June Yamagishi

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Name = June Yamagishi

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Img_capt = June Yamagishi at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2004
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Junshi Yamagishi
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Born = June 6, 1953
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Origin = Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Instrument = guitar
Genre = R&B, Blues, Jazz
Occupation = musician
Years_active = 1970-present
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Associated_acts =The West Road Blues Band
So Bad Revue
Chickenshack
Band of Pleasure
The Wild Magnolias
Papa Grows Funk
Johnny Vidacovich Trio
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June Yamagishi (山岸 潤史, born Junshi Yamagishi, June 6, 1953, in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan [http://www.cdjournal.com/main/artist/artist.php?ano=133185 CD Journal artist bio: June Yamagishi] ] [ [http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~warapon/data00/birth-0606.htm http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~warapon/data00/birth-0606.htm] ] ) is a guitarist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the guitarist for bands Papa Grows Funk and the Wild Magnolias.

History

He has been active in the Japanese blues and jazz scene since the early 1970s. In 1972, he formed the West Road Blues Band in Kyoto along with vocalist Takashi "Hotoke" Nagai, guitarist Shinji Shiotsugu, bassist Tadashi Kobori, and drummer Teruo Matsumoto. The band soon became one of the main acts in then thriving blues scene in the Kansai region.

In 1975, Yamagishi went on to join a soul band named So Bad Revue, and in 1979, he released the first album under his name titled "Really?!".

During the 1980s, he played with bands Myx and Chickenshack (a Japanese band different from the British one) and in the 1990s, he formed the Band of Pleasure with guitarist David T. Walker and drummer James Gadson and released three albums before they disbanded.

In 1995, Yamagishi left his well-established career behind in Japan to live in New Orleans where he still lives today. Since he found his home in the Crescent City, he has played with musicians including Earl King, Henry Butler, Davell Crawford, Marva Wright, George Porter, Jr. among many others aside from the two groups he has been a member of.

In 2007, he reunited with West Road Blues Band guitarist Shinji Shiotsugu to record "Together Again - Blues in New Orleans". It is an all blues album recorded in New Orleans with support from the local musicians including John Gros and Marva Wright.

Discography

olo

*1979 "Really?!" (Flying Dog)
*1981 "All the Same" (Invitation)
*1988 "Give This Love" (Try M)
*1993 "Jack of the Blues" (BMG Victor)
*1994 "Smokin' Hole" (BMG Victor)
*2007 "Together Again - Blues in New Orleans" (Victor Entertainment), with Shinji Shiotsugu

West Road Blues Band

*1973 "Live In Magazine No.1/2" (Chu Chu Record)
*1975 "Blues Power" (Bourbon)
*1975 "Live in Kyoto" (Bourbon)
*1984 "Junction" (Invitation)
*1995 "Live in New York" (Zain) [ [http://www.hotoke-blues.com/wrbb/index.html Takashi "Hotoke" Nagai official website] ]

Chickenshack

*1986 "Chickenshack I" (Meldac)
*1986 "Chickenshack II" (Meldac)
*1986 "Urban Square (original soundtrack)" (Meldac)
*1987 "Loving Power" (Meldac)
*1987 "Chickenshack III" (Meldac)
*1988 "Chickenshack IV" (Meldac)
*1989 "Chickenshack V" (Meldac)
*1990 "Loving Power II" (Meldac)
*1990 "Chickenshack VI" (Meldac) [ [http://cd-v.net/jazz/discography/toki_d.html Hidefumi Toki Discography] ]

Band of Pleasure

*1992 "Live at Kirin Plaza"
*1994 "Band of Pleasure"
*1995 "A Tiny Step" [ [http://homepage2.nifty.com/ueb/davidt/bandof.html Mr David T. --Band of Pleasure--] ]

The Wild Magnolias

*1996 "1313 Hoodoo Street" (AIM)
*1999 "Life Is a Carnival" (Metro Blue)
*2002 "30 Years & Still Wild" (AIM) [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:w9fyxql5ldte~T2 allmusic The Wild Magnolias discography] ]

Papa Grows Funk

*2001 "Doin It"'
*2003 "Shakin"'
*2006 "Live at the Leaf"
*2007 "Mr. Patterson's Hat" [ [http://www.papagrowsfunk.com/store/index.html Papa Grows Funk: the store] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.papagrowsfunk.com/ Papa Grows Funk official website]
* [http://www.wildmagnolias.net/ Wild Magnolias official website]