shaped his unique playing style. Whereas Travis's right hand used his index finger for the melody and thumb for bass notes, Atkins expanded his right hand style to include picking with his first three fingers, with the thumb on bass.

Chet Atkins was a Ham Radio General class licensee. Formerly using the call-sign, WA4CZD, he obtained the vanity call sign W4CGP in 1998 to reflect the C.G.P. name. He was an ARRL member.

Early musical career

After dropping out of high school in 1942, Atkins landed a job at WNOX-AM radio in Knoxville. There he played fiddle and guitar with singer Bill Carlisle and comic Archie Campbell as well as becoming a member of the station's Dixieland Swingsters, a small swing instrumental combo. After three years, he moved to WLW-AM in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Merle Travis had formerly worked.

After six months he moved to Raleigh and worked with Johnnie and Jack before heading for Richmond, Virginia, where he performed with Sunshine Sue Workman. Atkins's shy personality worked against him, as did the fact that his sophisticated style led many to doubt he was truly "country." He was fired often but was soon able to land another job at another radio station due to his unique playing ability. Atkins made his first appearance at the Opry in 1946 as a member of Foley's band. He also recorded a single for Nashville-based Bullet Records that year. That single, "Guitar Blues", was fairly progressive, including as it did, a clarinet solo by Nashville dance band musician Dutch McMillan with Owen Bradley on piano. He had a solo spot on the Opry; but when that was cut, Atkins moved on to KWTO-AM in Springfield, Missouri. Despite the support of executive Si Siman, however, he was soon was fired for not sounding "country enough." and Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" and "Blue Blue Day". The once rare phenomenon of having a country hit cross over to pop success became more common. He and Bradley had essentially put the producer in the driver's seat, guiding an artist's choice of material and the musical background.

Atkins made his own records, which usually visited pop standards and jazz, in a sophisticated home studio, often recording the rhythm tracks at RCA but adding his solo parts at home, refining it until the result satisfied him. In later years, when Bradley asked how he achieved his sound, Atkins told him "it was Porter." Porter described Atkins as respectful of musicians when recording—if someone were out of tune he would not single that person out by name. Instead, he would say something like, "we got a little tuning problem ... Everybody check and see what's going on." He took a considerable risk during the mid-1960s, when the Civil Rights Movement sparked violence throughout the South by signing country music's first African-American singer Charley Pride, who sang rawer country than the smoother music Atkins had pioneered.

Atkins's own biggest hit single came in 1965, with "Yakety Axe", an adaptation of his friend saxophonist Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax". He rarely performed in those days, and eventually had to hire other RCA producers like Bob Ferguson and Felton Jarvis to alleviate his workload.

In later years he even went back to radio, appearing on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion radio program, on American Public Media radio, even picking up a fiddle from time to time.

Atkins is notable for his broad influence. His love for numerous styles of music can be traced from his early recording of stride-pianist James P. Johnson's "Johnson Rag," all the way to the rock stylings of Eric Johnson, an invited guest on Atkins's recording sessions who, when Chet attempted to copy his influential rocker "Cliffs of Dover", led to Atkins's creation of a unique arrangement of "Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)."

Chet's recordings of "Malaguena" inspired a new generation of Flamenco guitarists; the classical guitar selections included on almost all his albums were, for many American artists working in the field today, the first classical guitar they ever heard. He recorded smooth jazz guitar still played on American airwaves today.

While he did more performing in the 1990s his health grew frail as he was diagnosed with cancer again in 1996. He died on June 30, 2001 at his home in Nashville.

Atkins was laid to rest at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens in Nashville.

Atkins was quoted many times throughout his career, and of his own legacy he once said:

A stretch of Interstate 185 in southwest Georgia (between LaGrange and Columbus) is named "Chet Atkins Parkway". This stretch of interstate runs through Fortson, GA where Atkins spent much of his childhood.

In 2002, Atkins was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Atkins also inspired Drexl Jonez and Tommy Emmanuel.

Clint Black's album "Nothin' but the Taillights" includes the song "Ode to Chet," which includes the lines "'Cause I can win her over like Romeo did Juliet, if I can only show her I can almost pick that legato lick like Chet" and "It'll take more than Mel Bay 1, 2, & 3 if I'm ever gonna play like CGP." Atkins plays guitar on the track. At the end of the song Black and Atkins have a brief conversation.

Discography

Industry Awards

Country Music Association

1967 Instrumentalist of the Year

1968 Instrumentalist of the Year

1969 Instrumentalist of the Year

1981 Instrumentalist of the Year

1982 Instrumentalist of the Year

1983 Instrumentalist of the Year

1984 Instrumentalist of the Year

1985 Instrumentalist of the Year

1988 Instrumentalist of the Year

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Inducted in 1973

Grammy Awards

1971 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Jerry Reed - Me and Jerry

1972 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Snowbird"

1975 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Merle Travis - The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show

1976 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "The Entertainer"

1977 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Les Paul - Chester and Lester

1982 Best Country Instrumental Performance - Country After All These Years

1986 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Mark Knopfler - "Cosmic Square Dance"

1991 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Mark Knopfler - "So Soft, Your Goodbye"

1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration with Mark Knopfler - "Poor Boy Blues"

1993 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Jerry Reed - Sneakin' Around

1993 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award'

1994 Best Country Instrumental Performance with Asleep at the Wheel, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield & Vince Gill - "Red Wing"

1995 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Young Thing"

1997 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Jam Man"

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Posthumously inducted in 2002

Notes

References

Kienzle, Rich. (1998). "Chet Atkins". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 26–7.

External links

Chet Atkins at the Country Music Hall of Fame

[ Allmusic entry for Chet Atkins]

Chet Atkins Official Web site

Bob Moore's A-Team Musicians Website

Chet Atkins Interview - Vintage Guitar magazine, June 1996

Chet Atkins on the Pop Chronicles

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Name	Brian Culbertson
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Landscape	yes
Born	January 12, 1973
Origin	Decatur, Illinois,United States
Genre	Contemporary jazz, Funk
Occupation	musician, instrumentalist
Years active	1994–present
Instrument	Keyboards Trombone
Url	http://www.brianculbertson.com/

Brian Culbertson (born January 12, 1973) is a musician and instrumentalist from Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of jazz band director and trumpeter Jim Culbertson, Brian's instruments include the keyboard and trombone.

Heavily influenced by funk, much of Culbertson's material is funk-based instrumental, but he has begun calling upon vocalists such as Trey Lorenz, Marc Nelson, Kenny Lattimore and Avant to add to his later pieces.

Culbertson has released twelve albums so far. The first three were on the Blue Moon label: "Long Night Out" 1994, "Modern Life" 1995, and "After Hours" 1996. After moving to Atlantic Records, three more albums followed: "Secrets" 1997, "Somethin' Bout Love" 1999, and the critically acclaimed "Nice & Slow" 2001. "Come on Up" 2003 was released on Warner Jazz, and Culbertson then moved to GRP Records for his project, "It's On Tonight" 2005 which debuted at #1 on Billboard Magazine's contemporary-jazz charts.

Brian Culbertson also works with many other musicians in the contemporary jazz arena, often as a composer and arranger. Culbertson is currently credited with working with Dave Koz, Peter White, Richard Elliot, Jeff Lorber, Michael Lington and legendary A&M; Records composer and producer Herb Alpert. He is married to Michelle Culbertson.

Brian has regularly appeared live on many radio stations including KTWV in Los Angeles and the UK's Solar radio with Michael J. Parlett.

Brian has also regularly been an opening act for Barry Manilow's shows outside of Las Vegas since 2007.

Discography

titles	year	label
"Long Night Out"	1994	Mesa / Bluemoon
"Modern Life"	1995	Mesa / Bluemoon
"After Hours"	1996	Mesa / Bluemoon
"Secrets"	1997	Mesa / Bluemoon
"Somethin' Bout Love"	1999	Atlantic / Wea
"Nice & Slow"	2001	Warner Bros / Wea
"Come On Up"	2003	Warner Bros / Wea
"It's On Tonight"	2005	GRP Records
"A Soulful Christmas"	2006	GRP Records
"Bringing Back the Funk"	2008	GRP Records
"Live From The Inside"	2009	Verve
"XII"	2010	GRP Records

References

External links

Official site

Profile on GRP Records

Brian Culbertson – ‘Bringing Back The Funk’ Album review by Mike Parlett

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