The Jelly Roll Kings

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The Jelly Roll Kings were an American electric [1] Delta blues band. The members of the band were Frank Frost (keyboard/harmonica), Big Jack Johnson (guitar) and Sam Carr (drums). Some of their most well-known songs included "The Jelly Roll King", and "Catfish Blues". [2] [3]

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Career

The three had been playing together irregularly from 1962 and into the 1970s under the name The Nighthawks. [4] In 1979, they were invited by Michael Frank to record now as The Jelly Roll Kings; their debut album, Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, was the debut release of the Earwig Music Company. [5] [6] In the following years they kept performing separately, but were recorded again. Fat Possum Records released the Kings 1997 follow-up, Off Yonder Wall . It was produced by Robert Palmer, and included tracks such as "That's Alright Mama" and "Baby Please Don't Go." [2]

Frank Frost died in 1999, [7] Sam Carr followed in 2009, [8] and Big Jack Johnson in 2011. [9]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN   1-904041-96-5.
  2. 1 2 Skelly, Richard "The Jelly Roll Kings Biography", AllMusic, retrieved 2010-10-07
  3. ↑ Joyce, Mike (1987) "The Jelly Roll Kings", Washington Post , October 19, 1987, retrieved from highbeam.com 2010-10-07
  4. ↑ Leggett, Steve. The Jelly Roll Kings at AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  5. ↑ Russell, Tony (June 1, 2011). "Big Jack Johnson Obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ Hansen, George. "Earwig's Michael Frank". Rhythm & News. Chicago: Jazz Record Mart.
  7. ↑ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 164. ISBN   978-0313344237.
  8. ↑ "Sam Carr, Delta Blues Drummer, Dies at 83". The New York Times . September 24, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Mississippi bluesman Big Jack Johnson dies". Communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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