Yank Rachell
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Yank Rachell (16 March 1910, near Brownsville, Tennessee – 9 April 1997, Indianapolis, Indiana[1]) was an American blues musician.
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[edit] Career
Born James Rachell, his career as a performer spanned nearly eighty years, and was often teamed with the guitarist and singer Sleepy John Estes. Though a capable guitarist and singer, he was better known as a master of the blues mandolin.
In his later years he appeared in filmmaker Terry Zwigoff's documentary about fellow musician Howard Armstrong, and was a featured performer with John Sebastian and the J-Band.[2]
By the mid 1990s, Henry Townsend and his one-time collaborator Rachell, were the only active blues artists whose performing lives stretched back to the 1920s.[3]
B. B. King said about Rachell; "It's people like you who made people like me possible."[citation needed]
[edit] Film
- Louie Bluie (1986). Directed by Terry Zwigoff.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Dead Rock Stars Club - accessed December 2007
- ^ Norris, Sharon, Black America Series: Haywood County Tennessee, Arcadia Publishing
- ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited, p. 177-8. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
[edit] External links
- Yank Rachell page from Blues World site
- Grave marker from Dead Blues Guys site
- Yank Rachell biography at the All Music Guide website
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