I was going to post this in the forum 'people with Soul", but that appeared to be the place for Birthday shouts...
I've been trying to do a bit of digging around into the career of James 'Lucky' Carmichael. Although a blues artist, soul fans may remember him for his 1964 outing "Hey Girl" on Loma. He also recorded one-offs on Dille and Shar, and 'Hey Girl' / "Blues with a feeling" was originally released on Pam in 1962.
I appreciate that as a blues artist a soul forum is not necessarily the best place to go looking for information, but hey, you never know, and there are always Loma fans out there.
In attempting to research his background, the first thing you discover is that there is very little if any information available. I've managed to trace his musical career back to the first half of the 50s via a couple of newspaper clippings, but that's all. There are a number of online references to professional musicians who say they played with him early in their careers, but no insights or actual facts are offered. Further, there are a couple of mentions of him in music reference guides and in one biography that I've come across, but again, beyond the mention of his name, there's nothing added to the vague picture we have of him.
Carmichael's obituary was published in issue 55 of the magazine 'Living Blues' (Nov/Dec 1982), and I'm very keen to get hold of a copy. I've already contacted the publishers, but no luck. Any soul fans with an interest in the blues who just might have a copy of this issue tucked away in the attic?
If anyone's interested, I've done a bit of write-up at www.lomarecords.com - James 'Lucky' Carmichael , but that just reinforces how little I know about the man (although the scans of the 1950's news clippings I've dug up are yet to be added).
Can anyone offer any further insight into this long-forgotten artist?
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I was going to post this in the forum 'people with Soul", but that appeared to be the place for Birthday shouts...
I've been trying to do a bit of digging around into the career of James 'Lucky' Carmichael. Although a blues artist, soul fans may remember him for his 1964 outing "Hey Girl" on Loma. He also recorded one-offs on Dille and Shar, and 'Hey Girl' / "Blues with a feeling" was originally released on Pam in 1962.
I appreciate that as a blues artist a soul forum is not necessarily the best place to go looking for information, but hey, you never know, and there are always Loma fans out there.
In attempting to research his background, the first thing you discover is that there is very little if any information available. I've managed to trace his musical career back to the first half of the 50s via a couple of newspaper clippings, but that's all. There are a number of online references to professional musicians who say they played with him early in their careers, but no insights or actual facts are offered. Further, there are a couple of mentions of him in music reference guides and in one biography that I've come across, but again, beyond the mention of his name, there's nothing added to the vague picture we have of him.
Carmichael's obituary was published in issue 55 of the magazine 'Living Blues' (Nov/Dec 1982), and I'm very keen to get hold of a copy. I've already contacted the publishers, but no luck. Any soul fans with an interest in the blues who just might have a copy of this issue tucked away in the attic?
If anyone's interested, I've done a bit of write-up at www.lomarecords.com - James 'Lucky' Carmichael , but that just reinforces how little I know about the man (although the scans of the 1950's news clippings I've dug up are yet to be added).
Can anyone offer any further insight into this long-forgotten artist?
All help appreciated.