Eddie Boyd

Eddie Boyd

born on 25/11/1914 in Clarksdale, MS, United States

died on 13/7/1994 in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Eddie Boyd

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Edward Riley Boyd known as Eddie Boyd (November 25, 1914 July 13, 1994)[1] was an American blues piano player, born on Stovall's Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States.[2]

Life and career

Boyd moved to the Beale Street district of Memphis, Tennessee in 1936 where he played piano and guitar with his group, the Dixie Rhythm Boys. Boyd followed the great migration northward to the factories of Chicago, Illinois in 1941.[2]

He wrote and recorded the hit songs "Five Long Years" (1952), "24 Hours" (1953), and the "Third Degree" (co-written by Willie Dixon, also 1953).[2] Boyd toured Europe with Buddy Guy's band in 1965 as part of the American Folk Blues Festival.[2] He later toured and recorded with Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.

Tired of the racial discrimination he experienced in the United States, he first moved to Belgium[1] where he recorded with the Dutch band, Cuby and the Blizzards. He settled in Helsinki, Finland in 1970,[2] where he recorded ten blues records, the first being Praise to Helsinki (1970). He married his wife, Leila, in 1977.

Boyd died in 1994 in Helsinki, Finland, just a few months before Eric Clapton released the chart-topping blues album, From the Cradle that included Boyd's "Five Long Years" and "Third Degree".

Discography

Albums

  • Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band featuring Peter Green Decca (1967) with the Bluesbreakers; CD release on Gott Discs
  1. "Too Bad, Pt. 1"
  2. "Dust My Broom"
  3. "Unfair Lovers"
  4. "Key to the Highway"
  5. "Vacation from the Blues"
  6. "Steakhouse Rock"
  7. "Letter Missin' Blues"
  8. "Ain't Doin' Too Bad"
  9. "Blue Coat Man"
  10. "Train Is Coming"
  11. "Save Her Doctor"
  12. "Rack 'Em Back"
  13. "Too Bad, Pt. 2"
  14. "Big Bell"
  15. "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"
  16. "Night Time Is the Right Time"

Eddie Boyd : piano, vocals
Peter Green : guitar, chorus (16)
John Mayall : harmonica, chorus (16)
John McVie : bass
Aynsley Dunbar : drums
Tony McPhee : guitar (02,11)
Albert Hall : trumpet (01)
Rex Morris : tenor saxophone (01)
Bob Efford : tenor sax (01)
Harry Klein : baritone saxophone (01)

recorded : March 14, 1967 (03, 06, 07, 12, 13, 14, 16); March 17, 1967 (01, 04, 05, 08, 09, 10, 15); March 21, 1967 (02 and 11)

  • 7936 South Rhodes Blue Horizon, Epic BN26409 (1968) with Green, McVie, & Fleetwood
  1. "You Got to Reap"
  2. "Just the Blues"
  3. "She's Real"
  4. "Back Slack"
  5. "Be Careful"
  6. "Ten to One"
  7. "Blues Is Here to Stay"
  8. "You Are My Love"
  9. "Third Degree"
  10. "Thank You Baby"
  11. "She's Gone"
  12. "I Can't Stop Loving You"
  • Praise to Helsinki (1970, Love Records)
  1. "Got To Know"
  2. "Let It Be Me"
  3. "Denmark
  4. "I Cried"
  5. "Nothing"
  6. "Praise to Helsinki"
  7. "When the Cuckoo"
  8. "The Guff"
  9. "Ding Dong"
  10. "Eddie's Instrumental"
  • Eddie Boyd: Third Degree - Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 42, 1993. 20 songs recorded for Chess from 1951-1959, several with Robert Lockwood on guitar and Willie Dixon on bass.
  • Eddie Boyd: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions Columbia, Sony/BMG (2006)
  1. "Its So Miserable to Be Alone"
  2. "Empty Arms"
  3. "You Got to Reap"
  4. "Just the Blues"
  5. "She's Real"
  6. "Back Slack"
  7. "Be Careful"
  8. "Ten to One"
  9. "Blues Is Here to Stay"
  10. "You Are My Love"
  11. "Third Degree"
  12. "Thank You Baby"
  13. "Shes Gone"
  14. "(I Can't Stop) Loving You"
  15. "Big Boat"
  16. "Sent for You Yesterday"
  17. "Stroller" (Previously unreleased)
  18. "No Place Like Home" (Previously unreleased)
  • The Legacy of the Blues vol. 10 Sonet

Singles

  • "Five Long Years" on Blues Masters Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Rhino
  • "24 Hours" on The Best of Chess Blues vol. 1 Chess/MCA
    • live version on American Folk Blues Festival '65 L&R/Bellaphon
  • "Third Degree" on A Tribute to Willie Dixon: 1915-1992 Chess

See also

  • List of blues musicians
  • List of people from Mississippi
  • List of Chicago blues musicians
  • List of electric blues musicians
  • List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
  • Chicago Blues Festival

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 [Eddie Boyd at All Music Guide Allmusic biography]
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, p. 9495, Dubai: Carlton Books Limited.
  • Charles Shaar Murray, Blues on CD: The Essential Guide (1993) ISBN 1-85626-084-4

External links

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