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He Had Tiny Exposure To Onstage Music, But His Family Did Have A Radio, And Between The Pop Hits Of The Day And Some Country Music That Ruled The Airwaves Of The 1950's, The Radio Would Infrequently Be Able To Capture The Legendary RB Programming Of 1510 / WLAC From Nashville.
With 2 latest CD releases "Red Dog Speaks" and "Elvin Bishop's Raisin' Hell Revue," as well as a Grammy proposal for his 2008 disc "The Blues Rolls On," Elvin Bishop, who turned 69 years-old in October, has completely revamped his career, a vocation that began in the early 1960's and is going strong more than 5 decades later on.
Born in Glendale, California, Elvin grew up on an Iowa farm. When he was ten his family moved to Tulsa. He had little exposure to onstage music, but his family did have a radio, and in between the pop hits of the day and some country music that dominated the airwaves of the 1950's, the radio would sometimes be able to capture the legendary RB programming of 1510 / WLAC from Nashville. The station introduced Elvin to the classic records of Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and so many others, and once his ears had been hooked, there was no turning back. He shortly got his first guitar and on his very own began scratching out the basic outlines of the blues, RB and rock and roll that had caught his imagination.
He attended Will Rogers School in Tulsa, winning a full grant to the School of Chicago us a Countrywide Merit Scholar finalist. On graduation, he moved to Chicago to attend college where he majored in physics. The Varsity of Chicago was located on the city's South side, ground 0 for a lot of the urban blues Elvin has been studying from a distance. In 1963 he met harmonica player Paul Butterfield and joined Butterfield's band, remaining for 5 years. The band's third album, "The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw," takes its name from Bishop's nickname. His long time publishing company is called Crabshaw Music.
In 1968 Elvin left the Butterfield Blues Band and formed the Elvin Bishop Group, signing with Bill Graham's Fillmore Records. He played on the album "The Live Journeys of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper," and recorded 3 albums for the Fillmore label. In 1971 his band and the Allman Siblings Band played a series of concerts at the Fillmore East in N. Y, when the Allman's recorded their legendary live album, "At Fillmore East." Elvin joined the Allmans onstage for a cover of his very own song, "Drunken Hearted Boy" during each show. Over the years, Elvin has recorded with a lot of other blues artists including Clifton Chenier, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley and B.B. King.
Elvin signed with Capricorn Records in 1974 and The Elvin Bishop Band released 6 albums, garnering giant airplay on the album-oriented rock radio stations of the day. In 1976, the band released the single, "Fooled Around and Dropped in Love," which sold one million copies and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard charts. The tune was authored by Elvin but sung by Mickey Thomas, the band's lead vocalist. The record was so gigantic, the group even made an appearance on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand." Signing with Capricorn, the band was instantly piled into the Southern Rock genre and toured continually with the Allmans, the Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the rest.
With the passing of Capricorn in 1980, Elvin was left looking for a new label home, and returned to his blues roots of his Chicago days and began playing more bare bones, tummy bucket blues.
"I went thru a dry spell on the recording side, but I usually kept a good band," Elvin recounted by phone this week from his home in Lagunitas.
He found a pro home in 2008 when he recorded "The Blues Rolls On" for Delta Groove Music, a label based in Southern California. That release received his Grammy nomination, and Elvin attended the awards ceremony in Los Angeles "Pinetop Perkins was also nominated in that category," Elvin recollects, "and since we were staying at the same hotel, we made a decision to go to the awards show in a limousine. On the way to the show, Pinetop decides he requires a burger, so we whip into the closest McDonalds, and he gets out and comes back with a bag of burgers. It is a great night."
Nonetheless neither of them won the award. "It went to one of the usual suspects," Elvin claimed, "Either B.B. Or Buddy Guy, I cannot remember, but we still had a good time."
The Mythical Blues Cruises are an entertaining course of action, according to Elvin. "You are on the boat for one week and all you need to do is 3 shows, and it's such a great way to start to know other musicians," he says. "On the road, you are just passing one or two hours at a gig or on the road, but on the ship, you get to hang together for one week, and it actually is a ton of fun."
His disc from the Blues Cruise, "Elvin Bishop's Raisin' Hell Revue" includes some Bishop classics like "Callin' All Cows," "The Night Time Is The Right Time," "What The Hell Is Goin' On," "Rock My Soul," "It Hurts Me Too" and his massive hit, "Fooled Around and Slipped in Love."
Those songs and more will be performed on Saturday night at the Uptown Theatre in Napa. Tickets are $35 and you may be sure Elvin Bishop and his crack band will rock your soul, writes tagza.com.
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