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Blues
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| Descriptive "tags": |
blues • worth a listen • funk • theodis • ealey
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| Decades Active: |
1990s
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2000s
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Biography
1947, Natchez, Mississippi, USA. As a small child Ealey played guitar, encouraged by his older brother Y.Z. Later, he played bass in Y.Z.’s band, in which another brother, Melwin, was a member. He played at venues such as Vernon’s place, a Natchez club later known as Hawk’s Lounge, and the Horseshoe Circus. He also played guitar in another Natchez group led by Eugene Butler. Unsure of his direction, Ealey enlisted in the armed forces spending several years in Hawaii and other parts of the USA before settling in Atlanta, Georgia. There, he began singing and playing, now back on guitar, sometimes as a solo act, sometimes backing visiting bluesmen. He was heard by record company executives who signed him to the Ichiban label. Audience response to live gigs and records was good, and he won Top Star Award in 1994 in the San Francisco Bay area and the Mo’ Better Blues Male Artist Of The Year Award in 1997. In 2001 Ealey played a Natchez engagement...
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