The couple take us trough a musical journey of stunning interpretations of standard blues numbers going back to ike s roots. Their debut single a fool in love was released on sue records in july 1960. The south park album, acid queen, and live in paris. Probably the most fascinating and informative book on the history of sam phillips and sun records i have ever read. The couple take us trough a musical journey of stunning interpretations of standard blues numbers going back to ikes roots.
Keyboardist amina claudine myers, mostly on organ, electric guitarist jerome harris, electric bass guitarist lonnie plaxico, and drummer tommy campbell are the funkifiers. Davy knowles has announced the release of a new studio album three miles from avalon on october 14. Throughout 1965, the revue promoted their music on rock and rollthemed musical variety series such as american bandstand, hollywood a go. For this album, ike won his first and only solo grammy award on. Blues roots is one of ike turners side projects, after he built his own recording studio bolic sound. Johnny wright with ike turner s orchestra the world is yours 2. Download ike turner and the kings of rhythm trailblazer.
Trombonist anderson has assembled quite a quintet for this tribute to the blues, dubbed the lapis lazuli band. Ike and tinas later work would eclipse these recordings, but they really shouldnt be overlooked. As a bandleader, session musician and talent scout, he was involved in recording bb king, howlin wolf, elmore james, johnny ace and junior parker for sam phillips memphis recording service, which later became sun records, and for the bihari brothers modern records. This article contains information about albums and singles released by of american musician. Risin with the blues is the last studio album released by american blues musician ike turner. Considered to be one of the fathers of rock and roll, his first recording, rocket 88 incorrectly credited to jackie brenston and his delta cats in 1951, is considered by some to be the first rock and roll song ever. Just one more time billy gayles with ike turners kings of rhythm. Both long plays have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collectors edition, which also includes 6 bonus tracks, consisting of hard to find sides from the same period.
Released in 1963 from crown records, it contains mostly previously released singles from. The album was recorded in 1971 72 and produced two singles. Big joe turner i got a gal for every day in the week 3. It is also a music encyclopedia on the birth of rock and roll and all that it spawned after it. The big question ike turner and his kings of rhythm. Johnny wright with ike turner s orchestra suffocate.
The first album credited to ike turner, ike turner rocks the blues was late 1963 but contained songs recorded during the frantic 50s sessions. Between 1960 and 1975, the duo had 20 songs on the. Part of rock s backpages, the ultimate library of rock music writing and journalism. Download ike turner rocks the blues files tradownload. She made my blood run cold ike turner and his kings of rhythm. Find ike turner discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. As a session musician turner contributed to many seminal blues records, including b. Jenny take a ride mitch ryder and the detroit wheels 15. Turner was born less than a mile southwest of this site, at 304 washington avenue in the riverton neighborhood, on november 5, 1931. A solid collection of blues with the ike and tina soul. Johnny wright with ike turners orchestra suffocate. Im no expert on ike turner, but from what i have found out he had to learn to play the guitar because another guy in the group had the piano. Ike wister turner november 5, 1931 december 12, 2007 was an american guitarist, pianist, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer. The best music site on the web there is where you can read about and listen to blues, jazz, classical music and much more.
As a bandleader, session musician and talent scout, he was involved in recording bb king, howlin wolf, elmore james, johnny ace and junior parker for sam phillips memphis recording service, which later became sun records, and for the bihari. November 5, 1931 december 12, 2007 was an american musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. An acquaintance of theirs, riley king, has just got s igned to play blues at modern records, and they have been jamming with him at a club in chambers. In the 1950s, he formed his first group as a teenager in. It is a wet wednesday, march 3rd 1951, and ike turn er and his kings of rhythm are travelling up from clarksdale into memphis in the back of a chrysler. Drug abuse and spousal abuse sullied his reputation, but a cleanedup ike turner managed to reemerge as a headliner in the blues world during his final years by reembracing his blues roots in his performances and recordings. In the 1950s, he formed his first group as a teenager in high school, called ike turner s kings of rhythm. Theres also an odd nineminute medley of instrumental blues covers, all the blues all the time, which wound up on a 1963 crown lp, rocks the blues. Blues roots is the lean, mean collection of blues standards ike turner long promised to deliver, crafted with real conviction and energy. Originally released in 1972 on vinyl with a wonderful gatefold cover, it was reissued in 2012 on the double cd blues roots bad dreams. The just released paperback edition is a generous 763 pages worth, including dozens of photographs, that will have the most ardent music aficionado drooling over its. Included here are the instrumentals from turners muchcoveted crown album, ike turner rocks the blues cut in clarksdale, mississippi, in 54, including his nineminute medley of blues riffs, all the blues all the time. Risin with the blues is ike turners very last studio album, produced from ikes son ike junior.
Jackie brenston with ike turners kings of rhythm the mistreater 2. Under the alias little ann, tina turner was featured alongside ike turner and fellow kings of rhythm vocalist carlson oliver on the single boxtop. Johnny wright with ike turners orchestra the world is yours 2. The album was released in the united states on september 12, 2006. This may well be the best material either one of them ever recorded. Hot on the heels of the 2014s the outsider, the fulllength documentary island bound, and an extensive tour schedule, isle of manborn knowles looks forwards with a collection of new songs marking a return to his roots and the sounds that first ignited his passion for music. Ike fans and jump blues enthusiasts are aware of him spearheading the formative years of rock n. Ike turner and his orchestra she made my blood run cold 2.
Ike renamed her tina, and the rest is rock n roll and hollywood history. Rocks the blues is the first album credited to musician ike turner. With a fatter, more distorted tone, he gets things going with the. Here we find ambitious young bandleader and deejay ike turner. Originally released in 1972 on vinyl with a wonderful gatefold cover, it was reissued in 2012 on the double cd blues roots bad dream. Ike turner king of the misanthropic pissshiver guitar. Blues city ike turner interview jump blues era by michael d. With a fatter, more distorted tone, he gets things going with the lick from junior parkers feelin good. Debut album, contains a fool in love the song that anna mae bullock sung as a dummy vocal guide for ike turners regular singer, art lassiter, when lassiter failed to turn up at the recording session, with the intention that his voice would be dubbed in later. Ike also cut his own band for rpm and even had an lp issued ike rocks the blues on crown which culls together the best of his guitar instrumentals from this period ike, having switched to guitar after rocket 88, figuring it would be harder to over look him if he was standing up. Ike wister turner, born clarksdale, mississippi, 5th november 1931, died december 12th 2007. Tina turner joined musician and songwriter ike turners band the kings of rhythm as a vocalist in 1957. She gave such a blistering performance, that ike turner got given a recording contract on the strength of that one performance, and he. Ike did all lead vocals with backing vocals from audrey madison and played guitar and piano.