⬇️ CASEY JONES ⬇️
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Casey Jones (July 26, 1939 – May 3, 2017) was an American drummer who
recorded with blues artists such as Albert Collins, appearing on his
Frostbite and Ice Pickin' albums and Johnny Winter appearing on Winters
Serious Business, Guitar Slinger, True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter
Story albums. He is also a singer and record producer.
He was born in Nitta Yuma, Mississippi on July 26, 1939. He was raised in
Greenville. In 1956 he moved to Chicago to live with his sister. It was
here that his sister and her husband bought him his first drum set. He had
his first gig in 1956 from which he made $5.
In 1961 he married Bernice who had came to hear his group play. Prior to
being married by the minister they had attempted to get married by a
priest who refused to marry them because he said they wouldn't last six
months as Bernice was white and Casey was black. Casey and Bernice raised
their family in Morgan Park with a household filled with cats, dogs, fish
and birds. He was also fond of big dogs and in particular a huge gray
Great Dane called Soldier.
In the early 1960s he recorded with Earl Hooker, A.C. Reed, McKinley
Mitchell, and Muddy Waters. As a session drummer he has worked with
artists such as Lou Rawls, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter. For
six years he was a member of Albert Collins’s band as his drummer.
According to Maureen O'Donnell of the Chicago Sun Times and Living Blues
contributor Justin O'Brien, Jones was a talented singer, an excellent
R&B singer.
After his time with Albert Collins, Jones went to concentrate on his
singing and fronting his own band. In 1983, he had the album Still Kickin'
released on his own Airwax label. In 1987, another album Solid Blues was
released on the Rooster Blues label. Between 1993 and 1995, he had two
more albums released - The Crowd Pleaser and I-94 On My Way to Chicago.
Both were released on Airwax.
Jones was diagnosed with prostate cancer and died on May 3, 2017 in
Chicago. In addition to his wife Bernice and three children, he was
survived by four sisters.
(Wikipedia)
