Lurrie Bell

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lurrie Bell


Img_capt = Lurrie Bell (2007)
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Lurrie C. Bell
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Born = Birth date and age|1958|12|13|mf=y
Chicago, Illinois
Died =
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Instrument = Guitar, Vocals
Genre = Chicago blues
Occupation = Musician, Singer
Years_active = 1970s -
Label = JSP Records
Delmark
P-Vine Records
Vypyr Records
Aria B.G. Records
Associated_acts = Carey Bell
URL = [http://www.lurrie.com/ Lurrie.com]
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Lurrie Bell (born Lurrie C. Bell, December 13 1958, Chicago, Illinois, United States [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dzfuxqw5ldse~T1 All Music Guide biography] ] ) is a blues guitarist and singer. His father was renowned blues harmonica player Carey Bell.

Career

Bell started playing guitar at the age of six, and in his teens he polished his skills playing with the legends of Chicago blues scene including Eddy Clearwater, Big Walter Horton and Eddie Taylor.

In the mid 1970s, he went on to join Koko Taylor's Blues Machine and he toured with the band for 4 years. He made his recording debut in 1977 appearing on his father's album "Heartaches and Pain" and also on Eddie C. Campbell's "King of the Jungle" [http://www.lurrie.com/lurriebellstory.html Lurrie Bell's story on his official website] ] ] . It was around that time that he formed The Sons of Blues with musicians including Billy Branch on harmonica. Three tracks of the band's recordings were featured in the Alligator Records compilation "Living Chicago Blues Vol. 3" released in 1978. In 1989 he released his first solo effort, "Everybody Wants To Win", on JSP Records.

Though Bell's career appeared to be headed in the right direction, drawing attention of the blues fans around the world as a young prodigy of the blues, he battled emotional problems and drug abuse for many years, which kept him away from performing on regular basis.

He began a comeback in 1995 with the well-received album "Mercurial Son", his first of several from the Delmark label. A series of albums followed thereafter, and he started to perform more frequently in the Chicago club and blues festival circuits.

Bell is featured on "Gettin' Up - Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's and Lurrie's Home", a 2007 CD and DVD release from Delmark, where he plays with his father Carey. Soon after this release, Carey died and this became his last recorded effort.

Discography

olo

* 1989 "Everybody Wants To Win" (JSP)
* 1995 "Mercurial Son" (Delmark)
* 1997 "700 Blues" (Delmark)
* 1997 "Young Man's Blues" (JSP)
* 1998 "Kiss Of Sweet Blues" (Delmark)
* 1998 "The Blues Caravan Live At Pit Inn 1982" (P-Vine)
* 1999 "Blues Had A Baby" (Delmark)
* 2001 "Cutting Heads" (Vypyr)
* 2007 "Let's Talk About Love" (Aria B.G.)

With Carey Bell

* 1977 "Heartaches and Pain "(Delmark)
* 1982 "Going on Main Street" (L+R)
* 1984 "Son of a Gun" (Rooster Blues)
* 1986 "Straight Shoot" (Blues South West)
* 1990 "Dynasty" (JSP)
* 1994 "Harpmaster" (JSP)
* 1995 "Deep Down" (Alligator)
* 1997 "Father&Son The Blues Collection " (BLU GNC 072)
* 2004 "Second Nature" (Alligator) (recorded in 1991)
* 2007 "Gettin' Up, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's and Lurrie's Home" (Delmark)

Collaboration with other artists

* 1981 "American Folk Blues Festival '81 (L+R)
* 1982 "The Sons of Blues Live '82" (L+R)
* 1982 "Chicago's Young Blues Generation" (L+R) with Billy Branch
* 1998 "Chicago's Hottest Guitars: Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 25" (Wolf) with Phil Guy

ee also

*List of Chicago blues musicians
*List of Electric blues musicians

References

External links

* [http://www.lurrie.com/ Official website]
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