Andy Anderson (rockabilly musician)
Andy Anderson (born Edgar L. Anderson III .; * 1935 in Clarksdale , Mississippi ) is an American rockabilly musician . His biggest success was Johnny Valentine .
Life
Childhood and youth
Anderson grew up on his parents' farm in Mississippi. At the weekend he often attended concerts by blues musicians such as Howlin 'Wolf and John Lee Hooker , who performed on his parents' plantation. Another musical influence was the Grand Ole Opry from Nashville , the most successful country show in the USA. In 1951, Anderson began playing the guitar with the support of his mother . In the mid-1950s, he began to study at Mississippi State University.
Career
As a student, Anderson founded the Rolling Stones in 1954/1955 in Starksville, Mississippi, with Joe Tubb ( electric guitar ), "Cuz" Covington ( bass ), Bobby Lyon ( drums ), James Aldridge and Roy Estes ( piano ) , with whom he played Played in the area at local events. Their popularity grew rapidly and soon they were Mississippi's most successful and well-known rockabilly band. So Anderson and the Rolling Stones ventured to Memphis , Tennessee in 1956 to audition for Sam Phillips , owner of Sun Records . They had to pay for their session in the Sun Studio, which was supervised by Jack Clement . Anderson offered Phillips Johnny Valentine and Tough, Tough, Tough for publication, but Phillips declined.
In 1957, Murray Nash Associates from Nashville took over the management of the band and gave Anderson a recording deal with Felsted Records from New York City . Johnny Valentine was re-recorded here together with III Love You and released in early 1958. The song showed strong sales and entered the national charts shortly afterwards. Anderson and the Rolling Stones were hired for the Louisiana Hayride and appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and Alan Freed's Philadelphia Show . Writer and record collector Johnny Sumrall described Anderson's concerts at the time as follows: “ They would all come down there and Andy would drop a guitar pick and they'd all be scrambling… to pick up Andy's guitar pick .. and they were patterning themselves a lot after Andy's band. It was a five piece band and they would just really get down and play rock and roll ... Like it should be played. "
1959 followed for Apollo Records from New York with You Shake Me Up / The Way She Smiled another single. In 1960 and 1962 three records were released by Century Ltd. and Hermitage, however, Anderson was unable to establish himself in the national music business. He retired to his parents' plantation in 1959 and then lived in California , where he was active as an actor.
For the next few years, Anderson lived a "normal" life as a businessman, caring for his brother, who was suffering from cancer, who died in 1969. 1974 Anderson made together with JJ Hettinger in the Malaco Studio in Jackson again recordings that were held in the folk rock / blues style. Anderson has been performing again since 1983 and is also known in Europe.
Discography
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| 1958 | Johnny Valentine / III Love You | Felsted 45-8508 | |||
| 1959 | You Shake Me Up / The Way She Smiled | Apollo 535-45 | |||
| 1960 | Chop Suey / Deep in the Heart of Texas Rock | Century Limited 600 | |||
| 1960 | Gimme Lock a Yo Hair / Tough, Tough, Tough | Century Limited 45-601 | |||
| 1960 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Cry Over You / Promise Me | Century Limited 45-602 / 603 | |||
| 1960 | Long Tall Texan / You Just Wait | Century Limited 603 | |||
| 1961 | San Antonio Rose / Sunset Blues | Century Limited 604 | |||
| 1965 | Tall Oak Tree / All My Myself | Hermitage H-821-45 | |||
| 1967 | We're Happy / Say Goodbye to Donna | Cougar 503/4 | |||
| 1967 | So Long I'm Gone / Sad Notes | Cougar 505/6 | |||
| 1975 | Billy Farmer / Bourbon Street Barmaid | Aerie / IRDA 126 | |||
| 1975 | Long Long Way to Go / Rhonda | Aerie 101/2 | |||
| 1976 | Kentucky Song / Page | Aerie 103/4 | |||
| 1976 | There Ain't Nothing in the World Like a Texas Woman / Dead End Canyon | Aerie 105/6 | |||
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mississippi's Rolling Stone Rock History ( Memento from September 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Anderson, Andy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Edgar L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rockabilly musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clarksdale, Mississippi |