ACE HOLDER/ Complete Recordings
Le peu que l'on connaît de la vie de Ace Holder provient largement d'une interview effectuée par le chercheur Darryl Stolper et publiée dans la revue britannique Blues Unlimited (n° 133). J'y ai ajouté quelques informations que j'ai glanées récemment.
Albert C. Holder est né le 18 décembre 1937 dans la bourgade de Evergreen, au Sud de l'Alabama, dont la population est toujours majoritairement composée d'Africains Américains. Les parents Holder étaient des métayers et Albert a dû quitter l'école très jeune pour les aider. C'est vers l'âge de douze ans qu'il suit sa mère à Shreveport où il voit jouer Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) et Little Walter Jacobs. C'est sur ces modèles que Albert décide de devenir lui aussi harmoniciste. Il joue dans des clubs locaux sous le nom de Ace (i.e. A.C.) Holder, rencontre Junior Parker, Jimmy Reed et B.B. King avec lesquels il fait le boeuf.
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Après s'être marié avec Clarie Roberts en 1966 et alors que leur famille s'agrandit, Holder est obligé de mieux gagner sa vie et abandonne plus ou moins la musique dans les années 1970-80. Il décède le 2 juillet 1993 à Los Angeles.
Gérard HERZHAFT
Ace Holder is a relatively obscure blues singer and harp player although he has recorded 13 excellent tracks during the 1960's, several (Lonesome harmonica, Homeless boy) having gained the status of minor classics among blues aficionados.
Whatever we know of Holder's life and whereabouts comes largely from a sole interview conducted by blues researcher Darryl Stolper who interviewed Mr Holder and published the results in the British blues magazine Blues Unlimited (n° 133). I have added some infos that I gleaned recently.
Albert C. Holder is born on 18 December 1937 in Evergreen, a small town in South Alabama, with a large African American population. His parents were poor sharecroppers and Albert had to quit school at an early age to help them in the fields. He followed his mother to Shreveport when he was about twelve and there he heard and met Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) and Little Walter Jacobs who inspired him to learn the harmonica and begin to play in local venues. He met (and jammed) with Jimmy Reed, Junior Parker, B.B. King and numerous others.
In 1957, he went to live into the Los Angeles area, looking for better wages and also better musical opportunities. He soon was playing in the numerous clubs of that big city. But it was his meeting and friendship with pianist, singer, producer and label owner Gus Jenkins that gave him the opportunity to record during the 1960's for tiny West Coast indies labels like Pioneer, Vanessa, Lulu, Movin' and Downey. But after he married Clarie Roberts in 1966 and while their family was growing, Ace Holder had to make a decent living more and more outside the music. During the following decades, he almost quit the music business. He died in Los Angeles on 2nd July 1993.
Gérard HERZHAFT
ACE HOLDER/ Complete Recordings
Ace Holder (Albert C. Holder), vcl/hca; Gus Jenkins, pno; band. Los Angeles, Ca. 1961
01. Lonesome harmonica
02. Homeless boy
Ace Holder, vcl/hca; band. Los Angeles, Ca. 1962
03. Wabba Suzy Q
04. Leave my woman alone
05. Happy anniversary
06. When you are around
07. This love of mine
08. Doris Tee
09. I've been thinking of you
Ace Holder, vcl/hca; band. Los Angeles, Ca. 1964
10. I'm in love with you
11. Encourage me baby
Ace Holder, vcl/hca; g; g; Curtis Tillman, bs; Chuck Thomas, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 1966
12. Sorry I had to leave
13. The eatingest woman
Two more tracks by Ace Holder (from 1969) are here
Ace Holder, vcl/hca; band.
Everything I took away/ Never been in love before
Thanks to Tom Thumb for this info.
ACE HOLDER/ Complete Recordings (reup and new links)
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Merci Gérard pour ce nouveau post! Je venais juste de réécouter Earl Bell, et nouvelle bonne surprise cet après midi hivernale, avec ces rares faces de Ace Holder. Je ne connaissais que qqs faces de cet artiste, notamment sur un vieux LP des années 70/80 (Blues Obscurities Volume Two Lonesome Harmonica), sur lequel Ace Holder était présent sur 4 excellents morceaux!
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RépondreSupprimermerci a toi pour les derniers posts;bravo et un grand chapeau.Garde-toi bien mon ami.
He is new to me. Thank you very much!!!
RépondreSupprimerThanks! I hope someday you're able to re-up John Brim.
RépondreSupprimerThanks, I hadn't heard of him before and I'm glad you introduced him to me!
RépondreSupprimerMerci Gérard.Tes posts sont toujours aussi intéressants pour qui s’intéresse à la culture du Blues. Encore Merci et protège toi bien
RépondreSupprimerGood work, Gerard!This artist has a definite Jimmy Reed influence and Louisiana flavor. Another fascinating artist who was in the orbit of Gus Jenkins. My curiosity has been piqued sufficiently to become interested in referencing the Stolper interview.
RépondreSupprimerGood work, Gerard! Holder is a fascinating artist. I'd like to reference/read the Stolper interview
RépondreSupprimerThanks, Gérard. Your work keeps me happy :-)
RépondreSupprimer"Ace Holder", what a great blues name :-)
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