Tracy Nelson (musician)

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Tracy Nelson, 2010

Tracy Nelson (born December 27, 1947 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is an American singer who never cared about genre boundaries.

Life

She was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. Her first encounter with rhythm and blues was while listening to WLAC, a Nashville radio station . She began with music as a student at the University of Wisconsin, where she performed in coffeehouses and parties with a cover band called "The Fabulous Imitators".

In 1964 she recorded her first album ( Deep Are the Roots ) for Prestige Records , an album that was still based on the folk blues. The band also included the later harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite . In 1966 she went to San Francisco and became part of the local scene with the band Mother Earth . For the album Living with the Animals she wrote Down So Low, her later "signature song". The title was covered by Linda Ronstadt and Etta James , among others . In the mid-1970s she left the group to pursue her solo career. She recorded solo records for a number of companies. The duet After the Fire is Gone with Willie Nelson was nominated for a Grammy .

After a long break in the 1980s, she signed for the independent label Rounder Records in the early 1990s and began to revive her career with numerous albums. In 1998 she recorded the album Sing It! With her label colleagues Irma Thomas and Marcia Ball . that earned her a second Grammy nomination. On November 4, 2011 she recorded a CD and DVD album live at the Throckmorton Theater with Angela Strehli , Annie Sampson , and Dorothy Morrison as "The Blues Broads".

Quotes

  • Tracy Nelson proves that the human voice is the most expressive instrument in creation. John Swenson, Rolling Stone Magazine (Tracy Nelson proves that the human voice is the most expressive instrument of creation.)

Discography

With Mother Earth

  • 1968 Living with the Animals (Wounded Bird Records)
  • 1968 Revolution (United Artists Records)
  • 1969 Make a Joyful Noise (Wounded Bird)
  • 1969 Mother Earth Presents Tracy Nelson (Country)
  • 1970 Satisfied (Wounded Bird)
  • 1971 Bring Me Home (Rhino / Warner Bros.)
  • 1972 Mother Earth (recapitulation)

solo

  • 1965 Deep Are the Roots (P-Vine Records)
  • 1973 Poor Man's Paradise (Acadia)
  • 1974 Tracy Nelson (Atlantic)
  • 1975 Sweet Soul Music (One Way Records)
  • 1976 Time Is on My Side (One Way Records)
  • 1978 Homemade Songs (Flying Fish)
  • 1980 Come See About Me (Flying Fish)
  • 1980 Doin 'It My Way (Adelphi Records)
  • 1995 I Feel So Good (Rounder)
  • 1996 Move On (Rounder Select)
  • 1996 Tracy Nelson Country (reprise re-released)
  • 1998 Sing It! (with Marcia Ball and Irma Thomas - Rounder)
  • 2001 Ebony and Irony (Madacy)
  • 2003 Live from Cell Block D (Memphis International)
  • 2007 You'll Never Be a Stranger at My Door (Memphis International)
  • 2009 Essential Recordings: The Soul Sessions (Rounder)

Singles

  • After the Fire Is Gone (Atlantic, 1974; with Willie Nelson )
  • Duet (with Larry Ballard on Sad Situation , Capitol 1977)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Homepage Tracy Nelson biography
  2. ↑ Tracy Nelson at Allmusic (English)
  3. ^ Boston Globe
  4. ↑ All Music Guide Discography
personal data
SURNAME Nelson, Tracy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison , Wisconsin