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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Elvin Bishop| image = Elvin Bishop 2010.jpg| caption = Bishop performing at Boston's On The Beach on July 3, 2010| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| Born = birth date and age|1942|10|21 Glendale, California|Glendale , California , United States | death_date =|origin = Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa , Oklahoma | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar , slide guitar | genre = Blues , rock and roll | occupation = Musician , songwriter | years_active = 1963–present| label = Blind Pig Records , Alligator Records , Delta Groove Productions|Delta Groove Music | associated_acts =| website = http://www.elvinbishopmusic.com www.elvinbishopmusic.com| notable_instruments = Gibson ES-345 Elvin Bishop (born October 21, 1942)Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3682/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography is an United States|American blues and rock and roll musician and guitar ist.
Career
Bishop was born in Glendale, California|Glendale , California , and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa|Elliott , Iowa . His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa , Oklahoma , when he was ten years old. There he attended Will Rogers High School , winning a full scholarship to the University of Chicago as a National Merit Scholarship Program|National Merit Scholar finalist. Upon graduation, he moved to Chicago, Illinois|Chicago in 1960 to attend school, where he majored in physics . In 1963, he met harmonica player Paul Butterfield in the neighborhood of Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park and joined Butterfield's blues band (music)|band , with whom he remained for five years. Their third album , The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw , takes its name from Bishop's nickname. In 1968 he went solo (music)|solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group, also performing with Bloomfield and Al Kooper on their album titled The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper . The group signed with Fillmore Records, which was owned by Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham , who also owned the music venues of the same name.cite web|url= http://www.rockandrollroadmap.com/san-francisco-area-studios/fillmore-records/view-details.html|title=Fillmore Records|publisher= Rock and Roll Map|accessdate=2 October 2011 In March 1971, The Elvin Bishop Group and The Allman Brothers Band co-billed a series of concerts at the Fillmore East . Bishop joined The Allman Brothers Band onstage for a rendition of his own song, "Drunken Hearted Boy". Over the years, Bishop has recorded with many other blues artists including Clifton Chenier and John Lee Hooker . In late 1975, he played guitar for a couple of tracks on Bo Diddley 's ''The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll album, and in 1995, he toured with B.B. King .
Bishop made an impression on album-oriented rock FM radio stations with "Travelin' Shoes" in 1975, http://www.answers.com/topic/elvin-bishop Answers.com but a year later, in 1976, Bishop released his most memorable single (music)|single , " Fooled Around and Fell in Love ", which peaked at #3 in the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart (and #34 in the UK charts). The recording featured singer|vocalist Mickey Thomas (singer)|Mickey Thomas and drummer Donny Baldwin who both later joined Jefferson Starship . The song was featured in the films Summer of Sam , Boogie Nights , '' The Devil's Rejects , and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay .
Bishop feels that the limitations of his voice have helped his songwriting. cite web| title = Elvin Bishop Interview | work = Songfacts | url = http://www.songfacts.com/int/2007/09/elvin-bishop.html
Bishop appeared at the 1984 Long Beach Blues Festival . In 1988, he signed with Alligator Records and released Big Fun featuring Whit Lehnberg & The Carptones, 1991's ''Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down'', 1995's Ace in the Hole , 1998's ''The Skin I'm In'' and 2000's ''That's My Partner , on which he paired with an early Chicago blues teacher, Little Smokey Smothers . He later revisited Smothers in the studio, where the two recorded another album in 2009; Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop: Chicago Blues Buddies .
Bishop's Alligator Records releases have been consistently well conceived.cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray | edition= | publisher= Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | isbn= 1-85868-255-X | page= 92
In 2005, Bishop released his first new CD in five years, ''Gettin' My Groove Back . cite web| title = Elvin Bishop | work = Blind Pig Records | url = http://www.blindpigrecords.com/releases/BP-5100.html In 2008, Bishop released The Blues Roles On , on September 23, 2008, switching labels to Delta Groove Productions|Delta Groove Music . He was supported by B. B. King, Warren Haynes , Derek Trucks , George Thorogood , James Cotton , Kim Wilson , Tommy Castro , John Nemeth and Angela Strehli . The album was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album . In 2010, Bishop released Red Dog Speaks .
Personal life
Bishop's daughter Selina and ex-wife Jennifer Villarin were murdered in August 2000cite web | title = Elvin Bishop's Daughter, Ex-wife Murdered | work = VH1 News | date = 2000-08-10 | url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1436800/20000810/bishop_elvin.jhtml by Glenn Taylor Helzer , his brother Justin Helzer, and accomplice Dawn Godman. According to The Point Reyes Light , "Bishop, her mother Jenny Villarin, and a friend of Villarin, James Gamble, were murdered as part of an elaborate scheme to extort $100,000 from elderly Concord, California residents Ivan and Annette Stineman".cite web | last = Gale | first = Ivan | title = Selina Bishop Murderer Admits She's Guilty | work = Point Reyes Light | date = 2003-08-07 | url = http://www.ptreyeslight.com/stories/aug07_03/selina_bishop.html The False Prophet: Conspiracy, Extortion, and Murder in the Name of God , Claire Booth. Berkley Books, 2008
Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop: Chicago Blues Buddies (2009)
Red Dog Speaks (2010)
Live albums
''Raisin' Hell (1977)
''That's My Partner! (2000)
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert (2001)
Booty Bumpin (2007)
''Raisin' Hell Revue (2011)
References
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External links
http://www.elvinbishopmusic.com Official Website
http://www.myspace.com/elvinbishopmusic Elvin Bishop on Myspace
http://www.mikebloomfieldamericanmusic.com Michael Bloomfield Discography
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/elvin-bishop-concert/20050002-2164.html Elvin Bishop Live from the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on April 3, 1976
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BI012.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Bishop, Elvin
http://artistconnectionpodcast.libsyn.com/webpage/episode-037-elvin-bishop Artist Connection Podcast Interview
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