Barrence Whitfield
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Birth name | Barry White |
Born | Jacksonville, Florida, US | June 13, 1955
Genres | R&B, soul, gospel |
Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader |
Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
Years active | 1970s-present |
Labels | Rounder, New Rose Records, Munster Records, Bloodshot Records, Modern Harmonic, others |
Website | Barrence Whitfield official site |
Barrence Whitfield (born Barry White, June 13, 1955) is an American soul and
White was born in
1970s—1980s
In 1977, White enrolled at
The band garnered a strong reputation for explosive stage performances, described as "raucous and rough, in high gear from the moment they hit the stage."
Whitfield released a third album, Call of the Wild, in the UK in 1987, featuring a new band line-up; an expanded version, retitled Ow! Ow! Ow! was later issued in the US. He toured widely in Europe, and won supporting slots on US tours with such artists as Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, George Thorogood, Robert Cray, and Solomon Burke. Back home Whitfield earned seven Boston Music Awards.[2] A live album, Live Emulsified, recorded in 1987–88, was followed by the album Let's Lose It, produced by Jim Dickinson and issued in France.[5]
1990s—present
In the 1990s, Whitfield contributed tracks to
In December 2010, Whitfield, Peter Greenberg (DMZ, Lyres, Customs), and Phil Lenker (Lyres) were joined by Andy Jody (Gazelles!, Pearlene, Oxford Cotton, Long Gones) and saxophonist Tom Quartulli to perform two live shows and record a new Barrence Whitfield and The Savages record. That album, Savage Kings, was released on Spanish Label Munster Records and in the US on Shake it Records. In 2013 Whitfield signed with Bloodshot Records, on which he issued Dig Thy Savage Soul in September 2013. Whitfield again toured Europe, including an appearance on the BBC's Jools Holland Show. A followup, Under the Savage Sky, was recorded in January 2015 at UltraSuede studios and released in August of that year; Whitfield described the album as "giving the kids a musical karate chop to the head."[6] A third album for Bloodshot, Soul Flowers of Titan, was issued in 2018.
Barrence Whitfield and the Soul Savage Arkestra: Songs from the Sun Ra Cosmos was issued by Modern Harmonic on May 3, 2019. The album features idiosyncratic covers of songs composed by the
Discography
- Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, Mamou, 1984
- Dig Yourself, Rounder, 1985
- Call of the Wild EP, UK Demon/Rounder, 1987
- Ow! Ow! Ow!, Rounder, 1987
- Live Emulsified, Rounder, 1989
- Let's Lose It, France, New Rose Records, 1990
- Savage Tracks, France, New Rose Records, 1992
- Cowboy Mambo (with Tom Russell), East Side Digital, 1993
- Hillbilly Voodoo (with Tom Russell), East Side Digital, 1993
- Ritual of the Savages, Ocean Music, 1995
- Savage Kings, Munster Records, 2011, rereleased Shake It Records
- Dig Thy Savage Soul, Bloodshot Records, 2013
- Under The Savage Sky, Bloodshot Records, 2015
- Soul Flowers of Titan, Bloodshot Records, 2018
- Barrence Whitfield and the Soul Savage Arkestra: Songs from the Sun Ra Cosmos, Modern Harmonic, 2019
- Glory, Folc (Spain), 2023[8]
References
- ^ Loudersound.com, September 7, 2015. "Once at West Side High School he grabbed every opportunity to perform, from taking part in productions of Broadway shows and musicals to playing in soul and funk bands.'"
- ^ a b c d "Web Informasi Terbaru & Lengkap". Barrencewhitfield.com.
- ^ a b c d Biography by John Dougan at AllMusic
- ^ a b "BARRENCE WHITFIELD". Rockabilly.nl.
- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Barrence Whitfield and the Savages". Trouserpress.com.
- ^ from an interview on Americana Music Show #262, published September 1, 2015.
- ^ "The Barrence Whitfield Soul Savage Arkestra". Modernharmonic.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Glory by Barrence Whitfield and the Savages at AllMusic
External links
- Barrence Whitfield official site
- Barrence Whitfield at AllMusic
- Article by John O'Neill, Barrence Whitfield still swings and rocks and belts out soul, The Worcester Phoenix, 1998