Albert Cummings
Encyclopedia
Albert Cummings is an American
blues
musician
. Cummings started playing the five-string banjo
at the age of twelve, but later switched to guitar
. In his late twenties he formed a band, Swamp Yankee, and in 1999 released an independently produced album
. The trio spent two hours in a recording studio
to record the nine songs for the album.
His next recording was issued as an album with Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon
, known as being part of Stevie Ray Vaughan
's backing team. Serving as record producer
s, they also arranged a deal to ensure wider distribution. Only Shannon remained as the bassist
for Cummings' next album. Two years later, in 2006, Cummings recorded a fourth album with new band members.
In 2008, Cummings released a live album
, recorded at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. Cummings started playing the five-string banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
at the age of twelve, but later switched to guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. In his late twenties he formed a band, Swamp Yankee, and in 1999 released an independently produced album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
. The trio spent two hours in a recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
to record the nine songs for the album.
His next recording was issued as an album with Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon
Tommy Shannon
Tommy Shannon is an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the blues-rock group Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and as an early bass player in Johnny Winter's band.-Biography:...
, known as being part of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stephen Ray "Stevie Ray" Vaughan was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan and frontman for Double Trouble, a band that included bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Born in Dallas, Vaughan moved to Austin at the age of 17 and...
's backing team. Serving as record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
s, they also arranged a deal to ensure wider distribution. Only Shannon remained as the bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
for Cummings' next album. Two years later, in 2006, Cummings recorded a fourth album with new band members.
In 2008, Cummings released a live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
, recorded at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Its area code is 413. Its ZIP code is 01201...
.
Discography
- The Long Way (Albert Cummings and Swamp Yankee), 1999
- From the Heart 2003
- True to Yourself, 2004
- Working Man Blues, 2006
- Feel So Good, 2008