| Buddy Miles | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | George Allen Miles, Jr. |
| Born | September 5, 1947 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 2008 (aged 60) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Rock, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, electric guitar, singing |
| Years active | 1967–2008 |
| Label(s) | Mercury, CBS, Columbia, Epic, Casablanca, Atlantic, Rykodisc, Hip-O, Ruf |
| Associated acts | Ruby & the Romantics, Ink Spots, Delfonics, Wilson Pickett, Electric Flag, Mike Bloomfield, Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, Bootsy Collins |
| Website | www.buddymiles.com |
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Biography
Early life
George "Buddy" Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 5, 1947. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was known as a child prodigy, originally playing drums in his father, George Miles, Sr. 's, jazz band, The Bebops, beginning at age 12. Miles Sr. had played upright bass with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon. The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist Dexter Gordon ( February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist, and an Academy
In his teens Miles Jr. was often seen hanging out as well as recording at the Universal Promotions Corporation (U. P. C. ) recording studios, which later became Rainbow Recording Studios[1]
Miles was given the nickname "Buddy" by his aunt after the drummer Buddy Rich. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Bernard "Buddy" Rich ( September 30 1917 &ndash April 2 1987) was an American jazz drummer and Bandleader
Early career
Miles played in a variety of rhythm and blues and soul acts as a teenager, including Ruby & the Romantics, the Ink Spots, the Delfonics and Wilson Pickett. Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Ruby & The Romantics was an American early 1960s R'n'B group, frequently considered a One-hit wonder, which topped the charts once The Ink Spots were a popular black vocal group that helped define the Musical genre that led to Rhythm & blues and Rock and roll, and the subgenre The Delfonics are a Philadelphia soul singing group most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s Wilson Pickett ( March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B / Rock and Roll and soul By 1967 he moved to Chicago where he formed the Electric Flag with guitarist Mike Bloomfield. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Electric Flag, formed in 1967, was a Blues rock soul group led by Guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg For the astronaut see Michael J Bloomfield. Michael Bernard Bloomfield ( July 28 1943, Chicago, Illinois The blues-soul-rock band made their live debut at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and released their debut album, A Long Time Comin', the next year. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey A Long Time Comin is the debut album by American rock band The Electric Flag, released in 1968 Miles sometimes sang lead vocals for the group in addition to playing drums. The group broke up after their second album and Miles formed the Buddy Miles Express
Jimi Hendrix
After Electric Flag, Miles would begin involvement with the legendary Jimi Hendrix. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Miles had met Jimi Hendrix in an earlier time when both were acting as sidemen for other artists in the early '60s. The meeting had occurred in Canada in 1964, at a show both were participating in. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec
Miles said of his first meeting with Hendrix: "He was playing in the Isley Brothers band and I was in Ruby and the Romantics . . . [Jimi] had his hair in a pony-tail with long sideburns. Even though he was shy I could tell this guy was different. He looked rather strange, because everyone else was wearing uniforms and he was eating his guitar, doing flip-flops and wearing chains. "[2]
This prefaced a later friendship that would result in varied collaborations between the two artists. In 1967, Hendrix and Miles jammed at the Malibu home of Stephen Stills, and went on to play together again at various times, in both Los Angeles and New York in 1968. Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Hendrix occasionally joined Electric Flag on stage. The Electric Flag, formed in 1967, was a Blues rock soul group led by Guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg Soon after, Jimi Hendrix started opening his recording style to include guest artists. And in this mode Hendrix was working in, Buddy Miles quite naturally was invited to participate. Miles took part in the session recordings for Electric Ladyland, playing on the songs "Rainy Day, Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming". Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see
In 1969 an extremely busy Hendrix would somehow find time to produce the first two albums released by Buddy Miles' own band, Buddy Miles Express - Expressway To Your Skull and Electric Church. There was obvious public curiosity as to whether the name of the band "Buddy Miles Express" was influenced by Hendrix's act, "The Jimi Hendrix Experience". "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation.
Soon after the release of the groundbreaking Electric Ladyland album, Noel Redding (original Experience bass player) and Mitch Mitchell (the Experience drummer) had both parted company with Hendrix, not least because of constant wrangling between Hendrix's manager (Michael Jeffery) and his producer ( Alan Douglas), both vying for control of his career. David "Noel" Redding ( December 25, 1945 &ndash May 11, 2003) was an English Rock and roll guitarist best John "Mitch" Mitchell (born 9 July, 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex) is an English Drummer, most famous for his involvement Michael Jeffery (died 5 March 1973) was a music business manager of the 1960s who is best known for his management of British band The Animals and Alan Douglas is an American Record producer who has worked with Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Lenny Bruce and The Last Poets Everyone wanted a piece of Hendrix's success.
As Buddy Miles explained: "Jimi was not happy. He felt powerless. He couldn't do what he wanted to do. "[3].
Hendrix's solution to the problem was to found a short-lived band called Band of Gypsys, and Miles was brought in to join him. Band of Gypsys is a Live album and a project by Jimi Hendrix, backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, that followed Hendrix's
One of the notable features for his audience at the time was the fact that all of the players were black. This was a first for Hendrix as an international recording star - although he had, of course, played with the Isley Brothers in his early days - and this choice reflected a move toward reconnecting with his soul roots. It also had the effect of re-associating rock with its African American roots. Live at the Fillmore East recorded New Year's Eve 1969/70 was arguably Miles and Hendrix's most riveting recording. The band was based in New York City where Hendrix was spending the majority of his time. Hendrix, who was tangled in legal litigation concerning contracts he had signed prior to his becoming internationally recognized, was required to release a record to the Capitol Records label as part of the agreement in court. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as This fact led to the live recording of his collaboration with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox. Billy Cox is a Bass guitarist best known for playing with Guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
However during a follow up performance a month later, Hendrix had a minor, drug-related meltdown on stage which has also been speculated to have been an act of sabotage on the part of a very frustrated manager Michael Jeffrey, who was not a fan of the Band of Gypsys all-black line-up and strong R&B roots. Miles had this to say about the incident years later:
"Jeffery slipped [Jimi] two half-tabs of acid on stage as he went on . . . [Jimi] just freaked out. I told Jeffery he was an out-and-out complete idiot and a fucking asshole to boot. One of the biggest reasons why Jimi is dead is because of that guy. "[4]
Miles and Jeffery already had a strained relationship, as Jeffery was always uncomfortable with Hendrix and Miles' close friendship. After this performance at Madison Square Garden in January 1970, Jeffery fired Buddy Miles and the Band of Gypsys was no more.
Miles continued to work with Hendrix during early and mid 1970 after the Jimi Hendrix Experience had failed to re-form to record. Miles would share recording studio drumming duties on songs "Room Full of Mirrors", "Izabella", "Ezy Ryder" and the first version of "Stepping Stones" (for which Mitchell played a final drum track). These songs have been released in several posthumous Hendrix albums.
Ironically, the album Band of Gypsys - released in May 1970 - made the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic, and stayed in the US charts for over a year. Hendrix died in September 1970, prompting the album to sell even better.
Post-Hendrix
Buddy Miles went on to produce other records under his own name. A song he had written and recorded with the Band of Gypsys, "Them Changes" was again recorded by Miles with his own band on a release soon after Hendrix's passing on Mercury Records. Band of Gypsys is a Live album and a project by Jimi Hendrix, backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, that followed Hendrix's Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of Miles' former Band Of Gypsys sideman, Billy Cox, performed bass guitar on this track. By this time Miles had dropped the "Buddy Miles Express" act name and shortened it to just his own name, Buddy Miles. That band included bassist David Hull (who would go on to work with Joe Perry of Aerosmith) and guitarist Charlie Karp. Joe Perry may refer to Joe Perry (American football (born 1927 Joe Perry (musician (born 1950 Joe Perry (snooker Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" The same band would release a live album entitled Live which again included his by now signature song, "Them Changes". In late 1968, they appeared in the Monkees television special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee which aired in April 1969. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series.
Buddy also contributed to a number of Cheech and Chong songs. Most notably was Lost Due To Incompetence (Theme For A Big Green Van) 1978 from the film Up In Smoke. Up in Smoke, directed by Lou Adler, is Cheech and Chong 's first feature-length film released in 1978 by Paramount Pictures.
Miles would see the song released yet a fourth time on a collaborative live record he made with Carlos Santana. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. This particular version was particularly notable for its intense energy, horn lines and blazing guitar work supplied by a very young and energetic Santana. Miles would then go on to be signed by the 70's-80's era record label, Casablanca Records, best known for their rock act KISS. Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 Miles' work for the label included the excellent album released under his own name, Bicentennial Gathering Of The Tribes. It would include on its liner notes a quote from President John F Kennedy concerning the American Indians. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of That quote would include the line "When we neglect the heroic past of the American Indian, we thereby weaken our own heritage". This was interesting in relationship to his former friendship and collaborations with Jimi Hendrix who, in fact, had much American Indian blood in his family line.
It should not go unmentioned that part of Miles' appeal as a rock musician was his physical appearance. He drew many stares and smiles as he held court from the drumset in the Electric Flag days, with his American flag or sequined shirts, his high-brushed Afro, and his massive frame and smile. An afro, sometimes called a "natural" or shortened to "fro", is a Hairstyle in which the Hair extends out from the Head Buddy was an eyeful for the hippies and concertgoers of the day.
The Unknown Work of Buddy Miles - The Club Fed Sessions
Perhaps the best work Buddy ever did was in collaboration with a team of musician/writers from Marin County, California in late 1984, early 1985. Buddy was in a halfway house in Oakland and commuted every day to the Ice House Studio in San Rafael, CA to work with Pat Craig of the Tazmanian Devils, David Jenkins of Pablo Cruise, Dave Carlson of Tazmanian Devils and other Marin musicians and songwriters including Bill Craig, Tony Marty, and Tony Saunders. The result was an album's worth of material written by Pat Craig, Buddy, David Jenkins, Robbie Long, Bill Craig and Tony Marty. First recorded as a demo at the Ice House, the project was moved to The Record Plant in Sausalito and Jim Gaines of Huey Lewis fame came in to take over production chores. The group produced over 15 songs ranging from funky soul to beautiful ballads, and featuring some of the best singing that Miles ever did. One cut, "When The Train Leaves the Station," featured solos by both Carlos Santana and Neil Schoen. The title song of the proposed album, "Anna", was a beautiful soul stirrer that helped Buddy land his next gig with California Raisins. While the album was being recorded, the Record Plant was taken over by the Federal Government when the owner was busted for drug trafficking. The musicians and employees working there began calling the studio "Club Fed" and that's how "The Club Fed Sessions" came to be. Unfortunately Buddy's reputation of inconsistency and problems with the law closed many doors for him and the album was never released. The Masters remain in the can in the hands of Buddy's former manager, but Pat Craig did manage to digitize some of the better mixes and has offered them from time to time on Ebay as a collector's item under the title "Buddy and Me. ". Songs on the demo included "Anna," "Forever in a Moment," "Tonight," "Next to You," and "This Could Be An Everlasting Love. " A short-lived band featuring Pat Craig, David Jenkins, Rick Quintanal, Tony Saunders and other Marin musicians played one gig in LA at a concert honoring Vietnam Veterans.
California Raisins
In 1986 Miles performed vocals for the California Raisins claymation ad campaign, most notably singing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and was also lead vocals on two California Raisins albums featuring 1960's R&B covers. The California Raisins was a fictional Rhythm and blues musical group composed of anthropomorphized Raisins. Clay animation is one of many forms of Stop motion animation Each animated piece either character or background is "deformable"&mdashmade of a malleable substance " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " is a R&B / soul song written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong In 1986 and 1987, after spending the late 1970s and early 1980s incarcerated for theft, he also rejoined Carlos Santana as a vocalist on Santana's album Freedom. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales.
In 1996, he sat in with rock band Phish at Madison Square Garden. Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City.
Through the late 1990's, Miles' charitable side was seen in his band's playing pro bono at several annual tribute concerts for local friend and fan Linda Gillespie, who had been killed in a car accident in the Spring of 1994 in Winthrop Harbor, IL.
Buddy Miles was seen in the Hendrix-family-owned, official video release The Making of Electric Ladyland on Rhino Records. Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty Record label and production company owned by Warner Music Group. That video featured interviews with the majority of players who were involved in recording the legendary Hendrix album. Miles even went as far as to be video recorded playing his same drum tracks yet again in the studio to the original multi-track recordings of Hendrix. In 1999 Miles appeared on the late Bruce Cameron's album, Midnight Daydream that included other Hendrix alumni Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell along with Jack Bruce and others. Bruce Cameron (1955-1999 was a mysterious guitarist who managed to attract an illustrious cast of legendary rock 'n' roll legends to record his 1999 debut and final album Midnight Daydream is an album by Bruce Cameron, released in 1999 John "Mitch" Mitchell (born 9 July, 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex) is an English Drummer, most famous for his involvement John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born 14 May 1943 is a Scottish -born musician composer and Singer.
In 2004 Miles reunited yet again with Billy Cox of the Band of Gypsys to re-record songs from the original live album of 1970 with guitarists Eric Gales, Kenny Olsen, Sheldon Reynolds, Andy Aledort, and Gary Serkin. Sheldon Reynolds is a Guitarist, Vocalist, and Songwriter. At the age of 8 Reynolds picked up the guitar not knowing that his early musical The album, titled The Band Of Gypsys Return, was released in 2006. Until his death, Buddy Miles continued to be active musically and performed many shows with proceeds going to help support victims of natural disasters and other noble causes.
Buddy Miles is credited on sessions with George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic.
In 2005 Buddy Miles began collaborating with Florida based Guitar Virtuoso Tony Smotherman in which the two toured the Southeast with a Blues-Rock Band performing various pieces from Miles' Collaborations with Jimi Hendrix. Miles and Smotherman last performed at the Austin Convention Center at the 2007 Summer NAMM Show with Vernon Reid of Living Color. Living Colour is an American Funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983
Buddy Miles played his last live dates in 2007, on the West Coast of the United States with special assistance. The " West Coast " " Western Seaboard " or " Pacific Seaboard " are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the Western United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was forced to cancel the remaining dates because of heart problems. The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic
Death
Buddy Miles died on February 26, 2008 at his home in Austin, Texas at the age of 60. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A cause of death has yet to be announced, although his publicist Duane Lee told the New York Times that Miles had been suffering recently from congestive heart failure. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply
There was a history of congestive heart failure in his family. His sister and mother both died of the same illness.
It is known that his heart had certainly been struggling, working at only 15%, and his health had been consistently deteriorating over the past few months. According to friends, "he had turned off his defibrillator and was ready for heaven. "[5]
There was no funeral; Buddy was cremated. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire
The day before Buddy died, he heard Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton playing 'Them Changes' at Madison Square Garden through his cell phone. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. 'Them Changes' is now part of Clapton's set on tour as a tribute to Buddy. A tribute (from Latin tribulum, contribution is wealth one party gives to another as a sign of respect or as was often case in historical contexts of submission
The UK-based newspaper The Independent ran an almost full-page obituary for Buddy Miles in its Friday February 29, 2008 edition. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. An obituary is an attempt to give an account of the texture and significance of the life of someone who has recently died Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common In Printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate usually at the same point in time The title for the piece was "Buddy Miles: Flamboyant Hendrix drummer", and can be found on page 47.
Asked how he would like to be remembered by the American music magazine Seconds in in 1995, Miles simply said: "The baddest of the bad. People say I'm the baddest drummer. If that's true, thank you world. "[6]
A memorial concert took place on March 30 at Threadgill’s on Riverside Drive, South Austin. A memorial is an object which serves as a memory of something usually a person (who has died or an event Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
References
- Pareles, Jon (February 29, 2008). Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common "Buddy Miles, 60, Hendrix Drummer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved on February 29, 2008. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- Perrone, Pierre (February 29, 2008). Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common "Buddy Miles: Flamboyant Hendrix drummer". The Independent newspaper. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media.
- Cheech and Chong Dot Com (February 27, 2008) "REST IN PEACE BUDDY MILES". Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common '
External links
- Official website
- Buddy Miles at Allmusic
- Michael Bloomfield Chronology (with information on Buddy Miles' time with the Electric Flag)
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