Leroy Foster

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"Baby Face" Leroy Foster (* 12. February 1923 in Algoma , Mississippi ; † 26. May 1958 in Chicago ) was an American blues - guitarist , vocalist and drummer .

Leroy Foster was one of the pioneers of the Chicago post-war blues that arose in the city from 1945. Foster also worked on the sessions for the short-lived Tempo-Tone label , where he played with Muddy Waters , Sunnyland Slim and Jimmy Rogers . He also played with John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson . His first recordings were made around 1945/46 with the pianists Lee Brown and James Clark (for Columbia ). He made his first recordings under his own name in 1948 for Aristocrat Records ; two pieces with Muddy Waters. Leroy Foster, who in addition to the guitar also played bass drum and hi-hat with his feet, was also active as a singer. In early 1950 the last recordings were made with Waters for Parkway Records ( Rollin 'and Tumblin'. ) He re-recorded his two numbers for Tempo-Tone, Red Headed Woman and Boll Weevil . Foster also acted as a drummer on recordings of Memphis Minnie . After he left the Muddy Waters band, he worked with his own formations in three sessions for JOB Records in 1950, 1951 and 1952 and took part in recordings of Mildred Richards and Snooky Pryor in 1950 with JOB. In 1950 he also played in the debut session of JB Lenoir , which later appeared on Chess Records , and accompanied Sunnyland Slim on recordings for his label Sunny. 1952 took Foster again under his own name; however, the pieces initially remained unpublished. Alcoholism restricted his job opportunities; he died on May 26, 1958 in Chicago.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert L. Campbell & Robert Pruter: The Tempo-Tone Label ( Memento from June 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive )