Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guita… Read Full Bio ↴Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, Fulson was the most important figure in West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s.
According to some sources, Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma. Fulson has stated that he is of Cherokee ancestry through his father, but he has also claimed Choctaw ancestry. At the age of eighteen, Fulson moved to Ada, Oklahoma, and joined Alger "Texas" Alexander for a few months in 1940, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles and tenor saxophone player, Stanley Turrentine. He recorded for Swing Time in the 1940s, Chess Records (Checker Records) in the 1950s, Kent Records in the 1960s, and Rounder Records (Bullseye) in the 1970s.
"Reconsider Baby" came from a long term pact inked with Chess Records in 1954. It was cut in Dallas under Stan Lewis' supervision with a saxophone section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.
Jackie Brenston played in Fulson's band between 1952 and 1954.
Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of record labels worked wonders when he jumped over to the Los Angeles based, Kent Records. 1965's driving "Black Nights" became his first hit in a decade, and "Tramp," did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom.
Fulson was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1993 and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. His "Reconsider Baby" was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".
In 1993 at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California a show entitled "California Blues - Swingtime Tribute" opened with Fulson plus Johnny Otis, Charles Brown, Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy McCracklin and Earl Brown.
A resident of Los Angeles, Fulson died in Long Beach, California in March 1999, at the age of 77. His companion Tina Mayfield stated that the causes of death were complications from kidney disease, diabetes, and congestive heart failure. He was the father of four and grandfather of thirteen.
Fulson was interred in Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood, California.
Lowell Fulson recorded every shade of blues imaginable. Polished urban blues, rustic two-guitar duets with his younger brother Martin, funk-tinged grooves that pierced the mid-'60s charts, even an unwise cover of the Beatles' "Why Don't We Do It in the Road!" Clearly, the veteran guitarist, who was active for more than half a century, wasn't afraid to experiment. Perhaps that's why his last couple of discs for Rounder were so vital and satisfying — and why he remained an innovator for so long.
Exposed to the western swing of Bob Wills as well as indigenous blues while growing up in Oklahoma, Fulson joined up with singer Texas Alexander for a few months in 1940, touring the Lone Star state with the veteran bluesman. Fulson was drafted in 1943. The Navy let him go in 1945; after a few months back in Oklahoma, he was off to Oakland, CA, where he made his first 78s for fledgling producer Bob Geddins. Soon enough, Fulson was fronting his own band and cutting a stack of platters for Big Town, Gilt Edge, Trilon, and Down Town (where he hit big in 1948 with "Three O'Clock Blues," later covered by B.B. King).
Swing Time records prexy Jack Lauderdale snapped up Fulson in 1948, and the hits really began to flow: the immortal "Every Day I Have the Blues" (an adaptation of Memphis Slim's "Nobody Loves Me"), "Blue Shadows," the two-sided holiday perennial "Lonesome Christmas," and a groovy mid-tempo instrumental "Low Society Blues" that really hammers home how tremendously important pianist Lloyd Glenn and alto saxist Earl Brown were to Fulson's maturing sound (all charted in 1950!).
Fulson toured extensively from then on, his band stocked for a time with dazzling pianist Ray Charles (who later covered Lowell's "Sinner's Prayer" for Atlantic) and saxist Stanley Turrentine. After a one-off session in New Orleans in 1953 for Aladdin, Fulson inked a longterm pact with Chess in 1954. His first single for the firm was the classic "Reconsider Baby," cut in Dallas under Stan Lewis's supervision with a sax section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.
The relentless mid-tempo blues proved a massive hit and perennial cover item — even Elvis Presley cut it in 1960, right after he got out of the Army. But apart from "Loving You," the guitarist's subsequent Checker output failed to find widespread favor with the public. Baffling, since Fulson's crisp, concise guitar work and sturdy vocals were as effective as ever. Most of his Checker sessions were held in Chicago and L.A. (the latter his home from the turn of the '50s).
Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of labels worked wonders when he jumped over to Los Angeles-based Kent Records. 1965's driving "Black Nights" became his first smash in a decade, and "Tramp," a loping funk-injected workout co-written by Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom, gaining plenty of pop spins, and inspiring a playful Stax cover by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas only a few months later that outsold Fulson's original.
A couple of lesser follow-up hits for Kent ensued before the guitarist was reunited with Stan Lewis at Jewel Records. That's where he took a crack at that Beatles number, though most of his outings for the firm were considerably closer to the blues bone. Fulson was never been absent for long on disc; 1992's Hold On and its 1995 follow-up Them Update Blues, both for Ron Levy's Bullseye Blues logo, were among his later efforts, both quite solid. Fulson continued to perform until 1997, when health problems forced the career bluesman into a reluctant retirement. His health continued to deteriorate and on March 6, 1999 - just a few weeks shy of his 78th birthday - Lowell Fulson passed away.
Few bluesmen managed to remain contemporary the way Lowell Fulson did for more than five decades. And fewer still will make such a massive contribution to the idiom.
According to some sources, Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma. Fulson has stated that he is of Cherokee ancestry through his father, but he has also claimed Choctaw ancestry. At the age of eighteen, Fulson moved to Ada, Oklahoma, and joined Alger "Texas" Alexander for a few months in 1940, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles and tenor saxophone player, Stanley Turrentine. He recorded for Swing Time in the 1940s, Chess Records (Checker Records) in the 1950s, Kent Records in the 1960s, and Rounder Records (Bullseye) in the 1970s.
"Reconsider Baby" came from a long term pact inked with Chess Records in 1954. It was cut in Dallas under Stan Lewis' supervision with a saxophone section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.
Jackie Brenston played in Fulson's band between 1952 and 1954.
Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of record labels worked wonders when he jumped over to the Los Angeles based, Kent Records. 1965's driving "Black Nights" became his first hit in a decade, and "Tramp," did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom.
Fulson was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1993 and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. His "Reconsider Baby" was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".
In 1993 at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California a show entitled "California Blues - Swingtime Tribute" opened with Fulson plus Johnny Otis, Charles Brown, Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy McCracklin and Earl Brown.
A resident of Los Angeles, Fulson died in Long Beach, California in March 1999, at the age of 77. His companion Tina Mayfield stated that the causes of death were complications from kidney disease, diabetes, and congestive heart failure. He was the father of four and grandfather of thirteen.
Fulson was interred in Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood, California.
Lowell Fulson recorded every shade of blues imaginable. Polished urban blues, rustic two-guitar duets with his younger brother Martin, funk-tinged grooves that pierced the mid-'60s charts, even an unwise cover of the Beatles' "Why Don't We Do It in the Road!" Clearly, the veteran guitarist, who was active for more than half a century, wasn't afraid to experiment. Perhaps that's why his last couple of discs for Rounder were so vital and satisfying — and why he remained an innovator for so long.
Exposed to the western swing of Bob Wills as well as indigenous blues while growing up in Oklahoma, Fulson joined up with singer Texas Alexander for a few months in 1940, touring the Lone Star state with the veteran bluesman. Fulson was drafted in 1943. The Navy let him go in 1945; after a few months back in Oklahoma, he was off to Oakland, CA, where he made his first 78s for fledgling producer Bob Geddins. Soon enough, Fulson was fronting his own band and cutting a stack of platters for Big Town, Gilt Edge, Trilon, and Down Town (where he hit big in 1948 with "Three O'Clock Blues," later covered by B.B. King).
Swing Time records prexy Jack Lauderdale snapped up Fulson in 1948, and the hits really began to flow: the immortal "Every Day I Have the Blues" (an adaptation of Memphis Slim's "Nobody Loves Me"), "Blue Shadows," the two-sided holiday perennial "Lonesome Christmas," and a groovy mid-tempo instrumental "Low Society Blues" that really hammers home how tremendously important pianist Lloyd Glenn and alto saxist Earl Brown were to Fulson's maturing sound (all charted in 1950!).
Fulson toured extensively from then on, his band stocked for a time with dazzling pianist Ray Charles (who later covered Lowell's "Sinner's Prayer" for Atlantic) and saxist Stanley Turrentine. After a one-off session in New Orleans in 1953 for Aladdin, Fulson inked a longterm pact with Chess in 1954. His first single for the firm was the classic "Reconsider Baby," cut in Dallas under Stan Lewis's supervision with a sax section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.
The relentless mid-tempo blues proved a massive hit and perennial cover item — even Elvis Presley cut it in 1960, right after he got out of the Army. But apart from "Loving You," the guitarist's subsequent Checker output failed to find widespread favor with the public. Baffling, since Fulson's crisp, concise guitar work and sturdy vocals were as effective as ever. Most of his Checker sessions were held in Chicago and L.A. (the latter his home from the turn of the '50s).
Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of labels worked wonders when he jumped over to Los Angeles-based Kent Records. 1965's driving "Black Nights" became his first smash in a decade, and "Tramp," a loping funk-injected workout co-written by Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom, gaining plenty of pop spins, and inspiring a playful Stax cover by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas only a few months later that outsold Fulson's original.
A couple of lesser follow-up hits for Kent ensued before the guitarist was reunited with Stan Lewis at Jewel Records. That's where he took a crack at that Beatles number, though most of his outings for the firm were considerably closer to the blues bone. Fulson was never been absent for long on disc; 1992's Hold On and its 1995 follow-up Them Update Blues, both for Ron Levy's Bullseye Blues logo, were among his later efforts, both quite solid. Fulson continued to perform until 1997, when health problems forced the career bluesman into a reluctant retirement. His health continued to deteriorate and on March 6, 1999 - just a few weeks shy of his 78th birthday - Lowell Fulson passed away.
Few bluesmen managed to remain contemporary the way Lowell Fulson did for more than five decades. And fewer still will make such a massive contribution to the idiom.
I Want to Know
Lowell Fulson Lyrics
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(G)I-DLE (여자)아이들) Li-Lindgren I want the oh my, oh my, O-M-G I want that…
1-800 GIRLS 은밀한 곳 고요한 곳에 주님 날 만나시네 나의 삶에 은밀한 시간…
3irty I took the knife out from your back You still fight…
A Bad Think And all this time, I never knew, the reason why,…
A.M. the Queen ハイになんてなりたくない絶対 ハイになんてなりたくない絶対 ハイになんてなりたくない絶対 ハイになんてなりたくない絶対 …
Adriano Celentano I want to know I want to know Vorrei sapere Vorrei sapere…
Al B. Sure! I want to know Ooh my baby can I hold you…
bardero$ I want to know now! I want to know now! I want…
Ben Eales Paint me like you see me Not quite like your world…
Bos Taurus I want to know what you would say If I…
Carla Thomas Let the kiddies have the toys Let the grown-ups make the…
Charlie And the Jives & The Lyrics I, I love you my friend And I I do understand Cause I'm Righ…
David Anthony No man, no madness Though their sad Power may prevail Can po…
DJ Tears PLK Verse 1 Why can't see. I love being like this. I just wanna…
Don Reno The day I met you my heart spoke to me It…
Eric Clapton I want a little girl, call my own. She must be…
Eric Clapton and The Powerhouse I want to know why do you always run around I…
F.O.X Ur beautiful brown eyes 吸い込まれるような瞳 Uh-firstime Clubで 瞳が合った瞬間…
Fleetwood Mac I don't want to know the reasons why Love keeps right…
Fresh & Funky Chorus I know that you want me 'cause I…
Fugs We drink Or break open Our veins Solely to know Solely …
Gebhardt I want to know If I can make it through to…
Gene Rockwell I just don't know what to do with myself I just…
Ghost Fall to my death in this conversation I’m never coming round…
Golden Boy How was your day darlin'? I wanna know I wanna know if…
Hall of Justus & L.E.G.A.C.Y. Straight from the gut, never heard me lie I don't give…
Hey-O-Hansen Ur beautiful brown eyes 吸い込まれるような瞳 Uh-firstime Clubで 瞳が合った瞬間…
Higgs and Wilson Walking in like ain't fair It kinda figures why they stop…
Hiroyuki Sawano You're alone in the rain Been thinking of you You can't stop…
Ilya So alone, I can't feel my heart Truth be told I'm…
Inhabited Are you here, you here, you here with me Are you…
J.B. Lenoir 夜になるとふいに会いたくなるの 今どこにいて何をしているんだろう 空には綺麗な星があって君も 見ているかな あぁ 会いた…
Jeremiah and the Apostles Jeremiah If I said that you and I (Okay) We could have…
Jimi Jive How do I know when I've done enough Ohhh, ohhh I…
Jimmy Cliff Say, say, say do, do, do Say, say, say do, do,…
Joe While travelling through this world of sorrow I'm on my way…
JoyFire Looking at you It's hard to see all the things you keep…
Jure Robeznik and His Music I don't ever care to rise to power I would rather…
Katja I don't want a lot for Christmas There's just one thing…
Ken Boothe Now I know, now that you don't love me no…
Kitsune What if I succeed? What would be on your mind? Just tell…
KONGOS I want to know, I want to know, I want…
L.C. Cooke Ur beautiful brown eyes 吸い込まれるような瞳 Uh-firstime Clubで 瞳が合った瞬間…
Lane Webber Your hair′s in your face May I move it And you can…
Lee A Young 예수 사랑하심은 거룩하신 말일세 우리들은 약하나 예수 권세 많도다 나를 사랑하시고 나의…
Living Colour Baby you stole my heart I don't know what to do Got…
LO-FI CHILL 唱:羅凱瑩 曲:潘君保@Chessman 詞:潘君保@Chessman 編:潘君保@Chessman 監:潘君保@Che…
m. rodriguez نمیدانم چه میخواهم بگویم زبانم در دهان باز بسته است در …
M. Sord نمیدانم چه میخواهم بگویم زبانم در دهان باز بسته است در تنگ…
Marcus Gad I want to know About the principles of life that…
Mark Wills She don't like to stay out late She'd rather be at…
Merle Spears & The Treats I drank mud by the case And I bump with…
Michelle David YES I KNOW Yea though I walk through the shadows of…
Midnight Panic I want to know What you are waiting for to…
Mr. Iroc There's not much to gain here, not much to lose You…
Nelly ft. John Mayer I can fake it and pretend I don't wanna see your…
Okkervil River We drink or break open our veins solely to know, solely…
On a Friday When I look into your sad blue eyes, they whisper, Love's…
One A One N I seen your shadow in my room It was on my…
Palmas I know you got me falling so deep for Every inch…
Pointing Finger Why a code a name a shadow is given? I…
Positive I feel so insignificant, getting up to fall down again I'm…
Providence So much to write, so little time How can I pinpoint…
Radiohead You can keep what you want I want none of it They're…
Rainville I know the truth And it's coming for you You knew that…
Rappers Against Racism Feat. Down Low & La Mazz Intro:Yeah, to all yo people out thereI wanna know one…
Ray Charles I want to know can your love stand the test…
Reno & Smiley The day I met you my heart spoke to me It…
Roni I WANNA KNOW I wanna know, baby I wanna know …..…
Rosanne Cash It's the right time you know I feel fine tonight…
Sasha & C.J. Mackintosh You know I’m crazy for you I know your crazy for…
Sasha / CJ Mackintosh I don't know what I want, but I know I…
Secret Machines I want to know if it's still possible, To find a…
Shylock Hey bro, just tell me what is wrong You treat me…
St. Somewhere Whoa whoa my heart is broken I thought that she was…
Steve Winwood feat. Eric Clapton I want a little girl, call my own. She must be…
T.Tommy & Vicente Belenguer How many arms have held you And hated to let you…
Teenagers I'll be here Waiting for my You were my world I'm here…
Ten X I know I love you 이 제로의 세계 속 I know…
Ten Years After I want to know why do you always run around I…
Terry & The Tyrants I've gotta take a little time A little time to think…
The Cadillacs I don't know where to go I don't know where to…
The Days Look at my face What do i feel? Oh can't you tell…
The Eagle and Child Yeah Oh oh oh oh yeah Because I know All I need…
The Empires On gang, on gang Murda gang, gang, gang (C.O, turn that…
The Floors I don't really know where I'm going I know where I've…
The Fugs We drink Or break open Our veins Solely to know Solely …
The Heartbeats mencoba tuk menahan pedihnya hati ini hanya untuk mengejar s…
The Impression Man, oh man, have you been to Spain, Where the joy…
The Ions you're my love not anymore not anymore not anymore not anym…
The Lyrics I, I love you my friend And I I do understand Cause I'm Righ…
The Mavericks I want to know what promises to keep I want to…
The See 은밀한 곳 고요한 곳에 주님 날 만나시네 나의 삶에 은밀한 시간…
The Spark I don't know what's happening today The world has changed in…
Tone Your body's what I want Answering your call Answering your c…
Trail I want to fly, even if I don't know how I…
Triple Fast Action I want to know about it all. and everything it…
Troy & the T-Birds HOOK I know you want me You know I’m saucy I…
Tyler Joseph And I, I tried to sing for you I tried to…
Various Artists [John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That…
Walter Breathing That's what I need right now Believe me It's hard …
Willson and Watson Singers Things go right And things go bad Why do you look so…
Wind I want your kisses, I need your touches, I want your heart, …
Your X Lover I want to know I want to know I want to know I…
Zedd/Selena Gomez I want you to know that it's our time You and…
Zee Band 大地を蹴散らして 駆け出すように 乾いた毎日が過ぎた 孤独に苛まれているのは僕一人? 愛する事も忘れてた 光が照らす丘の…
Zenko_Kill.la.Kill You promised you wouldn't change up on me You promised you…
[unknown] One would think That with loss Would come something more Qui…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Lowell Fulson:
Black Nights It used to be I recall you were mine alone But now…
Crying Won't Help No matter what you say, baby No matter what you do The…
Do Me Right Do you love me, baby? Do you love me, baby, no? My…
Don Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we…
Don't Leave Me Baby Don′t leave me babe Don't snap nut, dog Don′t leave me babe …
Driftin’ Blues Well I'm drifting and drifting, Like a ship out on the…
I've Got The Blues I ain't heard your voice In such as long time And I…
It Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we…
Lady In The Rain Say fellows, I′ve got tell you about this You said, I'm…
Little by Little Baby, out all night Until the break of day Snap me up…
Lonesome Christmas I'd love to spend this Christmas sitting by the fire…
Love Do you love me, baby? Do you love me, baby, no? My…
Man On The Run They band just stranger That you meet in the street Oh, coul…
Monday Morning Blues Monday morning, stayed in bed Dream of you, Lord, are in…
My Baby Hey, hey hey baby! I want to know if you'll be…
Reconsider So long, oh how I hate to see you go So…
Reconsider Baby So long, oh how I hate to see you go So…
Sinner Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me Lord have mercy,…
Step at A Time Slow down, take it easy Just a step at a time You'll…
Three o'Clock Blues Now here, it's three o'clock in the morning I can't even…
Tramp Tramp! What you call me? Tramp. You didn't! You don't we…
Why Don Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we…
Worried Life Oh lordy lord, oh lordy lord It hurts me so bad…
You Do you love me, baby? Do you love me, baby, no? My…
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