Koerner, Ray & Glover

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Name =Koerner, Ray & Glover


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Origin = Minneapolis, MN, USA
Genre = Blues
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Label = Elektra Mill City Red House, Tim/Kerr
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Past_members = Tony "Little Sun" Glover
"Spider" John Koerner
Dave "Snaker" Ray
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Koerner, Ray & Glover is the name of a blues band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band featured Tony "Little Sun" Glover on harmonica, "Spider" John Koerner on guitar and vocals, and Dave "Snaker" Ray on guitar and vocals. Koerner, Ray & Glover were part of the early folk/blues explosion in the 1960's.

History

Koerner, Ray & Glover met as students at the University of Minnesota. Their common musical interest in folk and blues led them to record and perform in various configurations, doing solo turns and duets, but less as a trio together. Their breakthrough album, "Blues, Rags and Hollers" was released in 1963. They recorded two further albums for Elektra, but continued their ventures into solo albums supporting each other in both recording and touring. Glover wrote one of the very first instructional books on how to play blues harmonica.

They played frequently on the West Bank and Dinkytown where they met Bob Dylan on his first visit to the Ten O'Clock Scholar club, influencing him and others such as Bonnie Raitt.

They would occasionally do reunion concerts until Ray's death in November of 2002.

Discography

*1963: "Koerner, Ray & Glover: Blues, Rags and Hollers"
*1964: "Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers"
*1965: "The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover"
*1972: "Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover"
*1996: "Koerner, Ray & Glover: One Foot In The Groove"

External links

* [http://www.wirz.de/music/krgfrm.htm Illustrated Koerner, Ray & Glover discography]
* [http://www.mwt.net/~koerner/index.html Spider John Koerner Official web site]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=KOERNER|RAY|GLOVER&sql=11:hzfpxq95ldke~T1 Allmusic biography for Koerner, Ray & Glover]