Guitar Crusher

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Guitar Crusher, 2015

Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby (also known as "Bone Crusher"; born July 28, 1931 in Hyde County , North Carolina ; † September 23, 2020 ) was an American blues musician living in Germany .

Life

As a boy, Selby sang the baritone in the church choir of Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church.

At 15 he went to New York to pursue a career as a blues and gospel musician - far removed from the more conservative ideas of his grandparents. In 1960 his first single, Cuddle Up , came out on his own label T&S. More singles for Bethlehem, King, Blue Horizon and CBS-Columbia followed, and the press also noticed him. He got his nickname "Guitar Crusher" because he sometimes used unusual methods as a bouncer in a New York club: He once carried rioting guests to the door with his guitar as a "baton".

From New York, he went on various tours, including with Ben E. King , the Drifters and the Isley Brothers . His own band was called "The Gospel Wings". Then he founded "The Midnight Rockers", which later changed its name to "The Houserocking Mellotones".

In 1982 he came to Europe with Nick Katzman , where he was named "The Big Voice from New York". Here he played at many major festivals with European and American artists, such as Katie Webster , Reggie Moore , EB Davis , "Detroit" Gary Wiggins and Chris Rannenberg , among others in the Berlin Blues Café and became an integral part of the European blues scene.

In 2013, the documentary The Big Voice from New York: Guitar Crusher - a Biography , made by students of the Digital Media Faculty at Furtwangen University , was released.

Guitar Crusher was already a legend during his lifetime and his albums are considered collectors' worth. Selby was married to Mara von Hartz-Selby, who also directed his management. He is the grandfather of Sidney Selby III, known by the stage name Desiigner .

Discography

Albums

  • Live at Quasimodo Berlin (CD) Sidney Selby and Orchestra feat. Benny Bailey trumpet (D 1989)
  • I Can Do Bad By Myself (LP) Jack McDuff, Bruce "Bud" Revels Jr., Melvin Sparks Hassan (D 1990)
  • Blues From The Heart (CD) Originals Live + Studio Recordings (D 1990)
  • Googa Mooga (CD) New York "Wild" Jimmy Spruill, Charles "Honeyboy" Otis, W. Bridges ao (D 1993)
  • Message To Man (CD) Black Cat Bone, feat. Alvin Lee, C. Owens, Produced by C. Owens (D 1995)
  • How I Feel (CD) Rolling Dollar, feat. Tyree Glenn Jr. Ten. sax, T. Harris dr. ao (D 1999)
  • Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby (CD): Live at Yorkschlösschen - Soul Session With The Rudy Stevenson Band (D 1999)
  • Blues With A Feeling (CD) Guitar Crusher & The Kloeber Bros. (D 2004)
  • Blast From The Past (CD) (D 2009) - Best of Guitar Crusher
  • Cooking Live! (CD) Guitar Crusher meets BLOSSBLUEZ (D 2018)

Compilations

  • In Our Own Way… Oldies but Goodies (LP) (UK 1970)
  • Boogie On Broadway (LP) (198? HOL)
  • Lookey Dookey (LP) (19 ??)
  • Savage Kick, Vol. 2 - Black Rock'n'Roll (LP) (UK 19 ??)
  • Talking Trash! Lookey Dookey (CD) (UK 1997)
  • The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970, Vol. 1 (3-CD) (1997)
  • Fresh Blues, Vol. 2 - The Inak Blues Connection (CD) (1998)
  • Shout Bamalama (CD) (UK 1999)
  • Old Town City Blues (CD) (US 2000)
  • Stompin '4 (CD) (UK 2001)
  • Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll, Vol. 2 (CD) (D 2002)

Singles

  • Guitar Crusher & The Houserocking Mellotones: I've Got To Know / Cuddle Up (USA 1961)
  • Guitar Crusher & The Houserocking Mellotones: I Feel The Pain / I Once Loved You Baby (USA 1962)
  • Guitar Crusher & The Houserocking Mellotones: Itch With Me / The Monkey (USA 1962)
  • Guitar Crusher: Better Days Ahead / Weak For Your Love (USA 1963)
  • Guitar Crusher: I Can't Help It / Why Oh Why (USA 1963)
  • Guitar Crusher with Jimmy Spruill Orchestra: Since My Baby Hit the Numbers / Hambone Blues (USA 1969)
  • Guitar Crusher: I Catch Your Tears / Goin 'Down Slow (USA 1969)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Peters: He was an elemental force - Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby is dead. In: Badische Zeitung , September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc., May 6, 1967 ( google.de [accessed October 20, 2016]).
  3. ^ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc., March 15, 1969 ( google.de [accessed October 20, 2016]).
  4. ↑ a b c Michael Rauhut: I've had the blues a little longer: traces of music in Germany . Ch. Links Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-495-2 , p. 202 ( google.de [accessed on October 20, 2016]).
  5. ↑ David Evans, Ramblin 'on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues . University of Illinois Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-252-09112-4 ( google.de [accessed October 20, 2016]).
  6. ↑ Edward Komara, Peter Lee: The Blues Encyclopedia . Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-1-135-95831-2 ( google.de [accessed October 20, 2016]).
  7. ↑ Michael Rauhut: One sound - two worlds: Blues in a divided Germany, 1945 to 1990 . transcript Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8394-3387-4 ( google.de [accessed on October 20, 2016]).
  8. ↑ Living Blues . Living Blues Publications., January 1, 1983 ( google.de [accessed October 20, 2016]).
  9. ↑ Guitar Crusher: Documentary planned - de. In: www.bluesnews.de. Retrieved October 20, 2016 .
  10. ↑ The Big Voice From New York - GUITAR CRUSHER (Trailer 2012). In: Vimeo. Retrieved October 20, 2016 .
  11. ^ Dave Thompson, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting . Backbeat Books, 2002, ISBN 978-1-61713-202-5 ( google.de [accessed October 20, 2016]).
  12. ↑ Meet Desiigner's Biggest Influence: His Legendary "Guitar Crusher" Grandpa . In: PigeonsandPlanes . ( pigeonsandplanes.com [accessed October 20, 2016]).
  13. ↑ JUICE: Desiigner - Behind The Hype // Feature. In: JUICE MAGAZINE - HipHop & Rap. Retrieved October 21, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Crusher, guitar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Selby, Sidney (real name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION American soul and blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyde County , North Carolina , United States
DATE OF DEATH 23 September 2020