Lowell Fulson

See all 6 pictures

Play Radio

Listen to Lowell Fulson Radio, featuring artists like Jimmy Rogers, Magic Sam, Otis Spann, Little Milton and more…

• Search on Spotify

353,211 plays (81,550 listeners)
In your library (0 plays)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Lowell Fulson Ringtones to Cell

Buy

• Download
• Amazon
• Juno
• Send Ringtones to Cell
• Tonefuse Search

Add to my Library

Tulsa OK, United States (1921 – 1999)

Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, Fulson was the most important figure in West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s.

According to some sources, Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma. Fulson has stated that he is of Cherokee ancestry through his father, but he has also claimed Choctaw ancestry. At the age of eighteen, Fulson moved to Ada, Oklahoma, and joined Alger “Texas” Alexander for a few months in 1940, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles and tenor saxophone player, Stanley Turrentine. He recorded for Swing Time in the 1940s, Chess Records (Checker Records) in the 1950s, Kent Records in the 1960s, and Rounder Records (Bullseye) in the 1970s.

“Reconsider Baby” came from a long term pact inked with Chess Records in 1954. It was cut in Dallas under Stan Lewis’ supervision with a saxophone section that included David “Fathead” Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.

Jackie Brenston played in Fulson’s band between 1952 and 1954.

Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of record labels worked wonders when he jumped over to the Los Angeles based, Kent Records. 1965’s driving “Black Nights” became his first hit in a decade, and “Tramp,” did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom.

Read more… Edit bio

Popular tags: blues, rhythm and blues, guitar, funk, singer-songwriter  See more

Share this artist:

• Tweet
• Send

Top Albums

• Reconsider Baby
  Lowell Fulson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• I'm a Night Owl, Vol. 2
  Lowell Fulson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• My First Recordings
  Lowell Fulson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $9.99
  • 7digital $8.99
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $5.90
  • eBay Search
• Tramp/Soul
  Lowell Fulson

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $9.96
  • eBay Search

Top Tracks

• Last Week
• Last 6 months

1		Reconsider Baby			230
2		Do Me Right			107
3		Blue Shadows			101
4		Why Don't We Do It In The Road			97
5		Tramp			92
6		Tollin' Bells			84
7		You're Gonna Miss Me			31
8		San Francisco Blues			30
9		Everyday I Have the Blues			23
10		Crying Won't Help			17
11		Three O'clock Blues			13
12		Reconsider Baby - Single Version			12
13		Night Owl			11
13		Wee Hours in the Morning (One More Drink)			11
13		Trouble With The Blues			11

Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3

See more