Son Seals
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Biography
[Edit]It all started with a phone call from Wesley Race, who was at the Flamingo Club on Chicago's South Side, to Alligator Records owner Bruce Iglauer. Race was raving about a new find, a young guitarist named Son Seals. He held the phone in the direction of the bandstand, so Iglauer could get an on-site report. It didn't take long for Iglauer to scramble into action. Alligator issued Seals' eponymous debut album in 1973, which was followed by six more.
Son Seals was born Frank Seals on August 13, 1942 in Osceola, Arkansas. His dad operated a juke joint called the Dipsy Doodle Club in Osceola where Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, and Albert King cavorted upfront while little Frank listened intently in back. Drums were the youth's first instrument; he played them behind Nighthawk at age 13. But by the time he was 18, Son Seals turned his talents to guitar, fronting his own band in Little Rock.
While visiting his sister in Chicago, he hooked up with Earl Hooker's Roadmasters in 1963 for a few months, and there was a 1966 stint with Albert King that sent him behind the drumkit once more. But with the death of his father in 1971, Seals returned to Chicago, this time for good. When Alligator signed him up, his days fronting a band at the Flamingo Club and the Expressway Lounge were numbered.
Seals' jagged, uncompromising guitar riffs and gruff vocals were showcased very effectively on that 1973 debut set, which contained his "Your Love Is like a Cancer" and a raging instrumental called "Hot Sauce." Midnight Son, his 1976 encore, was by comparison a much slicker affair, with tight horns, funkier grooves, and a set list that included "Telephone Angel" and "On My Knees." Seals cut a live LP in 1978 at Wise Fools Pub; another studio concoction, Chicago Fire, in 1980, and a solid set in 1984, Bad Axe, before having a disagreement with Iglauer that that was patched up in 1991 with the release of his sixth Alligator set, Living in the Danger Zone. Nothing But the Truth followed in 1994, sporting some of the worst cover art in CD history, but a stinging lineup of songs inside. Another live disc, Spontaneous Combustion, was recorded at Buddy Guy's Legends club and released in June of 1996. Over the years, Seals had his share of hardship, bad deals, unemployment, and rip-offs that go on in the music business. However, his personal life took two devastating blows in the late '90s. On January 5, 1997, during a domestic dispute, Seals was shot in the jaw by his former spouse. He miraculously recovered and continued touring. Two years later he had his left leg amputated as a result of diabetes. What would have surely forced most performers into retirement only made Seals more dedicated to his music and audience. He came back in 2000, signing with Telarc Blues, and recorded Lettin' Go. Seals preferred to remain close to his Chicago home, holding his touring itinerary to an absolute minimum. Virtually every weekend he could be found somewhere on the Northside blues circuit, dishing up his raw-edged brand of bad blues axe to local followers. The blues ended for Son Seals on December 20, 2004; he passed away due to diabetes related complications. ~ Bill Dahl & Al Campbell, Rovi
Title: The Blues Walked In This Morning (Wise Fools Pub, Chicago '78) (Remastered)
Artist: Son Seals
Genre: Blues
Collections
Title: The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: Gambling With the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues: Love Songs from the 80s
Genre: Blues
Title: United States of Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Masterpieces - Taking Care of Business
Genre: Blues
Title: How to Sing the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Top Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Music Legends
Genre: Blues
Title: Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Vanthology - A Tribute to Van Morrison
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Star Spangled Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Mystery Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Complete Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of Chicago Blues
Genre: Country
Title: Best Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: Alligator Records: Blues Essentials, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Rhythm & Blues Christmas
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Title: Love Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Suspicious Minds Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Instrumentals
Genre: Blues
Title: Sweet Blues - 25 Rare Blues Tracks
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Heartache Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: American Blues Scene: The 90s
Genre: Blues
Title: Top 20 Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: American Blues - Heartbreakers
Genre: Blues
Title: Rockin' Those Blues Away
Genre: Blues
Title: All American Blues Christmas
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues: Big Trouble
Genre: Blues
Title: Lonesome Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: Good Luck, Bad Luck Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Outlaw Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Blues - Things Aren't Going My Way
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Run Hot and Cold - 21 Rare Blues Tracks
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues: Love Trouble
Genre: Blues
Title: American Blues - Guitar Greats
Genre: Blues
Title: Mudslides and Bottlenecks
Genre: Blues
Title: Dirty Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest Blues Royalty
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues: Home Is Where the Heart Is
Genre: Blues
Title: Sharin' In the Groove
Genre: Electronica, Rock
Title: Bluesin' USA
Genre: Blues
Title: The Sun and the Moon Blues - 24 Rare Blues Tracks
Genre: Blues
Title: Beyond the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Darkest Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Learning Blues Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Falling In Love With the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Hits of Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Street Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Trouble Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Creepy Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Juiced Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Across America
Genre: Blues
Title: Lyin' Cheatin' Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Golden Blues Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Top 20 Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Hey Bo Diddley - A Tribute!
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Guitar Nuggets
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues - Beach Sounds
Genre: Blues
Title: Discover - American Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Saddest Blues Songs Ever
Genre: Blues
Title: American Blues Balladry
Genre: Blues
Title: Blue Guitar Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Amazing Blues Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Chicago Blues Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues - I've got the Blues Again
Genre: Blues
Title: Chicago Blues Ballads
Genre: Blues
Title: A Beginners Guide to Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Angry Blues
Genre: Blues