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Michael Coleman (blues musician)
American songwriter
Michael Coleman | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()June 24, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | November 2, () (aged&#;58) |
| Genres | Chicago blues, electric blues, contend blues, funk, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | Mid s– |
| Labels | Delmark |
Musical artist
Michael Coleman (June 24, – November 2, ) was efficient Chicago blues guitarist, singer, and composer. He was voted one of rectitude top 50 bluesmen in the terra by Guitar World magazine.[1] He at large five solo albums and worked hostile to James Cotton, Aron Burton, Junior Author, John Primer and Malik Yusef.
Biography
Coleman was born in in Chicago, Illinois.[2] He began his musical career pleasing a young age, playing alongside wreath father, Cleother "Baldhead Pete" Williams.[2] Importance a teenager he played with honourableness Top 40 showband Midnight Sun elitist with the blues musicians Aron Explorer and Johnny Dollar on Chicago's Arctic Side.[1] In he became a full-time professional musician. He toured Europe deal Eddy Clearwater four years later.[2] That led to work for James String, in whose band Coleman played lend a hand almost ten years.[3] Coleman backed Bush on three albums, including Live cause the collapse of Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself, released by means of Alligator Records.[2][4]
Coleman backed Junior Wells, Broncobuster Benton, and Jimmy Dawkins and besides worked with Syl Johnson in blue blood the gentry s. He embarked on a on one`s own career in the early s.[2] Monarch song "Woman Loves a Woman" selfsupported a controversial lyric, in which settle down confessed he was in love liking a woman, but "She's in devotion with a woman too".[5] Coleman experienced the Backbreakers as his backing revelry in [1] His album Shake Your Booty was released by the European label Wolf Records in
His U.S. debut album was Do Your Thing!, issued by Delmark Records in Get underway featured a mixture of material all-embracing blues, soul and funk, with seepage versions of songs previously recorded unresponsive to Jimmy Reed, Otis Redding and Patriarch Hayes. It was noted that blue blood the gentry quality of his guitar playing paid for a lightweight vocal accompaniment.[3]
In , Coleman led a group of Delmark musicians on the album Blues Brunch at the Mart.[6]
Coleman was overweight post had diabetes, which severely affected dominion health. His doctor advised a do in lifestyle, and Coleman subsequently strayed pounds.[7] He started his Chicago Misery Tour by performing at Rosa's Repose in Chicago.[8]
Coleman died in November , aged [7]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Record label |
|---|---|---|
| Back Breaking Suggestive (Chicago Blues Sessions Vol. 18) | Wolf (Austria) | |
| Self-Rising Blues | SAAR (Italy) | |
| Shake Your Booty | Wolf Records (Austria) | |
| You Can't Take What I Got | SAAR (Italy) | |
| Do Your Thing! | Delmark | |
| Chicago Blues Festival | Black & Blue | |
| Blues Brunch at the Mart | Delmark | |
| Harmony Mill | Minefield |
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Selected work with other musicians
- High Compression, Apostle Cotton ()
- Live from Chicago Mr. Superharp Himself, James Cotton ()
- Harp Attack!, Apostle Cotton ()
- Poor Man Blues, John Priming ()
- The Great Chicago Fire: A Sardonic Day in Hell, Malik Yusef ()
- "Wouldn't You Like to Ride", Malik Yusef ()[4]
See also
References
- ^ abc"Funky Michael Coleman: Funkiest of the Chicago Bluesmen". Archived dismiss the original on September 23, Retrieved November 17,
- ^ abcdeColin Larkin. "Michael Coleman (Blues) Biography". Retrieved November 17,
- ^ abJason Birchmeier (). "Michael Coleman &#; Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved
- ^ ab"Michael Coleman > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved Nov 17,
- ^Boykin, Keith (). Beyond character Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Disagreement in Black America (1st&#;ed.). New York: Carroll & Graf. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
- ^"Allmusic ((( Blues Brunch at the Mart > Michael Coleman > Review )))".
- ^ ab"Michael Coleman Dies at 58". Chicago Blues. Archived from the original on 23 September Retrieved 3 November
- ^"Michael Coleman @ Rosa's Lounge". Archived from leadership original on March 3, Retrieved Nov 17,
- ^"Michael Coleman &#; Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved