Dion Payton (October 21, 1950 – March 12, 2021) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer, who gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Chicago clubs. Payton was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and gained recording experience at Chess Records with gospel groups such as the Violinaires before touring with Millie Jackson, Albert King and O.V. Wright. He first caught the attention of Alligator Records while playing rhythm guitar and co-arranging Lonnie Brooks's 1983 album, Hot Shot. After leaving Brooks, Payton assembled the 43rd Street Blues Band in 1985, which served as the weekend house band at the blues club Kingston Mines for many years. The band's name referred to the location of the Checkerboard Lounge, where they served as Junior Wells's backing band. Accompanyi
| Property |
Value |
| dbo:abstract |
Dion Payton (October 21, 1950 – March 12, 2021) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer, who gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Chicago clubs. Payton was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and gained recording experience at Chess Records with gospel groups such as the Violinaires before touring with Millie Jackson, Albert King and O.V. Wright. He first caught the attention of Alligator Records while playing rhythm guitar and co-arranging Lonnie Brooks's 1983 album, Hot Shot. After leaving Brooks, Payton assembled the 43rd Street Blues Band in 1985, which served as the weekend house band at the blues club Kingston Mines for many years. The band's name referred to the location of the Checkerboard Lounge, where they served as Junior Wells's backing band. Accompanying Payton on rhythm guitar was Joanna Connor. Payton signed a recording contract with Virgin Records but never released any albums with Virgin or other record labels. His only commercial recording is his "All Your Affection Is Gone," from the New Bluebloods compilation album released by Alligator in 1987. In his later years, Payton performed infrequently in the Chicago area. He died in Chicago. (en) |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink |
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/26/22334998/dion-payton-chicago-blues-guitarist-dead-70-obituary http://www.alligator.com/index.cfm%3Fsection=artists&artistID=139&currTrackNum=1&playPosition=0&vol=70&pan=0&playState=play http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm%3Fsection=artists&artistid=21 |
| dbo:wikiPageID |
12402159 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength |
3822 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID |
1098281512 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink |
dbc:2021_deaths dbr:Virgin_Records dbc:20th-century_American_guitarists dbc:20th-century_American_male_musicians dbc:American_blues_singers dbc:American_male_guitarists dbr:Concert_tour dbr:Chicago_blues dbr:Lonnie_Brooks dbc:1950_births dbc:Guitarists_from_Illinois dbr:Albert_King dbr:Alligator_Records dbr:Checkerboard_Lounge dbr:Nightclub dbr:Greenwood,_Mississippi dbc:American_blues_guitarists dbc:Guitarists_from_Mississippi dbr:Chess_Records dbr:Chicago dbc:Blues_musicians_from_Mississippi dbc:Chicago_blues_musicians dbc:People_from_Greenwood,_Mississippi dbr:Joanna_Connor dbr:Junior_Wells dbr:Millie_Jackson dbr:Kingston_Mines_(blues_club) dbr:O.V._Wright |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate |
dbt:US-singer-stub dbt:Authority_control dbt:Multiple_issues dbt:Notability dbt:Refimprove dbt:Reflist dbt:Short_description dbt:Use_mdy_dates dbt:YouTube dbt:US-guitarist-stub |
| dct:subject |
dbc:2021_deaths dbc:20th-century_American_guitarists dbc:20th-century_American_male_musicians dbc:American_blues_singers dbc:American_male_guitarists dbc:1950_births dbc:Guitarists_from_Illinois dbc:American_blues_guitarists dbc:Guitarists_from_Mississippi dbc:Blues_musicians_from_Mississippi dbc:Chicago_blues_musicians dbc:People_from_Greenwood,_Mississippi |
| gold:hypernym |
dbr:Guitarist |
| rdf:type |
owl:Thing foaf:Person dbo:Person dul:NaturalPerson schema:MusicGroup wikidata:Q19088 wikidata:Q215627 wikidata:Q483501 wikidata:Q5 wikidata:Q729 yago:WikicatAmericanBluesMusicians dbo:Animal dbo:Eukaryote dbo:Species yago:WikicatChicagoBluesMusicians schema:Person yago:WikicatLivingPeople yago:Artist109812338 yago:CausalAgent100007347 yago:Creator109614315 yago:LivingThing100004258 yago:Musician110339966 yago:Object100002684 yago:Organism100004475 yago:Person100007846 yago:PhysicalEntity100001930 yago:YagoLegalActor yago:YagoLegalActorGeo dbo:Artist dbo:MusicalArtist yago:Whole100003553 |
| rdfs:comment |
Dion Payton (October 21, 1950 – March 12, 2021) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer, who gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Chicago clubs. Payton was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and gained recording experience at Chess Records with gospel groups such as the Violinaires before touring with Millie Jackson, Albert King and O.V. Wright. He first caught the attention of Alligator Records while playing rhythm guitar and co-arranging Lonnie Brooks's 1983 album, Hot Shot. After leaving Brooks, Payton assembled the 43rd Street Blues Band in 1985, which served as the weekend house band at the blues club Kingston Mines for many years. The band's name referred to the location of the Checkerboard Lounge, where they served as Junior Wells's backing band. Accompanyi (en) |
| rdfs:label |
Dion Payton (en) |
| owl:sameAs |
freebase:Dion Payton yago-res:Dion Payton http://musicbrainz.org/artist/fa8e7332-0d5e-495e-9a4b-4b28daf78196 wikidata:Dion Payton https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4j8T1 |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom |
wikipedia-en:Dion_Payton?oldid=1098281512&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf |
wikipedia-en:Dion_Payton |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of |
dbr:2021_deaths_in_the_United_States_(January–June) dbr:Deaths_in_March_2021 dbr:List_of_musicians_from_Mississippi dbr:Payton_(surname) dbr:List_of_Chicago_blues_musicians dbr:Leflore_County,_Mississippi dbr:Chicago_Blues_Festival dbr:L.C._Green |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of |
wikipedia-en:Dion_Payton |