Sweet Charles Sherrell

Sweet Charles Sherrell
Birth name	Charles Sherrell
Also known as	Sweet Charles
Born	March 8, 1943 (1943-03-08) (age 68) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	R&B, funk
Instruments	Electric bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Labels	People
Associated acts	Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Maceo Parker

"Sweet" Charles Sherrell (born March 8, 1943) is an American bassist known for recording and performing with James Brown.

Biography

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Sherrell began his career playing drums with fellow Nashville residents Jimi Hendrix and Billy Cox, practicing at a club a block from Hendrix's residence. Sherrell learned to play the guitar by washing the car (a Jaguar) of Curtis Mayfield in exchange for guitar lessons. Sherrell soon began teaching himself to play the bass after buying one from a local pawn shop for $69, which led him to join Johnny Jones & The King Kasuals Band, Aretha Franklin's backing group.

Sherrell joined James Brown's band in August 1968 and played on some of Brown's most famous recordings of the late 1960s, including the No. 1 R&B hits "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud", "Mother Popcorn", and "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose". In the 1970s, Sherrell rejoined Brown and performed with The J.B.'s. He later played with Al Green and Maceo & All the King's Men. He also released some recordings under the name Sweet Charles, including his first solo album, Sweet Charles: For Sweet People, on James Brown's label People Records.

References

• funky-stuff.com

External links

• sweetcharlessherrell.com - official website
• Discography at waxpoetics.com

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