J u m p t o c o n t e n t
M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 L i f e a n d c a r e e r
2 D i s c o g r a p h y
T o g g l e D i s c o g r a p h y s u b s e c t i o n
2 . 1 A l b u m s
3 S e e a l s o
4 R e f e r e n c e s
5 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
H i p L i n k c h a i n
2 l a n g u a g e s
● م ص ر ى ● У к р а ї н с ь к а
E d i t l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
American Chicago blues musician
Hip Linkchain
Linkchain on stage in France.
Birth name Willie Richard Born (1936-11-10 ) November 10, 1936Jackson, Mississippi , United StatesDied February 13, 1989(1989-02-13) (aged 52 )Chicago , Illinois , United States Genres Chicago blues , electric blues [1] Occupation(s ) Guitarist , singer , songwriter Instrument(s ) Guitar , vocals Years active Mid-1950s–1989 Labels Evidence , Teardrop, Storyville , others
Musical artist
Willie Richard (November 10, 1936 – February 13, 1989), who performed as Hip Linkchain , was an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.[1]
His best-known numbers were "Change My Blues" and "That Will Never Do".[2] AllMusic described him as a "solid, no-frills bluesman".[3] music journalist noted, "his composer's talents put him much above the average bluesmen".[4] Lester Davenport , Pinetop Perkins , Tyrone Davis , and Little Walter .[5]
Life and career [ edit ]
He was born in Jackson, Mississippi . His stage name was in deference to his father's nickname, Linkchain, which was due to his habit of sporting logging chains around his neck, and the boy's childhood nickname, Hipstick.[1] [6] Sonny Boy Williamson II , Elmore James and Little Milton , all of whom Linkchain heard in the Mississippi Delta , before he relocated to Chicago , Illinois , in 1954.[1] Louise, Mississippi , and picked cotton before his move north.[7] clubs of Chicago throughout the 1950s and 1960s, working at various times with the harmonica players Lester Davenport , Dusty Brown , and Little Willy Foster .
By 1959, Linkchain had formed his own band, the Chicago Twisters, with Tyrone Davis as frontman . Linkchain recorded sporadically, mainly for small independent record labels based in Chicago, and a handful of his singles were released in the 1960s. His debut album, Change My Blues , with Pinetop Perkins (piano), Rich Kirch (guitar), Right Hand Frank Bandy (bass) and Fred Grady (drums), was released by the small Teardrop Records in 1983.[1] [7]
Linkchain died of mesothelioma cancer, on February 13, 1989, in Chicago[8]
His best-known album, Airbusters , was originally released by the Netherlands -based label Black Magic in 1988, not long before he died. It was later reissued by Evidence Records .[1] [2]
Discography [ edit ]
[9]
† Jimmy and Hip Live! was a live album , recorded with Jimmy Dawkins in Champaign, Illinois , in 1982.[10]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Doc Rock. "The 1980s" . The Dead Rock Stars Club. Retrieved 2015-10-03 .
^ Koda, Cub (1984-07-23). "Hip Linkchain: Airbusters " . AllMusic . Retrieved 2015-10-03 .
^ Herzhaft, Gérard (1997). Encyclopedia of the Blues 126 . ISBN 1-55728-452-0
^ Edwards, David Honeyboy (1997). The World Don't Owe Me Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards (1st ed.). Chicago: Chicago Review Press . ISBN 1-55652-368-8
^ Room, Adrian (1997). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins McFarland & Company . p. 289 . ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4
^ a b "Change My Blues " . Teardroprecords.com. Retrieved November 14, 2011 .
^ ."A Bluesman You Probably Don't Know: Hip Linkchain" . Squeezemylemon.blogpsot.com. July 7, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2011 .
^ "Hip Linkchain: Discography" . AllMusic .com. Retrieved 2015-10-03 .
^ "Jimmy Dawkins: Jimmy and Hip Live" . AllMusic .com. 1999-12-25. Retrieved 2015-10-03 .
External links [ edit ]
International
National
Artists
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hip_Linkchain&oldid=1204822023 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 1 9 3 6 b i r t h s ● 1 9 8 9 d e a t h s ● B l u e s m u s i c i a n s f r o m M i s s i s s i p p i ● A m e r i c a n b l u e s g u i t a r i s t s ● A m e r i c a n m a l e g u i t a r i s t s ● A m e r i c a n b l u e s s i n g e r s ● C h i c a g o b l u e s m u s i c i a n s ● E l e c t r i c b l u e s m u s i c i a n s ● S o n g w r i t e r s f r o m M i s s i s s i p p i ● M u s i c i a n s f r o m J a c k s o n , M i s s i s s i p p i ● D e a t h s f r o m c a n c e r i n I l l i n o i s ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y A m e r i c a n s i n g e r s ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y A m e r i c a n g u i t a r i s t s ● S o n g w r i t e r s f r o m I l l i n o i s ● G u i t a r i s t s f r o m I l l i n o i s ● G u i t a r i s t s f r o m M i s s i s s i p p i ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y A m e r i c a n m a l e s i n g e r s ● P e o p l e f r o m H u m p h r e y s C o u n t y , M i s s i s s i p p i ● A m e r i c a n m a l e s o n g w r i t e r s ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y A m e r i c a n s o n g w r i t e r s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h h C a r d s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h I S N I i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h V I A F i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h W o r l d C a t E n t i t i e s i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h L C C N i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h M u s i c B r a i n z i d e n t i f i e r s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 8 F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 4 , a t 0 2 : 4 5 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
