Calvin Russell - Contrabendo, live at Trabendo, Paris/France - 05.12.2007

 

Calvin Russell (born Calvert Russell Kosler; November 1, 1948 – April 3, 2011) was an American blues and roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Early life and career

Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. The sixth in a family of nine, Calvin Russell spent his first five years virtually behind the counter at Sho Nuff Café, where his father Red cooked and his mother Daisy was a waitress. At twelve, Calvin took up guitar and joined his first group, The Cavemen. At fifteen, he ran away to San Francisco. He survived on the road thanks to odd jobs and found himself imprisoned several times for petty teenage offenses. Disillusioned with the American model of financial and social success, he marginalized himself and sold cannabis in order to subsist. Arrested several times, he spent ten years behind bars. On leaving one of his stays in prison, he embarked on a journey through the Great South and crossed the Rio Grande to Piedras Negras and El Paso. This is where he really started to write songs and sing from town to town. He lived as a vagrant, but was caught by the Mexican authorities in the winter of 1985 with American weed in his pockets. Indicted for fraudulent importation of narcotics, he spent a year and a half in the jails of the Mexican government. When he returned to Austin in 1986, he worked as a plumber, but continued to hang out in an alcohol and drug environment. He rubbed shoulders with many musicians, including the legendary Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Leon Russell. 01 Are You Ready 02 Free In Freedom 03 Don't Want To Go To Heaven 04 Midnite Man 05 When You Smile 06 Wild Wild West 07 Different People 08 Petit Gars 09 The More I Know 10 Crossroad 11 I Want To Change The World 12 Last Night [written by – R. Minus] 13 Soldier 14 Ain't Leaving Your Love [written by – Townes Van Zandt] 15 Rats And Roaches 16 Behind The 8 Ball (featuring – Paul Personne) recorded live at Trabendo, Paris - 05.12.2007 All tracks wriiten and composed by Calvin Russell except as noted. musicians: Calvin Russell - Lead vocal - guitar Jeff Gautier - drums Fred Payonne - bass Eric Sauviat - guitar - vocals Gabriel "Gabe" Rhodes - guitar Markus Bommer - keyboards - vocals

Calvin RUSSELL - A Crack In Time

 

Early life and career[edit]

Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. The sixth in a family of nine, Calvin Russell spent his first five years virtually behind the counter at Sho Nuff Café, where his father Red cooked and his mother Daisy was a waitress. At twelve, Calvin took up guitar and joined his first group, The Cavemen. At fifteen, he ran away to San Francisco. He survived on the road thanks to odd jobs and found himself imprisoned several times for petty teenage offenses. Disillusioned with the American model of financial and social success, he marginalized himself and sold cannabis in order to subsist. Arrested several times, he spent ten years behind bars. On leaving one of his stays in prison, he embarked on a journey through the Great South and crossed the Rio Grande to Piedras Negras and El Paso. This is where he really started to write songs and sing from town to town. He lived as a vagrant, but was caught by the Mexican authorities in the winter of 1985 with American weed in his pockets. Indicted for fraudulent importation of narcotics, he spent a year and a half in the jails of the Mexican government. When he returned to Austin in 1986, he worked as a plumber, but continued to hang out in an alcohol and drug environment. He rubbed shoulders with many musicians, including the legendary Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Leon Russell.

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A Crack In Time

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Calvin Russell

Άλμπουμ

A Man In Full (The Best of Calvin Russell)

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CALVIN RUSSELL-THE ANSWER

 Calvin Russell (born Calvert Russell Kosler, November 1, 1948 – April 3, 2011) was an American blues and roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Early life and career[edit]

Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. The sixth in a family of nine, Calvin Russell spent his first five years virtually behind the counter at Sho Nuff Café, where his father Red cooked and his mother Daisy was a waitress. At twelve, Calvin took up guitar and joined his first group, The Cavemen. At fifteen, he ran away to San Francisco. He survived on the road thanks to odd jobs and found himself imprisoned several times for petty teenage offenses. Disillusioned with the American model of financial and social success, he marginalized himself and sold cannabis in order to subsist. Arrested several times, he spent ten years behind bars. On leaving one of his stays in prison, he embarked on a journey through the Great South and crossed the Rio Grande to Piedras Negras and El Paso. This is where he really started to write songs and sing from town to town. He lived as a vagrant, but was caught by the Mexican authorities in the winter of 1985 with American weed in his pockets. Indicted for fraudulent importation of narcotics, he spent a year and a half in the jails of the Mexican government. When he returned to Austin in 1986, he worked as a plumber, but continued to hang out in an alcohol and drug environment. He rubbed shoulders with many musicians, including the legendary Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Leon Russell.

I've been searchin' Thru endless days that turned to years And lookin' for an answer But truth is sometimes hard to see And who can know for certain I was waiting impatiently And then I found the answer Was an answer I had always known Oh my people We have so much knowledge But so little understanding Now my brother Life is for the livin' Oh sweet sister Live your dreams and Don't you waste your time Waiting for an answer You already know R.I.P. dear Calvin!

Τραγούδι

The Answer

Καλλιτέχνης

Calvin Russell

Άλμπουμ

A Man In Full (The Best of Calvin Russell)

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Calvin Russell + Elliott Murphy - All along the Watchtower

 

Calvin Russell (born Calvert Russell Kosler, November 1, 1948 – April 3, 2011) was an American blues and roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Early life and career[edit]

Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. The sixth in a family of nine, Calvin Russell spent his first five years virtually behind the counter at Sho Nuff Café, where his father Red cooked and his mother Daisy was a waitress. At twelve, Calvin took up guitar and joined his first group, The Cavemen. At fifteen, he ran away to San Francisco. He survived on the road thanks to odd jobs and found himself imprisoned several times for petty teenage offenses. Disillusioned with the American model of financial and social success, he marginalized himself and sold cannabis in order to subsist. Arrested several times, he spent ten years behind bars. On leaving one of his stays in prison, he embarked on a journey through the Great South and crossed the Rio Grande to Piedras Negras and El Paso. This is where he really started to write songs and sing from town to town. He lived as a vagrant, but was caught by the Mexican authorities in the winter of 1985 with American weed in his pockets. Indicted for fraudulent importation of narcotics, he spent a year and a half in the jails of the Mexican government. When he returned to Austin in 1986, he worked as a plumber, but continued to hang out in an alcohol and drug environment. He rubbed shoulders with many musicians, including the legendary Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Leon Russell.

Elliott James Murphy (born March 16, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, record producer and journalist living in Paris.

Biography[edit]

Elliott Murphy was born in Rockville Centre, New York,^[1] grew up in Garden City, Long Island and began playing the guitar at age twelve. His band The Rapscallions won the 1966 New York State Battle of the Bands.^[2] In 1971 he travelled to Europe and appeared in the Federico Fellini film Roma^[3] Returning to New York, in 1973 he secured a record contract with Polydor Records after being noticed by rock critic Paul Nelson.^[4] In 1988, he returned to college studies he had given up in the 1960s, and completed his bachelor's degree at Empire State College.^[5]

Calvin Russell - Baby I Love You

 

Calvin Russell (November 1, 1948 -- April 3, 2011) was an American blues rock/roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born Calvert Russell Kosler, at the age of twelve he started to learn guitar and at thirteen joined a band called 'The Cavemen'. In 1989 he met Patrick Mathe of the French record label New Rose. After his first album was released, Russell started touring in Europe in 1990, and became quite popular there while remaining fairly unknown at home. Russell died on April 3, 2011 in Garfield, Texas of cancer at the age of 62 God bless you and rest in peace!!!

Now the thought of you so fine Is rollin in my mind It's ruling all of my time I can almost touch your skin It takes my senses in And my dreams begin Baby I love you I can't help it No matter what I try But I never want to cage you I want to see you fly And the picture of your perfect face Is so quick to replace Any other thoughts that I make I've searched this world for a girl like you To tell my story to You're my dream come true Baby I love you I can't help it No matter what I try But I never want to cage you I want to see you fly Baby I love you I can't help it No matter what I try But I never try to cage you I want to see you fly

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Baby I Love You

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Calvin Russell

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A Man In Full (The Best of Calvin Russell)

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Calvin Russell Live at Rocklife, Germany 1995

 

Early life and career[edit]

Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. The sixth in a family of nine, Calvin Russell spent his first five years virtually behind the counter at Sho Nuff Café, where his father Red cooked and his mother Daisy was a waitress. At twelve, Calvin took up guitar and joined his first group, The Cavemen. At fifteen, he ran away to San Francisco. He survived on the road thanks to odd jobs and found himself imprisoned several times for petty teenage offenses. Disillusioned with the American model of financial and social success, he marginalized himself and sold cannabis in order to subsist. Arrested several times, he spent ten years behind bars. On leaving one of his stays in prison, he embarked on a journey through the Great South and crossed the Rio Grande to Piedras Negras and El Paso. This is where he really started to write songs and sing from town to town. He lived as a vagrant, but was caught by the Mexican authorities in the winter of 1985 with American weed in his pockets. Indicted for fraudulent importation of narcotics, he spent a year and a half in the jails of the Mexican government. When he returned to Austin in 1986, he worked as a plumber, but continued to hang out in an alcohol and drug environment. He rubbed shoulders with many musicians, including the legendary Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Leon Russell.

Three years later, in December 1989, during a birthday party at the Continent Club of Austin frequented by many local glories, Calvin Russell sang his songs in a corner accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Nobody paid attention to him except Patrick Mathé, the boss of the French record company New Rose, who regularly visited Austin. Intrigued as much by the singer's physique as by the quality of his compositions, Patrick Mathé contacted Calvin Russell who left him a cassette. This chance encounter gave birth to the album A Crack In Time that New Rose published in France in early 1990. The reception was excellent and Calvin wasted no time in coming to France to promote it. The following year, he released Sounds From The Fourth World, also recorded in Austin with Joe Gracey. Calvin started touring extensively in France, filling clubs, while in Texas he was largely ignored. Many newspaper pages were devoted to his European career, but without profit for his music.

In 1992, Calvin Russell returned to the forefront with Soldier. Following on from the previous two albums, he recorded it again at Arlyn Studios, but production this time was under the direction of Jim Dickinson, Emperor of Memphis Sound who had worked with Ry Cooder and the Rolling Stones. At the beginning of 1994 appeared Le Voyageur, a live album recorded at the Olympia, the Élysée-Montmartre, the Exo 7 in Rouen and the Zig-Zag in Orléans, reflecting a marathon tour in which Calvin Russell gave 178 concerts in Europe within a single year.

Calvin Russell and band, live at german television, 26.03.1995 ROCKLIFE-SPECIAL 11. BLUES-FESTIVAL BONN Location: Biskuithalle, Bonn, germany. Setlist: 01. All we got is rock 'n' roll 02. Characters 03. Last night 04. My way 05. So blue 06. One meat ball 07. Crossroads 08. Rats & roaches 09. Valley far below 10. Living at the end of a gun 11. Big brother 12. A. blues 13. Trouble 14. All we got 15. Down in texas Musicians: Calvin Russell (g, voc) John Dee Graham (g) Scott Garber (b) Daren Hess (dr)

Calvin Russell, Soldier, Live (Contrabendo) ...Studio Version and Lyrics

 

Early life and career[edit]

Russell was born in Austin, Texas, on November 1, 1948. The sixth in a family of nine, Calvin Russell spent his first five years virtually behind the counter at Sho Nuff Café, where his father Red cooked and his mother Daisy was a waitress. At twelve, Calvin took up guitar and joined his first group, The Cavemen. At fifteen, he ran away to San Francisco. He survived on the road thanks to odd jobs and found himself imprisoned several times for petty teenage offenses. Disillusioned with the American model of financial and social success, he marginalized himself and sold cannabis in order to subsist. Arrested several times, he spent ten years behind bars. On leaving one of his stays in prison, he embarked on a journey through the Great South and crossed the Rio Grande to Piedras Negras and El Paso. This is where he really started to write songs and sing from town to town. He lived as a vagrant, but was caught by the Mexican authorities in the winter of 1985 with American weed in his pockets. Indicted for fraudulent importation of narcotics, he spent a year and a half in the jails of the Mexican government. When he returned to Austin in 1986, he worked as a plumber, but continued to hang out in an alcohol and drug environment. He rubbed shoulders with many musicians, including the legendary Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Leon Russell.

Three years later, in December 1989, during a birthday party at the Continent Club of Austin frequented by many local glories, Calvin Russell sang his songs in a corner accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Nobody paid attention to him except Patrick Mathé, the boss of the French record company New Rose, who regularly visited Austin. Intrigued as much by the singer's physique as by the quality of his compositions, Patrick Mathé contacted Calvin Russell who left him a cassette. This chance encounter gave birth to the album A Crack In Time that New Rose published in France in early 1990. The reception was excellent and Calvin wasted no time in coming to France to promote it. The following year, he released Sounds From The Fourth World, also recorded in Austin with Joe Gracey. Calvin started touring extensively in France, filling clubs, while in Texas he was largely ignored. Many newspaper pages were devoted to his European career, but without profit for his music.

In 1992, Calvin Russell returned to the forefront with Soldier. Following on from the previous two albums, he recorded it again at Arlyn Studios, but production this time was under the direction of Jim Dickinson, Emperor of Memphis Sound who had worked with Ry Cooder and the Rolling Stones. At the beginning of 1994 appeared Le Voyageur, a live album recorded at the Olympia, the Élysée-Montmartre, the Exo 7 in Rouen and the Zig-Zag in Orléans, reflecting a marathon tour in which Calvin Russell gave 178 concerts in Europe within a single year.

In 1995, the highly acclaimed Dream Of The Dog was released, a turning point in his career. Dream Of The Dog is the title of an old Indian legend. The sleeve, which reproduced the designs on an Indian blanket, revealed Calvin's Comanche origins, with some of the symbols originating from his great-grandmother's tribe.

Calvin Russell's next album, (recorded and mixed in Memphis), was decidedly bluesy and satisfied both fans and purists alike. Inbetween preparing his next album, Calvin Russell released the best of collection This Is My Life, which however included three new titles: Forever Young, Texas Song and It’s All Over Now.

As This Is My Life (1998) appeared, Russell's teenage past resurfaced with violence during a stop at a gas station in Texas. A policeman noticed the dirty windows of his car and asked him to get out. After finding out that Russell was a former prisoner, the officer called for dog handlers, who found cannabis in his possession. Russell's passport was confiscated, and this incident could have led to the cancellation of all his suspended sentences, and ten years in prison. Eventually things got better, with semi-supervised release under pardon.

Illness and death[edit]

On April 3, 2011, Russell died in Garfield, Texas, after a lengthy battle with liver cancer at the age of 62.^[1] He is survived by Swiss-born wife, Cynthia, who continues to live in Central Texas and son, Justin.^[2] Russell is buried at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum in Pflugerville, Texas.

Shortly after this recording was done, Calvin Russell died, leaving his old and new fans saddened.

EDIT and UPDTATE: here is the much-demanded information on the musicians, taken from the CD's internal print. Besides Calvin Russell, and for the entire album (no Soldier-specific information was available), there are Jeff Gautier (drums), Fred Payonne (bass), Eric Sauviat (guitar, vocal), Gabriel (Gabe) Rhodes (guitar), and Markus Bommer (keyboards, vocal). Paul Personne plays in the disc, but not in that song, in another one, Behind The 8 Ball.

I'm just a person I don't claim no country I just don't need a flag To say who I am Well, I come from my momma Like you and your brother This world is ours It's all in your hands. I'm just a soldier Fighting the sorrow Holding my head up high Won't beg steal or borrow Oh and if not today If not today - if not today Then maybe tomorrow. You know I'm only human So I'll make my excuses But there's one thing I know One thing I can see It might be too late To change where we're goin' But in your own mind You can always be free. I'm just a soldier Fighting that sorrow Holding my head up high Won't beg steal or borrow Oh and if not today If not today - if not today Then maybe tomorrow Maybe tomorrow.