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'''Goree Carter''' (December 31, 1930 - December 29, 1990)<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1990.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] - accessed December 23, 2011</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] [[singing|singer]] and [[guitarist]], best known for his 1949 [[single (music)|single]], "Rock Awhile".
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'''Goree Carter''' (December 31, 1930 - December 29, 1990)<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1990.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] - accessed December 23, 2011</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] [[singing|singer]] and [[rock and roll]] [[guitarist]], best known for his 1949 [[single (music)|single]], "Rock Awhile," which is considered a strong contender for the "[[first rock and roll record]]" title and featured an [[Distortion (music)|over-driven]] [[electric guitar]] style similar to that of [[Chuck Berry]] several years later.<ref name="palmer19">[[Robert Palmer (writer)|Robert Palmer]], "Church of the Sonic Guitar", pp. 13-38 in Anthony DeCurtis, ''Present Tense'', [[Duke University Press]], 1992, p. 19. ISBN 0-8223-1265-4.</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
Goree Carter was born in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref name="Dead"/> In 1949 he and his [[jump blues]] [[band (music)|band]], The Hepcats,<ref name="Dead"/> signed for Freedom Records, a local [[record label]] set up by Sol Kahal, and [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] the label's first release, "Sweet Ole Woman Blues."<ref>[http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/labels_2.html labels_2<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As well as Carter, the band featured two [[saxophone]]s, [[trumpet]], [[piano]], [[double bass|bass]] and [[drum]]s.
Goree Carter was born in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref name="Dead"/> In 1949 he and his [[jump blues]] [[band (music)|band]], The Hepcats,<ref name="Dead"/> signed for [[Freedom Records]], a local [[record label]] set up by Sol Kahal, and [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] the label's first release, "Sweet Ole Woman Blues."<ref>[http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/labels_2.html labels_2<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As well as Carter, the band featured two [[saxophone]]s, [[trumpet]], [[piano]], [[double bass|bass]] and [[drum]]s.

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Carter's [[electric guitar]] style was very much influenced by [[T-Bone Walker|Aaron "T-Bone" Walker]], but had a rougher edge which presaged the sound of [[rock and roll]] a few years later. His single-string runs and two-string "blue note" chords anticipated, and may have influenced, [[Chuck Berry]].<ref>[http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/catalogue-main2.php?method=by_label&label_id=85 Blue Moon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His best known recording, "Rock Awhile", has been cited as one of many contenders for the title of "[[first rock and roll record]]", although it was not commercially successful at the time.
Carter's [[electric guitar]] style was influenced by [[T-Bone Walker|Aaron "T-Bone" Walker]], but was [[Distortion (music)|over-driven]] and had a rougher edge which presaged the sound of [[rock and roll]] a few years later. His single-string runs and two-string "[[blue note]]" chords anticipated, and may have influenced, [[Chuck Berry]].<ref>[http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/catalogue-main2.php?method=by_label&label_id=85 Blue Moon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="palmer19"/>


At the age of 18, he recorded his best known single "Rock Awhile" in April 1949. It has been cited as a strong contender for the title of "[[first rock and roll record]]" and a "much more appropriate candidate" than the more frequently cited "[[Rocket 88]]" (1951) by [[Ike Turner]]. The intro to "Rock Awhile" also resembles those in several Chuck Berry records from 1955 onwards.<ref name="palmer19"/> However, "Rock Awhile" was not as commercially successful as later rock & roll records.
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Carter recorded for several labels in the early 1950s, including [[Imperial Records|Imperial]], [[Coral Records|Coral]] and [[Modern Records|Modern]], but last recorded in 1954 and seemed to have given up the [[music industry]] thereafter.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/goree-carter?cat=entertainment Goree Carter: Information and Much More from Answers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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Carter recorded for several labels in the early 1950s, including [[Imperial Records|Imperial]], [[Coral Records|Coral]] and [[Modern Records|Modern]], but last recorded in 1954 and seemed to have given up the [[music industry]] thereafter.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/goree-carter?cat=entertainment Goree Carter: Information and Much More from Answers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He died in Houston, at the age of 59, in 1990.<ref name="amg_carter"/>
He died in Houston, at the age of 59, in 1990.


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Goree Carter
Born(1930-12-31)December 31, 1930
Houston, Texas, United States
DiedDecember 29, 1990(1990-12-29) (aged 59)
Houston, Texas, United States
GenresElectric blues, Jump blues, Texas blues,[1] Rock and roll[2]
Occupation(s)Singer, guitarist, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, electric guitar
Years activeLate 1940s–1954
LabelsFreedom Records

Goree Carter (December 31, 1930 - December 29, 1990)[3] was an American R&B singer and rock and roll guitarist, best known for his 1949 single, "Rock Awhile," which is considered a strong contender for the "first rock and roll record" title and featured an over-driven electric guitar style similar to that of Chuck Berry several years later.[2]

Life

Goree Carter was born in Houston, Texas.[3] In 1949 he and his jump blues band, The Hepcats,[3] signed for Freedom Records, a local record label set up by Sol Kahal, and recorded the label's first release, "Sweet Ole Woman Blues."[4] As well as Carter, the band featured two saxophones, trumpet, piano, bass and drums.

Carter's electric guitar style was influenced by Aaron "T-Bone" Walker, but was over-driven and had a rougher edge which presaged the sound of rock and roll a few years later. His single-string runs and two-string "blue note" chords anticipated, and may have influenced, Chuck Berry.[5][2]

At the age of 18, he recorded his best known single "Rock Awhile" in April 1949. It has been cited as a strong contender for the title of "first rock and roll record" and a "much more appropriate candidate" than the more frequently cited "Rocket 88" (1951) by Ike Turner. The intro to "Rock Awhile" also resembles those in several Chuck Berry records from 1955 onwards.[2] However, "Rock Awhile" was not as commercially successful as later rock & roll records.

Carter recorded for several labels in the early 1950s, including Imperial, Coral and Modern, but last recorded in 1954 and seemed to have given up the music industry thereafter.[6] He died in Houston, at the age of 59, in 1990.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Goree Carter". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Robert Palmer, "Church of the Sonic Guitar", pp. 13-38 in Anthony DeCurtis, Present Tense, Duke University Press, 1992, p. 19. ISBN 0-8223-1265-4.
  3. ^ a b c Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed December 23, 2011
  4. ^ labels_2
  5. ^ Blue Moon
  6. ^ Goree Carter: Information and Much More from Answers.com

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