Wild Dog Series / Ichiban Records collection
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Nappy Brown
US Rhythm & Blues Sänger (12. Oktober 1929 - 20. September 2008)
Geboren Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Brown begann seine Karriere als Gospelsänger, wechselte aber zu R&B, als ein Auftritt in Newark, New Jersey, 1954 zu einem Plattenvertrag mit Savoy Records führte.
Als tiefstimmiger, sehr individueller R&B-Sänger hatte er in den 50er Jahren eine Reihe von Hits, darunter "Don't be Angry" (1955), den Rose Marie McCoy/Charlie Singleton-Song "Piddley Patter Patter Patter". "It Don't Hurt No More" (1958) und "I cried Like A Baby" (1959). Er machte auch die Originalversion von "The Right Time", einem 1958er Hit für Ray Charles, als "(night time is) The right Time".
Eine Gefängnisstrafe hielt Brown für einen Großteil der 60er Jahre inaktiv. Er kehrte 1969 mit einem Album für Elephant V zur Musik zurück und nahm in den 70er Jahren mit The Bell Jubilee Singers für Jewel und als Bruder Napoleon Brown für Savoyen Gospelmusik auf, obwohl er die Kraft seines Werkes der 50er Jahre nie wirklich zurückeroberte.
https://www.bear-family.de/brown-nappy/ - 2
Known best for their longtime residence at Blind Willie's, a popular blues club in Atlanta, the Shadows released several albums during the '90s before the untimely death of singer/guitarist Mike Lorenz. Shadows bassist Roger Gregory opened Blind Willie's in 1986 with Eric King. The club, which is located in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, hosted many local blues artists such as Billy Wright, Grady "Fats" Jackson, Sandra Hall, and Chicago Bob. In 1988, Chicago Bob, who was also a Blind Willie's resident, recorded an album called Just Your Fool that featured the Shadows as his backing band.
A few years later, in 1992, the Shadows -- comprised of Gregory, Lorenz, harp/saxman Albey Scholl, and drummer Tom Chavers -- released an album of their own, Party Tuff or Stay Home!, that Ichiban released. Several successive albums followed: It Ain't Easy Bein' Sleazy (1993), Steppin' to the Shadows (1994), Dreamtime (1994), Dark Side of the Shadows (1995), Pale Interpretators (1997), and One Night of Sin (2000).
Unfortunately, Lorenz died an accidental death on July 3, 2001, when his car caught on fire behind his home after he'd fallen asleep with the car running. - 3
A soulful blues singer in the mold of Bobby "Blue" Bland or Z.Z. Hill, Floyd Miles is probably best known for his tenure with the Allman Brothers during the group's early years and for his later work with Clarence Carter. Crazy Man marks Miles' solo recording debut, cut with friends like Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Edgar Winter and Root Boy Slim. The title Crazy Man to the contrary, Miles is more adept on the record's more mellow, laidback numbers; the harder blues tunes leave him behind.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/crazy-man-mw0000617781
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