Jimmy Dawkins
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| Birth name | James Henry Dawkins |
| Born | October 24, 1936 Tchula, Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | Blues |
| Occupations | Musician, singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | Late 1960s-present |
| Labels | Delmark, Storyville, various |
James Henry "Jimmy" Dawkins (born October 24, 1936, Tchula, Mississippi) is an American blues guitarist and singer.
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[edit] Career
He moved to Chicago in 1955.[1] He worked in a box factory, and started to play local blues clubs, gaining a reputation as a session musician.
In 1969, thanks to the efforts of his friend Magic Sam, he released his first solo album Fast Fingers on Delmark Records, winning the "Grand Prix du Disque" from the Hot Club de France.[1] In 1971 Delmark released his second album All For Business with singer, Andrew "Big Voice" Odom, and the guitarist, Otis Rush. Dawkins also toured in the late 1970s backed up by James Solberg (of Luther Allison and The Nighthawks fame) on guitar and Jon Preizler (The Lamont Cranston Band), a Hammond B-3 player known for his soulful jazz influenced style.
Dawkins began to tour in Europe and Japan, and recorded more albums in the United States and Europe.[1] Dawkins also contributed a column to the blues magazine, Living Blues. In the 1980s he released few recordings, but began his own record label, Leric Records, and was more interested in promoting other artists,[1] including Taildragger, Queen Sylvia Embry, Little Johnny Christian and Nora Jean Wallace.
In 1991 he began to tour and record more regularly. In 1995 he received three nominations for the W.C. Handy Award in the categories "Best Blues Instrumentalist - guitar", "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" (1994's Blues And Pain), and "Blues Song of the Year" ("Fool in Heah"). The re-release of Fast Fingers received a W.C. Handy Award nomination as "Best Reissue Blues Album of the Year" in 1999.
[edit] Discography
- Fast Fingers (1969)
- All For Business (1971)
- Jimmy Dawkins (1971)
- Tribute To Orange (1971)
- Transatlantic 770 (1972)
- I Want To Know (1975)
- Blisterstring (1976)
- Come Back Baby (1976)
- Hot Wire '81 (1981)
- Jimmy and Hip: Live! (1982)
- Feel The Blues (1985)
- All Blues (1986)
- Blues From Iceland (1991)
- Kant Sheck Dees Bluze (1992)
- Blues And Pain (1994)
- B Phur Real (1995)
- Me, My Gitar & The Blues (1997)
- West Side Guitar Hero (2002)
- Tell Me Baby (2004)
[edit] See also
- List of Electric blues musicians
- List of Chicago blues musicians
- San Francisco Blues Festival
- Long Beach Blues Festival
- List of Storyville Records artists
- Chicago Jazz Festival
- Chicago blues
[edit] References
- Sharp, Steven, March/April 1993, Jimmy Dawkins: Deep Into The Feelings, Living Blues, Vol. 108
