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 Spain (1985); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2004); Tate, Liverpool (2006); and Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (1986 and 2007). Selected museum collections

 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
 Australian National Gallery, Canberra
 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
 St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
 Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio
 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
 Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
 Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
 Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection, Albany, New York
 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
 Kunsthaus, Zurich
 Kunstmuseum, Basel
 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
 Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
 Museum of Modern Art, New York
 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
 Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
 Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
 Tate Gallery, London
 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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Notes

References

 Gowing, L (ed.) 1995, A Biographical Dictionary


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 of Artists, Rev. edn, Andromeda Oxford Limited, Oxfordshire. Further reading

 "<mask>d." Contemporary Artists, 4th ed. St. James Press, 1996. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center.Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2005. "<mask>d: Color, Format and Abstract Art." Interview by Diane Waldman (1977), in: Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art, edited by K. Stiles and P. Selz, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, pp. 94–98. "<mask>d." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed.17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2005. "Painting: Bold Emblems", an 18 April 1969 profile of <mask>d in Time magazine
 "Art: Pure, Uncluttered Hedonism", a 2 May 1977 review of <mask>'s work by Robert Hughes of Time magazine
 "Painting: Peacock Duo", an 8 May 1965 examination of <mask>'s work

External links

 <mask> in the National Gallery of Australia's <mask> collection
 Tate08 Series: <mask>d: The Stripe Paintings exhibition at Tate Liverpool, England, 2006
  TheArtStory.com/<mask>d
   <mask>d at The Phillips Collection
 New York Times artblog by Roberta Smith
 Noland's works at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
 New York Times Obituary
 Washington Post Obituary
 The Guardian Obituary and letter from Anthony Caro
 The Independent Obituary

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<mask> MBE (born 23 September 1941) is an English jazz singer and lyricist. In a career spanning more than 50 years she is best known for her wordless improvisations. Musicians with whom she has worked include Michael Garrick, John Surman, Michael Gibbs, Mike Westbrook, as well as pianist John Taylor, who was her former husband. Biography

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Born as <mask> in Bow, East London, England, she was 10 years old when her family moved to Dagenham, Essex. Encouraged by her primary school teacher, she applied for and won a scholarship to attend Saturday-school at Trinity Music College, and after passing her 11-plus exams, she went to Dagenham County High School (where Dudley Moore was then a senior pupil). Like Moore, her music teacher there was Peter Cork (1926-2012). At the age of 17 she discovered jazz, listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson being played on Radio Luxembourg.Career
Winstone began singing in bands around Dagenham in the early 1960s, and has said of her early experiences: "I've always been on the edge, always felt like I was swimming against the tide and somehow couldn't stop. I met a pianist called Chris Goody and we'd get together and play things. He knew Margaret Busby who was in a publishing company called Alison and Busby. She also wrote lyrics for tunes like 'Naima'. I was inspired by her, though I didn't write words myself at that time, I didn't think I could." Winstone first attracted attention when in the late 1960s she appeared at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club sharing the bill with Roland Kirk. Interviewed in 2020, she said: "I went along to a gig at the Charlie Chester Club and I sat in with a drummer called John Stevens and he was incredibly enthusiastic and jumped up and said, 'I'm going to tell Ronnie Scott about

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 recordings. ... A must for fans looking for something as cozy as a golden age chanteuse, but without all the gymnastic scatting and carbon copy ways of many a contemporary jazz singer." In addition, she made albums with the American pianists Jimmy Rowles – Well Kept Secret, recorded in 1993 – and Fred Hersch.On Well Kept Secret Winstone sang lyrics she had written to Rowles' composition "The Peacocks", which she had heard on the Bill Evans album You Must Believe in Spring (1981). With the title "A Timeless Place", Winstone's lyrics were subsequently recorded by others, including Mark Murphy. Well respected as a lyricist, she has also written words to tunes by Ralph Towner, Egberto Gismonti, Ivan Lins, Steve Swallow, and other musicians. In 2001, Winstone was honoured as "Best Vocalist" in the BBC Jazz Awards, also being nominated in 2007 and 2008. In February 2018, Winstone released Descansado: Songs for Films, a collection that AllMusic described as "an unusual and provocative album". Personal life
In 1972, Winstone married pianist John Taylor, whom she had met in 1966; they divorced after some years, although they later continued their musical partnership. Their two sons, Alex and Leo, are both musicians."10 Tracks by <mask>e I Can't Do Without… by vocalist/composer Nicky Schrire", London Jazz News, 20 May 2021. 1941 births
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<mask> (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of American soul music, <mask> recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", "Mustang Sally", "Funky Broadway", "Engine No. 9", and "Don't Knock My Love". <mask> was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, in recognition of his impact on songwriting and recording. Biography

Early life and family
<mask> was born March 18, 1941 in Prattville, Alabama, and sang in Baptist church choirs. He was the fourth of 11 children and called his mother "the baddest woman in my book," telling historian Gerri Hirshey: "I get scared of her now.She used to hit me with anything, skillets, stove wood ... [one time I ran away and] cried for a week. Stayed in the woods, me and my little dog." <mask> eventually left to live with his father in Detroit in 1955. Early musical career (1955–1964)
<mask>'s forceful, passionate style of singing was developed in the church and on the streets of Detroit, under the influence of recording stars such as Little Richard, whom he referred to as "the architect of rock and roll." In 1955, <mask> joined the Violinaires, a gospel group. The Violinaires played with another gospel group on concert tour in America.

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 You Need Me" became one of his biggest hits (#2 R&B, No. 37 pop) and is considered a soul standard. <mask> was crushed when he discovered that Atlantic had given away his song.When <mask>—with a demo tape under his arm—returned to Wexler's studio, Wexler asked whether he was angry about this loss, but denied it saying "It's over". <mask>'s version was released on Double L Records and was a moderate hit, peaking at No. 30 R&B and No. 64 pop. <mask>'s first significant success as a solo artist came with "It's Too Late," an original composition (not to be confused with the Chuck Willis standard of the same name). Entering the charts on July 27, 1963, it peaked at No. 7 on the R&B chart (#49 pop); the same title was used for <mask>'s debut album, released in the same year.Compiling several of <mask>'s single releases for Double L, It's Too Late showcased a raw soulful sound that foreshadowed the singer's performances throughout the coming decade. The single's success persuaded Wexler and Atlantic to buy <mask>'s recording contract from Double L in 1964. Rise to stardom: "In the Midnight Hour" (1965)
<mask>'s Atlantic career began with the self-produced single, "I'm Gonna Cry". Looking to boost <mask>'s chart chances, Atlantic paired him with record producer Bert Berns and established songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. With this team, along with arranger, conductor Teacho <mask> recorded "Come Home Baby," a duet with singer Tami Lynn,

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 but this single failed to chart. <mask>'s breakthrough came at Stax Records' studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he recorded his third Atlantic single, "In the Midnight Hour" (1965). This song was <mask>'s first big hit, peaking at #1 R&B, #21 pop (US), and #12 (UK).It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It garnered <mask> his first Grammy nomination for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording at the 8th Annual Grammy Awards. The genesis of "In the Midnight Hour" was a recording session on May 12, 1965, at which Wexler worked out a powerful rhythm track with studio musicians Steve Cropper and Al Jackson of the Stax Records house band, including bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn. (Stax keyboard player Booker T. Jones, who usually played with Dunn, Cropper and Jackson as Booker T. & the M.G. 's, did not play on the studio sessions with <mask>.) Wexler said to Cropper and Jackson, "Why don't you pick up on this thing here?" He performed a dance step.Cropper explained in an interview that Wexler told them that "this was the way the kids were dancing; they were putting the accent on two. Basically, we'd been one-beat-accenters with an afterbeat; it was like 'boom dah,' but here was a thing that went 'um-chaw,' just the reverse as far as the accent goes." Stax/Fame years (1965–1967)
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 Midnight Hour," <mask>'s 1965 recordings included the singles "Don't Fight It," (#4 R&B, No. 53 pop) "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" (#1 R&B, No. 13 pop) and "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (#13 R&B, No.53 pop). All but "634-5789" were original compositions which <mask> co-wrote with Eddie Floyd or Steve Cropper or both; "634-5789" was credited to Cropper and Floyd alone. For his next sessions, <mask> did not return to Stax, as the label's owner, Jim Stewart, had decided in December 1965 to ban outside productions. Wexler took <mask> to Fame Studios, a studio also with a close association with Atlantic Records, located in a converted tobacco warehouse in nearby Muscle Shoals, Alabama. <mask> recorded some of his biggest hits there, including the highest-charting version of "Land of 1,000 Dances", which was his third R&B No. 1 and his biggest pop hit, peaking at No. 6.It was a million-selling disc. Other big hits from this era in <mask>'s career included his remakes of Mack Rice's "Mustang Sally", (#6 R&B, No. 23 pop), and Dyke & the Blazers' "Funky Broadway", (R&B No. 1, #8 pop). Both tracks were million sellers. The band heard on most of <mask>'s Fame recordings included keyboardist Spooner Oldham, guitarist Jimmy Johnson, drummer Roger Hawkins, and bassist Tommy Cogbill. Later Atlantic years (1967–1972)

Near the end of 1967, <mask> began recording at American Studios in Memphis with producers Tom Dowd and Tommy Cogbill, and began

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texts: recording songs by Bobby Womack.The songs "I'm in Love," "Jealous Love," "I've Come a Long Way," "I'm a Midnight Mover," (co-written by <mask> and Womack), and "I Found a True Love" were Womack-penned hits for <mask> in 1967 and 1968. <mask> recorded works by other songwriters in this period; Rodger Collins' "She's Lookin' Good" and a new arrangement of the traditional blues standard "Stagger Lee" were Top 40 hits <mask> recorded at American. Womack was the guitarist on all recordings. <mask> returned to Fame Studios in late 1968 and early 1969, where he worked with a band that featured guitarist Duane Allman, Hawkins, and bassist Jerry Jemmott. A No. 16 pop hit remake of The Beatles' "Hey Jude" came out of the Fame sessions, as well as the minor hits "Mini-Skirt Minnie" and "Hey Joe" (a remake of the Jimi Hendrix hit). Late 1969 found <mask> at Criteria Studios in Miami.Hit remakes of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (#16 R&B, No. 92 pop) and The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" (#4 R&B, No. 25 pop), and the Pickett original "She Said Yes" (#20 R&B, No. 68 pop) came from these sessions. <mask> then teamed up with established Philadelphia-based hitmakers Gamble and Huff for the 1970 album <mask> in Philadelphia, which featured his next two hit singles, "Engine No. 9" and "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You", the latter selling one million copies. Following these two hits, <mask> returned to Muscle Shoals and the band featuring David Hood,

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 Hawkins and Tippy Armstrong.This lineup recorded <mask>'s fifth and last R&B No. 1 hit, "Don't Knock My Love, Pt. 1". It was another <mask> recording that rang up sales in excess of a million copies. Two further hits followed in 1971: "Call My Name, I'll Be There" (#10 R&B, No. 52 pop) and "Fire and Water" (#2 R&B, No. 24 pop), a cover of a song by the rock group Free.In March 1971, <mask> headlined the Soul To Soul concert in Accra to commemorate Ghana's 14th Independence Day. He is featured on the soundtrack album, Soul To Soul, which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Soul LP's chart. <mask> recorded several tracks in 1972 for a planned new album on Atlantic, but after the single "Funk Factory" reached No. 11 R&B and No. 58 pop in June 1972, he left Atlantic for RCA Records. His final Atlantic single, a recording of Randy Newman's "Mama Told Me Not to Come," was culled from <mask>'s 1971 album Don't Knock My Love.However, six years later, the Big Tree division of Atlantic released his album, Funky Situation, in 1978. In 2010, Rhino Handmade released a comprehensive compilation of these years titled Funky Midnight Mover – The Studio Recordings (1962–1978). The compilation included all recordings originally issued during <mask>'s Atlantic years along with previously unreleased recordings. This collection was sold online only by Rhino.com. Post-Atlantic recording career
<mask> continued to record with success on the R&B charts for RCA in

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texts: 1973 and 1974, scoring four top 30 R&B hits with "Mr. Magic Man", "Take a Closer Look at the Woman You're With", "International Playboy" (a re-recording of a song he had previously recorded for Atlantic on <mask> in Philadelphia), and "Soft Soul Boogie Woogie". However, he was failing to cross over to the pop charts with regularity, as none of these songs reached higher than No. 90 on the Hot 100.In 1975, with <mask>'s once-prominent chart career on the wane, RCA dropped <mask> from the label. After being dropped, he formed the short-lived Wicked label, where he released one LP, Chocolate Mountain. In 1978, he made a disco album with Big Tree Records titled Funky Situation, which is a coincidence as, at that point, Big Tree was distributed by his former label, Atlantic. The following year, he released an album on EMI titled I Want You. <mask> was a popular composer, writing songs that were recorded by many artists, including Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, the Grateful Dead, Booker T. & the MGs, Genesis, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Hootie & the Blowfish, Echo & the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, Bruce Springsteen, Los Lobos, the Jam and Ani DiFranco, among others. <mask> continued to record sporadically with several labels over the following decades (including Motown), occasionally making the lower to mid-range of the R&B charts, but he had no pop hit after 1974. His career was hindered by his addictions.His alcoholism was exacerbated

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 from health problems. While in the hospital, he returned to his spiritual roots and told his sister that he wanted to record a gospel album, but he never recovered. On September 10, 2014, TVOne's Unsung program aired a documentary that focused on <mask>'s life and career. Personal life
<mask> was the father of four children.At the time of his death, he was engaged. Legal problems and drug abuse
<mask>'s struggle with alcoholism and cocaine addiction led to run-ins with the law. In 1991, <mask> was arrested for yelling threats while drunkenly driving his car over the front lawn of Donald Aronson, the mayor of Englewood, New Jersey. He faced charges of drunk driving, refusing to take a breath test, and resisting arrest. <mask> agreed to perform a benefit concert in exchange for having the disorderly conduct and property damage charges dropped. He performed for his community service obligation. In 1992, <mask> struck an 86-year-old pedestrian Pepe Ruiz with his car in Englewood.Police allegedly found six empty miniature vodka bottles and six empty beer cans in his car. Ruiz, who had helped organize the New York animation union, died later that year. <mask> pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges. He agreed to rehab and received a reduced sentence of one year in jail and five years probation. A week after this incident, a judge ordered <mask> to move out of his home after his live-in girlfriend charged him with threatening to have her killed


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<mask> died on January 19, 2006, two months short of his 65th birthday. He had been suffering from health problems for the last year of his life and had spent considerable time in the hospital. He died at a hospital in Reston, Virginia after suffering a heart attack. At the time of his death, <mask> was living in Ashburn, Virginia. He was laid to rest in a mausoleum at Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. <mask> spent many years in Louisville. The eulogy was delivered by Pastor Steve Owens of Decatur, Georgia.Little Richard, a long-time friend of <mask>'s, spoke about him and preached a message at the funeral. <mask> was remembered on March 20, 2006, at New York's B.B. King Blues Club with performances by the Commitments, Ben E. King, his long-term backing band the Midnight Movers, soul singer Bruce "Big Daddy" Wayne, and Southside Johnny in front of an audience that included members of his family, including two brothers. Awards and nominations
<mask> was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. In 1993, he was honored with a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. In 2005, <mask> was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. In 2015 <mask> was inducted into the

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 National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.Grammy Awards
He was nominated for five Grammy Awards during the course of his career. II (1971, Atlantic SD-8290) US: #73
 <mask>'s Greatest Hits (1973, Atlantic SD2-501 [2LP]; CD reissue: 1987, Atlantic 81737) US: #178
 A Man and A Half: The Best of <mask> (1992, Rhino R2-70287) 2CD
 The Very Best of <mask> (1993, Rhino R2-71212)
 Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It: Best of The RCA Years (1998, Camden 58814)
 The Definitive Collection (2006, Rhino R2-77614) 2CD
 Funky Midnight Mover: The Atlantic Studio Recordings (1962–1978) (2010, Rhino Handmade RHM2-07753) 6CD
 Mr. Magic Man: The Complete RCA Studio Recordings (2015, Real Gone Music RGM-0384) 2CD
 The Midnight Mover: <mask> & The Falcons (The Early Years 1957–1962) (2015, Jasmine JASCD-936)

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References

Bibliography
Ross, Andrew and Rose, Tricia (Ed.). (1994). Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture. Routledge: New York. Hirshey, Gerri. Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music.Da Capo Press; Reprint edition (September 1, 1994)
Hirshey, Gerri (February 9, 2006). <mask>, 1941–2006. Rolling Stone No. 933. Sacks, Leo. Liner notes to "A Man and a Half: The Best of <mask>" (1992, Rhino). External links

 Unterberger, Richie.<mask>et 1999 induction profile via Alabama Music Hall of Fame
 <mask> via classicbands.com
 Escott, Colin. The Wicked <mask>ett. Boone, Mike. In The Midnight Hour. via soul-patrol.com
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 (January 19, 2006). Soul Singer <mask> Dies at 64
 Muskal, Michael (January 19, 2006). Soul Pioneer <mask> Dies at 64.Los Angeles Times
 Epstein, Dan (January 19, 2006). Soul Legend <mask> Dies. Rolling Stone
 Jansen, Lex (January 19, 2006). <mask> at the Heart of Rock and Soul
 Article About <mask> – by Dr. Frank Hoffmann
 <mask> at Rolling Stone
 <mask> article, Encyclopedia of Alabama

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<mask> (born 18 February 1948) is an English blues and country musician, as well as guitar maker (under the name "N.S<mask>") and painter. He is mainly renowned for being part of the supergroup The Notting Hillbillies along with the Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and Brendan Croker. Biography
<mask> was born in London, England, but when still a child his family moved to Leeds; he has lived in Yorkshire for most of his life. His father, <mask>, was a sculptor (<mask> inspired Mark Knopfler to write the song "In the Gallery," from the debut Dire Straits album), and his mother was a painter. At the age of 13, <mask> began learning to play guitar and started playing in different pubs in Leeds. In 1965, at the age of 17, he formed a band called Easy Mr. <mask>'s Bootleggers in which he mainly played piano.The group eventually recorded some demos but these were not released until 1996. They split up in 1967, although the various musicians continued to work together in different combinations from time to time. In 1968, after buying his first steel resonator guitar, a vintage National, he played many solo gigs in Leeds pubs. Then, Mark Knopfler, a junior reporter working for The Yorkshire Evening Post, called <mask> to get an interview. They soon become friends and started playing together. Their stage name was The Duolian String Pickers. They went on playing in different pubs.Finally, in 1973, Knopfler left Leeds and moved to London to become part of Brewers Droop and, afterwards, founded Dire Straits, with whom he finally reached mainstream recognition. By the mid-1970s, <mask> had met the

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texts: Bradford-born songwriter, singer and guitarist Brendan Croker. They opened a club in a Leeds pub called The Packhorse, where they also played guitar. As a side project, <mask> spent his spare time painting. Finally, in the 1980s, <mask> was persuaded to release his first album, The Best of <mask>. Recorded between 1977 and 1986, the album contained fourteen tracks, only one of which was self-composed: the rest were classic country blues and ragtime instrumentals by such artists as Blind Willie McTell, Big Bill Broonzy and Blind Blake. In 1990, he released a second album, Steel-Rail Blues, which contained more of his own compositions as well as arrangements of others' songs.Knopfler, already famous as the leader of Dire Straits, offered to produce <mask>'s next album for him. However, following an impromptu gig in May 1986 at the Grove Inn in Leeds (one of the city's celebrated musical venues) in which Knopfler joined <mask> and Croker, <mask> suggested that they form a band along with Croker (who had also released a couple of albums with his band The 5 O'Clock Shadows). This idea became The Notting Hillbillies. Through this group, <mask> achieved a wider recognition that allowed him to go on releasing his full solo albums and to enhance his career. <mask> went on releasing albums throughout the 1990s. He has worked with a wide group of musicians whom he calls on for band gigs; they were at one time called The Famous Five but are now known as The Rough Diamonds. Most of these musicians (and other guests) have appeared on his albums, except for his most recent, Solo (2005) which is <mask>

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texts: on his own.(These recordings are difficult to find outside the UK, despite the fact that <mask> is internationally known as a blues singer and guitarist and has undertaken several overseas tours, notably in Italy, Spain and Scandinavia). In 1996, Just Pickin' was released; an album that gathered previously unreleased demos with Easy Mr Steve's Bootleggers, Mark Knopfler, Brendan Croker and other musicians. These recordings spanned nearly thirty years, from 1965 to 1981. <mask> usually tours solo, with occasional gigs with The Rough Diamonds. He has also played with other solo blues artists such as Ray Stubbs, Doug McLeod and Hans Theessink. He still plays regularly with Croker and appears occasionally with Knopfler and his band, especially for charity fund-raising gigs. When not touring, <mask> and The Rough Diamonds play most Tuesday nights at the Grosvenor Hotel in Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire.These informal evenings usually gather a good audience and often feature friends of <mask> and the band 'sitting in' for all or part of the gig. The music ranges from early blues to rock'n'roll, country to Chicago R&B. A live album of material recorded at the Grosvenor in 2007 was issued on 5 November 2012 under the name "Live at the Grosvenor" (aka The Grosvenor Sessions). <mask> & The Rough Diamonds released North Country Blues on 22 July 2013. In addition to his skills as a musician, <mask> has made a small number of high quality guitars (under the name "N.S<mask>") and is also a noted landscape painter, specialising in scenes around his North Yorkshire home area. These paintings are

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 notable for their treatment of North Yorkshire's distinctive but elusive light, and have a luminous quality which renders them instantly recognisable as his work.His album, Been A Long Time Gone, has a detail from one of his paintings on the sleeve. Discography
The Best of <mask> (1987)
Steel-Rail Blues (1990)
Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (1990) [with The Notting Hillbillies]
Been A Long Time Gone (1995)
Just Pickin' (1996)
Every One A Gem (2000)
Solo (2005)
Live at the Grosvenor (aka The Grosvenor Sessions) (recorded in 2007, released in 2012)
North Country Blues (2013)

Guitars
A guitar collector as well as a maker, <mask> uses a wide number of them in his live performances. The National Style O which Knopfler uses in songs such as "Romeo & Juliet" and which became a Dire Straits emblem following its appearance on the cover of the Brothers in Arms album, was sold by <mask> in 1980. This is a list of some of the guitars <mask> has used in his live shows; his current main live guitars are marked +

Acoustic guitars:
 Gibson L4 (1924)+
 Martin 00018 (1931)
 Martin 0016C (1964)
 N.S. Phillips 12-string (1977) (known as 'The Wardrobe')
 N.S. Phillips 6-string (1986)+
 Ralph Bown 12 String (1999)+

Electric guitars:
 National lap steel (1936)
 Gibson L-50 (1937)+
 Gibson ES100 (1938)
 Beltona electric resonator (1992) – the prototype of this model. +
 <mask> resonator (2002)

Phillip's official website has photographs of many of these instruments.References

1948 births
Living people
English blues guitarists
English country guitarists
Musicians from Leeds
The Notting Hillbillies

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texts: <mask> (born November 20, 1947) is an American rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. <mask> was also part of the New Zealand band Herbs. In the 1990s, he was a member of the short-lived supergroup The Best. <mask> has also experienced success both as a solo artist and as a prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings. In 2011, Rolling Stone placed him at the No. 54 spot on its list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".In the mid-1960s, after attending Kent State University, <mask> played with several local Ohio-based bands before reaching a national audience as a member of the James Gang, whose hit song "Funk #49" highlighted his skill as both a guitarist and singer. Roger Abramson, a concert producer and artist manager, signed the James Gang to a management agreement with BPI in Cleveland. After leaving the James Gang in 1972, he formed Barnstorm with <mask>, a college friend from Ohio, and Kenny Passarelli, a bassist from Colorado, where <mask> had moved after leaving Ohio. While the band stayed together for three albums over three years, its works were marketed as <mask> solo projects. The last Barnstorm album, 1974's So What contained significant guest contributions from several members of the Eagles, a group that had recently hired <mask>'s producer, Bill Szymczyk. At Szymczyk's suggestion, <mask> joined the Eagles in 1975 as the band's guitarist and keyboardist

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 following the departure of their founding member Bernie Leadon, with Hotel California being his first album with the band. In 1998, a reader's poll conducted by Guitarist magazine selected the guitar solos on the track "Hotel California" by <mask> and Don Felder as the best guitar solos of all time.Guitar World magazine listed it at eighth of the Top 100 Guitar Solos. Besides his work with his several bands, he has released 12 solo studio albums, six compilation albums, and two live albums. His solo hits include "Rocky Mountain Way", "Life's Been Good", "All Night Long", "A Life of Illusion", and "Ordinary Average Guy". As a member of the Eagles, <mask> was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001. The Eagles are considered to be one of the most influential bands of the 1970s, and they remain one of the best-selling American bands in the history of popular music. His creative contribution to music has received praise from many of the best rock guitarists, including Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, who said, "He has a tremendous feel for the instrument. I've loved his style since the early James Gang."Eric Clapton said that "He's one of the best guitarists to surface in some time. I don't listen to many records, but I listen to his." The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, said "<mask> is a fluid and intelligent player. There're not many like that around." Early life and education
Joseph Fidler <mask> was born on November 20, 1947, in Wichita, Kansas. His father, Lt. Robert Newton Fidler, was a flight instructor for the Lockheed

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texts: F-80 Shooting Star in the United States Air Force and died in a plane crash in Okinawa on 22 July 1949. <mask>'s mother was a classically trained pianist of Scottish and German ancestry.<mask> was adopted by his stepfather at the age of five and given his stepfather's surname, but retained Fidler as his middle name. In the 1950s, it was common practice for Social Security, school registration, and health records for children to take the name of their stepfather. <mask> and his family lived in Columbus, Ohio, for a number of years during his youth. When <mask> was twelve years old, his family moved to New York City. Later, <mask> moved to Montclair, New Jersey, and he attended Montclair High School, where he played oboe in the school band. <mask> got his first guitar at the age of 10, and upon learning The Ventures' "Walk Don't Run", decided that he wanted to pursue a career as a guitarist. Inspired by the success of the Beatles, he replaced Bruce Hoffman as the bass player in the locally popular group, the Nomads in Madison, New Jersey, beginning his career as a rock musician.After high school, <mask> attended Kent State University, where he spent time in various bands playing around the Cleveland area, including the Measles. The Measles recorded for Super K Productions' Ohio Express the songs "I Find I Think of You", "And It's True", and "Maybe" (an instrumental version of "And It's True"). <mask> majored in English and minored in music; he was present during the Kent State massacre in 1970. <mask> commented in 2012: "Being at the shootings really affected me profoundly. I

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 decided that maybe I don't need a degree that bad." After one term, he dropped out of college to pursue his musical career. Musical career

1965–1967: The Measles (<mask> years)
The Measles, an Ohio garage bar band, were formed in 1965 by four Kent State University students, one of whom was <mask>.Two tracks on the Ohio Express' Beg Borrow and Steal album, "I Find I Think Of You" and "And It's True" (both featuring <mask> vocals) were actually recorded by the Measles, led by <mask>. Additionally, an instrumental version of "And It's True" was recorded by the Measles, re-titled "Maybe" and released as the B-side of the "Beg Borrow and Steal" single. 1968–1971: James Gang

Around Christmas 1967, James Gang guitarist Glenn Schwartz, who turned out to be AWOL from the army and was breaking up with his wife, decided to leave the band to move to California, where he ended up forming the band Pacific Gas & Electric. Days later, <mask>, a friend of Schwartz's, knocked on Jim Fox's door and asked to be given a tryout as Schwartz's replacement. <mask> was accepted and the band continued as a five piece for a short time until Phil Giallombardo, who was still in high school at the time, left. Bill Jeric and <mask> worked together on guitar parts, but Jeric left as well in the spring of 1968. He was replaced by a returning Ronnie Silverman, who had been discharged from the military.In May 1968, the group played a concert in Detroit at the Grande Ballroom, opening for Cream. At the last minute, Silverman told the others that he would not join them at the show. The band, desperately in need

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texts: of the money, took to the stage as a trio. They liked their sound as a threesome and decided to remain that way. In 1968, the band signed with manager Mark Barger, who was handling the career of fellow Ohio outfit the Lemon Pipers, who had just scored a big hit with "Green Tambourine." Barger put the Gang in touch with ABC Records staff producer Bill Szymczyk, who signed them to ABC's new Bluesway Records subsidiary in January 1969. They released their debut album, Yer' Album, in 1969.In November 1969, bassist Tom Kriss decided he was no longer into the music and left to be replaced by Dale Peters, who was brought in from a group called The Case of E.T. Hooley. The addition of Peters created the most successful incarnation of the James Gang. <mask> proved to be the band's star attraction, noted for his innovative rhythm playing and creative guitar riffs. In particular he was known for hot-wiring the pick-ups on his electric guitars to create his trademark "attack" sound. The James Gang had several minor hits and became an early album-oriented rock staple for the next two years. It was during 1969 that <mask> sold his Les Paul Guitar to Jimmy Page.Later in 1969, the group's record producer, Szymczyk, arranged for the band to appear in the "electric Western" film Zachariah, with two James Gang songs, "Laguna Salada" and "Country Fever," also being used. For the recording of these two songs, vocalist Kenny Weiss was brought in to allow <mask> to focus on his guitar playing; he was gone by the time the group arrived in Mexico to shoot their movie scenes. "Laguna Salada" and

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 "Country Fever" later reappeared as bonus tracks on the 2000 re-release of The James Gang Greatest Hits. Shortly before the release of their second album James Gang Rides Again, the James Gang opened a show for the Who in Pittsburgh. Their guitarist Pete Townshend met with the James Gang before they left and was impressed enough to invite them on the Who's subsequent European tour. When <mask> was asked about this he said that, "Pete's a very melodic player and so am I. He told me that he appreciated my playing.I was flattered beyond belief because I didn't think I was that good." The James Gang's next two albums, James Gang Rides Again (1970) and Thirds (1971), produced such classics as "Funk #49" and "Walk Away". The album James Gang Live at Carnegie Hall was <mask>'s last album with them, as he became dissatisfied with the band's limitations. The two remaining members, Peters and Fox, carried on with the lead vocalist Roy Kenner and guitarist Domenic Troiano (both ex-members of the Canadian band Bush) for two albums, Straight Shooter and Passin' Thru, both released in 1972. But in recent interviews, Fox stated that things did not work out musically with Troiano as hoped, so he left the band in 1973 and joined the Guess Who. 1971–1975: Barnstorm
In December 1971, <mask> left the James Gang. Steve Marriott, frontman guitarist of Humble Pie, invited him to move to England and join his band, which Peter Frampton had left, but <mask> declined.Instead he moved to Colorado and formed a band called Barnstorm, with drummer and multi-instrumentalist <mask>, and bassist Kenny

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texts: Passarelli, although both of their albums credited <mask> as a solo artist. They started recording their debut album immediately after forming, but at the time there were only <mask> and Vitale on these sessions. Chuck Rainey did the first bass tracks on the album but these were soon replaced by Passarelli. <mask> and Barnstorm released their debut album, the eponymous Barnstorm, in October 1972. After taking a cue from Townshend, <mask> utilized the ARP Odyssey synthesizer to great effect on such songs as "Mother Says" and "Here We Go". <mask> also experimented with acoustic guitar, slide guitar, effects pedals, fuzzbox, talk box, and keyboards as well as running his guitar straight into a Leslie speaker 122 to get swirly, organ-like guitar tones. The album was a critical success, but had only moderate commercial success.The follow-up, The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, released in June 1973, was marketed under <mask>'s name (although officially a Barnstorm album) and was their commercial breakthrough. It peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard chart. The first and leading single, "Rocky Mountain Way", received heavy airplay and reached No. 23 on the US Top 40 chart. It featured new member, keyboardist Rocke Grace, and <mask> shared the vocals and songwriting with the other three members of the band. As a result, a variety of styles are explored on this album.There are elements of blues, jazz, folk, pop, and Caribbean music. In 1974, Barnstorm disbanded and <mask> continued as a solo artist. In late 1974, <mask> played slide guitar on Vitale's debut solo album Roller


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 Coaster Weekend. <mask> was taught the slide technique by Duane Allman, who played on Eric Clapton's Layla of Derek and the Dominos. Barnstorm's last tour was spring 1975, shortly after <mask> joined The Eagles. 1975–1980: Eagles
In 1975, <mask> was invited to join The Eagles as founding member Bernie Leadon's replacement. There was some initial concern as to <mask>'s ability to fit in with the band, as he was considered far too "wild" for The Eagles, especially by their drummer and co-lead vocalist, Don Henley.Released on December 8, 1976, Hotel California was the band's fifth studio album and the first to feature <mask>. The album took a year and a half to complete, a process which, along with touring, drained the band. The second single from the album was the eponymous title track, which topped the charts in May 1977 and became one of the Eagles' signature songs next to "Take It Easy" and "Desperado". It features Henley on lead vocals, with a guitar duet performed by Felder and <mask>. The hard rock "Life in the Fast Lane", released on May 3, 1977, was based on a riff by <mask>. It reached No. 11 on the charts and helped establish <mask>'s position in the band.Hotel California is the last album to feature founding member Randy Meisner, who abruptly left the band after the 1977 tour. He was replaced by the same musician who had succeeded him in Poco, Timothy B. Schmit. In 1977, the band, minus Don Felder, performed instrumental work and backing vocals for Randy Newman's album Little Criminals, including "Short People," which has backing vocals by Frey and Schmit. The Eagles

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 went into the recording studio in 1977 to begin work on their next album, The Long Run. The album took two years to complete. The Long Run was released on September 24, 1979. Considered a disappointment by some music critics for failing to live up to Hotel California, it proved a huge commercial hit nonetheless; the album topped the charts and sold 7 million copies.In addition, it included three Top 10 singles—"Heartache Tonight", the title track and "I Can't Tell You Why". "In The City" by <mask> also received considerable airplay. The band also recorded two Christmas songs during these sessions, "Funky New Year" and "Please Come Home for Christmas" which was released as a single in 1978 and reached No. 18 on the charts. In 1980, the band broke up. 1973–2012: solo career

<mask> has released twelve solo studio albums. In December 1974, <mask> released his first solo album that was not considered a Barnstorm project, So What, which contained more introspective material such as "Help Me Through the Night" and "Song For Emma", a tribute to <mask>'s daughter who had been killed in a car accident that April.On a few tracks, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner of the Eagles contributed backing vocals. In March 1976, <mask> released a live album, You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind, which also featured the Eagles. As the Eagles struggled to record their follow-up to Hotel California, <mask> re-ignited his solo career with the critically well-received album, But Seriously, Folks... in May 1978. It contained the single "Life's Been Good", his comedic depiction of rock stardom, which

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texts: peaked at No. 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and remains to date his biggest solo hit. <mask> also contributed "In the City" to The Warriors soundtrack in 1979, a song penned and sung by <mask> that was later rerecorded for the Eagles' studio album, The Long Run. Following the break up of the Eagles in July 1980, <mask> continued to release solo albums throughout the 1980s, but sales did not meet the same level of his earlier successes.There Goes the Neighborhood was <mask>'s first album since the demise of the Eagles, and it peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200. The album only spawned one single, "A Life of Illusion", which became one of <mask>'s most popular songs. The single also topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, in 1981. "A Life of Illusion" was recorded in 1973 with <mask>'s first solo band Barnstorm but was not completed. The overdubs and final mixes were completed during the There Goes the Neighborhood sessions and released on the album. The promotional video for the track shows the making of the album's cover.This song also appeared in the opening credits of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and appears as the first song on its soundtrack. In May 1983, <mask> released You Bought It – You Name It; the album was received negatively by the majority of music critics, while other reviewers noted good points to the album. It was also not as successful as <mask>'s previous albums, peaking at No. 48 on the Billboard 200. <mask> found moderate success with the single "Space Age Whiz Kids", about the pinnacle of the 1980s video arcade craze. The album contains hard rock songs


texts: such as "I Can Play That Rock & Roll" and a cover of the Dick Haymes track, "Love Letters". It also contains more introspective material such as "Class of '65", and contains a song titled "I.L.B.T.s", an acronym for "I Like Big Tits".<mask>'s new girlfriend Stevie Nicks was involved in his next album, The Confessor. Her old friend Keith Olsen was hired to produce the album and the musicians were prolific LA session musicians including: Jim Keltner, Mike Porcaro, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Newman, Alan Pasqua and many other musicians that <mask> had never worked with before. In 1987, <mask> released his final solo album of the 1980s, Got Any Gum?, which was produced by Terry Manning, and features vocal contributions from J. D. Souther and Survivor's lead vocalist Jimi Jamison, but the album was a commercial disappointment. In 1991, Ordinary Average Guy, his ninth solo studio album, and its title track single, were released on the Epic label. The album features Ringo Starr, Jimi Jamison, and drummer <mask> from <mask>'s former band Barnstorm. Vitale also sings the lead vocals on the final track of the album, "School Days". In 1992, <mask> released what appeared to be his final album (until 2012), Songs for a Dying Planet, his tenth solo studio album.Like its predecessor, it was released on the Epic label. Keen to re-establish himself after receiving some poor reviews for his previous album, <mask> enlisted his former producer Bill Szymczyk. At the end of the track "Certain Situations" you can hear a Morse code message that says "Register and vote for me". His song "Vote for Me" was a

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 minor success, peaking at No. 10 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. <mask>'s song "One Day at a Time" was released in 2012 and details his struggles with alcohol and drug abuse earlier in his career. The song appeared on <mask>'s album Analog Man, which was released on June 5, 2012.The album was co-produced by Jeff Lynne, with Tommy Lee James co-writing some of the album's tracks. Eagles reunion

An Eagles country tribute album titled Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles was released in 1993, thirteen years after the break up. Travis Tritt insisted on having the Long Run-era Eagles in his video for "Take It Easy" and they agreed. Following years of public speculation, the band formally reunited the following year. The line-up comprised the five Long Run-era members—Frey, Henley, <mask>, Felder, and Schmit—supplemented by Scott Crago (drums), John Corey (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), Timothy Drury (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals) and Al Garth (saxophone, violin) on stage. "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation," announced Frey at their first live performance in April 1994. The ensuing tour spawned a live album titled Hell Freezes Over (named for Henley's recurring statement that the band would get back together "when hell freezes over"), which debuted at No.1 on the Billboard album chart. It included four new studio songs, with "Get Over It" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive" both becoming Top 40 hits. The album proved as successful as the tour, selling 6 million copies in the U.S. The tour was interrupted in September 1994 because of


texts: Frey's serious recurrence of diverticulitis, but it resumed in 1995 and continued into 1996. In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For the induction ceremony, all seven Eagles members (Frey, Henley, Leadon, Meisner, Felder, <mask>, and Schmit) played together for two songs, "Take It Easy" and "Hotel California". Several subsequent reunion tours followed (without Leadon or Meisner), notable for their record-setting ticket prices.The Eagles performed at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise, Nevada on December 28 and 29, 1999, followed by a concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on December 31. These concerts marked the last time Felder played with the band and these shows (including a planned video release) later formed a part of a lawsuit filed by Felder against his former band members. The concert recordings were released on CD as part of the four-disc Selected Works: 1972–1999 box set in November 2000. Along with the millennium concert, this set included the band's hit singles, album tracks and outtakes from The Long Run sessions. Selected Works received platinum certification from the RIAA in 2002. The band resumed touring in 2001, with a line-up consisting of Frey, Henley, <mask> and Schmit, along with Steuart Smith (guitars, mandolin, keyboards, backing vocals; essentially taking over Felder's role), Michael Thompson (keyboards, trombone), Will Hollis (keyboards, backing vocals), Scott Crago (drums, percussion), Bill Armstrong (horns), Al Garth (saxophone, violin), Christian Mostert (saxophone) and Greg Smith (saxophone,

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texts: percussion). In 2003, the Eagles released a greatest hits album, The Very Best Of.The two-disc compilation was the first that encompassed their entire career, from Eagles to Hell Freezes Over. It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts and eventually gained triple platinum status. The album includes a new single, the September 11 attacks-themed "Hole in the World". Also in 2003, Warren Zevon, a longtime Eagles friend, began work on his final album, The Wind, with the assistance of Henley, <mask> and Schmit. On June 14, 2005, the Eagles released a new 2-DVD set titled Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne, featuring two new songs: Frey's "No More Cloudy Days" and <mask>'s "One Day at a Time". A special edition 2006 release exclusive to Walmart and affiliated stores includes a bonus audio CD with three new songs: a studio version of "No More Cloudy Days", "Fast Company" and "Do Something".In 2007, the Eagles consisted of Frey, Henley, <mask>, and Schmit. On August 20, 2007, "How Long", written by J. D. Souther, was released as a single to radio with an accompanying online video at Yahoo! Music. It debuted on television on Country Music Television during the Top 20 Countdown on August 23, 2007. The band had performed the song as part of their live sets in the early to mid-1970s, but did not record it at the time because Souther wanted to reserve it for use on his first solo album. Souther had previously worked with the Eagles, co-writing some of their biggest hits, including "Best of My Love", "Victim of Love", "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid in Town". On October 30, 2007, the


texts: Eagles released Long Road Out of Eden, their first album of all-new material since 1979.For the first year after the album's release, it was available in the U.S. only via the band's website, at Walmart and at Sam's Club stores. It was commercially available through traditional retail outlets in other countries. The album debuted at number 1 in the U.S., the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Norway. It became their third studio album and seventh release overall to be certified at least seven times platinum by the RIAA. Henley told CNN that "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll ever make." The Eagles made their awards show debut on November 7, 2007, when they performed "How Long" live at the Country Music Association Awards. On January 28, 2008, the second single of Long Road Out of Eden was released."Busy Being Fabulous" peaked at No. 28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and at No. 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The Eagles won their fifth Grammy in 2007, in the category Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "How Long". On March 20, 2008, the Eagles launched their world tour in support of Long Road Out of Eden at The O2 Arena in London.The Long Road Out of Eden Tour concluded the American portion of the tour at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah on May 9, 2009. It was the first concert ever held in the new soccer stadium. The tour traveled to Europe, with its final concert date on July 22, 2009, in Lisbon. The band spent the summer of 2010 touring North American stadiums with


texts: the Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban. The tour expanded to England as the headline act of the Hop Farm Festival on July 1, 2011. Asked in November 2010 whether the Eagles were planning a follow-up to Long Road Out of Eden, Schmit replied, "My first reaction would be: no way. But I said that before the last one, so you never really know.Bands are a fragile entity and you never know what's going to happen. It took a long time to do that last album, over a span of years, really, and it took a lot out of us. We took a year off at one point. I'm not sure if we're able to do that again. I wouldn't close the door on it, but I don't know." <mask> said in 2010 that there might be one more album before the band "wraps it up". In February 2013, the Eagles released a career spanning documentary called History of the Eagles and kicked off the supporting tour with 11 arena dates from July 6 to 25. Henley said that the tour, which would continue until 2015, "could very well be our last... we're gonna include at least one former band member in this tour and kinda go back to the roots, and how we created some of these songs.We're gonna break it down to the fundamentals and then take it up to where it is now." Original Eagles guitarist Bernie Leadon also appeared on the tour. <mask> stated, "Bernie's brilliant, I never really got a chance to play with him, but we've been in contact. We see him from time to time, and I'm really glad he's coming because it's going to take the show up a notch, and I'm really looking forward to playing with him, finally." It has been reported that former members Randy


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In late 1984, <mask> was contacted by Australian musician Paul Christie, the former bassist for Mondo Rock.Christie invited him to come to Australia to perform with the Party Boys, an all-star band with a floating membership of well-known Australian rock musicians. These included the critically acclaimed guitarist Kevin Borich, with whom <mask> became good friends. <mask> accepted and performed with the Party Boys on their late-1984–early-1985 Australian tour and appeared on their live album, You Need Professional Help. He remained in Australia for some time after the tour, putting together the short-lived touring band "Creatures From America", with Waddy Wachtel (guitar), Rick Rosas (bass guitar) and Australian drummer Richard Harvey (Divinyls, the Party Boys) In 1987, <mask> returned to the United States to work on his album Got Any Gum?, which was produced by Terry Manning and features vocal contributions from J. D. Souther and Survivor's lead singer Jimi Jamison. After the album's commercial disappointment, <mask> decided to return to Australia in 1989 to tour with another incarnation of the Party Boys. <mask> also toured with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band in 1989 and 1992, alternating a handful of his best-known songs with Starr's and tunes by other of the members of the All-Starr Band. In 1989, <mask> recorded a MTV Unplugged with the R&B musician Dr. John.Also

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 in 1989 <mask> filmed a live concert from the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles with Etta James and Albert Collins, called Jazzvisions: Jump the Blues Away. While producing their Homegrown album in 1989, <mask> briefly joined New Zealand reggae band Herbs. Although he had left by the time of its 1990 release, he still appears as lead singer on two tracks, "Up All Night" and "It's Alright". The album includes the first recording of his "Ordinary Average Guys" (sung by late Herbs bassist Charlie Tumahai), which subsequently became a solo hit for <mask> as "Ordinary Average Guy". In late 1990, <mask> was part of a band called the Best, along with keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist John Entwistle, guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and drummer Simon Phillips. The band performed several shows in Hawaii and Japan, with a live video resulting. In 1993, <mask> teamed up with Glenn Frey for the "Party of Two" tour in the United States.In 1996, James Gang did a reunion for the Democratic president, Bill Clinton. The band consisted of their "classic" line-up (<mask>, Peters, Fox), and they performed at the Cleveland State University Convocation Center on November 4, 1996. In 1998, ABC wanted to use a classic rock song rock for Monday Night Football that year, so they asked <mask> to rewrite the lyrics to "Rocky Mountain Way" for the quarterback John Elway of the Denver Broncos. "Rocky Mountain Elway" was the new title of the song and <mask> appeared in a video that ABC showed on Monday Night Football. 2000s and 2010s
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 Dallas, Texas. He was also featured in September 2004 at the Strat Pack, a concert held in London, England, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar. In 2006, <mask> reunited with Jim Fox and Dale Peters of the James Gang for new recordings and a 15-date summer reunion tour.The tour lasted into the fall. In 2008, <mask> appeared on the Carvin 60th Anniversary Celebration DVD as a celebrity endorser. In the recorded interview, he highly praised Carvin Guitars and claims that the bridge design is "just like the first Les Paul models. I can't even get Gibson to reissue it". Kent State University awarded <mask> an honorary degree in music in December 2001. In May 2012, the Berklee College of Music awarded <mask>, along with other members of the Eagles, an honorary doctorate for his accomplishments in the field of music. Notable appearances

In 1974, <mask> produced Dan Fogelberg's Souvenirs album and played the guitar, electric guitar, 12 string guitar, ARP bass and provided backing vocals.He also contacted Graham Nash to sing harmony vocals on "Part of the Plan", which helped send the album to No. 17 on the 1975 Billboard album chart. In 1973 <mask> supplied the slide guitar solo on Michael Stanley's song "Rosewood Bitters." <mask> later lifted part of that solo and used it prominently in the Eagles' hit "Life in the Fast Lane." In 1981, <mask> and former Barnstorm bandmate, <mask>, went to work on old friend John Entwistle's fifth solo album Too Late the Hero, whenever they were free to work on it. The album turned out to become John Entwistle's

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 reconnected with my soul, and I remembered who I used to be. I admitted I had problems and I had to do something about it. It was the beginning of my recovery from my addiction to alcohol and drugs, and when I got back to America it gave me the courage to seek help." On February 12, 2012, <mask> appeared on stage with Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and McCartney's band at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to close out the Grammy Awards show. <mask> also appeared on the 60th Episode of Live from Daryl's House with Daryl Hall, which premiered on November 15, 2012.On February 9, 2014, <mask> was featured in several songs on the CBS special The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles. In 2014, <mask> made a guest appearance on Foo Fighters' eighth studio album Sonic Highways. On May 24, 2016, <mask> appeared on NBC's The Voice in which he played slide guitar, talk box and performed Rocky Mountain Way with contestant Laith Al-Saadi. He appeared on an episode of 'The Conners' on 19 January 2022. He played Aldo's father. Influences
<mask> cites influences and with rock music / pop music  bands and guitarists with whom many he has encountered and met on concert tours: Les Paul, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Jeff Beck, the Beatles, Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin, Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple, Manfred Mann, Duane Allman and The Allman Brothers, Ronnie Wood and The Faces, Pete Townshend and The Who, and The Ventures.In turn, he has influenced Dan Fogelberg, Maroon 5, Kenny


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<mask> is active in charity work and has performed in a number of concerts to raise money for charitable causes. He has also been a personal contributor to a number of charity causes including halfway houses for displaced adult women in Wichita, Kansas. <mask> funded the first talent-based scholarship at Kent State University in 2008. <mask>'s love of Santa Cruz Island grew into a lifelong commitment to conserve the environment there, and he has been active in preserving the island's parks. He is President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, and has served on the Foundation's board since the 1980s.<mask> had often joked about running for office, announcing a mock presidential campaign in 1980 and a vice presidential campaign in 1992. <mask> ran for President of the United States in 1980, promising to make "Life's Been Good" the new national anthem if he won, and ran on a platform of "Free Gas For Everyone". Though <mask> was only 32 at the time of the election and thus would not have met the 35-year-old requirement to actually assume office, he said that he wanted to raise public awareness of the election. In 1992 <mask> ran for vice president with Rev. Goat Carson under the slogan "We Want Our Money Back!" In an interview to promote his album Analog Man in 2012, <mask> revealed he was considering a serious bid for political office. "I think I would run seriously, and I think I would run for


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 Congress," <mask> told WASH in Washington, D.C. "The root of the problem is that Congress is so dysfunctional.We're dead in the water until Congress gets to work and passes some new legislation to change things." In 2017, <mask> Brown Band, Gary Clark Jr., and Keith Urban, to try to organize and perform what became VetsAid – a concert series along the lines of the Farm Aid program spearheaded by country entertainer Willie Nelson. Personal life

 <mask> has been married five times. He was married briefly to Margie <mask> in the 1960s, to Stefany Rhodes from 1971 to 1978, to Juanita Boyer from 1980 to 1988, and to Denise Driscoll from 1999 to 2006. <mask> married Marjorie Bach (sister of Barbara Bach and sister-in-law of Ringo Starr) in Los Angeles on December 13, 2008. Another sister-in-law, <mask>, has been a missing person since 1996. <mask>'s daughter <mask> is a musician who has worked with Ashlee Simpson and others.She released her debut solo album, Lost in the Lights, in spring 2007. <mask>'s eldest daughter, Emma Kristen, was born in 1971 and died in 1974 at 3 years of age as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident on her way to nursery school. Her story inspired the track "Song for Emma" on <mask>'s solo album So What released later that year. In her memory, he had a fountain and memorial plaque placed in a park in which she played: North Boulder Park in Boulder, Colorado. He has said that the album name So What was a result of Emma's death: that nothing else seemed meaningful or important in the months that followed. The strain eventually contributed to

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 WB6ACU.In 2006, he donated an autographed guitar to the ARRL in Newington, Connecticut, for its charity auction. He has also been involved with the group's "Big Project," which brings amateur radio into schools. <mask> has included Morse Code messages in his albums on two occasions: once on the album Barnstorm ("Register and Vote"), and later on Songs for a Dying Planet ("Register and Vote for Me"). <mask> provides the theme song (which includes Morse code) for the TWiT podcast Ham Nation (debuting in 2011), and he appeared as a guest in the first podcast, as well as episode 400. Instruments
Jimmy Page's sunburst 1959 Gibson Les Paul, better known as his "Number 1" was originally owned by <mask> and was sold to Page in 1969. In 1970, <mask> gave a 1959 Gretsch 6120 to the Who's lead guitarist Pete Townshend. Townshend used the Gretsch in the studio to record tracks on albums such as Who's Next and Quadrophenia.Select other guitars

1959 Gibson Les Paul that was given/sold to Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in April 1969
Carvin DC4, CT6, CT4, CS4, and other various models. Duesenberg Starplayer Alliance - <mask> has an Alliance guitar co-developed with him

Amplifiers
Marshall 50 watt Plexi

Discography

The Measles
Singles:
 1965: Casting My Spell/Bye Birdie Fly
 1966: Kicks/No Baby At All

The Ohio Express
 1967: Beg, Borrow And Steal - I Find I Think Of You composed by <mask> and played by his band The Measles. James Gang
Studio albums:
 1969: Yer' Album
 1970: James Gang Rides Again
 1971: Thirds
Live album:
 1971: James Gang Live in Concert
Compilation:
 1973: The

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Barnstorm
Studio albums:
 1972: Barnstorm
 1973: The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get

Eagles
Studio albums:
 1976: Hotel California
 1979: The Long Run
 2007: Long Road out of Eden
Live albums:
 1980: Eagles Live
 1994: Hell Freezes Over
 2020: Live from the Forum MMXVIII

Solo

Collaborations
 Indianola Mississippi Seeds - B.B. King (1970)
 L.A. Midnight - B.B. King (1972)
 The Kids & Me - Billy Preston (1974)
 Souvenirs - Dan Fogelberg (1974)
 Act Like Nothing's Wrong - Al Kooper (1976)
 Stone Alone - Bill Wyman (1976)
 A Night on the Town - Rod Stewart (1976)
 Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg (1977)
 Little Criminals - Randy Newman (1977)
 Earth & Sky - Graham Nash (1980)
 Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School - Warren Zevon (1980)
 Wild Heart of the Young - Karla Bonoff (1982)
 I Can't Stand Still - Don Henley (1982)
 Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood (1986)
 Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
 Red House - Albert King (1991)
 The Fire Inside - Bob Seger (1991)
 Vertical Man - Ringo Starr (1998)
 The Wild - Warren Zevon (2003)
 Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates - Kenny Chesney (2007)
 Y Not - Ringo Starr (2010)
 Ringo 2012 - Ringo Starr (2012)
 Postcards from Paradise - Ringo Starr (2015)
 Give More Love - Ringo Starr (2017)
 What's My Name - Ringo Starr (2019)
 Threads - Sheryl Crow (2019)

Filmography

Film
 1971: Zachariah Film de George Englund. With Don Johnson: Himself with The James Gang.1980: The Blues Brothers: A prisoner dancing on a table. 1990: The Best - DVD With Keith Emerson, Jeff Baxter, <mask>, John Entwistle, Simon

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 Mad TV, as himself, in Episode 1.2 (1995)
 Promised land, as R.J., "The Prodigy" (1996)
 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man, voicing himself, "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" (1996) and "Love! Anger! Kvetching!" See also
 List of artists who reached number one on the U.S.Mainstream Rock chart

Further reading
<mask>, <mask> (1996). Look What I Did! And Then Some .... Hal Leonard Corporation. Lemco, Steve (2011). Joe & Me''. CreateSpace Independent Publishing

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<mask> (born  in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor, writer and award-winning narrator of over 800  audiobooks, including popular titles such as Washington: A Life, Moneyball, Cloud Atlas, A Princess of Mars, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Atlas Shrugged, Sideways, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (filmed as Blade Runner), I, Robot, Mystic River, Helter Skelter, Patriot Games, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), In Cold Blood, the Dune series, Ender's Game, and Fahrenheit 451. He has narrated works for a number of high-profile authors, including Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Clive Cussler, Stephen J. Cannell, William Faulkner, Nelson DeMille, Brad Meltzer, Harlan Coben, Gregg Hurwitz, David Baldacci, <mask>, Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Joseph Finder, Tom De Haven, Stephen R. Donaldson, Nathaniel Philbrick, Terry Brooks, Steve Berry, Gene Wilder, Philip K. Dick, Dennis Lehane, Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child,  Ayn Rand,  Justin Cronin,  Carl Hiaasen,  Erik Larson, and Isaac Asimov, among others. Early life
<mask> studied acting and writing at UCLA before embarking on his professional career in 1989. Career

Audiobooks

In 1999, <mask> began narrating audiobooks and found himself a popular choice for top publishers and authors. After recording some 250 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named <mask> “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy", and proclaimed him a "Golden Voice", a reputation solidified by a November 2004 article on the

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 Frankenstein and  Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The CD version of the latter includes four audio discs, as well as a fifth disc of bonus material which includes the original 1843 First Edition illustrations by John Leech (caricaturist) and a photo of <mask> playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1995 stage production of A Christmas Carol. In October 2009, <mask> compiled and released Gothic Horror: Bloodcurdling Tales from the World’s Greatest Authors, a collection of short stories from famous authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley and more. In an innovative twist, every All Hallow’s Eve hence a new story by a new author will be added to the Gothic Horror library, giving listeners an ever-growing collection of classic horror on audio. <mask> cites as his favorite audiobook readings Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (released under the film adaptation's title, Blade Runner) and Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run?"I would have them back just so I could redo them year after year after year. Because they never get old for me." Stage and cinema
<mask> spent 10 years with the LA-based traveling Shakespeare troupe Will and Company, performing for schools throughout California. He has appeared as Cyrano, Hamlet, and Macbeth in productions throughout the country. In 2005, he collaborated with author Orson <mask> to adapt a collection of the author’s short stories for the stage in a production titled Posing as People. In 2008, <mask> appeared in "The Delivery", a short film from Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle DeCuir and

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 Skyboat Films starring  Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Michael York, John Rubinstein, Stephanie Zimbalist, Harlan Ellison and Orson <mask>, among others. The Delivery won First Place in Fantasy at the 2008 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival.The trailer for The Delivery can be viewed online. In 2010, <mask> appeared as Agent Frank Donnolly in the independent film, Hit Parade, written and directed by comic book writer Joe Casey. The trailer for Hit Parade can be viewed online. The DVD can be purchased on Amazon or watched via Amazon Online. Writing

In 2000, <mask> was hired to adapt Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama for the big screen by Morgan Freeman and Revelations Entertainment with David Fincher attached to direct. <mask> has written articles in a variety of comic book, science fiction and toy-related subjects for publications such as Wizard Magazine, ToyFare, Comics Buyer's Guide, Creative Screenwriting and others. In 2012 <mask> completed his first novel, a modern-day supernatural thriller based on an 18th-century murder in New England.He is also writing an instructional guide, Narrating Audiobooks by <mask>. Notes

External links

 <mask> Brick Presents - Primary Artist Site
 <mask> Brick Presents - Online Sales Web Site
 Tantor Media Narrator Detail Page for <mask>
 Publishers Weekly 2007 Narrator of the Year Interview
 Audio File Magazine Golden Voice Interview and Audiography
 Video of <mask> reading Harlan Coben's novel THE WOODS
 Trailer for THE DELIVERY - a Short Film in which <mask> Appears

1966 births
Living people
Audiobook narrators
American male

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<mask> (born 11 May 1954) is an English former footballer. He has previously managed: Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle, Wycombe Wanderers, Aston Villa, Derby County, Queens Park Rangers, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, F.C. Ashdod, FC Kairat, Crawley Town and Chennaiyin. As a player, he was a versatile midfielder who started his career at Northampton Town and later played for Brighton & Hove Albion, QPR, Derby and Aston Villa. He won six caps for England. Playing career
<mask> was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, where his father, <mask>, was playing for Scunthorpe United. <mask> made his professional football debut in 1972, at the age of 18, when playing for Northampton Town.He scored eight goals in 187 games over the next five years, before being transferred to First Division Aston Villa in 1977. <mask> was a considerable success at Aston Villa. Despite playing two divisions higher than he had ever done before, he adapted well to First Division football and scored 10 goals in 65 games over the next two seasons. During his time at Villa, <mask> became the only player to play in every outfield position, wearing every number from 2 to 11 over his two seasons with the club, which remained a record, until Steve Palmer of Watford achieved this with shirt numbers 1 to 14 including playing in goal, in 1997/98 season. In 1979, <mask> signed for Brighton & Hove Albion, who had just won promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history. He scored seven goals in 72 games over the next two seasons before dropping down into the Second Division to sign for Queen's Park Rangers. He was part of the QPR side that reached the FA Cup final in 1982 (losing to Tottenham Hotspur in a replay) and won promotion to the First Division a year later as Second Division champions.He also helped

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 QPR finish fifth and qualify for the UEFA Cup in 1984, but 1984–85 was a tough season for <mask> and his colleagues after manager Terry Venables departed to Barcelona and successor Frank Sibley was unable to keep up QPR's good form. At the end of a difficult season in which QPR only narrowly stayed in the First Division, <mask> dropped down two divisions to sign for fallen giants Derby County. Derby County, champions of England in 1972 and 1975, had fallen into the Third Division in 1984 and had failed to win promotion in 1984–85. <mask> was the centerpiece of their midfield as they achieved promotion to the Second Division at the end of the 1985–86 season and to the First Division (as Second Division champions) a year later. <mask> stayed for one season as Derby County survived their first top flight season for nearly a decade, before announcing his retirement as a player. He played a total of 93 league appearances for the Rams, scoring 22 goals. When taking over as manager of Plymouth Argyle early in 1990, <mask> re-registered himself as a player.After being sacked as manager and replaced by Dave Kemp, he then played three games for the club. On departing from the Home Park club, he moved 300 miles north to play for Third Division Bolton Wanderers, making seven appearances before finally retiring as a player at the age of 36. Managerial career
<mask> actually used to manage whilst still playing. During the 1970s managing amateur teams in Northamptonshire. His first two professional spells in management (between January 1989 and June 1990), first with Portsmouth and then with Plymouth Argyle, lasted just a few months each. Shortly afterwards, he linked up as a non-contract player with his former England and Northampton Town teammate Phil Neal, who was then manager at

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texts: another managerial position for some time, so he spent most of the next three years working as a television pundit. On 20 September 2006 he was unveiled as manager of Queens Park Rangers.He replaced Gary Waddock, who had stepped down following a poor succession of results that had left the club bottom of the Football League Championship. This appointment caused a schism among QPR fans, some of whom saw <mask>'s friendship with controversial chairman Gianni Paladini as a conflict of interest. After a decent start with successive victories over Hull City and Southampton, Rangers form dipped before winning three on the bounce (including a victory at (then) league leaders Cardiff City). Unfortunately, results did not continue to improve, and relegation looked a distinct possibility for <mask>'s men. However, following a fine late season run, QPR beat Cardiff 1–0 at Loftus Road on 21 April 2007 to secure their Championship status for another year. <mask> was sacked as QPR manager on 1 October 2007, after another string of poor performances. On 8 December 2009, <mask> was appointed the manager of Israeli club Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.He led them to relegation. On 18 May 2010, <mask> signed a three-year contract with Israeli Premier League Club F.C. Ashdod. He resigned from Ashdod on 18 April 2011, with the club facing the possibility of relegation. On 13 June 2011, <mask> was appointed the manager of Kazakh club FC Kairat from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Kairat survived relegation at the end of the 2011 season to the second tier of Kazakhstan football. <mask> had his contract as manager of FC Kairat terminated in December 2011, and in April 2012 was paid $120,000 in compensation.On 3 December 2013, <mask> was named as the manager of Crawley Town, replacing previous manager Richie Barker.

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 On 27 December 2014, after being Crawley Town manager for just over a year <mask> stepped down as manager due to health problems; on the same day Crawley Town named Welsh former international and former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Dean Saunders as interim manager. On 3 July 2017, <mask> signed as head coach of Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League. On 17 March 2018, he led Chennaiyin to their second Indian Super League title by defeating Bengaluru 3–2 in the finals. On 19 March 2018, <mask> extended his contract for one year. After which he was sacked after a poor run of form in the 2019-20 season. Career statistics

As a Player

As a Manager

Honours

Manager
Aston Villa
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001

Chennaiyin FC
Indian Super League: 2017–18

Individual
Indian Super League Coach of the Year: 2017-18
Premier League Manager of the Month: September 1998, September 2001

References

External links

1954 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Scunthorpe
Footballers from Lincolnshire
Association football midfielders
English footballers
England international footballers
Northampton Town F.C.players
Aston Villa F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Derby County F.C. players
Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
English Football League players
English football managers
English expatriate football managers
Portsmouth F.C.managers
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. managers
Aston Villa F.C. managers
Derby County F.C. managers
Queens Park Rangers F.C. managers
F.C. Ashdod managers
English Football League managers
Premier League managers
Expatriate football managers in Israel
FC Kairat managers
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth F.C. managers
Crawley Town F.C.managers
Indian Super League head coaches
Chennaiyin FC managers
FA Cup Final

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<mask> (柳渾) (715 – February 23, 789), né <mask> (柳載), courtesy name Yikuang (夷曠), alternative name Weishen (惟深), formally Count Zhen of Yicheng (宜城貞伯), was a Chinese politician during the Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Dezong. Background
<mask> was born in 715, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. His family was from Xiang Prefecture (襄州, in modern Xiangfan, Hubei) but claimed as their ancestral lands the Hedong region (河東, roughly modern Shanxi) and claimed the Jin Dynasty (266–420) official <mask> (柳純) as an ancestor. Their traceable ancestry included officials of Jin Dynasty, Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty. His grandfather <mask>u (柳尚素) and father <mask>u (柳慶休) both served as county-level officials. <mask>'s father <mask>u died early. He was studious, but was poor as a result of his father's early death.He passed the imperial examinations early in Emperor Xuanzong's Tianbao era (742–756) and was made the sheriff of Danfu County (單父, in modern Heze, Shandong). During Emperor Suzong's reign
During the Zhide era (756–758) of Emperor Xuanzong's son Emperor Suzong, <mask> served as a secretary for Huangfu Shen (皇甫侁) the surveyor of Jiangxi Circuit (江西, headquartered in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi). He was then recalled to serve as Jiancha Yushi (監察御史), an imperial censor. As the imperial censors were required to be careful and formal in their behavior, and <mask> was free in his spirit, <mask> became unhappy and sought another position. The chancellors had regard for his talents, however,

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 and so had him made Zuo Bujue (左補闕), a low-level official at the examination bureau of government (門下省, Menxia Sheng). He was later given the responsibility of monitoring the tax revenues from Jiangxi Circuit. During Emperor Daizong's reign
Early in the Dali era (767–779) of Emperor Suzong's son Emperor Daizong, Wei Shaoyou (魏少遊), the governor of Jiangxi Circuit, requested that <mask> serve as his secretary.While he was serving under Wei, there was an occasion when the abbot of a Buddhist temple dedicated to Emperor Xuanzong was drinking at night with his disciples, and in their drunkenness, the temple suffered a fire. They blamed it on the deaf servant guarding the door, however, and bribed the military officer Wei put in charge of the investigation to submit a report indicating such. Wei believed the report and was set to punish the servant, and while many people knew of the servant's innocence, no one dared to speak. <mask> and his colleague Cui Youfu, however, stepped in and reported this to Wei. Wei was surprised, and after he interrogated the abbot further, the abbot confessed. Wei thanked them and stated, "Except for you two gentleman, this old man would have committed a wrong." Later, after Lu Sigong (路嗣恭) succeeded Wei, Lu made <mask> the deputy commander of the circuit militia (團練副使, Tuanlian Fushi).In 778, <mask> was made the prefect of Yuan Prefecture (袁州, in modern Yichun, Jiangxi). During Emperor Dezong's reign
In 779, Emperor Daizong died and was succeeded by his son Emperor Dezong. Cui Youfu became chancellor, and he

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texts: recommended <mask> to be the examiner of Zhejiang Circuit (浙江東西道, headquartered in modern Suzhou, Jiangsu). He was later recalled to the capital Chang'an to serve as Shangshu Zuo Cheng (尚書左丞), one of the secretaries general of the executive bureau (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng). In 783, soldiers from Jingyuan Circuit (涇原, headquartered in modern Pingliang, Gansu), then at Chang'an to await deployment, mutinied, and Emperor Dezong was forced to flee to Fengtian (奉天, in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi). <mask> followed him to Fengtian. Meanwhile, the Jingyuan soldiers supported the general Zhu Ci as their leader, and Zhu soon declared himself emperor of a new state of Qin.To create suspicion within Emperor Dezong's followers, he issued an edict naming <mask> and Cui Ning chancellors. Emperor Dezong, believing Cui to be complicit in Zhu's rebellion, executed Cui, but took no actions against <mask>. Later, when Emperor Dezong was forced to further flee to Liang Prefecture (梁州, in modern Hanzhong, Shaanxi), <mask> followed him, and was made Zuo Sanqi Changshi (左散騎常侍), a senior advisor at the examination bureau. After Zhu's state was destroyed in 784 and Emperor Dezong returned to Chang'an, <mask>, stating that his name had been tainted because it had been in an edict of Zhu's, and also that the character of Zai (載) contained a radical, ge (戈), that signified the use of force while the state was to be pacified, requested permission to change his name to Hun, and permission was granted. In 786, <mask> was made the deputy minister of defense (兵部侍郎, Bingbu Shilang) and

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