Jimmy Dawkins

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Jimmy Dawkins (1981)

James Henry "Jimmy" Dawkins (born October 24, 1936 in Tchula , Mississippi , † April 10, 2013 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American blues guitarist.

Life

In 1955 he moved to Chicago to work in a factory. In 1957 he bought his first guitar. First he played on the West Side with musicians like Lester Hinton , Left Hand Frank Craig and Eddie King . The first smaller engagements followed, including with Jimmy Rogers , Magic Sam and Earl Hooker . Willie Dixon booked him for studio recordings with Walter Horton , Johnny Young and Wild Child Butler .

His breakthrough came in 1969 when Dawkins recorded the debut album Fast Fingers (DS-623) for Delmark Records . It was rated four stars in the music magazine Down Beat and received the Grand Prix du Disque of the Hot Club of France in 1971. Numerous festival appearances, concert tours and other recordings followed. He played with Clarence Gatemouth Brown in 1971 on the album Bad luck blues (Black & blue) by Cousin Joe .

Dawkins' trademark was his accomplished guitar playing, which was based on common patterns of the West Side Chicago blues, but presented itself as very independent. His unusual style of playing, which is in contrast to his emotional singing style, also contributed to this. Jimmy Dawkins is regarded as one of the innovators of the West Side Chicago blues, but he was never able to achieve the great success of his famous colleagues (e.g. Magic Sam , Luther Allison ).

In addition to his own career as a musician, Jimmy Dawkins has emerged with his record label Leric Music, which has released singles by Tail Dragger , Queen Sylvia Embry , Little Johnny Christian and Nora Jean Wallace , among others . Dawkins was also active as a music publisher.

Discography

  • Fast Fingers (1969)
  • All For Business (1971)
  • Jimmy Dawkins (1971)
  • Tribute To Orange (1971)
  • Transatlantic 770 (1972)
  • I Want To Know (1975)
  • Blister string (1976)
  • Come Back Baby (1976)
  • Hot Wire '81 (1981, awarded the Prix ​​Big Bill Broonzy )
  • Jimmy and Hip: Live! (1982)
  • Feel The Blues (1985)
  • All Blues (1986)
  • Blues From Iceland (1991)
  • Kant Sheck Dees Bluze (1992)
  • Blues and Pain (1994)
  • B Phur Real (1995)
  • Me, My Guitar & The Blues (1997)
  • West Side Guitar Hero (2002)
  • Tell Me Baby (2004)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maureen O'Donnell: Chicago blues guitarist Jimmy 'Fast Fingers' Dawkins dead at 76. ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Online edition of the Chicago Sun-Times, April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.suntimes.com
personal data
SURNAME Dawkins, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dawkins, James Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Tchula , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2013
Place of death Chicago , Illinois