Larry Lee

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Larry Lee (born March 7, 1943 in Memphis , Tennessee as Lawrence Harold Lee Jr. , † October 29, 2007 ibid) was an American guitarist, mainly known for his collaboration with Jimi Hendrix and Al Green .

Career

While he was still attending "Hamilton High School" in Memphis, he wrote songs for the Stax Records label . These included hits like "What Can It Be" and "A Woman Needs The Love of Man", which were interpreted by "The Astors". At the age of twenty, Lee graduated from Tennessee State University in Nashville . Here he met Billy Cox and Jimi Hendrix, with whom a deep friendship developed. Lee quickly became a member of "The King Kasuals", the former band Hendrix 'and Cox'. However, they could only play low paying gigs in Nashville ($ 11 for four nights a week). This prompted Hendrix to move to New York in January 1964 to continue making music there. Lee, however, stayed in Nashville and continued touring as a musician with rhythm and blues bands such as u. a. The impressions . However, he was drafted into the US Army and did his military service in Vietnam , where he suffered a head injury. In 1969, after his discharge from the Army, Lee was invited to play in his band by Hendrix, who had meanwhile become a world star. Lee moved to New York and became the rhythm guitarist for "Gypsy Sun and Rainbows" a week before the famous Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The last appearance in this formation took place a short time after the Woodstock appearance on September 10, 1969 in the Salvation nightclub in New York. A short time later there was a conflict between Hendrix and his management, who wanted to bring his old band The Jimi Hendrix Experience back to life and send them on tour. To take the pressure off Hendrix, Lee went back to Memphis.

In the 1970s, Lee became an integral part of Al Green's group of musicians. The collaboration should last over thirty years. They appeared on several television shows, including The Tonight Show . They reissued the song Judy , which Lee had written when he was still playing with Hendrix. The song appeared on the album Let's Stay Together in 1972 .

More recently, Lee worked with Timothy Lee Matthews, on whose album Songs for the Greats (2000) he co-wrote. In addition, unreleased material has been released, Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock (1994), Jimi Hendrix South Saturn Delta (1997), on which Lee can be heard as the rhythm guitarist. He also had a band called "Elmo & The Shades".

death

Larry Lee died on October 29, 2007 at the "Veterans Medical Center" in Memphis of complications from stomach cancer. He leaves behind his mother, wife, four children and five grandchildren.

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Lee, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lee, Lawrence Harold Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Memphis , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 2007
Place of death Memphis, Tennessee