Willie Kent

Willie Kent

born on 24/2/1936 in Inverness, MS, United States

died on 2/3/2006

Willie Kent

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Willie Kent (February 24, 1936[1] March 2, 2006)[2] was an American blues singer, bassist and songwriter.

Career

Kent was born in Inverness, Sunflower County, Mississippi. Although he had played the bass guitar in Chicago's clubs since the 1950s, Kent worked full-time in careers other than music until he was over 50 years of age.[3] Following heart surgery, he stopped work as a truck driver, and formed a band.[3]

Kent continued to play live shows, even after being diagnosed with colon cancer in early 2005. He died in Englewood, Illinois in March 2006.[4][5]

Discography

  • 1975 Ghetto (Storyville Records)
  • 1989 I'm What You Need (Big Boy Records)
  • 1991 Ain't It Nice (Delmark Records)
  • 1991 King of Chicago's West Side Blues (Wolf Records)
  • 1993 Live at B.L.U.E.S. in Chicago (Wolf Records)
  • 1994 Too Hurt to Cry (Delmark Records)
  • 1996 Long Way to Ol' Miss (Delmark Records)
  • 1998 Everybody Needs Somebody (Wolf Records)
  • 1998 Make Room for the Blues (Delmark Records)
  • 1998 Who's Been Talking with Lil' Ed Williams (Earwig Music Company)
  • 2001 Comin' Alive! (Blue Chicago Records)
  • 2004 Blues and Trouble (Isabel Records)

Awards and honors

  • W.C. Handy Awards: Best Blues Instrumentalist, Bass 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005
  • Critics' Choice: Most Outstanding Blues Musician, Bass from Living Blues magazine (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001)
  • Readers' Choice: Album of the Year 2001 from Soul Bag magazine, France, for Comin' Alive
  • Critics' Choice: Album of the Year 2001 from Soul Bag magazine, France, for Comin' Alive
  • France Blues Award: Best Blues Musician, Bass for the years 2002, 2003
  • Chicago's Album of the Year 1998: for Make Room for the Blues
  • Library of Congress' Best Blues Recording of the Year 1991: for Ain't It Nice

See also

  • Chicago blues

References

  1. Ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com
  2. Kent obituary, The Times, April 5, 2006
  3. 3.0 3.1 Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, p. 130, Dubai: Carlton Books Limited.
  4. [Willie Kent at All Music Guide Allmusic biography accessed January 2008]
  5. Thedeadrockstarsclub.com accessed November 2009
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