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Infobox musical artist | name = Pink Anderson| image = Pink_Anderson_and_son.jpg| caption = Pink Anderson and son "Little Pink Anderson" in the 1960s| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Pinkney Anderson| alias =| birth_date = Birth date|1900|2|12| death_date = death date and age|1974|10|12|1900|2|12| origin = Laurens, South Carolina|Laurens , South Carolina , United States | instrument = Guitar , Vocals | genre = Piedmont blues Country blues | occupation =| years_active = 1930s - 1960s| label =| associated_acts = Little Pink Anderson| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = "Pink" Anderson (February 12, 1900 – October 12, 1974) was a blues singer and guitarist , born in Laurens, South Carolina|Laurens , South Carolina .
Life and career
After being raised in Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina , he joined Dr. Frank Kerr of the Indian Remedy Company in 1914 to entertain the crowds whilst Kerr tried to sell a concoction purported to have medicinal qualities.Komara, Edward (ed.) (2006), Encyclopedia of the Blues , Routledge
In 1916 in Spartanburg, Anderson met Blind Simmie Dooley|Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley , from whom he learned to be a blues singer, this after experience in string bands. When Anderson was not traveling with Dr. Kerr, he and Dooley would play to medicine shows in Greenville, Spartanburg, and other neighboring communities, as well as sound recording and reproduction|recording four song|tracks for Columbia Records in Atlanta in April, 1928.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p27739/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography
After Dr. Kerr retired in 1945, Anderson stayed closer to home in Spartanburg, keeping his musical talents in tune with an old Gibson J-50 guitar and a harmonica . He still "went out" when he could with Leo "Chief Thundercloud" Kahdot (of the Potawatomi native Americans) and his medicine show, often with the Jonesville, South Carolina|Jonesville , South Carolina based harmonica-player Arthur " Peg Leg Sam " Jackson. In May 1950, Anderson was recorded by folklorist Paul Clayton (folksinger)|Paul Clayton at the Virginia State Fair. Heart problems eventually forced Anderson to retire from the road in 1957. He was once more recorded at his home in 1962 by Samuel Charters .
"Anderson went on to make an album on his own after the blues revival commenced in the early 1960s" and played some folk clubs, "establishing him as a minor but worthy exponent of the Piedmont blues|Piedmont school, versed in blues, ragtime , and folk (music)|folk songs". He also appeared in the 1963 film , The Bluesmen . A stroke in the late 1960s curtailed his musical activity.cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray | edition= | publisher=Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | pages= 88–89 | isbn= 1-85868-255-X Attempts by folklorist Peter B. Lowry in 1970 to get Anderson on tape were not successful, although apparently he could occasionally summon up some of his past abilities. A final concert tour|tour took place in the early 1970s with the aid of Roy Book Binder , one of his "students", taking him to Boston and New York City|New York .
He died in October 1974, of a myocardial infarction|heart attack at the age of 74. He is interred at Lincoln Memorial Gardens in Spartanburg. http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/1970.html Dead Rock Stars website - accessed February 2008 Anderson's son, known as Little Pink Anderson (b. July 13, 1954Bio on the CD "Sittin' here singing the blues"), is currently a bluesman living in Vermillion, South Dakota (U.S. state)|South Dakota .cite web|url= http://newshopper.sulekha.com/national-music-museum_photo_31159.htm |title=NATIONAL MUSIC MUSEUM Photo,NATIONAL MUSIC MUSEUM Pictures, Stills, Alvin "Little Pink" Anderson, a Carolina bluesman now living in |publisher=Newshopper.sulekha.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-30
The Pink in Pink Floyd
Syd Barrett , of England|English progressive rock band (music)|band Pink Floyd , came up with the band's name by juxtaposing the first names of Anderson and North Carolina bluesman, Floyd Council . Barrett noticed the names in the liner notes of a 1962 Blind Boy Fuller album (Philips BBL-7512). The text, written by Paul Oliver , read: " Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, (...) Pink Anderson or Floyd Council - these were a few amongst the many blues singers that were to be heard in the rolling hills of the Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont , or meandering with the streams through the wooded valleys."
Discography
Singles
"Papa's About To Get Mad" / "Gonna Tip Out Tonight" - Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley (recorded 14 April 1928) - Columbia 14336-D
"Every Day In The Week Blues" / "C.C. And O. Blues" - Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley (recorded 14 April 1928) - Columbia 14400-D
(Carolina Street Ballads: "John Henry" - "Everyday In The Week" - "The Ship Titanic" - "Greasy Greens" - "Wreck Of The Old 97" - "I've Got Mine" - "He's In The Jailhouse Now") - Pink Anderson (recorded May 29, 1950 by Paul Clayton (folksinger)|Paul Clayton )
("My Baby Left Me This Morning" - "Baby, Please Don't Go" - "Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night" - "Big House Blues" - "Meet Me In The Bottom" - "Weeping Willow Blues" - "Baby I'm Going Away" - "Thousand Woman Blues" - "I Had My Fun" - "Every Day In The Week" - "Try Some Of That")
Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum & Blues with Baby Tate (1962) Folkways Records FS 3588
("You Don't Know My Mind" - "That's No Way To Do" - "Weeping Willow Blues" - " Hey Lawdy Mama (blues song)#Meet Me in the Bottom|Meet Me in the Bottom " - "I Got a Woman 'Cross Town" - "Greasy Greens" - "Boweevil" - "Chicken" - "He's In The Jailhouse Now" - "The Titanic" - "The Boys Of Your Uncle Sam" - "Baby Tate" - "See What You Done Done") (recorded live in Spartanburg, 1961-62 by Samuel Charters )
Pink Anderson: Vol. 2 Medicine Show Man (1962) Prestige/Bluesville BV 1051 / OBCCD-587-2
("I Got Mine" - "Greasy Greens" - "I Got A Woman 'Way Cross Town" - "Travelin' Man" - "Ain't Nobody Home But Me" - "That's No Way To Do" - "In The Jailhouse Now" - "South Forest Boogie" - "Chicken" - "I'm Going To Walk Through the Streets Of...")
The Blues Of Pink Anderson: Ballad & Folksinger, Vol. 3 (1963) Prestige/Bluesville BV 1071 / OBCCD 577-1
("The Titanic" - "Boweevil" - "John Henry" - "Betty And Dupree" - "Sugar Babe" - "The Wreck Of The Old 97" - "I Will Fly Away" - "The Kaiser" - "In The Evening")
See also
List of blues musicians
List of Piedmont blues musicians
List of Country blues musicians
List of people from South Carolina
References
reflist
External links
http://hem.passagen.se/evilclown/pinkfloyd/PA.htm Introducing Pink Anderson
http://www.wirz.de/music/andepink.htm Illustrated Pink Anderson discography
http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx? sPhrase=pink%20anderson& sType='phrase'/ Anderson Discography at Smithsonian Folkways
Pink Floyd Persondata|NAME=Anderson, Pink |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American singer-guitarist |DATE OF BIRTH=February 12, 1900 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Laurens, South Carolina |DATE OF DEATH=October 12, 1974 |PLACE OF DEATH= Spartanburg, South Carolina DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Pink Category:Acoustic blues musicians Category:African American guitarists Category:African American singers Category:American blues guitarists Category:American blues singers Category:Piedmont blues musicians Category:Country blues musicians Category:People from Laurens County, South Carolina Category:Musicians from South Carolina Category:Columbia Records artists Category:1900 births Category:1974 deaths Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
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