Nick Gravenites

Gravenites plays in front of an audience, 2006 Photo: Louis Ramirez

Nick Gravenites (actually: Nicholas George Gravenites ) (born October 2, 1938 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American singer , songwriter and music producer . He became known as a member of bands like Electric Flag and Big Brother and the Holding Company .

biography

Nick Gravenites experienced the Chicago blues scene as a student from 1956 . His friends included Charlie Musselwhite , Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield , and he learned from blues greats like Muddy Waters , Buddy Guy and Howlin 'Wolf .

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band recorded the Gravenites song Born in Chicago in 1965 on their first album . In Bloomfield's band Electric Flag , Gravenites was singer and songwriter from 1967. In 1968 he produced the first album by the Quicksilver Messenger Service group . In 1969 he released his first solo album, My Laboratories .

From 1969 to 1972, Gravenites was a member of Big Brother And The Holding Company . He then wrote film music and worked with musicians such as Huey Lewis and John Cipollina . At times he was on the road with his band Nick Gravenites Blues .

Discography

• My Laboratories (1969) (with Mike Bloomfield )
• Steelyard Blues (1973) (soundtrack, with Mike Bloomfield)
• Blue Star (1980) (with Huey Lewis , John Cipollina )
• Junkyard In Malibu (1981)
• Monkey Medicine (1982) (with John Cipollina)
• Live In Athens At The Rodon (1991)
• Don't Feed The Animals (1996)
• Kill My Brain (1999)

Web links

• Nick Gravenites in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Nick Gravenites in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography at allmusic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biographical data of Nick Gravenites at About.com Guide Blues ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.