Darrell Mansfield
Encyclopedia
Darrell Mansfield is an American
gospel
/blues
musician
.
Gentle Faith in 1976. He later formed the Darrell Mansfield Band. Over the years he has recorded and toured the US and Europe, as well as the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Mansfield has contributed vocals
and harmonica
to many other artists
' recordings
, including Eddie Van Halen
, Jon Bon Jovi
, Raphael Saadiq
, Adam Again
and Loverboy
. He has also played alongside Jimmy Hall
, Joe Turner
, Richie Sambora
, Billy Idol
, Ted Nugent
, Five Blind Boys
, Earl Slick
, Rick Derringer
and Billy Sheehan
.
In 2008, Mansfield admitted that he had tried to commit suicide several times due to mental illness.
Mansfield was inducted into the Hohner Harmonica Hall of Fame in 1980 and is the "Ambassador to California" for the Blues Hall of Fame
.
Mansfield has released more than thirty albums.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
/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....
.
Biography
Mansfield got his musical start in 1974, releasing his first albumAlbum
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...
Gentle Faith in 1976. He later formed the Darrell Mansfield Band. Over the years he has recorded and toured the US and Europe, as well as the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Mansfield has contributed vocals
Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
and harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
to many other artists
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....
' recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
, including Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
, Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
, Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Saadiq has been a standard bearer for "old school" R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! He also produced songs of such artists as TLC, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, Mary J...
, Adam Again
Adam Again
Adam Again was a rock band founded and led by vocalist Gene Eugene, with Riki Michele on vocals, Paul Valadez on bass, Jon Knox on drums, Greg Lawless on guitar...
and Loverboy
Loverboy
Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout the 1980s, the band accumulated numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States, earning four multi-platinum albums and selling millions of records...
. He has also played alongside Jimmy Hall
Jimmy Hall
Jimmy Hall was the lead singer and harmonica player for the Southern rock group, Wet Willie. He cofounded the band in 1970, which had significant success in the 1970s; in 1980 he scored a hit of his own with the single "I'm Happy that Love Has Found You"...
, Joe Turner
Joe Turner (jazz pianist)
Joe Turner was an American jazz pianist.Turner was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. One of the masters of the stride piano style associated with Harlem, New York City, Turner got his first big musical break in 1928 with his hiring by the Benny Carter Orchestra. He also played with Louis...
, Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora
Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer, and songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the rock band, Bon Jovi. He and frontman Jon Bon Jovi form the primary songwriting unit of the band...
, Billy Idol
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...
, Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
, Five Blind Boys
Five Blind Boys
Five Blind Boys may refer to:*Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, a gospel group from Jackson, Mississippi active since the 1930s. Archie Brownlee was their lead singer....
, Earl Slick
Earl Slick
Earl Slick is a guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, Jim Diamond and Robert Smith, although he has also worked with other artists , John Waite, and even released some solo recordings.In the early 1970s, Earl Slick gained his...
, Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was...
and Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan
William "Billy" Sheehan is an American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from Guitar Player Magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style...
.
In 2008, Mansfield admitted that he had tried to commit suicide several times due to mental illness.
Mansfield was inducted into the Hohner Harmonica Hall of Fame in 1980 and is the "Ambassador to California" for the Blues Hall of Fame
Blues Hall of Fame
The Blues Hall of Fame is a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980 by the Blues Foundation, it honors those who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.-1980:*Big Bill Broonzy*Willie Dixon*John Lee Hooker...
.
Mansfield has released more than thirty albums.
Discography
- Gentle Faith (1976)
- Higher Power (1979)
- Get Ready (1980)
- Darrell Mansfield live (1983)
- The Vision (1983)
- Revelation (1985)
- Darrell Mansfield Band live at Calvary Chapel (1988)
- Trimmed and Burnin (1990), with Glenn KaiserGlenn KaiserGlenn Kaiser is a Chicago-based Christian blues musician, singer-songwriter and pastor. He was the leader of Resurrection Band and is currently the leader of The Glenn Kaiser Band.-Childhood:...
- Blues with a Feelin (1991), with Eric Turner
- Live At Flevo (1991, review)
- Get Ready (1992, re-release)
- Give Him Your Blues (1992)
- Slow Burn (1993), with Glenn Kaiser
- Shack of Peasants (1993, 2-volume set)
- The Blues Night (1994), with Glenn Kaiser
- Collection (1994)
- Mansfield And Company (1995)
- Tribute to Reverend Dan Smith, The Lord's House (1995)
- Into the Night (1995), with Larry HowardLarry HowardLawrence Rayford Howard is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played four seasons with the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves .-External links:...
and Glenn Kaiser - Delta Blues (1997)
- Crossroads (1997)
- Last Chance Boogie (1998)
- Darrell Mansfield Blues Band: Live in Europe (1999)
- Darrell Mansfield Blues Band: Live On Tour (2000)
- Soul'd Out (2000)
- The Best of Darrell Mansfield Vol. 1 (2004)
- Shades (2007)
- Born to Be Wild (2008)
- Life's Highway (2009)
- The Best of Darrell Mansfield Vol. 2 (2009)
- People Get Ready (Live in concert) (2009)
Videography
- First LoveFirst Love: a Historic Gathering of Jesus Music PioneersFirst Love is a documentary that looks back into the Jesus Music of the 1970s. In 1997, a group of Jesus Music pioneers gathered in southern California for a memorable 3 days of music and fellowship . The event was both recorded and filmed, and was released in a 2-CD/2-DVD set simply titled “First...
(1998), live video of several Jesus MusicJesus musicJesus music, known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music which originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This musical genre developed in parallel to the Jesus movement...
pioneers - People Get Ready (2009), live in concert at the OC Pavilion, Santa Ana, California