Billy Gibson (musician)

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Billy Gibson (born 20th century in Camden , Tennessee ) is an American harmonica player.

Life

Billy Gibson grew up in Clinton , Mississippi and began playing the harmonica at a young age. "It was cheap and I could easily make sounds with it," he said. His desire to improve musically led him to move to Clarksdale , Mississippi, where he played with guitarist Johnnie Billington in his band The Midnighters . From there he went to Memphis . "Beale Street was my blues university," he remembers. In 1998 he was part of the short-lived southern rock band Junkyardmen, who recorded an album for Inside Memphis in 1998.

His talent did not go unnoticed, he received an endorsement deal from Hohner in 1999 . His services as an accompanist are popular with Deborah Coleman ( Soft Place to Fall Blind Pig , 2000) and Michael Burks ( I Smell Smoke , 2003). With the guitarist of his band, David Bowen, he also appears as the duo The Delta Cats.

As a music producer he took care of the production of Jason Ricci's first two albums and as a sound engineer he worked on the Seal album Human Being (1998).

Billy Gibson also has a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Memphis .

Discography

Albums
  • 1996: Billy Gibson (North Magnolia Music)
  • 2001: The Nearness of You (Inside Sounds)
  • 2004: In a Memphis Tone (Inside Sounds)
  • 2005: The Billy Gibson Band (Inside Sounds)
  • 2006: Southern Livin ' (Inside Sounds)
  • 2007: Live at Rum Boogie Cafe - On Historic Beale Street (DaddyO Records)
Guest Posts
  • 1998: Junkyardmen: Scrapheap Full of Blues (vocals, Inside Memphis)
  • 2000: Deborah Coleman : Soft Place to Fall (Blind Pig Records)
  • 2005: Jim McCarty & Richard Hite : A Yardbirds in Memphis (Inside Sound)
  • 2008: Jim Shearer & Charlie Wood: The Memphis Hang (Summit Records)
  • 2008: Michael Burks : I Smell Smoke (Alligator Records)
  • 2009: JT Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters: Live (Hunters Records)
  • 2011: Magda Piskorczyk ' Afro Groove (2CD, Artgraff)
production
  • 1995: Jason Ricci : Jason Ricci (North Magnolia Music)
  • 1997: Jason Ricci: Down at the Juke (North Magnolia Music)

Awards

  • 2009 Blues Music Award , Instrumentalist of the Year - Harmonica
  • 2006 Blues Music Award Nominee - Best New Artist Debut (with Billy Gibson Band)
  • 2005 Beale Street Entertainer of the Year
  • 2003 NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) Memphis Premier Player Award for outstanding harmonica player

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Billy Gibson: Harmonica Player of the Month . October 2, 2014 ( harmonica.com [accessed March 15, 2018]).
  2. ↑ a b c About. Official website, accessed March 15, 2018 .
  3. ^ Seal - Human Being. Discogs , accessed March 15, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Billy Gibson. Hill Country Harmonica, accessed March 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Blues Music Awards return to Memphis, celebrate 3-decade run . ( commercialappeal.com [accessed March 15, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Chris Herrington: High Notes . In: Memphis magazine . August 1, 2006 ( memphismagazine.com [accessed March 15, 2018]).
  7. ↑ If Lennon Could See 'Em Now ... - Memphis Daily News. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Chris Herrington: PREMIER PLAYER NOMINATIONS. Accessed March 15, 2018 .
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SURNAME Gibson, Billy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician (harmonica)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Camden, Tennessee