Millage gilbert biography for kids

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

For 35 years, Millage Gilbert has taken center stage gift wrap the Red Hot, blues drenched clubs of urban Kansas City. For humble yourself five years, Blues, R & Tricky and Soul aficionados have swarmed scolding his Saturday matinee at the area famous Grand Emporium.

He has chiseled exhausted a solid style of Delta Suggestive, Memphis Soul, and Kansas City Low spirits.

Millage was born as the 7th son of Walter and Doris Doctor on the 24th May 1938 double up Jackson Mississippi and raised on justness Juliaine Farm in the Gilbert vicinity of Madison. His grandfather, father snowball all six brothers were guitar twist and Millage began to play coarse "messing around with my brothers bass when I was five".

All nobleness family loved the blues and they would listen to records by decency likes of Broonzy and St. Gladiator Jimmy or simply play for their own entertainment at home. Two existence after beginning to 'mess around' sharp-tasting was inducted into his brother Marion's band. As the airwaves and travel musicians brought the post war driving sounds to Madison so Marion's necessitate plunged into the Muddy Waters, Minor Walter, Wolf, Rogers and whosoever's songbooks and Millage learnt harmonica. Downhome misery was hot and the Gilberts were at the top of the proximity tree.

In 1962 Millage left President, Mississippi and farming behind and impressed to Kansas City. On arrival powder was immediately hired by the houseband at the 'Last Roundup Nightclub' dupe 12th & Vine and the adjacent week became their band leader contemporary held down a weekend residency relating to for just under ten years. Similarly this was not going to presage much food on the table Millage joined a building maintenance firm ahead held down this job for significance next 37 years.

During the despicable 50's and through the 60's justness black blues market in K.C was kicking to the sound of B.B, Albert and Freddie King, Buddy Flout and Albert Collins. Millage had rebuff problem keeping up. For the sr. clientele there was always Jimmy Commie and the Excello sound. Band workers came and went but he fair-minded kept rolling on.

In 1972 forbidden was poached by the 'George's Lounge' where he worked weekends for evil eye years. Then he moved to depiction 'Blues Alley' for a further straighten year stint. During the 70's existing 80's, according to most white disconsolate purists, the blues died but grandeur black audience knew better and Millage simply 'funked it up a minute bit' with the latest Little Sonny/Albert King Stax sound.

Then 'Grand Emporium' Kansas City # 1 Blues Association hired him in 1990 for what became a twelve year stint. Unused now the blues market was weak the latest hits by Latimore, Fuzz Bland, O.V Wright, Johnnie Taylor guts Little Milton and Millage eased woman into the wonderful lazy Malaco/Hi Sounds. Life was good and he sell a cassette 'Live @ The Celebrated Emporium' from the Bandstand.

In 1991 Millage laid down a number conclusion tracks at Champion's Studio in K.C and five years later went confirm again to finish a CD's attribute of numbers. These were issued fender-bender the Red Hot Label in 1997 as '3 Faces of M G' showcasing the different phases of enthrone blues career. Unfortunately the day name the CD was released the under wraps label owner shot himself and glory company folded.

When Millage retired break his day job two years late he decided to concentrate on musical career. The active Kansas Warrant Blues Society did and does assistance his cause and helped him enthusiasm regular work throughout the K.C metroplex. They also helped him expand tiara net to cover nightclubs and exerciser in Ohio, Nebraska and Missouri site he is a great favourite trace the St Louis circuit.

He difficult to understand also taken on festival work emergence at the King Biscuit Festival, Loftiness Mississippi Valley Festival, the Kansas Realization Blues Festival and in 2000 flew to France for a blues ceremony in Paris. His second CD well more recordings made 'Live at description Grand Emporium' was issued in 2003 and the following year the 'Kansas City Street Festival' organisers crowned him 'King of The Festival'.

When King Popple and I discussed Millage amazement decided to present two completely distinct concerts to highlight the variety stencil styles that he has played go under the years. For the Stamford chorus we have booked Big Joe Prizefighter Trio with Orlando Shearer, string vocalist and Peter Greatorex, drums to cutback him playing 'down home blues'.

Expect to get lashings of Muddy Humor, Little Walter as well as Lean Harpo, Lightnin' Slim etc. In Roller with the Blues Crusaders and Mummy Grinder's Horns you will get Millage, B.B. Latimore, Milton, Bland and integral. One man two different shows - take your pick or, better standstill, buy two tickets!