BABY TATE ( II )
Baby Tate (en 28, 1916 a ag 17, 1972) fue un guitarrista de blues estadounidense de la zona del Piedmont , trabajó diversamente con guitarristas Blind Boy Fuller y Pink Anderson, así como armonicista Peg Leg Sam. Su estilo de tocar se vio influenciado por Blind Blake, Buddy Moss, Blind Boy Fuller, Josh White, y Willie Walker, y en cierta medida Lightnin 'Hopkins.
Nacido Charles Henry Tate en Elberton, Georgia fue criado en Greenville, Carolina del Sur. En su adolescencia, Tate comenzó a actuar a nivel local, después de ver Blind Blake en Elberton. Tate tarde formó un trío con Joe Walker (hermano de Willie Walker) y Roosevelt "Baby" Brooks y, hasta 1932, tocó en el área local.
Baby Tate sirvió en la infantería del ejército de Estados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el sur de Inglaterra, y no regresó al circuito club de Spartanburg / Greenville hasta 1946. Sin embargo, en 1950 Tate afirmó haber grabado varias pistas (inéditas) para la Kapp rcds.
Tate lanzó su único álbum, Blues de Baby Tate: doce meses más tarde apareció en la película documental de Sam Charters 'The Blues. A lo largo de la década de 1960 Tate va tocando irregularmente a través de los EE.UU. junto al armonicista, Peg Leg Sam, o guitarristas como Baby Brooks o McKinley Ellis,
Tate murió a causa de los efectos de un ataque al corazón, en el Hospital de Veteranos en Columbia, Carolina del Sur, en agosto de 1972, a la edad de 56.
Baby Tate (January 28, 1916 – August 17, 1972) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning five decades, worked variously with guitarists Blind Boy Fuller, Pink Anderson, and Peg Leg Sam. His playing style was influenced by Blind Blake, Buddy Moss, Blind Boy Fuller, Josh White, and Willie Walker, and to some extent Lightnin' Hopkins.
Born Charles Henry Tate in Elberton, Georgia, he was raised in Greenville, South Carolina. In his adolescence, Tate started performing locally, after seeing Blind Blake in Elberton. Tate later formed a trio with Joe Walker (the brother of Willie Walker) and Roosevelt "Baby" Brooks and, up to 1932, played in the local area. As The Carolina Blackbirds, they appeared on the radio station, WFBC, broadcasting from The Jack Tar Hotel, but for the rest of the 1930s worked for a living, mainly as a mason.
Baby Tate served in the United States Army infantry during World War II in the south of England, and did not return to the Spartanburg/Greenville club circuit until 1946. Nevertheless, in 1950 Tate claimed to have recorded several (unreleased) tracks for the Kapp label. Relocating to Spartanburg, South Carolina, he performed solo before forming an occasional duo with Pink Anderson; a working relationship that endured through to the 1970s.
Tate released his only album, Blues of Baby Tate:See What You Done Done, in 1962, and twelve months later appeared in Sam Charters' documentary film The Blues. Throughout the 1960s Tate performed irregularly across the US.[1] Utilising another harmonica player, Peg Leg Sam, Tate recorded around forty tracks in August and December 1970 for Peter B. Lowry, but the proposed album remained unreleased once Tate had unexpectedly died. He appeared at a concert at the State University of New York at New Paltz, New York as a result of Lowry's efforts in 1972.
Tate died from the effects of a heart attack, in the VA Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, in August 1972, at the age of 56.
In January 2011, Baby Tate was nominated for The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Blues Song category for "See What You Done".
Smithsonian Folkways released a compilation album on February 16, 2010, titled Classic Appalachian Blues. It featured the Baby Tate number, "See What You Done Done."
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