Allmans with elvin bishop

[jalan48]

Bishop was born in Glendale, California, the son of Mylda (Kleege) and Elvin Bishop, Sr.[4] He grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa when he was 10. There he attended Will Rogers High School, winning a full scholarship to the University of Chicago as a National Merit Scholar. He moved to Chicago in 1960 to attend the university, where he majored in physics.---Wiki

[ProfessorGAC]

1. My Favorite Bishop Story

When they were recording "Fooled Around & Fell In Love", Elvin was very unhappy with his vocal part.
Somebody suggested that since Mickey Thomas was in another studio (with Starship, I think), they should ask him to come over, sing it, & see if it helped Elvin get ideas for the part.
Mickey agreed, came over, sang through it once. Elvin said "That did it. I've got a solid idea now. You sing it on the record!"
That's how that hit ended up with Mickey singing the lead.

[jalan48]

2. That is a good story :)

I was amazed to learn he got got a full ride to The University of Chicago ( top 10 ranking in the US!) to study physics. He's a really smart dude that wears coveralls when he performs. Just goes to show you can't judge a book by its cover.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. A Very Good Guitar Player Too

His playing is very melodic. He's a little too stuck in pentatonics for me, but not so on that hit.
Mostly because the çhords are mostly obvious major chords. Had to change his normal thinking for that.
(BTW: When I mention obvious major, that's as opposed to blues changes where the chords can be actual major chords, but the I, IV, V changes create a minor "feel". When a blues song actually is played with minor chords, it sounds jazzier.)

[jalan48]

3. Elvin Bishop & George Thorogood One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer