Alexis korner with rolling stones members biography

Out of Blues Incorporated, Korner's original band, came bands, such as the Rolling Stones, Cream, the Animals, Free and Led Zeppelin.

Born in Paris in to an Austrian father and a Turkish/Greek mother, Alexis spent his childhood in France, Switzerland and North Africa, arriving in London.

Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as a founding father of British blues.

Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner in Paris, France, on 19 April ; died 1 January in Westminster, Central London), was a British.

An English blues band formed in London in , led by Alexis Korner and including at various times Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Art Wood.

Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as a founding father of British blues.!

Born on April 19, 1928, in Paris, France; died on January 1, 1984, in London, England; children: Sappho (daughter).

If John Mayall is acknowledged as the "father of British Blues," it should be indisputable that Alexis Korner is the genre's grandfather.

As early as 1952, Korner had formed a blues duo with harmonica legend Cyril Davies, before forming Blues Incorporated with Davies in 1962. During the group's early 1960s' residency at the Marquee Club in London, Blues Incorporated included future members of The Rolling Stones, The Pretty Things, Cream, and the Graham Bond Organization.

When the blues boom went psychedelic, Korner soldiered on as a purist, and eventually formed the band New Church, which in its nascent stage included vocalist Robert Plant in his pre-Led Zeppelin days. He formed the CCS (Collective Consciousness Society) big band with Peter Thorup in the early 1970s and went on to form several "super groups" with members of Cream and the Rolling Stones, until his deat