ROBERT EALEY

Vocalista y compositor con sede en Dallas Robert Ealey comenzó a cantar en su iglesia local a los 15 años con un grupo de cuarteto en su Texarkana natal. Influenciado por los gustos de Lightnin 'Hopkins, Lil' Son Jackson , Frankie Lee Sims y Aarón "T-Bone" Walker, él comenzó a cantar el blues profesionalmente a los 20 años después de mudarse  a Dallas. En la cercana Fort Worth, se unió a los Boogie Chillen muchachos y se convirtió en un cantante destacado en el Club de Aves Azul allí. Después de cantar allí durante mas de 20 años , Ealey compró el Club de Aves Azul y se mantuvo por otros diez años.

En 1990, Ealey conectó con Tone Sommer , guitarrista y comenzó a viajar fuera de Texas. La banda encontró rápidamente un público para sus auténticos blues urbanos de Texas en Europa, donde han recorrido más de una docena de veces desde 1990. 

                                                             
                               

                                                               
              

Robert Ealey was a blues singer based in Fort Worth Texas, 12/6/1925 -- 3/8/2001. Robert was well known and loved by the blues community and music community in general. His Memorial site is www.RobertEaley.com. We have remastered his LOST TAPES and made them available for download at www.ALLTEXASMUSIC.com

Robert Daniel Ealey (December 6, 1925 – March 8, 2001) was an African American electric blues singer, who performed Texas blues. Among other releases, he recorded a couple of albums for Black Top Records in the 1990s, having earlier formed a duo with U.P. Wilson. Ealey also worked with Tone Sommer, Mike Buck, and Mike Morgan.

Ealey's best known work included "One Love One Kiss" and "Turn Out The Lights". He variously worked with the Boogie Chillun Boys, the Juke Jumpers and the Five Careless Lovers.

Ealey was born in Texarkana, Texas, United States, and in his teens sang in a quartet in his local church.

Following service in the Army in World War II, Ealey moved to Dallas in 1951, having been singing professionally from the age of 20. In Fort Worth, he formed a duo, the Boogie Chillun Boys, with the guitarist U.P. Wilson.The Boogie Chillun Boys provided inspiration to fellow Texan singer and guitarist Ray Sharpe. The Bluebird Club in Fort Worth was Ealey's musical base for more than thirty years. His involvement was such that he co-owned the club from 1977 to 1989. His 1973 live album, Live at the New Bluebird Nightclub, was billed as by Robert Ealey and the Five Careless Lovers, and included contributions from Mike Buck. It was produced by T-Bone Burnett.

By the 1990s Ealey, and his guitarist Tone Sommer, started touring more widely, and their authentic Texas blues found a wider audience in the US and Europe. Television advertisement work also expanded the recognition of Ealey's music. His 1996 album, Turn Out the Lights, issued by Black Top Records, saw Ealey work with blues accompanists including Morgan and Sommer on guitar. The 1997 follow-up, I Like Music When I Party was similarly successful.

Ealey died in Fort Worth on March 8, 2001, of undisclosed causes following an automobile accident the previous December. He was aged 75. He was interred with military honors at the Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery

In 2003, Aristokraft issued the compilation album, Robert Ealey: Blues That Time Forgot.