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Dayton OH, United States (1949 – present)
But from picking up a guitar as a child, and returning to his roots with Little Axe, there has been a long twisting road. McDonald, along with bassplayer Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc formed the house band for the pioneering rap label Sugar Hill, providing the music for some of the most seminal records of the era by Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaata, Force M. D. and others. From there he worked closely with Adrian Sherwood on many of projects for the On-U Sound label, as well as spearheading the band Tackhead and working with Living Colour.
But first, back to Dayton, Ohio.
Having completed his high school education Skip 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.
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Hard Grind
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Champagne & Grits
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Stone Cold Ohio
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Bought for a Dollar / Sold for a Dime
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xipeteon
i made a signal to dj --- he came to my table ---what's this --- little axe he told me --- so, this is it!
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SaloMusic
да, клёвое звучание. что тут сказать. чел поймал это.
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amy891112
好稀饭他
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MegaBlazy
сегодня первый раз послушал. зачёт!
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dzim
ЛитлАкс — это мегаохуенно!
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squirrelm
next step in delta blues
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strajnic
Somewhere between blues and soul....anyway it's first class music!
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ShadowOfTheMan
http://www.last.fm/music/Little+Axe/+images/43787351 vote and make it as default.
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hhoobb
great reunion at the arts centre last night :)
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kasa408
Little Axe is in a class of his own!
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st0mpr
cooooooool!
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igloomoon
der hammer!
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random_specimen
do you think one cares enough? :-P ah, well.. it's still nice music
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leishman88
yer bitch no.1 top weekely listener with 78 plays and still havent played all the stuff i have of his. whos gonna beat 78 plays without repeats. do you think ur big enough!?
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barewires
I think I like Hard Grind over Champagne & Grits.
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samarkand2004
'The Wolf That House Built' excellent too : Daytonnnnn !! Reminds me some Ratatat or Out Hud far far before they even begin to exist and be popular among cutting edge electro indie rock connoisseurs! :) ; excellent.. music is an eternal déjà vus river... and eternal good blues roots made them all, hehe : y!! :-)
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Xhi
Champagne & Grits is probably one of THE blues-masterpieces. It impresses me again and again ...
