Size: 97,7 MB
Time: 41:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Blues
Art: Full
1. I Got A Brand New Love (3:03)
2. We Couldn't Make It (6:09)
3. Suckin' Bones (3:19)
4. Sweet Running Water Man (4:46)
5. I'm Proud And Strong (4:13)
6. It's Too Good To Be True (2:48)
7. Something To Hold On To (2:34)
8. You Can Make It If You Try (5:33)
9. Stay In Touch (2:29)
10. Blues For Erling (2:42)
11. Them Shoes Hit Me In The Face (4:10)
Musician, actor and dancer, born 28/06/1938 in New York, also called Little Earl. He came to Norway with his band in 1964 and was hired as an actor and dancer at Det Norske Teatret, but it is as a soul interpreter that he will be remembered. Wilson started the legendary soul band Little Earl & The Sapphires, which consisted mainly of musicians from an unnamed band that rehearsed at Club 7, and from the group The Bats, which went so far as to get an appearance on television. The line-up was Tommy Merg and Nils Bjørness on guitars, Svein Hansen on bass, Tom Karlsen on drums, Arild Wickstrøm on organ, and a line of brass consisting of Calle Neumann (alto sax), Knut Riisnes and Alf Kjeldman (both on tenor sax) and Hans Petter "Stan" Knudsen (baritone sax).
The band toured Germany in 1966, and were among the first soul/R&B bands to tour there. On the recording front, they made three singles: "Don't Play That Song" (1966), "I Can't Believe It" (1966) and "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" (1967) – the first released as Little Earl and The Sapphires, the last two came as The Sapphires. In addition, the band backed Wenche Myhre on the single "Love A Go Go", before they disbanded in 1968. Most of the musicians in The Sapphires continued with music, in a rock context the late Tom Karlsen is the most important, as drummer in e.g. Dream. Hans Knudsen later wrote books about the authors Rudolf Muus and Sverre Vegenor.
Wilson formed the band Club 7 Explosion in 1968, which i.a. included Inger Lise Andersen (later Rypdal) for a period. He released his first solo LP in 1970, and toured with the group Satan's Horn in Poland in the early 70s. He also wrote music for the films "All Day – All Year" and "We Conserve – You Serve", as well as being behind both the music and the idea for several ballets. Wilson's version of James Brown's "Hot Pants", recorded with Norwegian studio musicians in 1972, was first released in 2007 under the name The Band No Name, by Norwegian Plastic Strip Records on a vinyl single. In 1995 he wrote music for and starred in the television series Sommerfugl, and in the same year he released his second CD, Blues For All Seasons.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
The band toured Germany in 1966, and were among the first soul/R&B bands to tour there. On the recording front, they made three singles: "Don't Play That Song" (1966), "I Can't Believe It" (1966) and "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" (1967) – the first released as Little Earl and The Sapphires, the last two came as The Sapphires. In addition, the band backed Wenche Myhre on the single "Love A Go Go", before they disbanded in 1968. Most of the musicians in The Sapphires continued with music, in a rock context the late Tom Karlsen is the most important, as drummer in e.g. Dream. Hans Knudsen later wrote books about the authors Rudolf Muus and Sverre Vegenor.
Wilson formed the band Club 7 Explosion in 1968, which i.a. included Inger Lise Andersen (later Rypdal) for a period. He released his first solo LP in 1970, and toured with the group Satan's Horn in Poland in the early 70s. He also wrote music for the films "All Day – All Year" and "We Conserve – You Serve", as well as being behind both the music and the idea for several ballets. Wilson's version of James Brown's "Hot Pants", recorded with Norwegian studio musicians in 1972, was first released in 2007 under the name The Band No Name, by Norwegian Plastic Strip Records on a vinyl single. In 1995 he wrote music for and starred in the television series Sommerfugl, and in the same year he released his second CD, Blues For All Seasons.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
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