Sweet Charles Sherrell
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Sweet Charles Sherrell | |
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| Birth name | Charles Sherrell |
| Also known as | Sweet Charles |
| Born | March 8, 1943 Nashville, Tennessee, US |
| Died | March 29, 2023 (aged 80) |
| Genres | R&B, funk, soul |
| Instrument(s) | Electric bass, clavinet, keyboards, guitar |
| Labels | People |
Charles Emanuel Sherrell (March 8, 1943 – March 29, 2023) was an American bassist known for recording and performing with James Brown. He was a member of The J.B.'s from 1973 to 1996.
Biography
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Sherrell began his career playing drums with fellow Nashville residents Jimi Hendrix and Billy Cox, practicing at a club a block from Hendrix's residence[1]. Sherrell learned to play the guitar by washing the car (a Jaguar) of Curtis Mayfield in exchange for guitar lessons. Sherrell soon began teaching himself to play the bass after buying one from a local pawn shop for $69, which led him to join Johnny Jones & The King Kasuals Band, Aretha Franklin's backing group.
Sherrell joined
Charles has hung in there amazingly long in good spirits battling lung emphysema, but his heart couldn’t cope anymore. Charles Sherrell died on March 29, 2023, at his home in The Netherlands. [3]
Discography
As leader
- For Sweet People from Sweet Charles (1974)
As sideman
- With James Brown
- Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud(1969)
- It's a New Day(1970)
- Get Up Offa That Thing(1976)
References
- ^ Charles Sherrell Bio sweetcharlessherrell.com Retrieved 16 April 2024
- ^ Brown, James, and Bruce Tucker (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul, 198. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press.
- ^ ""Sweet Charles" Sherrell, music director for James Brown, dies at age 80". Soul Tracks. March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
External links
- sweetcharlessherrell.com - official website
- Discography at waxpoetics.com
- Sweet Charles Sherrell discography at Discogs
- Sweet Charles Sherrell at IMDb
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