Talk:Alexis Korner

BBC Radio 1
The theme tune for his 7pm Sunday night show was "Struttin'" by Doctor Strut.

A brilliant show - he'd always read out the serial numbers to the records he played so you could go out and buy them.

born / raised?
What does this mean:

"Alexis Korner was born in Paris to an Austrian father and Greek mother, and North Africa." 193.254.183.242 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC).


 * It means the article was badly edited, now corrected. --Richhoncho (talk) 20:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Not suprising that editors always seem to forget writing anything about Turkish ancestry though. Not to worry, I have added it in with referenes. Turco  85  ( Talk ) 09:54, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Father's profession
Korner's father was a cavalry officer with the Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:45:4905:A135:35E3:582C:7D40:A33 (talk) 09:09, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Instruments/Notable Instruments
The infobox for Alexis should include electric, acoustic guitars, Dobro and tiple. As for "Notable Instruments", although he used a variety of brands and models, including Fender (Tele and Strat) Martin, Levin, Gibson (including Les Paul) and of course Dobro, his main ones were Guild F-30 acoustic, Gibson ES-295 electric and Martin Tiple. I've amended the infobox accordingly, with a source. Twistlethrop (talk) 06:37, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

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Amazingly influential
If you read the article, this is one of the top 10 guys, whom - if you went back with your time machine and messed with his life - when you got back, music would be totally different.

Others would include Monteverdi, Beethoven, James Brown, Herbie Hancock - but Korner may be the most obscure person, at least to the average person. The other such obscure person is certainly John Hammond. 162.205.217.211 (talk) 04:18, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

The Devil's Music (documentary series)
I recall Korner presenting a BBC documentary series about the Blues, called The Devil's Music, in the late 1970s. This doesn't seem to be mentioned in the article although it was probably his most prominent public exposure during that period. As far as I can tell there were at least two series, probably broadcast in 1976 and 1979. Given the subject matter it would probably have been broadcast on BBC2 (the high brow culture and arts channel).--TS 11:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It's here.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:06, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

cat
He was born Koerner but lived most of his life as Korner, which was his and his children's legal name. So why lead with a name he wasn't known for, instead of putting the change of spelling in the Early Life section where it belongs? 2.101.198.87 (talk) 01:04, 22 April 2023 (UTC)