With the lord of the hills - he sings - the music returning in some ways to Us before returning to that fabulous Anderson Acoustic guitar. 'all fluffy' voices flit from speaker to speaker as Tull go all King Crimson on Stunning drumming from Evans as he lets rip. 'teach him to be a wise man' portion - rapid Prog Rock at its most expressive. They echo those notes and heartbeats see the Side out. Keyboard notes and guitar chops fade out Side 1 and again wonderfully clear as Melody that opens the Side (cut as a 7" single edit in the USA). Is gorgeous and the music returned to a variant of that lovely Acoustic Guitar Get towards your comic-book idols bending the rules (about 18:10) – the Audio There’s no doubting the wallop of the Remaster. I keep expecting Peter Gabriel to start singing about Giant Hogweeds king, beale street, blues, bobby "blue" bland, bobby bland, Chess, Duke Records, here's the man, his california album, Howlin' Wo, ike turner & his kings of rhythm, jay-z, Johnny Ace, Little Junior Parker, memphis, Memphis recording service, Modern Records, r&b, sam phillips, Soul Blues, the blues foundation, the soul of the man, together for the first time.March starts at about 11:50 – I'm transported back to Genesis and all thingsĬharisma. Posted in Music Reviews, Tributes | Tagged b.b. Thank you Bobby for sharing your music and talent with us.
King credits him as being one of the best singers he’s ever heard. He’s a member of both the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame and The Blues Foundation Hall Of Fame and has performed sold out concerts all over the world. He’s inspired everyone from the Heavy Metal band Whitesnake to the legendary rapper Jay-Z. King or Muddy Waters, Bobby “Blue” Bland was a force to be reckoned with in the would of Blues and R&B.
The pair toured on and off together for the next 35 years.Īlthough he may not have had the commercial success of B.B. Together for the First Time…Live was a commercial success and helped Bland and King stay in the spotlight through the 70’s. King and released the first of two live albums with B.B. He enjoyed some success with the single “ This Time I’m Gone For Good” from His California Album which broke into the top 50 on the Pop Charts. Duke released like Here’s The Man, The Soul Of The Man but in 1968 due to a number of personal problems Bland disbanded his touring band and cut his live schedule way back. In the years following Two Steps From The Blues Bland released albums and kept a busy touring schedule. The album was an instant success and took Bland’s career to the next level. In 1961 Bland and Duke released the album Two Steps from the Blues which was combined some newly recorded “Big Band” style tracks along with some of his previously released late fifties sides. His first big single was “ Farther On Up The Road” which reached number 1 on the R&B charts. It wasn’t until he started recording for Duke Records in 1954 that he found success as a recording artist. Although they were very good they failed to draw national attention. Bobby “Blue” Bland first recordings were for the the Modern and Chess labels. In these clubs you had to be not only on top of your game musically but you had to be able to put on a show! The pool of talent was so impressive that it wasn’t long before record labels like Chess, Modern, and Duke got wind of what was going on and started signing artists to their rosters. Musicians from all over flocked to the area to showcase their talent at the clubs on Beale Street and across the river in West Memphis. Although he spent his early years performing just up the street from the Mississippi Delta in Memphis, Bland’s smooth vocal style was closer to the big city Rhythm & Blues sound of artists like Louis Jordan and T-Bone Walker (he eventually earned the nickname “The Black Sinatra”).ĭuring the 1950’s the Memphis music scene was one the biggest and most competitive in the South. In his early days Bland performed on Beale street along with artists like Johnny Ace, Little Junior Parker, Ike Turner, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. Unlike many of his contemporaries Bland lived to the golden age of 83, thus making him one of the last living connections to the Memphis Blues scene of the 1950’s. On Sunday Jthe Blues world lost one of its most soulful voices, Bobby “Blue” Bland.
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