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Little Axe

Artist Biography For Little Axe

Little Axe Is American Musician Skip McDonald Born Bernard Alexander In Dayton Ohio On 1 September 1949. After Being Part Of The House Band For Sugarhill Records McDonald Assumed The Moniker "Little Axe" And Began Moving From Hip Hop To A Form Of Blues That Drew From An Array Of Musical Influences Including Dub R&B Gospel And Jazz. McDonald Learned To Play The Blues On His Father's Guitar From The Age Of 8 Although By The Time He Was 12 Years Old He Had Opted To Perform Doo-Wop. Having Completed His High School Education He Left Dayton With A Band Called The Ohio Hustlers Which Broke Up Not Long After Relocating To New York City. His First Professional Work As A Musician Began When He Formed The Entertainers Who Toured The East Coast Through To The Mid-70s. He Moved On To Hartford Connecticut And There's When He Met Doug Wimbish Who Played In A Band Called Wood Brass & Steel. Wood Brass & Steel Recorded A Selftitled Album For All Platinum Records The Label Of Sylvia And Joe Robinson In 1976. Skip And Doug Played A Lot Of Music Together In Clubs And Colleges Around New York New Jersey Connecticut And Massachusetts. In 1979 Three Years After The Wood Brass & Steel Album Skip And Doug Teamed Up With Drummer Keith LeBlanc And They Became The House Band For Sugarhill Records The Robinson's New Label. The Trio Played On Some Of The Earliest Rap Hits Such As The Message And White Lines Don't Do It With Grandmaster Flash. While They Worked At Sugar Hill LeBlanc Also Freelanced At Tommy Boy Records Where He First Met Adrian Sherwood. LeBlanc Introduced His Colleagues To Sherwood And The Trio Were Persuaded To Relocate In London. Upon Their Entry Into The On-U Sound Fold The Group Formed A Production Team And Again A House Band This Time For On-U. The Three Participated In Dozens Of Records On Sherwood's Label. The Partnership Developed And Metamorphosed Into A Fully-Fledged Band Tackhead. Though Good Working Relationships Remain To This Day The Dispersion Of Tackhead In The Early 1990s Saw Keith And Doug Pursue More Of Their Own Projects And Play Less Often Togther. For Skip The Time Since Has Seen Him Work Ever More Closely With Sherwood Both On His Own Projects And As A Musician Or Guest Vocalist On Many Other Of Adrian's On-U Sound Productions - Such As By Junior Delgado Bim Sherman Dub Syndicate And African Head Charge Sometimes Along Side Keith And /or Doug. Skip Has Been The Prime Mover Behind Little Axe Since Around 1992. Under A Name Inspired By Bob Marley's Small Axe And Gospel Singer Willmer 'Little Ax' Broadnax The Debut Album Wolf That House Built Was A Personal Take On Blues And Dub And Was Released To Critical Acclaim In 1994. This Had Followed A Partial Release In Japan Compiled In A Slightly Different Form And With A Different Title Never Turn Back The Previous Year. The Second Little Axe Album Slow Fuse Was Also Well Received. Both Albums Featured Tabla Player Talvin Singh For Slow Fuse The Gifted Voices Of Kevin Gibbs And Sas Bell Were Added. Then It Remained Silent For Far Too Long. In 2002 Skip's Third Little Axe Album Hard Grind Became The First Release For Four Years On Sherwood's Revived And Re-Launched On-U Sound Label With A Mixture Of Raw Blues And Reggae. While Hard Grind No Doubt Will Also Draw Comparisons To Moby's Play It Was Skip Who Pioneered The Fusion Of Blues And Electronic Music With Little Axe. In 2006 Skip McDonald Finished The Fifth Little Axe Album Stone Cold Ohio After Champagne And Grits 2004 The Second Record Released On Peter Gabriel's Real World Records. Skip Still Has Got The Blues But This Time The Emphasis Is On The Gospel Another Of Skip's Old Loves. The Production And Mixing Was Done Adrian Sherwood 'gospel Dub' Like You Never Heard Before.