Johnny Rawls
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger and producer Johnny Rawls draws on the 1950s' and '60s' deep soul-blues tradition in his guitar playing, yet his lyrics and singing are completely 1990s.
Rawls got his early musical education from his grandfather, John Paul Newson, a blind guitarist who played around the Hattiesburg area. Rawls began playing clarinet and saxophone in third grade, and by the time he was in his teens, the band instructor hired Rawls to play in his band. As a teen, Rawls had the opportunity to back singers like Joe Tex and Z.Z. Hill. He began playing guitar at age 12, learning as much as he could from players in other area blues bands. After leaving Mississippi for a year when he was 17, he returned, determined to form his own blues/soul ensemble. They found work backing up touring musicians and by the mid-1970s, Rawls joined O.V. Wright's band, working with Wright until his death in 1980. After Wright's death, the band continued to perform his music for 13 years as the O.V. Wright Band, opening shows for people like B.B. King, Little Milton Campbell and Bobby Bland. In the mid-1980s, the O.V. Wright Band also toured with Little Johnny Taylor, Latimore, B.B. Coleman, Blues Boy Willie, and others, including Lynn White.
Working with guitarist L.C. Luckett, Rawls recorded 45 rpm singles for his own label, Touch Records, and continued working around the South, touring regionally with soul-blues singers. In 1994, Rawls and Luckett recorded their first album, Can't Sleep at Night, for the Rooster Blues label. In 1995, Rawls parted with Luckett to lead a new group and found a record company that was interested, the London-based JSP label. Here We Go, his debut for JSP Records, was recorded in 1996, and since then, he's followed it up with Louisiana Woman, a 1997 release.
Rawls carries on the soul-blues tradition of people like O.V. Wright, Otis Redding and Z.Z. Hill in his singing style and guitar playing, but his arrangement, production and lyrics are steeped in the 1990s techniques and subject matter. Rawls is a true soul-blues renaissance man and with any luck.
© Richard Skelly /TiVo
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19 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Walking Heart Attack
Blues - Paru chez Catfood Records le 25 août 2023
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Tiger in a Cage
Blues - Paru chez Catfood Records le 19 févr. 2016
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I Miss Otis Clay
Blues - Paru chez Third Street Cigar Records le 26 sept. 2019
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Going Back to Mississippi
Blues - Paru chez Continental Record Services le 23 sept. 2022
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Live in Europe
Soul - Paru chez Continental Record Services le 21 févr. 2020
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Best of Johnny Rawls, Vol. 1
Blues - Paru chez Catfood Records le 18 mai 2021
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Waiting for the Train
Blues - Paru chez Catfood Records le 15 sept. 2017
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Put Your Trust In Me
Blues - Paru chez JSP Records le 1 août 2005
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Going Back to Mississippi
Blues - Paru chez Third Street Cigar Records le 23 sept. 2022
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Memphis Still Got Soul
Blues - Paru chez Catfood Records le 1 avr. 2011
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Remembering O. V.
Blues - Paru chez Catfood Records le 15 oct. 2013
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I'm Still Around
Blues - Paru chez Third Street Cigar Records le 10 sept. 2018
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Where Have All the Soul Men Gone
Blues - Paru chez Johnny Rawls le 17 août 2020
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Partners and Friends
Soul - Paru chez Rock House Records le 24 août 2004
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