The Legendary Blues Band recorded seven albums, Life of Ease,Red Hot 'n' Blue,Woke Up with the Blues (nominated for a W. C. Handy Award), Keepin' the Blues Alive,U B Da Judge,Prime Time Blues, and Money Talks, between 1981 and 1993 and toured with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.[1]
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January 01, 1970
legendary, blues, band, chicago, blues, band, formed, 1980, after, breakup, muddy, waters, band, originchicago, illinois, united, statesgenreschicago, bluesyears, active1980, 1993past, memberswillie, eyes, smith, pinetop, perkins, jerry, portnoy, calvin, fuzz,. The Legendary Blues Band was a Chicago blues band formed in 1980 after the breakup of Muddy Waters band The Legendary Blues BandOriginChicago Illinois United StatesGenresChicago bluesYears active1980 1993Past membersWillie Big Eyes Smith Pinetop Perkins Jerry Portnoy Calvin Fuzz Jones Louis Myers Daryl Davis Billy Flynn Madison Slim Little Smokey Smothers Nick Moss John Duich Willy O Shawny Tony O MelioBiography editIn June 1980 Muddy Waters backing musicians Willie Big Eyes Smith drums Pinetop Perkins piano Calvin Fuzz Jones bass guitar Luther Johnson Guitar Junior guitar Bob Margolin guitar and Jerry Portnoy harmonica quit over a salary dispute The year before Smith Jones Johnson and Perkins backed John Lee Hooker and Big Walter Horton in the film The Blues Brothers playing a live version of Boom Boom in the Maxwell Street Market Smith was the only band member to appear in close up 1 2 3 In 1981 Portnoy Jones Smith and Perkins formed the Legendary Blues Band using a monicker Muddy Waters used to introduce them when on stage Guitarist Bob Margolin chose not to join them and formed his own band 4 and was replaced by Louis Myers on harmonica and guitar The Legendary Blues Band recorded their debut album Life of Ease for Rounder Records 2 Duke Robillard guested on their second release Red Hot n Blue The Legendary Blues Band recorded seven albums Life of Ease Red Hot n Blue Woke Up with the Blues nominated for a W C Handy Award Keepin the Blues Alive U B Da Judge Prime Time Blues and Money Talks between 1981 and 1993 and toured with Bob Dylan The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton 1 Later recordings included Billy Flynn Little Smokey Smothers Tony O Melio Nick Moss and Madison Slim although the rhythm section of Jones and Smith remained through to their final release in 1993 2 Discography editLife of Ease 1981 Rounder Red Hot n Blue 1983 Rounder Woke up with the Blues 1989 Ichiban Keepin the Blues Alive 1990 Ichiban U B Da Judge 1991 Ichiban Prime Time Blues 1992 Ichiban Money Talks 1993 Wild Dog Blues 5 References edit a b Hanson Karen 2007 Today s Chicago Blues 1st ed Chicago Lake Claremont Press pp 192 193 ISBN 978 1 893121 19 5 a b c Jim O Neal The Legendary Blues Band Biography AllMusic Retrieved 2014 01 30 Russell Tony 1997 The Blues From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray Dubai Carlton Books Limited p 67 ISBN 1 85868 255 X About Bobmargolin com Retrieved 2020 06 08 The Legendary Blues Band Discography AllMusic Retrieved 2014 01 30 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Legendary Blues Band amp oldid 1155010304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
