Carol Grimes

Carol Ann Grimes (born April 7, 1944 in Lewisham , London ) is a British singer and songwriter who has also emerged in the field of blues rock and jazz .

Life

Grimes initially worked as a street musician. She then performed with numerous guitarists and harmonica players before forming her band Race , which accompanied blues musicians and also toured mainland Europe. She recorded her first album with the band Delivery , of which she was a member from 1969 to 1971. In 1972 she founded Uncle Dog with Dave Skinner . In the mid-1970s she recorded an album in the United States with The London Boogie Band . Almost at the same time she began her solo career with the album Warm Blood . In 1982 she founded the band Sweet Crocodiles ; since 1984 she has been touring with Eyes Wide Open . In 1995 she toured with the British singer Najma Akhtar . With the choir The Shout she interpreted songs by Orlando Gough and Richard Chew .

Discography

• Delivery Fools Meeting (1970)
• Uncle Dog Old Hat (1972)
• Warm Blood (Caroline 1974)
• Carol Grimes (also Memphis album ) ( Decca 1975, with the Brecker Brothers )
• Sweet FA (with Tony Hicks , Peter Kirtley, Gary Twigg, Ollie Marland, 1979)
• Eyes Wide Open (Line, 1987)
• Daydreams and Danger (Line 1988)
• Why Don't They Dance? (Line 1989)
• Carol Grimes & Ian Shaw Lazy Blue Eyes (Ace Records, 1990)
• Into the Red
• Carol Grimes & Janette Mason Alive at Ronnie Scott's (Jazz House 1994)
• Mother (Irregular Records 2003)
• Something Secret (duo with Giles Perring) (Triumphant Sound 2007)

Lexical entries

• John Chilton : Who's Who of British Jazz Continuum, London 2004 (2nd edition)

Web links

• Literature by and about Carol Grimes in the catalog of the German National Library
• Carol Grimes at Allmusic (English)
• Carol Grimes at Discogs (English)
• BBC radio 1: John Peel
• Web presence

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. under "UK TOUR 1995" (pdf)