A.C. Reed
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A.C. Reed in 1980
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aaron Corthen |
| Born | May 9, 1926 Wardell, Missouri, United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | Chicago blues, soul blues |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophonist |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Years active | 1940s–2004 |
Aaron Corthen, better known as A.C. Reed (May 9, 1926 – February 24, 2004)[1] was an American blues saxophonist, closely associated with the Chicago blues scene from the 1940s into the 2000s.
Biography
Reed was born in Wardell, Missouri, United States, but grew up in southern Illinois. He took his stage name from his friend, Jimmy Reed.[2] He moved to Chicago during World War II, playing with Earl Hooker and Willie Mabon in the 1940s.[2] He toured with Dennis "Long Man" Binder in 1956, and did extensive work as a sideman for Mel London's blues record labels Chief/Profile/Age in the 1960s, with Lillian Offitt and Ricky Allen, amongst others. He had a regionally popular single in 1961 with "This Little Voice" (Age 29101), and cut several more singles over the course of the decade.
He became a member of Buddy Guy's band in 1967, playing with him on his tour of Africa in 1969 and, with Junior Wells, opening for The Rolling Stones in 1970.[2] He remained with Guy until 1977, then played with Son Seals and Albert Collins in the late 1970s and 1980s.[2] He began recording solo material for Alligator Records in the 1980s.[2] On his 1987 offering, I'm in the Wrong Business, came cameo appearances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Bonnie Raitt.[2]
He toured extensively in the 1980s and 1990s with his band The Spark Plugs, playing small venues throughout the United States. He and the Sparkplugs performed in Chicago before he died from cancer in 2004.[1]
Discography
- Take These Blues and Shove 'Em (Rooster Blues, 1982)
- I Got Money (Blue Phoenix, 1986) (with Maurice Vaughn)
- I'm in the Wrong Business (Alligator Records, 1987)
- Junk Food (Delmark Records, 1998)
See also
References
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