User:Fundenspluvia/Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuel

Born in Caribbean, on the island of Antigua, Calvin grew up in London, England. He taught himself to play piano, ukulele and acoustic guitar, switching to bass, then began traveling in England and Europe with various soul and R&B bands. He started writing and recording with Eddy Grant, then of the English group, The Equals, of Electric Avenue fame, while also playing with guitarist Junior Marvin of Bob Marley & The Wailers, where he got the nickname 'Fuzz' by playing his bass through a fuzz box. He formed the first all-black power trio in England, The Sundae Times, scoring a top ten hit in Israel with a song called “Abba Abba”, written and produced by Eddy Grant for the album, Us Colored Kids. The band included singer/guitarist, Dell Richardson and drummer Conrad Isadore. This led to the making of Stephen Stills' first and second solo albums which included superstars Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Mama Cass, Rita Coolidge, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston and The Memphis Horns. During this time he worked and lived with P.P. Arnold performing under the name Axis. While working with Stills a big break came getting him a position with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, touring the United States, recording their legendary live album, Four Way Street and the single, Ohio. Working sessions between London and Los Angeles, he became part of Manassas, with Stephen Stills, Chris Hillman, Dallas Taylor, Joe Lala, Paul Harris and Al Perkins, cutting two albums and touring for three years while finding time to do concerts with America and appear with Neil Young in the movie Rust Never Sleeps. Wrote and recorded songs with Marianne Faithful along with Steve Winwood in the early ‘80s. Later he joined the Alvin Lee Band along with Mick Taylor touring for over six years. For Taj Mahal, he worked on the Broadway musical, Mule Bone written by Langston Hughes and Zora Lee Hurston, with music composed by Taj starring blues man Kenny Neal. In the early ‘90s he teamed up with Bobby keys, Mick Taylor, Nicky Hopkins and Ivan Neville as Tumbling Dice. Now he is performing solo on the Bouzouki a World Beat blend of Blues, Reggae, Calypso, Classic Rock and African folk songs.

Selected Discography

Calvin 'Fuzzy' Samuel Solo Releases:

♪	Us Colored Kids - President Records, 1968 UK

♪	Fuzzy Samuel - Caroline (Virgin Records), 1974

♪	This Train Still Runs - Tropical records, 1998

♪	Love Don’t Taste Like Chicken - Tropical Records, 1999

♪	Organic Blues - Tropical Records / Pouring Rain Music 2000

Fuzz appears on the following recordings:

♬ - denotes gold level of sales

♬	Crosby Stills Nash & Young - 4 Way Street

♬	Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners

♬	Stephen Stills (1)

♬	Stephen Stills (2)

♬	Manassas - Double Album

♬	Manassas - Down The Road

♬	Rita Coolidge (1)*PRODUCED BY BOOKER T JONES*

♬	Dr John - Sun Moon & Herbs

♬	The Who - Tommy Film Soundtrack

♬	Marianne Faithful - Dangerous Acquaintances

♪	Manassas - Pieces

♪	Herbie Mann - London Underground

♪	Eddy Grant & The Equals - several releases

♪	Taj Mahal - Mule Bone (GRAMMY NOMINATED)

♪	Chili Charles - Busy Corner

♪	Kevin Ayers - Sweet Deceiver

♪	Parliament Funkadelics - Maggot Brain

♪	Jimmy Cliff - one album

♪	Mickey Baker - one album

♪	Sean Gonzales & Archie Lee Hooker

♪	Denis Farley - several releases

♪	Maxayn - one release

♪	Mike Pinera - one release

♬ - Denotes gold status