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==Career==
==Career==
Rogers was born '''Jay Arthur Lane''' in [[Ruleville, Mississippi]],<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues: A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger| location= Santa Barbara, California| pages=196 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> on June 3, 1924. He was raised in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] and [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]].<ref>Harris, S. (1979). ''Blues Who's Who''. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 442.</ref> He adopted his stepfather's surname.<ref name="russell"/> He learned to play the harmonica with his childhood friend [[Snooky Pryor]], and as a teenager he took up the guitar. He played professionally in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]], with [[Robert Lockwood, Jr.]], among others.<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|authorlink=Robert Palmer (writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/200 200]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/200}}</ref> Rogers moved to [[Chicago]] in the mid-1940s.<ref>Gordon, Robert (2002). ''Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters''. Boston: Little, Brown. p. 74. {{ISBN|0-316-32849-9}}.</ref> By 1946, he had recorded as a harmonica player and singer for the Harlem record label, run by [[J. Mayo Williams]]. Rogers's name did not appear on the record, which was mislabeled as the work of [[Memphis Slim]] and His Houserockers.
Rogers was born '''Jay Arthur Lane''' in [[Ruleville, Mississippi]],<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues: A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger| location= Santa Barbara, California| pages=196 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> on June 3, 1924. He was raised in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] and [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]].<ref>Harris, S. (1979). ''Blues Who's Who''. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 442.</ref> He adopted his stepfather's surname.<ref name="russell"/> He learned to play the harmonica with his childhood friend [[Snooky Pryor]], and as a teenager he took up the guitar. He played professionally in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]], with [[Robert Lockwood, Jr.]], among others.<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|author-link=Robert Palmer (writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/200 200]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/200}}</ref> Rogers moved to [[Chicago]] in the mid-1940s.<ref>Gordon, Robert (2002). ''Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters''. Boston: Little, Brown. p. 74. {{ISBN|0-316-32849-9}}.</ref> By 1946, he had recorded as a harmonica player and singer for the Harlem record label, run by [[J. Mayo Williams]]. Rogers's name did not appear on the record, which was mislabeled as the work of [[Memphis Slim]] and His Houserockers.


In 1947, Rogers, [[Muddy Waters]] and [[Little Walter]] began playing together, forming Waters's first band in Chicago<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|authorlink=Robert Palmer (writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/15 15]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/15}}</ref> (sometimes referred to as the Headcutters or the Headhunters, because of their practice of stealing jobs from other local bands).<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|authorlink=Robert Palmer (writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/208 208]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/208}}</ref> The band members recorded and released music credited to each of them as solo artists. The band defined the sound of the nascent [[Chicago blues]] style (more specifically, South Side Chicago blues). Rogers recorded several sides of his own with small labels in Chicago, but none were released at the time. He began to achieve success as a solo artist in 1950, with the hit song "[[That's All Right (Jimmy Rogers song)|That's All Right]]", released by [[Chess Records]], but he stayed in Waters's band until 1954.<ref name="russell"/> In the mid-1950s he had several successful records released by Chess, most of them featuring either [[Little Walter]] or [[Big Walter Horton]] on harmonica, notably "Walking by Myself".<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p350/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Good Rockin' Charles|author=Dahl, Bill |publisher=[[AllMusic]].com |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref> In the late 1950s, as interest in the blues waned, he gradually withdrew from the music industry.<ref name="russell"/>
In 1947, Rogers, [[Muddy Waters]] and [[Little Walter]] began playing together, forming Waters's first band in Chicago<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|author-link=Robert Palmer (writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/15 15]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/15}}</ref> (sometimes referred to as the Headcutters or the Headhunters, because of their practice of stealing jobs from other local bands).<ref>{{cite book|title=Deep Blues|author=Robert Palmer|author-link=Robert Palmer (writer)|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/208 208]|isbn=978-0-14-006223-6|url=https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm/page/208}}</ref> The band members recorded and released music credited to each of them as solo artists. The band defined the sound of the nascent [[Chicago blues]] style (more specifically, South Side Chicago blues). Rogers recorded several sides of his own with small labels in Chicago, but none were released at the time. He began to achieve success as a solo artist in 1950, with the hit song "[[That's All Right (Jimmy Rogers song)|That's All Right]]", released by [[Chess Records]], but he stayed in Waters's band until 1954.<ref name="russell"/> In the mid-1950s he had several successful records released by Chess, most of them featuring either [[Little Walter]] or [[Big Walter Horton]] on harmonica, notably "Walking by Myself".<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p350/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Good Rockin' Charles|author=Dahl, Bill |publisher=[[AllMusic]].com |access-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref> In the late 1950s, as interest in the blues waned, he gradually withdrew from the music industry.<ref name="russell"/>


In the early 1960s, Rogers briefly worked as a member of [[Howlin' Wolf|Howling Wolf]]'s band, before quitting the music business altogether for almost a decade. He worked as a taxicab driver and owned a clothing store, which burned down in the [[1968 Chicago riots]] following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] Rogers gradually began performing in public again, and in 1971, when fashions made him somewhat popular in Europe, he began occasionally touring and recording, including a 1977 session with Waters which resulted in the album ''[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)|I'm Ready]]''. By 1982, Rogers was again a full-time solo artist. He owned and drove a white 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible which he eventually sold. He continued touring and recording albums until his death.
In the early 1960s, Rogers briefly worked as a member of [[Howlin' Wolf|Howling Wolf]]'s band, before quitting the music business altogether for almost a decade. He worked as a taxicab driver and owned a clothing store, which burned down in the [[1968 Chicago riots]] following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] Rogers gradually began performing in public again, and in 1971, when fashions made him somewhat popular in Europe, he began occasionally touring and recording, including a 1977 session with Waters which resulted in the album ''[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)|I'm Ready]]''. By 1982, Rogers was again a full-time solo artist. He owned and drove a white 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible which he eventually sold. He continued touring and recording albums until his death.


He was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=10 |title=Blues Foundation: Inductees |publisher=Blues.org |accessdate=October 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210120243/http://blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=10 |archivedate=February 10, 2009 }}</ref>
He was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=10 |title=Blues Foundation: Inductees |publisher=Blues.org |access-date=October 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210120243/http://blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=10 |archive-date=February 10, 2009 }}</ref>


Rogers died of [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]] in [[Chicago]] in 1997.<ref name="Dead">{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1996.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 1996–1997 |publisher=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com |date= |accessdate=2015-08-30}}</ref> He was survived by his son, [[Jimmy D. Lane]], a guitarist, [[record producer]] and [[audio engineering|recording engineer]] for Blue Heaven Studios and APO Records.
Rogers died of [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]] in [[Chicago]] in 1997.<ref name="Dead">{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1996.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 1996–1997 |publisher=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com |access-date=2015-08-30}}</ref> He was survived by his son, [[Jimmy D. Lane]], a guitarist, [[record producer]] and [[audio engineering|recording engineer]] for Blue Heaven Studios and APO Records.


On June 25, 2019, ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' listed Jimmy Rogers among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the [[2008 Universal fire]].<ref name="Rosen2">{{cite web |last1=Rosen |first1=Jody |title=Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=28 June 2019 |date=25 June 2019}}</ref>
On June 25, 2019, ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' listed Jimmy Rogers among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the [[2008 Universal fire]].<ref name="Rosen2">{{cite web |last1=Rosen |first1=Jody |title=Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=28 June 2019 |date=25 June 2019}}</ref>


==Selected discography==
==Selected discography==
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* ''Sloppy Drunk'' (1998), [[compact disc]] reissue of the album released in December 1973
* ''Sloppy Drunk'' (1998), [[compact disc]] reissue of the album released in December 1973
* ''Blue Bird'' (1994, Analogue Productions Originals)
* ''Blue Bird'' (1994, Analogue Productions Originals)
* ''The Complete Chess Recordings'' (1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Chess-Recordings/dp/B000WT5JBO |title=The Complete Chess Recordings: Jimmy Rogers: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2015-08-30}}</ref>
* ''The Complete Chess Recordings'' (1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Chess-Recordings/dp/B000WT5JBO |title=The Complete Chess Recordings: Jimmy Rogers: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=2015-08-30}}</ref>
* ''Blues Blues Blues'', as the Jimmy Rogers All-Stars, with [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Lowell Fulson]], [[Jimmy Page]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Jeff Healey]] and others (1999)
* ''Blues Blues Blues'', as the Jimmy Rogers All-Stars, with [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Lowell Fulson]], [[Jimmy Page]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Jeff Healey]] and others (1999)
'''With [[Sunnyland Slim]]'''
'''With [[Sunnyland Slim]]'''

Revision as of 04:06, 12 December 2020

For similarly named people, see James Rogers (disambiguation).
Jimmy Rogers
Rogers in concert
Rogers in concert
Background information
Birth nameJay Arthur Lane
Born(1924-06-03)June 3, 1924
Ruleville, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 1997(1997-12-19) (aged 73)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresChicago blues[1]
OccupationMusician
Instruments
Years active1946–1997
LabelsChess

Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924 – December 19, 1997)[2] was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player,[1] best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters's band in the early 1950s.[3] He also had solo hits on the R&B chart with "That's All Right" in 1950 and "Walking by Myself" in 1954. He withdrew from the music industry at the end of the 1950s but returned to recording and touring in the 1970s.

He is not to be confused with the country music singer Jimmie Rodgers or the pop singer Jimmie Rodgers.

Career

Rogers was born Jay Arthur Lane in Ruleville, Mississippi,[4] on June 3, 1924. He was raised in Atlanta and Memphis.[5] He adopted his stepfather's surname.[3] He learned to play the harmonica with his childhood friend Snooky Pryor, and as a teenager he took up the guitar. He played professionally in East St. Louis, Illinois, with Robert Lockwood, Jr., among others.[6] Rogers moved to Chicago in the mid-1940s.[7] By 1946, he had recorded as a harmonica player and singer for the Harlem record label, run by J. Mayo Williams. Rogers's name did not appear on the record, which was mislabeled as the work of Memphis Slim and His Houserockers.

In 1947, Rogers, Muddy Waters and Little Walter began playing together, forming Waters's first band in Chicago[8] (sometimes referred to as the Headcutters or the Headhunters, because of their practice of stealing jobs from other local bands).[9] The band members recorded and released music credited to each of them as solo artists. The band defined the sound of the nascent Chicago blues style (more specifically, South Side Chicago blues). Rogers recorded several sides of his own with small labels in Chicago, but none were released at the time. He began to achieve success as a solo artist in 1950, with the hit song "That's All Right", released by Chess Records, but he stayed in Waters's band until 1954.[3] In the mid-1950s he had several successful records released by Chess, most of them featuring either Little Walter or Big Walter Horton on harmonica, notably "Walking by Myself".[10] In the late 1950s, as interest in the blues waned, he gradually withdrew from the music industry.[3]

In the early 1960s, Rogers briefly worked as a member of Howling Wolf's band, before quitting the music business altogether for almost a decade. He worked as a taxicab driver and owned a clothing store, which burned down in the 1968 Chicago riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rogers gradually began performing in public again, and in 1971, when fashions made him somewhat popular in Europe, he began occasionally touring and recording, including a 1977 session with Waters which resulted in the album I'm Ready. By 1982, Rogers was again a full-time solo artist. He owned and drove a white 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible which he eventually sold. He continued touring and recording albums until his death.

He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1995.[11]

Rogers died of colon cancer in Chicago in 1997.[2] He was survived by his son, Jimmy D. Lane, a guitarist, record producer and recording engineer for Blue Heaven Studios and APO Records.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Jimmy Rogers among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[12]

Selected discography

With Sunnyland Slim

With Muddy Waters

References

  1. ^ a b Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
  2. ^ a b Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1996–1997". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  3. ^ a b c d Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 161. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
  4. ^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 196. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  5. ^ Harris, S. (1979). Blues Who's Who. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 442.
  6. ^ Robert Palmer. Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
  7. ^ Gordon, Robert (2002). Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters. Boston: Little, Brown. p. 74. ISBN 0-316-32849-9.
  8. ^ Robert Palmer. Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
  9. ^ Robert Palmer. Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
  10. ^ Dahl, Bill. "Good Rockin' Charles". AllMusic.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  11. ^ "Blues Foundation: Inductees". Blues.org. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  12. ^ Rosen, Jody (25 June 2019). "Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  13. ^ [1] Archived November 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "The Complete Chess Recordings: Jimmy Rogers: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
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