Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Late Great Son Seals

Frank "Son" Seals is another bluesman who was born in the month of August. Of him wikipedia says;

He was born in 1942 in Osceola, Arkansas where his father, Jim "Son" Seals, owned a small club. He began performing professionally by the age of 13, first as a drummer with Robert Nighthawk, and later as a guitarist. In 1959, he formed his own band which performed locally and he also toured with Albert King.

In 1971, he moved to Chicago. His career took off after he was discovered by Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records at the Flamingo Club in Chicago's South Side. His debut, The Son Seals Blues Band, was released in 1973. The album included "Your Love Is Like a Cancer" and "Hot Sauce". Seals followed up with 1976's Midnight Son and 1978's Live and Burning. He continued releasing albums throughout the next two decades, all but one on Alligator Records. These included Chicago Fire (1980), Bad Axe (1984), Living In The Danger Zone (1991), Nothing But The Truth and Live-Spontaneous Combustion (1996). He received the W.C. Handy Award, an honor for best blues recording of the year, in 1985, 1987, and 2001.
He passed away in 2004 due to complications from diabetes. He is missed by fans from around the world.

Son Seals-2000




2 comments:

mister anchovy said...

Back in the early 80s, Mr. Seals came up to play Toronto fairly frequently, usually at a place called Albert's Hall. Back then, he had the hottest band around. The whole band really cooked, and it was always an event to go out to one of his gigs.

fitzgerald said...

mister anchovy, thanks again for stopping by and I love your comments. You have seen many of the old time bluesmen and it is always good to hear your take on them.