Jimmy Nolen
Jimmy Nolen (April 3, 1934 – December 18, 1983) was an American guitarist, known for his distinctive "chicken scratch" lead guitar playing in James Brown's bands. In its survey of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," the English magazine Mojo ranks Nolen number twelve.
Career
Early life and career
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, Nolen took up the guitar at the age of 14, teaching himself on a Harmony Acoustic guitar. Having played the violin since the age of 9, Nolen already had a sound musical foundation upon which to base his T-Bone Walker-inspired guitar playing. Nolen was "discovered" in a club in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Jimmy Wilson, a blues singer famous for his 1953 hit "Tin Pan Alley." Soon afterward, Wilson offered Nolen a job in his band. He took Nolen back to Los Angeles, California to play in a studio band with popular southern California players Monte Easter (trumpet) and Chuck Higgins (tenor saxophone). During this period Nolen recorded his own commercially unsuccessful singles, mostly for King Records' Federal subsidiary, on which he both sang and played period-inspired blues songs.
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Jimmy Nolen
ALBUMS
- Jiving Jamboree 3 released: 2002
Jiving Jamboree 3
Released 2002- Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
- Who Said Shorty Wasn't Coming Back
- Baseball Boogie
- Lies, Lies, Lies
- Bradshaw Boogie
- No More Nothin'
- That's What You're Doin' to Me
- Hi-Ho-Sylvester
- Louisiana Hop
- The Walkin' Blues
- Chic-A-Choo Freight
- Hollerin' and Screamin'
- Are You Forgetting
- The Deacon Don't Like It
- I'll Upset You Baby
- You Hear
- Fannie Brown Got Married
- Cool Disc Jockey
- Voo-Vee-Ah-Bee
- Seven Nights to Rock
- Strollin' With Nolen a.k.a. Oonchy Oonchy
- Midnight Ramblin' Tonight
- Come On, Come On, Come On
- Miss Shake It
Born: 1934-04-03
Died: 1983-12-18
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