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Alexis Korner

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Alexis Korner (1975)

Interview by Karl Dallas, Rock's Backpages audio, 1975

The Father of British Blues talks about splitting from skiffle in the late '50s; working with such luminaries as Chris Barber and Cyril Davies; his band Blues Incorporated which, at various times, included Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts; meeting Brian Jones and wet-nursing the early Rolling Stones; and talks at length about where the Stones go post Mick-Taylor.

File format: mp3; file size: 36.6mb, interview length: 39' 36" sound quality: ****

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Alexis Korner, Father of Us All

Interview by Andrew Bailey, Rolling Stone, 8 July 1971

The man who has influenced a universe of British musicians and movements ...

Alexis Korner: Blues For Mr Korner

Obituary by Bob Fisher, New Musical Express, 14 January 1984

BOB FISHER, who worked with Alexis Komer on a TV history of rock, pays tribute to the man who was the chief architect of British ...

Dick Heckstall-Smith: He Didn't Make A Million...

Interview by Brian Case, New Musical Express, 28 January 1978

Although he paid a lot of dues — with Korner, Bond, Mayall, Colosseum and a handful of Rolling Stones — veteran R 'n' B tenorman ...

Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated: Marquee Club, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 6 August 1966

IT WAS AN historic evening at London's Marquee on Monday night when Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated made their first appearance there for nearly four years. ...

The Rolling Stones et al: Hyde Park, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 12 July 1969

CHRIS WELCH SAYS: 'Somehow the magic worked' ...

Rock Routes: The London R&B Scene

Retrospective by John Pidgeon, Let It Rock, February 1973

AT A TIME when most receptive organs — eyes, ears, pockets — were turned to Liverpool and its Merseybeat, another (and as it turned out ...

A Conversation With Alexis Korner

Interview by John Pidgeon, unpublished, 15 November 1971

This is a straight transcription of John Pidgeon's interview with Alexis Korner from November 1971 ...

Blues Incorporated: How British R&B Trashed Trad

Retrospective by John Pidgeon, Rock's Backpages, 24 September 2009

ALEXIS KORNER'S Parisian birthplace, Austro-Greek parentage, noble features and languid growl endowed him with an aura of exoticism unreflected in his musical partner Cyril "Squirrel" ...

Freddy Cannon Raves over OUR R & B music!

Interview by June Harris, Disc, 8 December 1962

STRICTLY NON-working hours for Freddy Cannon whenever he visits Britain are spent, whenever possible, at London's Marquee jazz club, watching Alexis Korner at work. As ...

Alexis Korner (1975) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Karl Dallas, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1975

This is a transcript of Karl's interview. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Alexis Korner: Why Alexis Won't Join The Stones

Interview by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 15 February 1975

ALEXIS KORNER laughed, his suntanned face creasing up into laughter lines, his body rocking very gently back and forth. "Oh," he said. "No way." ...

Alexis Korner: Kornering The Market

Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 15 July 1972

ALEXIS KORNER has been for so long at the heart of rhythm and blues in Britain, and touched off so many groups who have gone ...

Alexis Korner: Bootleg Him (1973)

Sleeve notes by Kit Aiken, Castle, 1999

It’s hard to overstate Alexis Korner’s contribution to the development of British popular music. His position as a tirelessly driven champion of The Blues in ...

Alexis Korner: Me

Sleeve notes by Kit Aiken, Castle, 1999

THE Körners were an Austrian Jewish family who escaped war-torn Europe to settle in London. Youngest son Alexis, having spent much time away from his ...

The Rolling Stones: Free Concerts — The Aftermath

Report by Mark Williams, uncredited writer, International Times, 1 August 1969

FREE CONCERTS constitute a threat to the established promotional ethos. An opportunity for music to be played without the encroachments of contractual stipulations, of advertising ...

Mr. Korner and his weird front line...

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 26 May 1962

TOGETHER, THEY MAKE THE BEST TWISTING NOISE I'VE HEARD ...

REACTION with Alexis Korner

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 13 March 1971

ALEXIS KORNER — guitarist, singer, blues fancier and scholar, and bandleader with a remarkable record as a nurseryman of young jazz talent — sat for ...

Skiffle or Piffle?

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 28 July 1956

ALEXIS KORNER tells Max Jones ...

Back to Square 1 With 'R&B' Korner

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 19 March 1966

ALEXIS KORNER, once regarded as the founding father of British R&B, is to be seen weekly on TV's Five O'Clock Club. He also works with ...

Korner in Blues

Interview by Mick Brown, The Guardian, 21 April 1978

IT IS WHOLLY fitting that the guest-list for Alexis Korner's 50th birthday party this week at Pinewood Studios should have read like a Who's Who ...

Alexis Korner: Man of the Blues

Obituary by Mick Brown, The Guardian, 2 January 1984

THE DEATH of Alexis Korner at the age of 55 from cancer marks the closing of a chapter in British music. Korner's role as one ...

Cyril Davies: The Soul-Beat Revival...

Profile and Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 20 April 1963

MR. CYRIL DAVIS, purveyor of R&B is currently the white hope of Pye's new R&B campaign. With his new single, the scintillating, exciting 'Country Line ...

The Wildest Men in the World...

Overview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 15 December 1962

THE STORY OF THE BRITISH RHYTHM AND BLUES RIOT-RAISERS... ...

The Nice: Tear Gas, Stones and Broken Heads...

Live Review by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 18 October 1969

A NICE WEEKEND BY RICHARD WILLIAMS! ...

Alexis Korner Couldn't Afford Jagger As Radio Vocalist So Mick Started Stones!

Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 2 October 1970

Blues pioneer thinks Union out of date ...

CCS: Alexis Kornered

Interview by Tony Stewart, New Musical Express, 2 October 1971

CCS: with 21 people it needs to be commercial ...

Family, Alexis Korner: College of Commerce, Manchester

Live Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 14 December 1968

MANCHESTER'S College of Commerce was packed out on December 4 for Family and Alexis Korner — along with a light show, two scantily-clad maidens, who ...

see also Dick Heckstall-Smith

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