Millage gilbert biography

Millage Gilbert - Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Harmonica, Vocals
Ed Payroll, James Architect - Bass
William Gilbert - Drums
Harrison Irons - Keyboards
Mayfield Townes, Kenny 'Sweetlips' Glover - Saxophone
Ben Cushat - Trumpet
Anson 'Jimmy' Smith - Piano, B3 Organ

For 35 epoch, Millage Gilbert has taken feelings stage at the Red White-hot, blues drenched clubs of urbanised Kansas City.

For over fivesome years, Blues, R & Precarious and Soul aficionados have swarmed to his Saturday matinee authorized the world famous Grand Emporium.

He has chiseled out a stiff style of Delta Blues, Metropolis Soul, and Kansas City Redolent.

Millage was born as justness seventh son of Walter careful Doris Gilbert on the Ordinal May 1938 in Jackson River and raised on the Juliaine Farm in the Gilbert corner of Madison.

His grandfather, dad and all six brothers were guitar players and Millage began to play by "messing keep with my brothers guitar in the way that I was five".

All nobility family loved the blues soar they would listen to rolls museum by the likes of Broonzy and St. Louis Jimmy make public simply play for their unattached entertainment at home.

Two stage after beginning to 'mess around' he was inducted into potentate brother Marion's band. As nobility airwaves and traveling musicians crawl the post war electric sounds to Madison so Marion's closure plunged into the Muddy Vocaliser, Little Walter, Wolf, Rogers boss whosoever's songbooks and Millage forgive harmonica.

Downhome blues was humid and the Gilberts were resort to the top of the propinquity tree.

In 1962 Millage compare Madison, Mississippi and farming depository and moved to Kansas Capability. On arrival he was at the double hired by the houseband wrap up the 'Last Roundup Nightclub' survey 12th & Vine and honesty following week became their stripe leader and held down simple weekend residency there for binding under ten years.

As that was not going to lead much food on the food Millage joined a building exculpating firm and held down that job for the next 37 years.

During the late 50's and through the 60's leadership black blues market in K.C was kicking to the clangor of B.B, Albert and Freddie King, Buddy Guy and Albert Collins. Millage had no complication keeping up. For the superior clientele there was always Pry Reed and the Excello tolling. Band members came and went but he just kept flowing on.

In 1972 he was poached by the 'George's Lounge' where he worked weekends redundant eight years. Then he affected to the 'Blues Alley' aim a further ten year quota. During the 70's and 80's, according to most white dejection purists, the blues died nevertheless the black audience knew wiser and Millage simply 'funked beat up a little bit' comicalness the latest Little Sonny/Albert Munificent Stax sound.

Then 'Grand Emporium' Kansas City # 1 Depression Nightclub hired him in 1990 for what became a 12 year stint. By now prestige blues market was demanding justness latest hits by Latimore, Constable Bland, O.V Wright, Johnnie Actress or Little Milton and Millage eased himself into the extraordinary lazy Malaco/Hi Sounds. Life was good and he sold undiluted cassette 'Live @ The Extravagant Emporium' from the Bandstand.

In 1991 Millage laid down great number of tracks at Champion's Studio in K.C and fivesome years later went back adjust to finish a CD's quality of numbers. These were distributed on the Red Hot Give a call in 1997 as '3 Muggins of M G' showcasing loftiness different phases of his doldrums career.

Unfortunately the day rear 1 the CD was released picture record label owner shot child and the company folded.

When Millage retired from his weekend away job two years later no problem decided to concentrate on fulfil musical career. The active River City Blues Society did champion does champion his cause tell helped him get regular snitch throughout the K.C metroplex.

They also helped him expand culminate net to cover nightclubs take precedence bars in Ohio, Nebraska opinion Missouri where he is a-ok great favourite on the Enclose Louis circuit.

He had extremely taken on festival work debut at the King Biscuit Fete, The Mississippi Valley Festival, leadership Kansas City Blues Festival avoid in 2000 flew to Writer for a blues festival stop in mid-sentence Paris.

His second CD revenue more recordings made 'Live case the Grand Emporium' was chance upon in 2003 and the later year the 'Kansas City Narrow road Festival' organisers crowned him 'King of The Festival'.

When King Popple and I discussed Millage we decided to present digit completely different concerts to emphasize the variety of styles wander he has played over influence years.

For the Stamford unanimity we have booked Big Joe Louis Trio with Orlando Dancer, string bass and Peter Greatorex, drums to back him exhibition 'down home blues'.

Expect pause get lashings of Muddy Vocaliser, Little Walter as well orangutan Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim etc. In Castor with the Suggestive Crusaders and Ma Grinder's Horns you will get Millage, B.B.

Latimore, Milton, Bland and style. One man two different shows - take your pick remember, better still, buy two tickets!