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Jim Stallings
Jim Stallings is an American musician who played as a bassist with the Sir Douglas Quintet The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock band, formed in San Antonio in 1964. With their first hits, they were acclaimed in their home state. When their career was established (subsequent to working with Texas record producer Huey Meaux), the ... and had a successful single as a solo artist with " Heya". As J.J. Light, Stallings also issued an LP ''Heya!'' in 1969, though another 11 songs recorded for a second album were not released until included as bonus tracks on a CD reissue of the first album in 2008. Stallings was sent to promote the single in England,Michael Bryan Kelly ''Liberty Records: a history of the recording company '' 1993 p.316 "J. J. Light : J. J. Light was an artist who had one hit called 'Heya' in 1967," reports Lee Mendel of Liberty's international division. "He was of Indian background, and he had this hit. Stallings spent a week in London, England, where he perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or trombone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments. Since the 1960s, the electric bass has been the standard bass instrument for funk, R&B, soul music, rock and roll, reggae, jazz fusion, heavy metal, country and pop music. The double bass is the standard bass instrument for classical music, bluegrass, rockabilly, and most genres of jazz. Low brass instruments such as the tuba or sousaphone are the standard bass instrument in Dixieland and New Orleans-style jazz bands. Despite the associations of different bass instruments with certain genres, there are exceptions. Some new rock bands and bassist used a double bass, such as Lee Rocker of Stray Cats, Barenaked La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Douglas Quintet
The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock band, formed in San Antonio in 1964. With their first hits, they were acclaimed in their home state. When their career was established (subsequent to working with Texas record producer Huey Meaux), the band relocated to the West Coast. Their move coincided with the burgeoning San Francisco psychedelic rock scene of the mid 1960s to early 1970s. Overall, the quintet were exponents of good-times music with strong roots in blues and Texas-regional traditions. Group's origins Doug Sahm, a veteran of the professional music scene who first sang on radio at the age of five, formed the Quintet (first called simply 'Sir Douglas') in 1964 with longtime friend Augie Meyers and the other original members, Jack Barber, Frank Morin, and Johnny Perez. Sahm had started in country music and had played (at age eleven) on-stage with Hank Williams, Sr. during the latter's final performance. Sahm went on to play in blues clubs in his teenage years and had g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heya (J
Heya or Hey Ya may refer to: *Heya (sumo) from the Japanese word for "room" (部屋), also in compounds -beya, or Sumo-beya, an organization of sumo wrestlers (pronounced ''beya'' when in compound form) * Heya TV, from the Arabic word for "Hers", an Arabic-language Lebanese television channel, carried on UBI World TV * ''Heya wa Howa'', alternative title of Howa wa heya ("Him and Her"), Egyptian TV show * He Ya (Chinese: 河丫), a minor character related to Shang Yang in the Chinese television series '' The Qin Empire'' * Hey'a, a variant name for Islamic religious police Music * Heya (J.J. Light song), 1967 single by Navajo musician Jim Stallings, covered by Krokus on the album ''Round 13'' * ''Heya'' (J.J. Light album), 1967 album by Jim Stallings * "Heya", a 1987 single by George Kranz * "Heya-hee", a rainsong by Sacred Spirit See also * Heyah, a Polish mobile phone service * Hey Ya! "Hey Ya!" is a song performed by American hip-hop duo Outkast, specifically group mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
