Sam Myers

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地区: 欧美

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by Bill DahlSam Myers got a second chance at the brass ring, and he happily made the most of it. As frontman for Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, the legally blind Myerss booming voice and succinct harp work have enjoyed a higher profile recently than ever before.Although he was born and mostly raised in Mississippi, Myers got into the habit of coming up to visit Chicago as early as 1949 (where he learned from hearing Little Walter and James Cotton). Myers joined a band, King Mose & the Royal Rockers, after settling in Jackson, MS, in 1956. Myerss 1957 debut 45 for Johnny Vincents Ace logo, Sleeping in the Ground/My Love Is Here to Stay, featured backing by the Royal Rockers.Myers played both drums and harp behind slide guitar great Elmore James at a 1961 session for Bobby Robinsons Fire label in New Orleans. Myers cut a standout single of his own for Robinsons other logo, Fury Records, the year before that coupled his appealing remake of Jimmy Reeds You Dont Have to Go with Sad, Sad Lonesome Day.Myers made some albums with a loosely knit group called the Mississippi Delta Blues Band for TJ during the early 80s before teaming up with young Texas guitar slinger Funderburgh, whose insistence on swinging grooves presents the perfect backdrop for Myers. Their first collaboration for New Orleans-based Black Top Records, 1985s My Love Is Here to Stay, was followed by several more albums — Sins, Rack Em Up, Tell Me What I Want to Hear, 1995s Live at the Grand Emporium — each one confirming that this was one of the most enduring blues partnerships of the 1990s. In 2004, Myers released his first solo album, Coming from the Old School, just two years before he died, on July 17, 2006.