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Peter Lang (guitarist)
Peter Lang (born January 6, 1948) is an acoustic guitarist who recorded for Takoma Records with John Fahey and Leo Kottke. Biography Peter Lang was discovered in 1972 by guitarist John Fahey. Lang's first solo album, ''The Thing at the Nursery Room Window'', was released in 1973. With Lang, Fahey launched the careers of other notable artists on Takoma Records, including Kottke, George Winston, Robbie Basho, Bola Sete and others. In the 70's Lang recorded or performed with Ry Cooder, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, John Hartford, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Freddie King, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond, Keith Jarrett, Phoebe Snow, Maria Muldaur, The Yellowjackets, and Robben Ford. Lang left music in the 1980s to pursue a career in animation and special effects production. He released the albums ''Dharma Blues'' in 2002 and ''Guitar'' in 2003. Both ''Lycurgus'' and ''Prime Cuts'' were re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks. Awards and honors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Primitive Guitar
American primitive guitar is a fingerstyle guitar music genre, developed by the American guitarist John Fahey in the late 1950s. While the term "American primitivism" has been used as a name for the genre, American primitive guitar is distinct from the primitivism art movement. Development John Fahey used the term "American primitive guitar" to describe the style of composition he developed in his releases from the 1950s onwards. Fahey employed traditional country blues fingerpicking techniques, which had previously been used primarily to accompany vocals, on solo guitar, in combination with nontraditional harmonic and melodic material. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, other musicians would become associated with the genre, including Leo Kottke. The style is similar to some forms of 20th-century classical music (particularly Minimalism), and the classical music of India. Besides Fahey, other notable representatives of this genre include Kottke, Robbie Basho, Bob Hadley an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie King
Freddie King (September 3, 1934December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and B.B. King, none of whom were blood related). Mostly known for his soulful and powerful voice and distinctive guitar playing, King had a major influence on electric blues music and on many later blues guitarists. Born in Gilmer, Texas, King became acquainted with the guitar at the age of six. He started learning the guitar from his mother and his uncle. King moved to Chicago when he was a teenager; there he formed his first band the Every Hour Blues Boys with guitarist Jimmie Lee Robinson and drummer Frank "Sonny" Scott. As he was repeatedly being rejected by Chess Records, he got signed to Federal Records, and got his break with single " Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and instrumental " Hide Away", which reached number five on the ''Billboard'' magazine's rhythm and blues chart in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To The Wall
''Back to the Wall'' is a recording by American folk and blues guitarist Peter Lang, released in 1978. Allmusic entry for ''Back to the Wall''.Retrieved March 12, 2010. It is out of print. Track listing Side one # "Going Down the China Road" (Peter Lang, Public Domain) – 3:28 # "Back to the Wall" (Lang) – 2:10 # "Guitar Rag " ( Sylvester Weaver, Traditional) – 1:52 # "Country Blues Medley" (Traditional) – 2:00 # "Jimmy Bell" (Cat Iron, Lang) – 2:45 # "Colored Aristocracy" (Traditional) – 1:45 Side two # "My Dear Mary Anne" (Lang) – 3:10 # "Halloween Blues" (Lang) – 3:45 # "Living in the Weeds" (Lang) – 2:00 # "Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk) – 1:40 # "This World Is Not My Home" (Traditional) – 2:12 # "Farewell Maximillian" (Lang) – 2:45 Personnel *Peter Lang – vocals, guitar *Jeff Dayton – pedal steel guitar *Brad Grapp – drums *James Hauck – marimba *Prudence Johnson – vocals *Tom Lieberman – vocals *Tim Sparks Tim Sparks (born Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Cuts (Peter Lang Album)
''Prime Cuts'' is a live recording by American folk and blues guitarist Peter Lang, released in 1977. Allmusic entry for ''Prime Cuts''.Retrieved March 12, 2010. It was recorded at the Maintenance Shop at Iowa State University and The Texas Tavern at the University of Texas. ''Prime Cuts'' was reissued on CD in 2003 on the Horus label with additional tracks. Track listing All songs written by Peter Lang unless otherwise noted. # "Wide Oval Rip-Off" – 3:50 # "Hello Baby Blues" (Danny Kalb) – 2:18 # "Methane Gas" – 1:21 # "Better Things for You" (Traditional) – 2:30 # "Angel of Baffins Baby" – 2:58 # "Rally Round the Flag/The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (George F. Root, William Steffe, Julia Ward Howe) – 2:33 # "Brownsville Road" (Traditional) – 3:03 # "That's All Right" (Dave Ray) – 3:20 # "Muggy Friday/Adair's Song" – 2:08 # "There Will Be a Happy Meeting" (Adger M. Pace) – 2:24 # "Tuning" – 1:08 # "Quetico Reel/Poor Howard" (Lang/Huddie Ledbetter Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycurgus (Peter Lang Album)
''Lycurgus'' is the title of a recording by American folk and blues guitarist Peter Lang, released in 1975. It was nominated for a Grammy award in the Folk music category. ''Lycurgus'' was a "Top National Add-on" and "Breakout" in Billboard Magazine. It was reissued in 2003 on the Horus label with additional tracks. Track listing All songs by Peter Lang unless otherwise noted. # "Round Worm Reel" – 2:05 # "That Will Never Happen No More" (Blind Blake) – 2:46 # "Green Apple Quick Step" – 2:16 # "Untitled Oblivion" – 3:03 # "Lycurgus" – 3:44 # "Poor Howard" (Lead Belly) – 2:43 # "Let the Old Boy Go" – 2:23 # "V/ The Connecticut Promissory" – 2:54 # "Zero Adjustment" – 2:55 # "Flames Along the Monongahela" – 7:46 #:2003 reissue bonus tracks: # "Untitled Oblivion" (instrumental) – 3:18 # "V/The Connecticut Promissory Rag" (alternate take) – 2:44 # "Zero Adjustment" (instrumental) – 3:15 # "Hello Baby Blues" (Danny Kalb) – 1:58 # "Stackolee" – 1:18 Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thing At The Nursery Room Window
''The Thing at the Nursery Room Window'' is the title of the debut recording by American folk and blues guitarist Peter Lang, released in 1973. It was reissued in 2000 with three bonus tracks. Reception Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the dat ... reviewer Alex Henderson wrote in his review: "This is essentially a folk recording, although Lang's brand of folk easily incorporates elements of southern country blues, bluegrass, and Appalachian music... Although the Minneapolis native has impressive chops, he never lets them get in the way of his down-home charm, and he never has a problem coming across as warm, unpretentious, and earthy." Track listing All songs written by Peter Lang unless otherwise noted. # "Snow Toad" – 1:28 # "Muggy Friday" – 1:34 # "Last Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. It was originally called the Gramophone Awards, as the trophy depicts a gilded gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and is considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards, alongside the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. History The Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar Player
''Guitar Player'' is an American popular magazine for guitarists, founded in 1967 in San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul .... It contains articles, interviews, reviews and lessons of an eclectic collection of artists, genres and products. It has been in print since late 1967. The magazine is currently edited by Christopher Scapelliti. Contents A typical issue of ''Guitar Player'' includes in-depth artist features, extensive lessons, gear and music reviews, letters to the magazine, and various front-of-book articles. Guitar Player TV In May 2006, the Music Player Network partnered with TrueFire TV to launch an internet-based television station for guitarists. It provides content similar to that of the magazine such as interviews and lessons. Guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robben Ford
Robben Lee Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and Yellowjackets and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton, Rick Springfield, Little Feat and Kiss. He was named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by ''Musician'' magazine. Early life Robben Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, and raised in Ukiah, California. He began playing the saxophone at age 10 and the guitar at age 14. Robben and two of his brothers (Patrick and Mark) created the ''Charles Ford Blues Band'' in honor of and named after their father. A fourth brother died in the Vietnam conflict. Career At age 18, Ford's band was hired to play with Charlie Musselwhite, and recorded two albums ''The Charles Ford Band'' and ''Discovering the Blues''. He recorded two albums with Jimmy Witherspoon called ''Live'' and ''Spoonful''. In the 1970s, Ford joined the j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Ricky Lawson. They decided to continue as a group and were signed to Warner Bros. Records by producer Tommy LiPuma, who chose the name "Yellowjackets" from a list of potential group names the band had compiled. In 1984, the band's second album, '' Mirage a Trois'', was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Fusion Performance. Ford only played on half this album, and after he departed the group, saxophonist Marc Russo was hired in his place. The next album, '' Shades'', reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' magazine jazz album chart, while the single "And You Know That" won a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Lawson left and was replaced by Will Kennedy in 1987. Their next three albums, ''Four Corners'', ''Politics'', and ''The Spin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song " Midnight at the Oasis" and has recorded albums in the folk, blues, early jazz, gospel, country, and R&B traditions. She was the wife of musician Geoff Muldaur and is the mother of singer-songwriter Jenni Muldaur. Biography Muldaur was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, where she attended Hunter College High School. Muldaur cites as early musical influences classic country music by Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb, and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys; early rhythm and blues artists like Chuck Willis, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino, and Muddy Waters; Alan Freed "rock 'n' roll" shows; and doo-wop groups such as The Platters and The Five Satins. Muldaur began her career in the early 1960s as Maria D'Amato, performing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs " San Francisco Bay Blues", " Poetry Man", "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals backing Paul Simon on " Gone at Last". She recorded " San Francisco Bay Blues" also. She was described by ''The New York Times'' as a "contralto grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octaves." Snow also sang numerous commercial jingles for many U.S. products during the 1980s and 1990s, including General Foods International Coffees, Salon Selectives, and Stouffer's. Snow experienced success in Australia in the late 1970s and early 1980s with five top 100 albums in that territory. In 1995 she recorded a gospel album with Sisters of Glory. Early life, family and education Phoebe Ann Laub was born in New York City in 1950, and raised in a musical household in which Delta blues, Broadway show tunes, Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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