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Willie Murphy (born in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American pianist, singer, producer, and songwriter. He is best known as a singer and pianist for the blues band Willie and the Bees and his work with Bonnie Raitt and John Koerner. ==Biography== Murphy grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in an Irish-Catholic working-class family. He began piano lessons at the age of 4. His early musical influences were Little Richard, Fats Domino, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Ray Charles. Murphy played on the folk circuit with John Koerner and the duo recorded ''Running, Jumping, Standing Still'' in 1969. The album received positive reviews, ''Crawdaddy!'' calling it "one of the most unique and underrated albums of the folk boom, perhaps the only psychedelic ragtime blues album ever made." The duo eventually split up and Koerner pursued an unsuccessful career in film-making, temporarily retiring from the music business and moving to Copenhagen, Denmark.〔''Blues, Rags and Hollers: The Koerner, Ray & Glover Story''. 1995. Latch Lake (Video documentary)〕 Murphy was offered a full-time job with Elektra Records as an in-house producer but declined, choosing to remain in the Minneapolis area.〔 He produced Bonnie Raitt's 1971 debut album for Warner Bros. Records. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Murphy led the R&B, blues and rock group Willie and the Bees. Murphy performed on piano, bass, guitar and various other instruments as a session musician for Raitt, Koerner, Greg Brown, Prudence Johnson, Little Milton, as well as many others. He formed the Atomic Theory Records label in 1985 and released albums by himself, Phil Heywood, Boiled in Lead, Larry Long, and a variety of world music artists. The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame inducted Murphy along with Bob Dylan and Prince in its charter class in 1990.〔 In 2008, Murphy was inducted into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame. In 2010, St. Paul, Minnesota mayor Chris Coleman declared July 2 "Willie Murphy Day". Murphy's double-CD release ''A Shot of Love in a Time of Need/Autobiographical Notes'' reached number 14 in Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart in 2010. 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「Willie Murphy (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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