Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop Born October 21 1942 1 Is An American Blues And Rock And Roll Musician And Guitarist. Career Bishop Was Born In Glendale California And Grew Up On A Farm Near Elliott Iowa. His Family Moved To Tulsa Oklahoma When He Was 10. There He Attended Will Rogers High School. He Moved To Chicago In 1960 After He Won A National Merit Scholarship To The University Of Chicago Where He Studied Physics. He Met Harmonica Player Paul Butterfield In 1963 In The Neighborhood Of Hyde Park And Joined His Blues Band With Whom He Remained For Five Years. Their Third Album The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crabshaw Takes Its Name From Bishop's Nickname. 1 In 1968 He Went Solo And Formed The Elvin Bishop Group Also Standing In For Mike Bloomfield On The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper. In March 1971 The Elvin Bishop Group And The Allman Brothers Band Co-Billed A Series Of Concerts At Fillmore East. Bishop Joined The Allmans Onstage For A Rendition Of His Own Song "Drunken Hearted Boy". Over The Years Bishop Has Recorded With Many Other Blues Artists Including Clifton Chenier And John Lee Hooker. In Late 1975 He Played Guitar For A Couple Of Tracks On Bo Diddley's The 20th Anniversary Of Rock 'n' Roll Album. He Toured With B. B. King In 1995. Bishop Made An Impression On Album-Oriented Rock FM Radio Stations With "Travelin' Shoes" In 1975. However In 1976 Bishop Released His Most Memorable Single "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" Which Peaked At #3 In The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart And #34 In The UK Charts About His Love Affair With The Late Jenny Villarin The Mother Of His Late Daughter Selina Bishop. The Recording Featured Vocalist Mickey Thomas And Drummer Donny Baldwin Who Both Later Joined Jefferson Starship. The Song Was Featured In The Films Summer Of Sam Boogie Nights And Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. Bishop Feels That The Limitations Of His Voice Have Helped His Songwriting. Bishop Appeared At The 1984 Long Beach Blues Festival. In 1988 He Signed With Alligator Records And Released Big Fun Featuring Whit Lehnberg & The Carptones 1991's Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down 1995's Ace In The Hole 1998's The Skin I'm In And 2000's That's My Partner On Which He Paired With His Original Chicago Bluesman Teacher Little Smokey Smothers. Bishop's Alligator Records Releases Have Been Consistently Well Conceived. In 2005 Bishop Released His First New CD In Five Years Gettin' My Groove Back. 5 Bishop Released His Latest Album The Blues Roles On On September 23 2008 On Delta Groove Music. He Was Supported By B. B. King Warren Haynes Derek Trucks George Thorogood James Cotton Kim Wilson Tommy Castro John Nemeth And Angela Strehli. The Album Was Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Traditional Blues Album. This Fall Elvin Will Be Headlining The Harvest Jazz And Blues Festival In Fredericton NB. Personal Life Bishop's Daughter Selina And Ex-Wife Jennifer Villarin Were Murdered In August 2000 6 By Glenn Taylor Helzer His Brother Justin Helzer And Accomplice Dawn Godman. According To The Point Reyes Light Newspaper "Bishop Her Mother Jenny Villarin And A Friend Of Villarin James Gamble Were Murdered As Part Of An Elaborate Scheme To Extort $100 000 From Elderly Concord California Residents Ivan And Annette Stineman". Discography
Studio Albums * The Elvin Bishop Group 1969 * Feel It! 1970 * Rock My Soul 1972 * Let It Flow 1974 * Juke Joint Jump 1975 * Struttin' My Stuff 1975 * Hometown Boy Makes Good! 1976 * Hog Heaven 1978 * Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby 1981 * Big Fun 1988 * Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down! 1991 * Ace In The Hole 1995 * The Skin I'm In 1998 * Party Till The Cows Come Home 2004 * Gettin' My Groove Back 2005 * The Blues Rolls On 2008 Live Albums * Raisin' Hell 1977 * That's My Partner! 2000 * King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents In Concert 2001 * Booty Bumpin' 2007 read less