Big-voiced guitar player in the West Coast tradition, Oklahoma-born Lowell Fulson (1921—2005) joined Texas Alexander at the age of eighteen, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles. He recorded for Swing Time in the 1940’s, Chess (Checker) in the’50’s, Kent in the ‘60’s, and Rounder (Bullseye) in the ‘70’s, his most memorable records including “3 O’Clock Blues,” “Lonesome Christmas," “Reconsider Baby,” and “Tramp” (later covered by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas). A member of the Blues Hall of Fame and the recipient of a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album, his “Reconsider Baby” was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Oklahoma is a southwestern state of the United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... Ray Charles at the piano. ... Carla Thomas (born December 21, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee) is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. ... For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, showing Lake Erie in the background The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated, as the name suggests, to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential rock and...
LowellFulson is born on 31 March 1921 on a Choctaw Indian reservation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his grandfather was a Choctaw.
Lowell leaves Chess in 1964 to join the Bihari Brother's Kent label and in 1966 'Tramp' is a Pop and R&B hit reaching Number 5.
LowellFulson, a major figure in West Coast blues, died 6 March 1999 in Long Beach, California from complications from kidney disease, diabetes and congestive heart failure.
LowellFulson was not only a major name in his own right in the development of post-war blues, but also served as either a sometime employer of or a leading influence on a number of famous artists.
Fulson's West Coast success did not escape the attention of rhythm and blues specialists back east, and in 1954 he was signed to the Checker label, a subsidiary of the famous Chess Records in Chicago.
As with many of his peers, Fulson's laconic style began to be regarded as unfashionable with the advent of rock and roll, and his career began to slow down, although he was one of the major influences on the blues revival in Britain in the mid-60s.
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