On this 25th day of November in 1914, Chicago Blues pianist Eddie Boyd was born in Stovall, MS. Boyd wrote the Blues standard Five Long Years, covered by countless Bluesmen includng BB King, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Buddy Guy. His discography is filled with evocative songs of equal caliber. Boyd began his career in Chicago at Bluebird Records. He recorded with Sonny Boy Williamson 1, Tampa Red, Jazz Gillum, as well as on his own for the RCA/Victor affiliate. Boyd paid for the Five Long Years session himself and peddled the record to JOB Records, and it soared to #1 on the R&B charts. He then signed with Parrot Records, who sold his contract to Chess. Boyd had two #1 hits with Chess, 24 Hours and Third Degree, but his relationship with Leonard Chess was stormy and he went to Bea and Baby`s Records, where he recorded 8 sides with Robert Jr. Lockwood on guitar. A bad car wreck in 1957 stalled his career. In 1965, Boyd toured Europe with The American Folk Blues Festival and decided to move there. He recorded prolifically in Europe in the late 60s and 70s, and remained a resident of Helsinki, Finland untill his death in 1994. Edward Riley Boyd known as Eddie Boyd (November 25, 1914 – July 13, 1994)[1] was an American blues pianist. He was born on Stovalls Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi.[2] Life and career Boyd moved to the Beale Street district of Memphis, Tennessee in 1936 where he played piano and guitar with his group, the Dixie Rhythm Boys. Boyd followed the great migration northward to the factories of Chicago in 1941.[2] He wrote and recorded the songs Five Long Years (1952), 24 Hours (1953), and the Third Degree (co-written by Willie Dixon, also 1953).[2] Boyd toured Europe with Buddy Guys band in 1965 as part of the American Folk Blues Festival.[2] He later toured and recorded with Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Tired of the racial discrimination he experienced in the United States, he first moved to Belgium[1] where he recorded with the Dutch band Cuby and the Blizzards. He settled in Helsinki, Finland in 1970,[2] where he recorded ten blues records, the first being Praise to Helsinki (1970). He married his wife, Leila, in 1977. Boyd died in 1994 in Helsinki, Finland, just a few months before Eric Clapton released the chart-topping blues album, From the Cradle that included Boyds Five Long Years and Third Degree.youtu.be/ljKZx2Oitcc
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