Raful Neal biography, Raful Neal discography
Greatly respected blues and jazz guitarist.Mississippi, Alabama and all surrounding Southern states.Buy Me Love (2002) and Down In Da Club (2005).Cotton in his regular band for many years.Lonnie Brooks and other mainstays of the Second City scene.Tyree Neal has been drawn to and performing on stage.Panther and Kenny Neal, Jr.Plays drums with Kenny around South Louisiana.Identical twins who occasionally sing and dance with
the family.Charlene is mother of Tyree.Syreeta's debut album is entitled Stand Tall.Neal's first band, the Clouds, also included the guitarist, Buddy Guy.Neal debuted on vinyl in 1958 with a single for Don Robey's Houston, Texas based Peacock Records.But "Sunny Side of Love" was not successful.Ichiban Records the following year.After a long bout with cancer, Raful Neal died in September 2004.Nine of his eleven children are also blues musicians, and several performed with him on his later releases on the Alligator label.External links
Raful Neal biography from LouisanaMusic.Raful Neal biography from mp3.This article about an American musician is a stub.This page was last modified on 17 May 2008, at 19:46.Use fewer keywords to find more results.View or change your orders in Your Account.You have no recently viewed items or searches.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.You are currently registered for a different area.Your info may also be shared with the artist.Get notified before Raful Neal tickets go on sale!Click the Add to My Alerts button above.When he wasn't busy siring progeny (the Neal household produced ten kids, most of them seemingly now playing the blues), Raful Neal was staking his claim as one of the top harpists on the Baton Rouge blues front.Born in Baton Rouge in 1936, Neal took up the harp at age 14, tutored by a local player named Ike Brown and influenced by Chicago mainstay Little Walter.Neal's first band, the Clouds, also included guitarist Buddy Guy.This was the band Little Walter heard while in Baton Rouge and invited them to move up to Chicago and fill in at the gigs Walter couldn't make.Guy jumped at the chance but Neal decided to stay in Louisiana and raise his family.Neal's debut album, the aptly titled Louisiana Legend, first emerged on Bob Greenlee's King Snake Records and was picked up by Alligator in 1990.Noel (on bass) and Raful Jr.After a long bout with cancer, Raful Neal died on September 1, 2004, after a long bout with cancer.Some of the information on this page is provided by All Music Guide and does not necessarily reflect the views of Ticketmaster.Kenny's father, Raful Neal, was a big hit at the Syracuse Rhythm and Blues Festival in 2002, and Kenny has had a loyal following in the northeast for years.Kenny takes Raful to radiation and is checking in with the international medical community for the best possible treatment options.Most of all, Kenny just wants "..Kenny checked in to see if I was headed to the Pocono Blues Festival, and he had run into another challenge when Kennard, his drummer, had to leave the road to get some medical care too.On the way to the Poconos Kenny Jr.Bluegrass Ramble Picnic in Little York, where he was mighty impressed with some close harmony and fancy picking.The Pocono Festival, held at Big Boulder Ski Resort, is one of the biggest in this part of the country.It runs for 3 days, and featured acts rarely seen up north, like Precious Bryant from Talbot County GA, as well as stars like Charlie Musslewhite, Taj Mahal, and Buddy Guy.Just before the Neal family began their set a husband and wife team of dedicated Blues lovers, George and Sharon Roberts, took the stage for a moving tribute to Raful Neal.BORN IN 1936, RAFUL NEAL GREW UP ON A FARM IN CHAMBERLIN, A LITLE TOWN OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE.MADE HARMONICA, MADE OUT OF A COMB AND A CIGARETTE PAPER.AT 14, HE CUT CANE FOR NEIGHBORING FARMERS TO EARN 75 CENTS FOR AN 'ATTA BOY' HARMONICA.YOUNG RAFUL, AND HIS HARMONICA, LOVED THE HAUNTING, WHALING HARP WORK OF LITTLE WALTER.RAFUL PICKED UP SONGS ON THE RADIO AND WOVE INTO THEM THE SOUNDS OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS, THEN MASTERING THE ART OF PLAYING SOLO HARMONICA.AT THE AGE OF 17, RAFUL AND LAZY LESTER (THEN KNOWN AS LESTER JOHNSON) FORMED A BAND AND PLAYED VARIOUS COUNTRY SALOONS.AND MORE HISTORY WAS MADE.KENNY, JACKIE, DARNELL, LIL RAY, FREDRICK, NOEL, RONNIE, LARRY, GRAYLON, CHARLENE, DARLENE, AND GRANDSON TYREE WHO HAS PLAYED SINCE THE AGE OF THREE.RAFUL NEAL IS 'THE REAL DEAL.BLUES COMPOSER, SINGER, HARMONICA WHIZ, AND A GREAT FATHER.From left to right is Fredrick on the piano, Kenny on the harmonica, Kenny Jr.Darnell on the bass guitar.When Kenny started playing "Blues Falling Like Rain", it was pouring rain at the concert.The crowd enjoyed the irony of it.Baton Rouge Blues Week entering the 13th year....Plan to be in Baton Rouge and make day trips to New Orleans and Lafayette "In the Middle of the Most Musical 125 Mile on Earth.Current releases include John Fred, Raful Neal, Luther Kent, Bobby Campo, Duke Bardwell and Susan Owens.Developing such artists through local and regional markets by selling on the Internet, from the venues where the artist performs, through direct mail, through regional distributors, through TV spots, print ads and through a retail store front at the company offices in Downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana.ASCAP) publishes such Louisiana songs as "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler", the Cajun National Anthem and "My Darlin New Orleans," the tell tale story of The City of New Orleans.Ertis Music has 200 compositions in its catalog, including songs from Roy Hayes, author of I'm Gonna to be a Wheel Some Day.Video Post facility with 24 track digital audio recording.Louisiana's best musical talent including: Deacon John Moore and Luther Kent.FundWORLD RECORDSTAKE BIGFOOT TO SCHOOL GALLERYSTATE OF SHOCK FLYAWAY!Kids Help PhoneNUDEFESTSummer CAR SHOWSBEAR Necessities!Bill DahlWhen he wasn't busy siring progeny (the Neal household produced ten kids, most of them seemingly now playing the blues), Raful Neal was staking his claim as one of the top harpists on the Baton Rouge blues front.Guy jumped at the chance but Neal decided to stay in Louisiana and raise his family.But "Sunny Side of Love," fine though it was, didn't lead to an encore for Peacock or anywhere else until much later, when Neal turned up with 45s on Whit, La Louisiane, and Fantastic.Lonesome Sundown, Lazy Lester, Buddy GuyC 2006 All Media Guide, LLCContent provided by All Music Guide R , a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.Music NewsChristian rockers Red have announced a new batch of headlining dates starting on June 6th in Atmore, Alabama.Libra: This is your day!Sagittarius: Try to be your child...Astral Media, All rights reserved.
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