Pee Wee Crayton
Pee Wee Crayton ( Connie Curtis Crayton actually; born December 18, 1914 in Rockdale, Texas, † June 25, 1985 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American blues singer and guitarist.
Influenced by T -Bone Walker created hits like Crayton Texas Hop, Pee Wee 's Boogie and Poppa Stoppa. His nickname " Pee Wee " he had received allegedly by none other than Roy Brown.
Biography
Crayton, who was born in Rockdale (Texas ), grew up in Austin. In the school band, he played ukulele and trumpet. In 1935, he moved from Texas to San Francisco; later he lived in Los Angeles. It was not until 1944 he played amplified guitar after seeing a performance by T -Bone Walker. The two became friends, and T -Bone brought Crayton the most important tricks on the guitar at. He quickly developed his own distinctive style. Aggressive guitar in a soft voice was later copied his trademark and often.
Crayton forming a trio and earned henceforth his living as a musician. He also played in the band of Ivory Joe Hunter, at the shots he played in 1946. 1947 emerged Craytons first recordings under his own name; he signed a recording contract with Modern Records and had in 1948 with "Blues After Hours " a number - one hit in the R & B charts. He then took on some record companies, among others, at Imperial in New Orleans, Jamie in Philadelphia and Vee -Jay Records in Chicago. It is reported that he was the first blues guitarist, who played a Fender Stratocaster, which was handed to him by Leo Fender himself.
In the 1960s, he disappeared almost completely from the scene; until 1971 he published at Vanguard Album Things I Used to Thu Afterwards we went back a little uphill with his career. He toured and took on several albums before he died in 1985 of a heart attack. He died at his home in Topanga near Los Angeles. He is on the Inglewood Park Cemetery buried.
Throughout his long career Crayton stepped across the U.S., among others with Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson, T -Bone Walker, Ray Charles, Big Maybelle, and Dinah Washington. 2009 Pee Wee Crayton was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.