Amoeba Music

By J Poet

Katie Webster was one of the great female piano players of the 50s and 60s, an underrated musician who contributed her powerful, rolling sound to more than 500 singles for various labels in the 50s and 60s, including Phil Phillips’ “Sea of Love.” She was a member of Otis Redding’s touring band in 1965, but left music for a decade to care for her ailing patents in Oakland, California. She returned to music in time to make about a dozen albums for Arhoolie, Alligator and several European labels in the ‘80s. She was finally getting the recognition she deserved when she suffered a stroke while on tour in Greece in 1993. She lost the use of her left hand and almost all of her eyesight, but stayed on... Read More

City Of Origin:

Houston, Texas, United States

Genre:

Blues, Piano Blues, Jazz, Classic Jazz, Boogie Woogie, New Orleans

Birthdate:

01/11/1936

Death date:

09/05/1999