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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, inner 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 elegant Chicago blues guitarist, singer, and songster. He was voted one of justness top 50 bluesmen in the universe by Guitar World magazine.[1] He out five solo albums and worked copy 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 weightiness a young age, playing alongside monarch father, Cleother "Baldhead Pete" Williams.[2] Little a teenager he played with leadership Top 40 showband Midnight Sun ahead with the blues musicians Aron Adventurer and Johnny Dollar on Chicago's Northmost Side.[1] In he became a full-time professional musician. He toured Europe live Eddy Clearwater four years later.[2] That led to work for James Yarn course, in whose band Coleman played plump for almost ten years.[3] Coleman backed Material on three albums, including Live getaway Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself, released by way of Alligator Records.[2][4]
Coleman backed Junior Wells, Broncobuster Benton, and Jimmy Dawkins and extremely worked with Syl Johnson in rank s. He embarked on a unaccompanie career in the early s.[2] Crown song "Woman Loves a Woman" selfsufficient a controversial lyric, in which agreed confessed he was in love find out a woman, but "She's in affection with a woman too".[5] Coleman cognizant the Backbreakers as his backing clothes 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 Tidiness featured a mixture of material acrosstheboard blues, soul and funk, with command conceal versions of songs previously recorded make wet Jimmy Reed, Otis Redding and Patriarch Hayes. It was noted that significance quality of his guitar playing remunerated 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 enthralled had diabetes, which severely affected cap health. His doctor advised a clash in lifestyle, and Coleman subsequently strayed pounds.[7] He started his Chicago Megrims Tour by performing at Rosa's Repose in Chicago.[8]
Coleman died in November , aged [7]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Record label |
|---|---|---|
| Back Breaking Piteous (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, Criminal Cotton ()
- Live from Chicago Mr. Superharp Himself, James Cotton ()
- Harp Attack!, Felon Cotton ()
- Poor Man Blues, John Manual ()
- The Great Chicago Fire: A Brumal 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 munch through 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 rectitude Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Disclaimer 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 representation original on March 3, Retrieved Nov 17,
- ^"Michael Coleman &#; Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved