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'Floyd Council' (September 2 1911–May 9 1976) was an American blues musician. He was a well known component of the Piedmont blues sound from that area, popular in the early 1900's.
Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Harrie and Lizzie Council, Floyd began his musical career on the streets of Chapel Hill in the 1920s, performing with his two brothers, Leo and Thomas.
Council suffered a stroke in the 1960s which partially paralyzed his throat muscles and slowed his motor skills, but didn't cause any damage to his brain. Accounts say that he remained "quite sharp in mind".
Council died in 1976 of a heart attack, after moving to Sanford, North Carolina.
No records are available which exclusively feature Council's work. However, the CD, ''Carolina Blues'', features six songs which he recorded: "I'm Grievin' and I'm Worryin'", "I Don't Want No Hungry Woman", "Lookin' For My Baby", "I'm Broke and I Ain't Got a Dime", "Runaway Man Blues" and "Working Man Blues".
According to a 1969 interview, Council stated he had recorded 27 songs over his career, seven of them backing Blind Boy Fuller. Fuller's series of ''Complete Recorded Works'' contain many songs in which Council played guitar.
Syd Barrett, of English progressive rock band, Pink Floyd, came up with the band's name by juxtaposing the first names of Council and fellow Carolina bluesman, Pink Anderson. He noticed the names in the liner notes of a 1962 Blind Boy Fuller LP (Philips BBL-7512). The text, written by Paul Oliver, read: ''"Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, (...) Pink Anderson or Floyd Council -- these were a few amongst the many blues singers that were to be heard in the rolling hills of the Piedmont, or meandering with the streams through the wooded valleys."''
★ Introducing Floyd Council
★ Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council
★ Illustrated Floyd Council discography
Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Harrie and Lizzie Council, Floyd began his musical career on the streets of Chapel Hill in the 1920s, performing with his two brothers, Leo and Thomas.
Council suffered a stroke in the 1960s which partially paralyzed his throat muscles and slowed his motor skills, but didn't cause any damage to his brain. Accounts say that he remained "quite sharp in mind".
Council died in 1976 of a heart attack, after moving to Sanford, North Carolina.
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| Discography |
| The Floyd in Pink Floyd |
| References |
| External links |
Discography
No records are available which exclusively feature Council's work. However, the CD, ''Carolina Blues'', features six songs which he recorded: "I'm Grievin' and I'm Worryin'", "I Don't Want No Hungry Woman", "Lookin' For My Baby", "I'm Broke and I Ain't Got a Dime", "Runaway Man Blues" and "Working Man Blues".
According to a 1969 interview, Council stated he had recorded 27 songs over his career, seven of them backing Blind Boy Fuller. Fuller's series of ''Complete Recorded Works'' contain many songs in which Council played guitar.
The Floyd in Pink Floyd
Syd Barrett, of English progressive rock band, Pink Floyd, came up with the band's name by juxtaposing the first names of Council and fellow Carolina bluesman, Pink Anderson. He noticed the names in the liner notes of a 1962 Blind Boy Fuller LP (Philips BBL-7512). The text, written by Paul Oliver, read: ''"Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, (...) Pink Anderson or Floyd Council -- these were a few amongst the many blues singers that were to be heard in the rolling hills of the Piedmont, or meandering with the streams through the wooded valleys."''
References
★ Introducing Floyd Council
★ Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council
External links
★ Illustrated Floyd Council discography
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