An ongoing conversation behind the earlier Sada post brought up the subject of Lucky and I knew I had one or two but I checked the net and found a live link to This marvel with a path that lead to an extinct blog. Whosoever you may be my friend I thank you and I will keep your link alive by continuing to use it here.
" Lucky Peterson (born Judge Kenneth Peterson, December 13, 1964, Buffalo, New York is an American musician who plays contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. He plays guitar and keyboards. Music journalist Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray has said, "he may be the only blues musician to have had national television exposure in short pants."
Peterson's father, bluesman James Peterson, owned a nightclub in Buffalo called The Governor's Inn. The club was a regular stop for fellow bluesmen such as Willie Dixon. Dixon saw a five-year-old Lucky Peterson performing at the club and, in Peterson's words, "Took me under his wing." Months later, Peterson performed on The Tonight Show, The Ed Sullivan Show and What's My Line?. Millions of people watched Peterson sing "1-2-3-4", a cover version of "Please, Please, Please" by James Brown. At the time, Peterson said "his father wrote it". Around this time he recorded his first album, Our Future: 5 Year Old Lucky Peterson for Today/Perception Records and appeared on the public television show Soul!.
As a teen, Peterson studied at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, where he played the French horn with the school symphony. Soon, he was playing backup guitar and keyboards for Etta James, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Little Milton.
The 1990s were a prolific period for Peterson. Two solo Bob Greenlee produced albums for the Chicago-based Alligator Records (1989's Lucky Strikes! and the following year's Triple Play) remain his finest recorded offerings. He then released four more for the record label, Verve Records (I'm Ready, Beyond Cool, Lifetime and Move). While with Verve, Peterson collaborated with Mavis Staples on a tribute to gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, called Spirituals & Gospel. Peterson played electric organ behind Staples' singing.
More albums from Peterson came after 2000. He recorded two for Blue Thumb Records (Lucky Peterson and Double Dealin'), and one for Disques Dreyfus entitled, Black Midnight Sun. In 2007, he released his latest album on JSP Records, titled Tete a Tete."
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so the be all here is that when a new artist with a slightly different sound appears we like 'em, but quickly are bored by that sound. I get it, as I felt the same way about Strong Persuader and subsequent releases. Similarly, I loved the first one or two Keb Mo's, but found his subsequent stuff to be mediocre at best, although fully listenable. It is really all about an artist growing rather than maintaining. Compare early Beatles or Stones with later recordings and you'll hear tremendous growth. Taj Mahal did it by expanding his blues to Caribbean, Pacific, Hawaiian, Jazz tunes and so forth. The Nevilles moved into interesting niches as well, but the Radiators failed to evolve and thus stagnated. So . . . it is both our need to hear new and innovative music and the artists' ability to move to evolve.
Hi doc and others - I think it's hard to write or find new material for any artist - Some like Taj have adapted as you say by incorporating a wider palette of musical influences - I love Cray's voice and unique guitar style so I continue to buy all his releases and don't regret it but I admit some can be pretty ordinary - The Neville Bros are great
( I have most of their albums including all the remastered Meters albums) but they do have 3 great voices to play with ! KC I d/l the LP and gave it a quick play - I wasn't in the mood for all that energy ! But I'm sure I'll enjoy it come Sat night - Stayed tuned doc I'd like you to suggest some artists that you think continually inspire you ( nevermind anyone else!)
Cheers for a while
PS - Chronologically in my listening years my list would go something like Beatles Cream Hendrix The Blues Mahavishnu Orch Crusaders Little Feat (w LG) Jazz - Prez and other tenors - Brother Ray - I'll stop there - and of course many many more -
Some powerful lyrics in the title song "If You Can't Fix It". Fine guitar too. Thanks.
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