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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Katie Webster| caption =| image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Kathryn Jewel Thorne| alias =| birth_date = birth date|1936|1|11|mf=y Houston , Texas , United States | death_date = death date and age|1999|9|5|1936|1|11|mf=y League City, Texas , United States| origin =| instrument = Piano , vocals , percussion | genre = Boogie-woogie , Soul music|soul , swamp blues | occupation = Musician , pianist , vocalist , composer , singer , songwriter | years_active =| label =| associated_acts =| website =| notable_instruments = Katie Webster (January 11, 1936 – September 5, 1999), born Kathryn Jewel Thorne ,Allmusic|class=artist|id=p569/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic was an United States|American boogie-woogie pianist.
Career
Webster was initially best known as a session musician behind Louisiana musicians on the Excello Records|Excello and Goldband Records|Goldband record labels, such as Lightnin' Slim and Lonesome Sundown .cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues - From Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson to Robert Cray | edition= | publisher=Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | isbn= 1-85868-255-X | page= 182 She also played piano with Otis Redding in the 1960s, but after his death went into semi-retirement.
In the 1980s she was repeatedly booked for European tours and recorded albums for the German record label, Ornament Records . She cut ''You Know That's Right with the band Hot Links, and the album that established her in the United States; The Swamp Boogie Queen with guest spots by Bonnie Raitt and Robert Cray . She performed at both the San Francisco Blues Festival and Long Beach Blues Festival .
Webster suffered a stroke in 1993 while touring Greece and returned to performing the following year.Bill Dahl, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-05-27/entertainment/9405270136_1_eddie-shuler-webster-blues-summit "`Boogie-woogie Queen' Katie Webster Returns From Stroke", Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1994. She died from heart failure in League City, Texas , in September 1999. http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1998.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed December 2009
See also
List of swamp blues musicians
List of Louisiana blues musicians
New Orleans rhythm and blues
Music of Louisiana
Swamp blues
List of New Orleans blues musicians
Louisiana blues
References
Reflist
External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p569|label=Katie Webster
http://www.alligator.com/index.cfm? section=artists& artistID=20 Short biography on www.alligator.com
Persondata | NAME =Thorne, Kathryn Jewel | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =Webster, Katie | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American boogie-woogie pianist | DATE OF BIRTH =January 11, 1936 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Houston , Texas , United States | DATE OF DEATH =September 5, 1999 | PLACE OF DEATH = League City, Texas , United States DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Katie Category:1936 births Category:1999 deaths Category:American blues musicians Category:American pianists Category:Boogie-woogie pianists Category:People from Houston, Texas Category:Musicians from Texas Category:Blues musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:Swamp blues musicians Category:Louisiana blues musicians Category:Deaths from heart failure
