Spooner Oldham

Infobox Musical artist


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Name = Spooner Oldham
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Dewey Lindon Oldham, Jr.
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Born = center star, Alabama
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Instrument = Organ, piano, keyboards
Occupation = Songwriter, Session musician
Years_active = 1960s-present
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Associated_acts = FAME Studios, Dan Penn
URL = [http://www.spooneroldham.com/ www.spooneroldham.com]
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Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha Franklin.

As a songwriter, Spooner Oldham teamed with Dan Penn to write such hits as The Box Tops' "Cry Like a Baby", "I'm Your Puppet", "A Woman Left Lonely" and "It Tears Me Up".

A native of Center Star, Alabama, Oldham started out playing piano in bands during high school. He then attended classes at the University of North Alabama but turned instead to playing at FAME Studios. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1967 and teamed up with Penn at Chips Moman's American Studios.

Oldham later moved to Los Angeles and has continued to be a sought-after backing musician, recording and performing with such artists as Bob Dylan, Willy DeVille, Joe Cocker, the Hacienda Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, the Everly Brothers, Dickey Betts, J. J. Cale and Frank Black.

A frequent backing musician for Neil Young, Oldham appears in the concert film, "" and backed up Crosby Stills Nash & Young on their 2006 "Freedom of Speech" tour.

As of 2007, Oldham was touring with the rock/alt country band, Drive-By Truckers on their "The Dirt Underneath" Tour.
In 2008 Oldham played on "Last days at the Lodge", the third album released by folk/soul singer Amos Lee. ?Father of Chan Marshall aka CAT POWER... ?

External links

* [http://www.spooneroldham.com/ Official site]
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* [http://www.alamhof.org/oldhams.htm Alabama Music Hall of Fame]