Johnson hung out quite a bit at Kimbrough's juke joint near the Oxford, Mississippi campus, and used his student-loan money to record a few of the native bluesmen who frequented the place. [1] At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording previously unknown Mississippi blues artists (typically from Oxford or Holly Springs, Mississippi). Masterminded by Matthew Johnson and Peter Redvers-Lee – who worked on the US magazine Living Blues – the label’s motto, “we’re trying our best”, underplayed a fervour for the blues few could match. Fondé par Matthew Johnson et Peter Redvers-Lee en 1992, le label s'était initialement spécialisé dans la découverte des musiciens de blues du Nord du Mississippi, qui n'avaient généralement jamais encore enregistrés de disque. Johnson and Peter Lee, the former editor of Living Blues magazine, run what is quietly emerging as one of the great blues labels in the country, Fat Possum Records in Oxford, Miss. Fat Possum’s Artists Run the Gamut From Merely Contentious to Unhinged. Buy albums from The Black Keys, Iggy and the Stooges, R.L. “If I’m not into it, we don’t do it,” Johnson said. The core of their roster are elder blues-men who truely sing about what they know. I am excited looking forward for our two labels to work together and bring this fabulous music into the marketplace.”, Johnson added, “Seymour’s great. Fat Possum was founded in 1991 by Living Blues editor Peter Redvers-Lee, who went to the University of Mississippi for his MA studies in Journalism. The label has been featured in The New York Times,[2] New Yorker,[3] The Observer,[1] a Sundance Channel production,[4][5] features on NPR,[6][7] and a 2004 documentary, You See Me Laughin. Comme sur l'opus précédent, Cedell est seul à la guitare sur la plupart des morceaux (sauf deux pistes). The southern label developed further, signing a wide selection of newer acts, including The Black Keys, leading up to a current day roster that has included Spiritualized, Courtney Marie Andrews, The Districts, Songhoy Blues and The Weather Station, and both back catalog and a new album from Los Angeles’ legendary X. 26. 2015. Burnside proved early on to be the label's biggest money maker. [9], Fat Possum was founded in 1991 by Living Blues editor Peter Redvers-Lee, who went to the University of Mississippi for his MA studies in Journalism. CD $ 12.00 Add to Cart. Although their releases were critically acclaimed, particularly Junior Kimbrough's album All Night Long, which received 4 stars from Rolling Stone and the loud approval of Iggy Pop. Johnson and the label are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a string of limited-edition vinyl releases and digital reissues. May. Over in Oxford, Mississippi, however, things don't look quite so rosy to Matthew Johnson, who started Fat Possum Records in 1991 purely to record the … Both music men would also go on to have an impact outside the blues, with Seymour Stein at the leading edge of the punk and alternative rock movement with Sire Records, and the Ramones, Talking Heads, Undertones, Pretenders, Dead Boys and Richard Hell, and later with The Smiths, Depeche Mode, The Replacements, My Bloody Valentine Wilco, and of course Madonna, while Johnson made Fat Possum a premier indie rock destination for Spiritualized, X, El-P of Run The Jewels, The Jim Carroll Band, and others. The upcoming Fleetwood Mac vinyl titles can be pre-ordered here: Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac It's all polished, you know. Fat Possum; Bible & Tire Recording Co. Big Legal Mess; Glacial Pace; Grand Jury; Hi Records; Luminelle; Other Music; Tyrant Books; Search. We just gave him one." One year Johnson's bank charged him $14,000 in bounced cheque fees alone, at $17 per cheque. [citation needed] At Fat Possum's behest some artists, particularly R. L. Burnside, released both standard blues albums and more techno albums,[16] done in the style that would later be made famous by Moby's album Play. After being launched by Vernon and Neal Slaven as a spin-off from their ‘R&B Monthly’ magazine, Blue Horizon’s first release was “Across The Board,” a 1965 single by Hubert Sumlin. Wonderful Junior Kimbrough performed one of his few tours with Iggy Pop. Across its history, Blue Horizon hit the British charts numerous times with singles by Chicken Shack (“I’d Rather Go Blind” in 1968) and Fleetwood Mac (“Need Your Love So Bad” and “Black Magic Woman,” both in 1968), while Fleetwood Mac reached the top 10 with their first two album releases (the band’s debut peaking at #4). Over more than 70 singles, and in excess of 100 albums, including the Blues Masters Series of LPs in the early 70’s, Blue Horizon became epicenter for blues, and a veritable who’s who from both sides of the Atlantic, supplementing their host of classic U.K. acts, with an American roster that also included Otis Rush, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Sonny Boy Williamson, B.B. Matthew Johnson, Peter Redvers-Lee: Distribuidoras: RED Distribution: Xénero(s) blues, rock, hip hop, indie rock: Orixe: Estados Unidos: Localización: Oxford, Mississippi: fatpossum.com: Fat Possum Records é un selo discográfico independente estadounidense baseado en Water Valley e Oxford, Mississippi. Fat Possum Records celebrates a gang of seedy, elderly Mississippi bluesmen. The official Fat Possum Records Website. They acquired the Al Green catalog including his 1975 Greatest Hits.[22]. This week in the magazine, Jay McInerney reports on the blues label Fat Possum Records and its head, Matthew Johnson. Label: Fat Possum Records - FP80353-1 • Series: Fat Possum Records 25th Anniversary Limited Edition • Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue • Country: US • Genre: Blues • … Released: 02/24/2004. Under the marketing and distribution arrangement, Fat Possum will help with the reactivation of Blue Horizon, making a selection of physical and digital releases available once more, and expanding the reach and visibility of the label across the United States and Canada. Burnside, Townes Van Zandt, Youth Lagoon, Spiritualized & more Further vinyl reissues are planned for later in 2021, including albums by Bukka White and Champion Jack Dupree, along with a selection of compilations and special releases, including some classic long out-of-print singles. Son Delta-blues tranchant et chaotique ravira les amateurs du genre. Meanwhile Johnson recorded the likes of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough in 1993. [13] An early investor was John Hermann of Widespread Panic, who also pitched Robert Palmer's name as producer.[2][15]. A gang of seedy, elderly Mississippi bluesmen anchors Fat Possum Records and the label's new documentary. The new arrangement will kick off with a selection of vinyl reissues this year, starting with new re-releases of three key Fleetwood Mac albums recorded for Blue Horizon: the 1968 self-titled LP (otherwise known as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac), ‘Mr. Catalog #: FP1011. "Blues bars are so dorky," he says, "and I fuckin' hate blues festivals. If the label had only birthed the career of Fleetwood Mac, whose founder Peter Green sadly passed in early 2020, Blue Horizon’s place in history would be sealed, but it quickly collected some of the brightest stars from the local London scene. Histoire. [10][11] He planned on starting a record label and picked the name with another student, Billy "Pup" Cochrane. Today, Watson is Fat Possum's general manager, as well as a partner of FP owner Matthew Johnson in the label's publishing company and Money Shot recording studio, an analog/digital facility located in an old school lunchroom building in the woods outside of Water Valley, Mississippi. 1) Easy Rider - Scott Dunbar -- 0:00 2) Goin' Down South - R.L. It's all polished, you know. The label’s artists spanned both the classic Chicago blues, and its more country cousin, with the likes of Bukka White and Mississippi Joe Callicott, and included a Blue Horizon issued live album recorded at the 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival. Disputes between the artist and label resulted in Hoffman buying back the master and selling it to Evidence Records (UPC: 730182609226) [18] Fat Possum was perennially strapped for cash. He came to University of Mississippi for his MA studies in Journalism, and became editor of Living Blues in 1987. Most of them have seen their share of personal tragedies, jail time and illness. Enregistré par Robbie Norris, Matthew Johnson et Bruce Watson, ce deuxième album est dans la parfaite continuité des précédents. But that was before Fat Possum Music was started in 1991 in Oxford, Mississippi, by Matthew Johnson and Peter Lee. NEW YORK (Billboard) - If it's up to Fat Possum president Matthew Johnson, the classic '70s recordings of R&B legend Al Green will soon be seducing a new generation of listeners. Under the guidance of Sire Records founder, famed A&R man Seymour Stein, and Matthew Johnson, founder of Fat Possum Records, Blue Horizon expands into a new era. A legal fight with Capricorn Records, who were to be their distributor, drained Fat Possum's funds and left a number of projects on the shelf.[20]. He planned on starting a record label and picked the name with another student, Billy 'pup' Cochrane. Menu. Blue Horizon was originally co-founded in the U.K. by Mike Vernon, at the time a producer at (British) Decca in London, and producing amongst others David Bowie’s first album, setting itself up at the forefront of the burgeoning blues movement in London in the 1960’s, and tapping local talents such as Duster Bennett, Chicken Shack, and of course the initial incarnation of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, along with classic American bluesmen such as Otis Spann, Champion Jack Dupree, Elmore James, as well as Furry Lewis, Bukka White, Mississippi Joe Callicott and others. 1) Easy Rider - Scott Dunbar -- 0:00 2) Goin' Down South - R.L. Over the past decade, Fat Possum has successfully marketed a … Label: Fat Possum Records - 0312-2,Epitaph - 0312-2 • Format: CD Compilation • Country: Europe • Genre: Blues • Style: Country Blues, Electric Blues Blue Horizon, the legendary British blues label co-founded in 1965 by esteemed record producer Mike Vernon, and Fat Possum, a blues powerhouse in itself, have announced an exclusive partnership for North America. Matthew Johnson is President at Fat Possum Records Ltd. View Matthew Johnson’s professional profile on Relationship Science, the database of decision makers. Matthew Johnson, co-founder of Fat Possum Records; Matt Johnson, protagonist played by Jan-Michael Vincent in the 1978 surfing movie Big Wednesday; See also. Surviving family. Since 2008, Ford worked with the Seattle-based band, GravelRoad. He planned on starting a record label and picked the name with another student, Billy "Pup" Cochrane. MP3 Download $ 9.00 Add to Cart. Label: Fat Possum Records - 80329-2,Epitaph - 80329-2 • Format: CD Album • Country: US • Genre: Rock, Blues • The newly launched Memphis Record Pressing was put together by Fat Possum head Matthew Johnson and Bruce Watson, along with AudioGraphics Masterworks bosses Mark … Fat Possum: ‘We never thought this label would work’ The co-founder of one of the world’s coolest labels talks to [PIAS]’s Kenny Gates. Interviews People Fat Possum Kenny Gates Labels Matthew Johnson. Fat Possum Label Keeping Blues Alive . Then, in 1991, his fortunes began to change when he was signed to the fledgling Fat Possum label by Matthew Johnson, then a student at Ole Miss university. À la demande de Fat Possum, des artistes, particulièrement R. L. Burnside, ont abandonné le blues standard pour s'orienter vers des albums plus techno comme ce fut le cas plus … Johnson and the label are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a string of limited-edition vinyl releases and digital reissues. It’s typical of Matthew Johnson’s luck that the roster of his Fat Possum label can turn out to be more prolific dead than alive. Having released two albums, he teamed with The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion for a tour, and then recorded with the band A Ass Pocket of Whiskey, which helped Burnside and Fat Possum gain wider recognition. With time, many of the label's artists have died. Matthew Johnson, 27, started Fat Possum in 1991 while a student at the University of Mississippi. Kimbrough died in 1998 and Burnside in 2005. Solomon Burke's "comeback" album, Don't Give Up On Me, won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Asie Payton, King Ernest, and Charles Caldwell died before their records could be released. A remix of the R. L. Burnside song, "It's Bad You Know", was also featured prominently on The Sopranos. Concluding that further searches for rural talent are hopeless,[24][25] it has begun to broaden its base of artists and sign a range of younger, indie rock bands like Andrew Bird, Milk Music, MellowHype, the Heartless Bastards, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, Wavves, Youth Lagoon, The Walkmen, Temples, Yuck, Fat White Family, The Districts, Crocodiles, Bass Drum of Death, and Soccer Mommy. Vinyl $ 17.00 Add to Cart. Expanding the reach and visibility of the label across the United States and Canada. By the time Fat Possum founder Matthew Johnson stumbled across him in May of 2002, Caldwell was already dying of pancreatic cancer. Blue Horizon, the legendary British blues label co-founded in 1965 by esteemed record producer Mike Vernon, and Fat Possum, a blues powerhouse in itself, have announced an exclusive partnership for North America. They have tapped into the indie-folk scene, releasing Verbena's frontman A.A. Bondy's solo records, The Felice Brothers, and female songwriter Lissie. In 1997 T-Model Ford was featured in a 26-minute documentary JUKE Directed by Mary Flannery and produced by Yellow Cat Productions. This week in the magazine, Jay McInerney reports on the blues label Fat Possum Records and its head, Matthew Johnson. À la demande de Fat Possum, des artistes, particulièrement R. L. Burnside, ont abandonné le blues standard pour s'orienter vers des albums plus techno comme ce fut le cas plus … LATEST ARTICLES By Richard Grant March 3, 2012 Leave a comment. To this day, the only single by Fleetwood Mac to hit #1 on the UK charts is “Albatross,” released by Blue Horizon on November 22, 1968. Seymour Stein became an early partner in Blue Horizon, investing in Mike Vernon’s label, before later becoming the sole owner. I chatted to Matthew Johnson [co-founder of Fat Possum records] yesterday. NEW YORK (Billboard) - If it's up to Fat Possum president Matthew Johnson, the classic '70s recordings of R&B legend Al Green will soon be seducing a new generation of listeners. The project … The arrangement between Blue Horizon and Fat Possum is the story of two labels, formed decades apart, but with their roots in the blues. Accompanying the complaint was a letter from Kempler stating that the attached complaint "has or may be filed." Mr. Burnside. He's been involved in most of the label's releases, from bluesman R.L. [8] Fat Possum also distributes the Hi Records catalog. He and the Fat Possum staff have a pretty simple way of choosing what to release. Fat Possum was founded in 1991 by two Living Blues magazine staff, Peter Redvers-Lee and Matthew Johnson. Matt Johnson, drummer for the band Fat Tulips; Matt Johnson, keyboardist for the band Matt and Kim; Matthew Johnson, co-founder of Fat Possum Records; Sports. He played music for much of his life but received little recognition before the early 1990s. He’s one of the 3 or 4 people on the business side that are fun to talk to. "Blues bars are so dorky," he says, "and I fuckin' hate blues festivals. Matthew Johnson fonde le macaron sur sa bourse d'étudiant. Lee has since left, but Johnson has continued the label through some very lean and difficult times. Tag Archives: Matthew Johnson. [13] By 1994 or so[14] Lee left, and freelance recording engineer Bruce Watson assumed his managerial role. In 2017 Fat Possum partnered with founding Gorilla vs. Bear blogger Chris Cantalini to start new label Luminelle Recordings. Fat Possum Records is was a label started in 1991 by Matthew Johnson (4) for the express purpose recording of R.L. Johnson, 28, grew up in Mississippi and loved its music. Under the marketing and distribution arrangement, Fat Possum … The Independent Echo. “We’re using this whole thing to get us more entrenched in the digital world,” Says Fat Possum founder and President Matthew Johnson. American record producer, founder of Fat Possum Records in 1991. [12][verification needed] Co-founder Matthew Johnson, who grew up in the state, was also a student at the University of Mississippi. [21] George Mitchell's recordings came out first as individual albums of Furry Lewis, Mississippi Joe Callicott, R.L. Lee was born July 2, 1960, in Estcourt, South Africa. The way Johnson tells it, Fat Possum’s history has been a patchwork of missteps and last-minute glory ever since it set up shop 24 years ago. We’ve finished the EP, it’s like 25 minutes, and we’re gonna release it through Fat Possum, but they’re gonna figure out how to do it during this moment. In 1995, he was discovered by Matthew Johnson of Fat Possum Records, under which he released five albums from 1997 to 2008. In 1995 they added Arkansas bluesman John "So Blue" Weston to their roster, with So Doggone Blue (FP 1003) produced by Living Blues writer Larry Hoffman. 1) I'm Insane - T-Model Ford -- 0:00 2) Meet Me in the City - Junior Kimbrough -- 2:47 3) Come Right In - 20 Miles -- 9:38 4) Snake Drive - R.L. An early investor was John Hermannof Widespread Panic, … Burnside, Townes Van Zandt, and others, with covers designed by Chip Kidd, and then in bulk as the George Mitchell Collection. Johnson … The offices of Fat Possum Records are located with wild incongruity between a police station and a Baptist church in the small, god-fearing town of Water Valley, Mississippi, where the lawns are deep and green and possession of beer is a criminal offence. I sent you some of the stuff we were doing live, but we’ve added some other stuff on top of it. Remember Me Charles Caldwell. Under the guidance of Sire Records founder, famed A&R man Seymour Stein, and Matthew Johnson, founder of Fat Possum Records, Blue Horizon expands into a new era. Johnson, 28, grew up in Mississippi and loved its music. In the 1990s, he began recording for the Oxford, Mississippi, label Fat Possum Records, founded by Peter Redvers-Lee and Matthew Johnson. Fondé par Matthew Johnson et Peter Redvers-Lee en 1992, le label s'était initialement spécialisé dans la découverte des musiciens de blues du nord du Mississippi, qui n'avaient généralement jamais encore enregistré de disque. Responding to the first deaths, Fat Possum begun to release more archival records. Accompanying the complaint was a letter from Kempler stating that the attached complaint "has or may be filed." Fat Possum began life in 1991 in Water Valley, Mississippi. Burnside stayed with Fat Possum until his death, and he usually played with his friend and understudy, the slide guitarist Kenny Brown. 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