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Michael 'Mickey' Jupp (born 6 March 1944, in Worthing, Sussex) is an English musician and songwriter, mainly associated with the Southend music scene. == Career== Jupp played in several Southend bands after leaving art college in 1962 and was in the R&B group the Orioles (1963 to late 1965), which included Mo Witham (guitar, vocals) and Bob Clouter (drums), but the band were never recorded. After a break from music, Jupp formed Legend in 1968, who were signed to Bell Records. They released an eponymous album ''Legend'', playing a mix of pop, rockabilly and blues rock styles using no electric instruments. The original band: Nigel Dunbar (drums), Chris East (guitar, vocals and harmonica) and Steve Geere (string bass and vocals), who recorded this album with Jupp (guitar, piano and vocals), split soon afterwards, so Jupp assembled a new line-up, with Mo Witham on guitar, John Bobin on bass and Bill Fifield on drums. A recording deal with Vertigo produced a second album, in 1970, using the same line-up. Confusingly, this album was also called ''Legend'', but is usually referred to as the "Red Boot" album, after the cover picture. Fifield left to join T.Rex (where he was renamed Bill Legend, after the band he had left, by Marc Bolan), and was replaced on drums by Bob Clouter who had played with Jupp in the Orioles. This line-up recorded the second Vertigo album ''Moonshine'' issued in 1972 (and re-released on CD in 2007), after which the band broke up.〔(Allmusic biography of Jupp by Stephen Thomas Erlewine ) Retrieved 12 February 2009〕 Returning to Southend, Jupp pursued a low-key existence until the pub-rock revolution (spearheaded by local bands such as Dr. Feelgood, for whom he wrote the hit single "Down at the Doctors") created a fresh interest in rock and roll. He signed to Stiff Records in 1978, and they initially released a compilation album of the first three Legend albums, which was also called ''Legend'', giving three albums with this title. This was followed by his first solo album, ''Juppanese'', an album in two different styles. The first half was recorded with Rockpile and produced by Nick Lowe, and is in a simple raw style, whereas the second half, produced by Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, is slicker.〔(Allmusic review of Juppanese by Stephen Thomas Erlewine ), Retrieved 11 February 2009〕 Jupp had a long-standing connection with Procol Harum; one of his early idols was Gary Brooker then with R&B group the Paramounts. When Procol's bassist David Knights went into management, Legend were his first act. He also produced their final album ''Moonshine''. Robin Trower also produced Legend's second single "Georgia George Part 1"〔(45cat.com Discography )〕 which was actually Jupp backed by Mo Witham and Procol's Matthew Fisher and B.J. Wilson.〔Liner notes to Repertoire Records ''Legend'' CD〕 The follow-up album ''Long Distance Romancer'' was produced by Godley and Creme, and has a slick, highly produced, sound, which was generally seen as less successful.〔(Allmusic review of Long Distance Romancer by Stephen Thomas Erlewine ), Retrieved 11 February 2009〕 Jupp went on to release a further seven solo albums, some appearing on Swedish and German labels. His songs have been recorded by Rick Nelson, Elkie Brooks, the Judds, Chris Farlowe, Delbert McClinton, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Gary Brooker, the Hamsters, Dr. Feelgood, Roger Chapman, and the Searchers. At one time the Mickey Jupp Band had Joy Sarney as its vocalist.〔(Donaldclarkmusicbox.com )〕 In February 2009 the early Legend line-up of Chris East, Mo Witham, John Bobin, Bob Clouter and Mickey Jupp self-released a new album, ''Never Too Old To Rock'', featuring a selection of Jupp–East songs written over the previous twenty years.〔(Announcement on MickyJupp.Com (Official Website) ), Retrieved 11 March 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mickey Jupp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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