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| Robinson started playing the guitar at the age of 11 on Maxwell Street in 1942.He grew up just a few blocks away from this rich musical melting pot.He formed an early partnership with Eddie Taylor playing in clubs for a few dollars a night.During the early 50's he was part of the Every Hour Blues Boys band with Frank Scott and a young Freddy King on guitar.In the mid 50's he played with Elmore James and then joined Little Walter's band staying with him until around 1959.Jimmie began his solo recording career in '58, and around '60 had a fairly big regional hit called "All My Life", which has been covered by John Mayall and a bunch of others.He later played with Howlin Wolf for a short time, but retired from music and held a day job except for weekends and occasional tours until around 1991 when he started playing regularly again.He has been holding down the afternoon spot at the new Chicago House Of Blues since it opened last year and is one of Chicago's hidden blues treasures.His voice has a wide range from the low guttural growl and moan like John Lee Hooker to some beautiful melodic highs.One of the captivating ballads he sang was "So Long" from his new album "Guns, Gangs and Drugs."During the show Jimmie Lee was very open and offered some interesting insights on the blues and his experiences of playing over the past 50 years.He gave an interesting account of the origins of the song "Hide Away" and talked about playing with a very young Freddie King and Magic Sam.He said later that he wanted to put on a show we would remember.Thanks to Scott Dirks from Chicago for some of the background material in this review.Jimmy Reed, Shakey Jake, St.Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.Set : false,
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fullUrl : document.Are you a fan site webmaster?Add a link to your "Jimmie Lee Robinson" fan site on VH1.Unlike many of his Chicago blues contemporaries, Jimmie Lee Robinson wasn't a Mississippi Delta emigre.He formed a partnership with guitarist Freddy King in 1952 for four years (they met outside the local welfare office), later doing sideman work with Elmore James and Little Walter and cutting sessions on guitar and bass behind Little Walter, Eddie Taylor, Shakey Jake, and St."All My Life" packed enough power to be heard over in England, where John Mayall faithfully covered it.After that, his mother died, and times grew tough.Robinson that he was much too young to be retired.His comeback was documented by his first full length record, Lonely Traveller being released on Delmark in 1994.The beginning of 1998 found Robinson back in the studio working on a set of mostly original songs that became his second album, Remember Me, which was released in 2000 on the APO label.He was a member of Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition and wrote their theme song, the "Maxwell Street Tear Down Blues" but decided a more direct action needed to be taken.Create a configuration object and add the keywords to the conf.Best Week Ever Radio (Pop Culture)
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Think you know all about 50?No doubt Jimmie Lee Robinson offers a delightful taste of traditional blues.His work through the years with such stalwarts as Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Freddie King, Elmore James and Jimmy Reed have made their impressions on the man called The Lonely Traveler just as he has been credited with inspiring them.Muddy Waters' Forty Days and Forty Nights with eerie harmonica accompaniment by Madison Slim.But All My Life is also packed with Jimmie Lee originals like the title track, which was once covered by John Mayall, where Jimmie Lee pleads with the woman of his dreams to return all the respect and love he's paid to her.Lane and journeyman harp player Madison Slim, whose knack for acoustic blues is highlighted on this release.Jimmie Lee has gained national attention for his protest of the destruction of Chicago's famed Maxwell Street, said to be the birthplace of Chicago blues and the neighborhood where Jimmie Lee grew up.He fasted for 81 straight days, shunning solid food as if it was the wrecking ball he so badly wants to stop.His efforts were even documented on the front page of the New York Times.It's obvious Jimmie Lee takes things seriously.The same goes with his blues.Anyone who spends some time with this CD will be pleased with the texture of the music.Robinson has a mellow, expressive voice which is eminently suited to his task.The arrangements are tasty and uncluttered.Robinson, Lane and Madison Slim put some serious feeling into these tunes, keeping the vibe lean and simple but hardly simplistic.Jimmie Lee Robinson is one deadly serious man, more so than any of his peers.Unless you saw some other blues musician on the front page of the New York Times, refusing to eat for damn near three months in order to stop the destruction of Chicago's most prominent blues landmark: Maxwell Street...Robinson may be from the street, may be willing to starve to save it, but it's not all he knows, and ...All My Life proves it without a doubt.All My Life is his tribute to them and to the downhome roots of their music.John Barnie, Juke Blues, Issue No.All My Life is a worthy tribute to the Chicago Maxwell Street tradition of rhythm and blues.It's a stand up front porch acoustic style that has Robinson's spurs jangling in time with the beat, his humming of the tune between lyrics and generally beguiling the listener with every bold and richly coloured improvisation...Chicago blues just eats you up inside.Awesome Recording With A Great Performance by Jimmie Lee Robinson.Logo type is ("NETSB")
there is also code in the header for this.Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.He has been a featured performer at the Blues Heritage Festival
in Oakland, CA; the 1997 St.Jimmie Lee was selected to receive Real Blues Magazine's "Best
Acoustic Blues Guitarist" and "Keeping The Blues Alive Award"
awards for 1998.Jimmie Lee's Maxwell Street Blues CD is dedicated to saving the
Maxwell Street area in Chicago where he was raised and got much
of his early blues experience.Due to the pressure from family, friends, and fans, and the
dental work I had to have done, and yet to be finished, I have
ended my Save Maxwell Street hunger strike of 81 Days.Frank 'Little Sonny' Scott Jr.For them and their peace of mind, I have put an end to this fast.It was a
place of bargains so the poor could shop there and better survive the hard times.Vienna was located on Halsted near Roosevelt Road.They have served Chicago
well, and continue to do so.This part of Chicago was a big shopping area.From Halsted and Maxwell St.All of this was something to be proud of,
working hand in hand together.Please don't forget the South Water Market, just about three blocks south of Maxwell
Street, and two blocks West of Halsted St.We also had horse stables.Yes and UPS was there, also 1200 block on Miller and Morgan St.There was also a milk dairy owned by Joe Louis.We had
many many different kind of businesses.For them there is no hope and no peace, neither forgiveness.In this system, legal criminals always win out for
their families and themselves selfishness.This is what we are praying and asking for from Chicago's UIC and Mayor Daley.Tearing down is not saving.You provided a place for us, the poor people,
to live and shop and for our music to travel all around the world.It was a place of
many great things to be remembered.We will continue to fight to save those 37 whole buildings and expect that more will join
our battle.They lived in the day's troubles.And history knows them not.We must not forget the great need that we have for super natural health morality institutions
of learning, all around the world, that we may save our environment.Jimmie Lee Robinson's Hunger Strike Continues
Bluesman Jimmie Lee Robinson started a hunger
strike on August 18, 2000 to save the old Maxwell
Street area and has now been on his fast for a full month."On one side of my family were followers of Marcus Garvey
and Christianity.On the other side were Communists.Which one would you want
to be, Can't or Try?If I said Can't, she would hit me with a
spoon and some times with a case knife.Her motto was and is
Look Up And Live.""When I seen that Wrecking Ball, it made me feel like
my Soul was being destroyed, and my neck was hanging from a tree.""Maxwell Street was a poor peoples'
place.Some became famous but most are forgotten."Honey Boy Edward" eighty five years old, the greatest true Blues
player of our time.Were those bureaucrats in Washington
and Springfield there then?What do they know about the Blues?Mayor Daley to stop the demolitions in the Maxwell Street
area.And save the
hot dog stands, and the Blues Record shop and let the merchants
stay who want to stay, and let the Blues musicians have their
community bandstand."My grandmother was a Choctaw Indian from Mississippi so I am
sensitive to what happens when people are forcibly pushed off
their land."And please don't forget we need a Natural Health
Morality Institution of learning.For more info on Jimmie Lee Robinson visit his official website. |
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