⬇️ EDDIE SHAW ⬇️
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⬇️ EDDIE 'Vaan' SHAW ⬇️
DISCOGRAPHY 1985-2012 (13CD+4CD)
BIOGRAPHY
EDDIE SHAW
Eddie Shaw (March 20, 1937 – January 29, 2018) was an American Chicago
blues tenor saxophonist, arranger and bandleader. He led Howlin' Wolf's
band, the Wolf Gang, from 1972, both before Wolf's death in 1976 and
subsequently.
Shaw was born in Stringtown, Mississippi. In his teenage years, Shaw
played tenor saxophone with local blues musicians, such as Little Milton
and Willie Love. At the age of 14, he played in a jam session in
Greenville, Mississippi, with Ike Turner's band. At a gig in Itta Bena,
Mississippi, when the then 20-year-old Shaw performed, Muddy Waters
invited him to join his Chicago-based band.
In Waters's band, Shaw divided the tenor saxophone position with A.C.
Reed. In 1972 he joined Howlin' Wolf, leading his band, the Wolf Gang, and
writing half the songs on The Back Door Wolf (1973). After the singer's
death in 1976 he took over the band and its residency at the 1815 Club,
renamed Eddie's Place. Shaw led the band on Living Chicago Blues Vol. 1
and Have Blues – Will Travel (1980) and recorded albums with different
backing for Isabel Records, Rooster Blues, and Wolf Records.
Shaw's own recording career started in the late 1970s, with an appearance
on the Alligator Records anthology Living Chicago Blues (1978) and his own
LPs for Evidence and Rooster Blues, and more recent discs for Rooster
Blues (In the Land of the Crossroads) and Wolf (Home Alone).
Shaw's many contributions to the blues included arranging tracks for The
London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (which featured Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman,
Ringo Starr and others) and performing with blues notables, including
Hound Dog Taylor, Freddie King, Otis Rush and Magic Sam (on his Black
Magic album).
One of his sons, Eddie "Vaan" Shaw Jr. (born November 6, 1955), joined
the Wolf Gang and played on some of his father's recordings, using a
unique three-neck Fender guitar. A disciple of Wolf's protégé Hubert
Sumlin, he has recorded two albums of his own – Morning Rain and The Trail
of Tears. Another son, Stan Shaw (born 1952), is a character actor based
in Hollywood, California.
Shaw appeared in the 2007 film Honeydripper. He died in January 2018 in Chicago of natural causes, aged 80. (Wikipedia)
EDDIE 'Vaan' SHAW Jr.
He was introduced to the guitar by Magic Sam, and was raised on the laps
of Elmore James, Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf.
Later on, he played rhythm guitar at his father’s club at” 1815 West
Roosevelt” in Chicago, backing- up Eddie Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor, Freddie
King, Eddie Burke, Otis Rush, Jimmy Reed,Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, and
Albert Collins among others....
Eddie Vaan has played in every famous blues spots and hole in the wall
clubs in Chicago.
He has performed on several Boat Cruises, private Yachts... he has played
many festivals with James cotton, concerts with George Thorgood and toured
with Son Seals, Hubert Sumlin, Junior Wells...
He has toured to international audiences and television in France, Italy,
Germany, Spain, Canada, Greece, Sweden, Austria, Mexico, Alaska, Israel,
Liban.
He has left his mark on 12 Eddie Shaw CD’s and CD recordings with Lonnie
Shield, Bobba Barnes, Pinetop Perkins and a special tribute CD to Magic
Sam.