Darrell Mansfield

Darrell Mansfield is an American gospel/blues musician.

Biography

Mansfield got his musical start in 1974, releasing his first album Gentle Faith in 1976. He later formed the Darrell Mansfield Band. Over the years he has recorded and toured the US and Europe, as well as the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Mansfield has contributed vocals and harmonica to many other artists' recordings, including Eddie Van Halen, Jon Bon Jovi, Raphael Saadiq, Adam Again and Loverboy. He has also played alongside Jimmy Hall, Joe Turner, Richie Sambora, Billy Idol, Ted Nugent, Five Blind Boys, Earl Slick, Rick Derringer and Billy Sheehan.

In 2008, Mansfield admitted that he had tried to commit suicide several times due to mental illness.^{[citation needed]}

Mansfield was inducted into the Hohner Harmonica Hall of Fame in 1980 and is the "Ambassador to California" for the Blues Hall of Fame.^[1][2]

Mansfield has released more than thirty albums.

Discography

• Gentle Faith (1976)
• Higher Power (1979)
• Get Ready (1980)
• Darrell Mansfield live (1983)
• The Vision (1983)
• Revelation (1985)
• Darrell Mansfield Band live at Calvary Chapel (1988)
• Trimmed and Burnin' (1990), with Glenn Kaiser
• Blues with a Feelin' (1991), with Eric Turner
• Live At Flevo (1991, review^[3])
• Get Ready (1992, re-release)
• Give Him Your Blues (1992)
• Slow Burn (1993), with Glenn Kaiser
• Shack of Peasants (1993, 2-volume set)
• The Blues Night (1994), with Glenn Kaiser
• Collection (1994)
• Mansfield And Company (1995)
• Tribute to Reverend Dan Smith, The Lord's House (1995)
• Into the Night (1995), with Larry Howard and Glenn Kaiser
• Delta Blues (1997)
• Crossroads (1997)
• Last Chance Boogie (1998)
• Darrell Mansfield Blues Band: Live in Europe (1999)
• Darrell Mansfield Blues Band: Live On Tour (2000)
• Soul'd Out (2000)
• The Best of Darrell Mansfield Vol. 1 (2004)
• Shades (2007)
• Born to Be Wild (2008)
• Life's Highway (2009)
• The Best of Darrell Mansfield Vol. 2 (2009)
• People Get Ready (Live in concert) (2009)

Videography

• First Love (1998), live video of several Jesus Music pioneers
• People Get Ready (2009), live in concert at the OC Pavilion, Santa Ana, California

References

1. ^ "Local Blues Artists of California". Blues Hall of Fame. February 12, 2009. http://www.blueshalloffame.com/Local_Blues_Talent/Local_Blues_Talent_of_California.html#Darrell_Mansfield. Retrieved March 9, 2011. 
2. ^ Mansfield, Darrell. "Darrell Mansfield: Orange County, CA (Rock / Blues)". http://www.reverbnation.com/darrellmansfieldband. Retrieved March 9, 2011. 
3. ^ Massey, Dave (1 August 1991). "(Review) Darrell Mansfield - Live At Flevo". Cross Rhythms (7). http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Darrell_Mansfield/Live_At_Flevo/11209/. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 

• Van Pelt, Doug (January/February 2000). "Indie Album Reviews: DARRELL MANSFIELD BAND" (– ^{Scholar search}). HM Magazine (81). ISSN 1066-6923. Archived from the original on 20 October 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20001020025134/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue81/reviews_indie81.htmll. Retrieved 2007-04-24. ^{[dead link]}
• Van Pelt, Doug (January/February 2000). "Indie Album Reviews: DARRELL MANSFIELD BLUES BAND" (– ^{Scholar search}). HM Magazine (81). ISSN 1066-6923. Archived from the original on 20 October 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20001020025134/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue81/reviews_indie81.htmll. Retrieved 2007-04-24. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official site
• ChristianBlues.net
• Hohner Harmonica's Darrell Mansfield Site
• Assistnews.net

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