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Michael Burks was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and began playing guitar at the age of 12. He was influenced by blues greats such as Albert King, B.B. King, and Freddie King. He released his debut album, Make It Rain, in 1998. He released several more albums over the years, including Iron Man (2002), Show of Strength (2005), and I Smell Smoke (2008).
Burks was a prolific live performer, touring extensively throughout the United States and Europe. He was nominated for several Blues Music Awards, including Best Contemporary Blues Album for Show of Strength in 2006. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album for I Smell Smoke in 2009.
Burks died on May 6, 2012, at the age of 55, after suffering a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.
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55 years old |
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Leo |
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30 July, 1957 |
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30 July |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| Date of death |
6 May 2012, |
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
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United States |
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In 2013, Burks took the Blues Music Award "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" and "Album of the Year" categories with his posthumous release, Show Of Strength. Another posthumous CD was released in 2016, I'm A Bluesman.
On May 6, 2012, upon returning from a tour of Europe, Burks collapsed at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was shortly after pronounced dead from a heart attack, at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 54.
The Allmusic journalist, Tim Sheridan once noted "... while his vocals are not stellar, he has a rich, gritty quality to his singing that is nicely matched to his guitar playing." Burks was known as 'Iron Man' for his energetic and passion filled performances on stage. He was nominated five times for a Blues Music Award and, in 2004, Living Blues presented him with the Critics' Award for Best Guitarist.
Burks was a regular performer at the King Biscuit Blues Festival. He also appeared at Memphis in May in 2004 and 2009. Burks had completed recording his fifth album, which was due to be released in July 2012.
After the club closed in the mid 1980s, Burks was employed as a mechanic at Lockheed Martin. He continued to play at local clubs and music festivals, until 1997, when he recorded and produced his debut album, From the Inside Out. The magazine, Blues Access, stated it was "the most impressive indie in recent memory", and Living Blues described it as one of "the best debut discs of the year." In 2001, Alligator Records signed Burks to a recording contract, and he released Make It Rain with them the same year. Make It Rain was produced by Jim Gaines and Bruce Iglauer. I Smell Smoke followed in 2003, and five years later Burks issued what turned out to be the final album in his lifetime, Iron Man, named for his long held nickname.
Burks was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, and had a musical heritage. His father played the bass guitar, and performed with Sonny Boy Williamson II, whilst his grandfather had played in a delta blues style. Burks junior had learned to play the guitar by the age of five, and first played on stage in his cousin's band. In the early 1970s, Burks moved with his family to Camden, Arkansas. It was there that Burks and his father built a 300-seater juke joint named the Bradley Ferry Country Club, where Burks duly led the house band.
Michael Burks (July 30, 1957 – May 6, 2012) was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his tracks, "Everybody's Got Their Hand Out", "I Smell Smoke" and "Hard Come, Easy Go", and variously worked with Johnnie Taylor, O. V. Wright, and Marquise Knox. He was the son of the bassist, Frederick Burks.
