Leroy Carr
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Biography
[Edit]The term "urban blues" is usually applied to post-World War II blues band music, but one of the forefathers of the genre in its pre-electric format was pianist Leroy Carr. Teamed with the exemplary guitarist Scrapper Blackwell in Indianapolis, Carr became one of the top blues stars of his day, composing and recording almost 200 sides during his short lifetime, including such classics as "How Long, How Long," "Prison Bound Blues," "When the Sun Goes Down," and "Blues Before Sunrise." His blues were expressive and evocative, recorded only with piano and guitar, yet as author Sam Charters has noted, Carr was "a city man" whose singing was never as rough or intense as that of the country bluesmen, and as reissue producer Francis Smith put it, "He, perhaps more than any other single artist, was responsible for transforming the rural blues patterns of the '20s into the more city-oriented blues of the '30s."
Born in Nashville, Leroy Carr moved to Indianapolis as a child. While he was still in his teens, he taught himself how to play piano. Carr quit school in his mid-teens, heading out for a life on the road. For the next few years, he would play piano at various parties and dances in the Midwest and South. During this time, he held a number of odd jobs — he joined a circus, he was in the Army for a while, and he was briefly a bootlegger. In addition to his string of jobs, he was married for a short time.
Carr wandered back toward Indianapolis, where he met guitarist Scrapper Blackwell in 1928. The duo began performing and shortly afterward they were recording for Vocalion, releasing "How Long How Long Blues" before the year was finished. The song was an instant, surprise hit. For the next seven years, Carr and Blackwell would record a number of classic songs for Vocalion, including "Midnight Hour Blues," "Blues Before Sunrise," "Hurry Down Sunshine," "Shady Lane Blues," and many others.
Throughout the early '30s, Carr was one of the most popular bluesmen in America. While his professional career was successful, his personal life was spinning out of control, as he sunk deeper and deeper into alcoholism. His addiction eventually cut his life short — he died in April 1935. Carr left behind a enormous catalog of blues and his influence could be heard throughout successive generation of blues musicians, as evidenced by artists like T-Bone Walker, Otis Spann, and Champion Jack Dupree. ~ Jim O'Neal, Rovi
Title: Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave - The Best of Leroy Carr
Artist: Leroy Carr
Genre: Blues
Title: Leroy Carr & Black Boy Shine (1934-1937)
Artist: Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell, Black Boy Shine
Genre: Blues
Title: How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone CD2
Artist: Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell
Genre: Blues
Title: How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone CD3
Artist: Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell
Genre: Blues
Title: How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone CD4
Artist: Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell
Genre: Blues
Title: How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone CD1
Artist: Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell
Genre: Blues
Collections
Title: Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955)
Genre: Blues
Title: 101 - The Best of Vintage Blues
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Banged Up - American Jailhouse Songs 1920s-1950s
Genre: Blues
Title: American Boogie & Blues - The Lost Album
Genre: Blues
Title: A Night out at the Blues Bar, Vol. 4
Genre: Blues
Title: A Night out at the Blues Bar, Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Smash Blues Hits Vol 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Old Time Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: Alcohol Coke & Gin
Title: 1920s Christmas - Rhythm & Booze
Genre:
Title: Roots 'n' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas in the U.S.A.
Genre:
Title: Hipster Christmas
Genre:
Title: Christmas Goes Rock
Genre:
Title: Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Genre: Blues
Title: The Roots of Robert Johnson
Genre: Rock
Title: Roll and Tumble Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Roots of Piano Blues, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Kings of Barrelhouse Boogie
Genre: Blues
Title: The Great Blues Pioneers
Genre: Blues
Title: Roots of Piano Blues, Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: Roots of Piano Blues, Vol. 4
Genre: Blues
Title: Jailhouse Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest In Country Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues Roots Of Robert Johnson
Genre: Blues
Title: Country Blues Hard Hitters Vol. One
Genre: Blues
Title: State Street Jive
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best of Blues Piano!
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Early Blues Recordings
Genre: Blues
Title: The Definitive Collection of Piano Blues and Boogie
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: New York Blues 30's (Doxy Collection)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Ultimate Best of the Blues Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: I Hate Christmas
Genre:
Title: Christmas for Grinches
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: New York City Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Piano Discoveries (1928-1943)
Genre: Blues
Title: New York Blues (Doxy Collection, Remastered)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 11
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Penitentiary Blues: Songs to Do Hard Times By
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas Speakeasy
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Rose Grew Round the Briar
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas American Blues
Genre:
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 19
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Money Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: Back To the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson
Genre: Blues
Title: NO HO HO, Vol. 2: Christmas Gone Wrong
Genre:
Title: Piano Boogie Woogie Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Cash Poor Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas Hits From the Vaults
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Featuring albums
Title: Legends of the Blues, Vol. 1
Artist: Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong Orchestra
Title: Christmas Bells (Holiday Classics Vol. 1)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Epic Americana: Pre-War Blues, Country & Folk
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: (All That Jazz, Vol. 129) Hobo On Dusty Roads (Remastered)
Artist: John Lee Hooker
Genre: Blues
