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In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.


Alexis Korner


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Korner also played on B. Dick Heckstall-Smith (2004) The Safest Place in the World: A Personal History of British Rhythm and blues Clear Books. In 1978 for Korner's 50th birthday an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends as well as Eric Clapton Paul Jones Chris Farlowe Zoot Money and others which was later released as The Party Album and as a video.

Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 — 1 January 1984) was a blues musician and radio broadcaster who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English blues musicians.

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