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Roman Carter

Roman Carter

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  • Born: Apr. 19, 1938 in Georgiana, AL
  • Years Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Biography

Blues/soul vocalist Roman Carter jump-started his longstanding career as a founding member of the Carter Brothers, an electric blues trio from the mid-'60s who recorded for the Cincinnati-based Jewel Records. Carter's throaty, impassioned vocals straddled the border between blues and soul, and effectively propelled one of the Carter Brothers' singles, "Southern Country Boy," to number 21 on the national R&B charts in 1965. Two years later, however, Roman's bandmate brothers were drafted, and the vocalist embarked on a solo career that would later win him the title of Best Male Blues Vocalist at the fifth annual Real Blues Awards in 1999. Carter returned in 2007 with Never Slow Down, a collection of slickly modernized Delta blues material helmed by producer Tom Rothrock (whose work on James Blunt's Back to Bedlam three years prior had resulted in the worldwide hit "You're Beautiful").
— Andrew Leahey , All Music Guide


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