Lucky Peterson R.I.P

[jono1uk]

Sad news that Lucky Peterson passed away this morning --only 55 years old

[Michael Messer]

Sad to hear about Lucky Peterson. 55 is far to young to depart this life.



I don't know much about his music, but I met Lucky and saw him play on a couple of occasions. The first time was in London when he was signed to Alligator and was out touring a new album. I guess that was around 1990. The second time was in Italy at a festival we were both booked on a few years later. I just read that Lucky's father was a renowned jazz guitarist and at five years old, Lucky made his first record, produced by Willie Dixon. That's a pretty cool start.

Condolences to Lucky's family and friends.

Judge Kenneth "Lucky" Peterson >RIP

Shine On
Michael

[snakehips]

Hi there !

Very sad news indeed !
Amazing performer, from what I have seen on youtube.
He loves to have a laugh with the audience, kid on, mess around BUT at the same time you KNOW he can play better than most.
And he is steeped in the best elements of blues, gospel & jazz.

Equally amazing on guitar and Hammond organ.

This video shows his joking side, and if you don't watch it long enough you could be forgiven to think he is not good at all.
If you love a lot of thick, fat, dirty sounding Hammond organ like I certainly do (you have to wait for a while in this 30min video) you will be more than rewarded.

Starts with just him solo, then the drummer joins in, and it starts to get funky, then an amazing trombone solo, then that dirty Hammond kicks in, then the whole band. The band's keyboard player has the Hammond dialed in REAL dirty, and is a great player. Then Lucky finally puts the guitar down, and plays some really gritty stuff on the Hammond too. What a gig THAT must have been !!!



Ooohhh ! THAT Hammond sounds so good !!!


So, with Lucky Peterson booked to play at Edinburgh Blues Club, early last year (or the year before ? I can't remember now !) I was v excited !
It was a bit of a disaster gig though as they couldn't get the Hammond up the stairs. The band didn't have a bass player as Lucky plays bass on the Hammond's pedals. Lucky switched to guitar - and his 2nd guitarist had to switch to a borrowed bass. They had a trumpet player but he was really a jazzer. While the band set up behind him, Lucky played a very generic, disappointing solo version of Sweet Home Chicago, on guitar. Nothing like how he was on this video above. The whole gig was quite disappointing - and I ended up leaving early.

Wish I saw him in better circumstances.