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'Sweet' Charles Sherrell
Charles (* 1943 in Nashville, TN) started making music when he was 8 years old at
school. He began playing trombone for 2 years, trumpet for 2 years and drums for 6
years. Then he attended university T.S.U. for 1,5 years music major.
Charles started playing R&B with Jimmy Hendrix and one of his bass players Billy Cox who also lived in Nashville. He was playing drums and tought himself to play bass. He knew how to play guitar because Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions were in Nashville during their recordings and on the days that they came to practice, Charles would wash Curtis Jaguar and learned to play Curtis guitar for pay. A few months later the word was out that Miss Franklin was coming to the city looking for a band to take out on the road with her and Jackie Wilson. She picked Johnny Jones & The King Kasuals Band. Johnny asked ‘Young blood’ (that’s what he used to call Sweet Charles) if he thought he could do the job, if he was ready to play bass. Charles said yes and made his way to a pawn shop to purchase a bass that cost $69. In August 1968, Charles switched to the JB's (The James Brown Band). James Brown had heard him play in New York with Aretha Franklin and offered Charles a job with his organisation. One of his first recordings with James Brown was the concert "Say It Live And Loud". In January 1970 he quitted the group because of financial problems with James Brown. Charles came back a few years later. During the years away from James Brown, Charles worked with Al Green, Take 6, Ice-cube, Bootsy (for Snoop Dogg) and many others (also producing gospel groups around Nashville). In 1976 Fred Wesley quitted James Brown and Mr. Brown made Charles his musical director and bandleader instead. Charles stayed on till October 1996, then he too quitted. A few months later, Maceo Parker asked Charles if he wanted to join his band. And so from 1996 till 2004 Sweet Charles toured with Maceo Parker. Charles married his Dutch wife Martine in 2000 and therefor moved to The Netherlands. From 2004 up till now Charles has mainly written music with his wife and performed live, doing his own shows. |
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The Singles Volume 10 - 1975-1979 Polydor B0015279-02 compilation |
James Brown, clavinet, organ, piano, vocals David Matthews, conductor Maceo Parker, alto sax Joe Poff, alto sax, flute David Sanborn, alto sax Michael Brecker, tenor sax Joe Farrell, tenor sax Peyton "PJ" Johnson, tenor sax St. Clair Pinckney, tenor sax, flute Harvey Thompson, tenor sax Ronnie Eades, baritone sax Hollie Farris, trombone, trumpet Michael Gipson, trombone Charles Rose, trombone Fred Wesley, trombone Randy Brecker, trumpet Harrison Calloway jr., trumpet Ben Cauley, trumpet Russell Crimes, trumpet, percussion Lew Soloff, trumpet Joe Beck, guitar Sam Brown, guitar Duncan Cleary, guitar Robert Coleman, guitar Keith Gregory, guitar Jimmy Johnson, guitar Hugh McCracken, guitar Jimmy Nolen, guitar John Tropea, guitar Bobby Byrd, organ Clayton Ivy, keyboards Mike Lawler, clavinet, keyboards, organ Randy McCormick, keyboards Leon Pendarvis, piano Pat Rebilot, piano Sweet Charles Sherrell, organ, piano, clavinet, synthesizer, bass, vocals Richard Tee, organ, piano Gordon Edwards, bass David Hood, bass Will Lee, bass David Weston, bass Tony Cook, drums Steve Gadd, drums Roger Hawkins, drums Jimmy Madison, drums Melvin Parker, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums Sue Evans, congas, percussion Johnny Griggs, bongos, congas, percussion Martha High, vocals |
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