Jackie Payne

September 26, 1945

Athens, Georgia, United States

He is the nephew of the blues harmonica player Neal Pattman. Early career His original birth name was William, and he was known as Willie during childhood. By the age of 13, he was singing professionally with the Allen Swing Band in Atlanta. He later joined an Rhythm & Blues group called The Serenaders. He moved to Houston, Texas in 1963, at the age of 17, and recorded his first regional hit, "Go Go Train" b/w "I"ll Be Home" on the Jetstream label in 1965. The success of that single led to a 45-city tour with the Stax revue, which at the time featured headliners like Otis Redding (to whom Payne"s voice has sometimes been compared), Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, and Carla Thomas. His career was checked when he entered the United States Army in 1968. He then settled in Culver City, California, performing at The Cover Girl Club with Pee Wee Crayton. The Johnny Otis years Payne was the lead singer for the Johnny Otis Show for fifteen years. He recorded several albums with Otis"s band and appeared for many years on the Johnny Otis Saturday morning live radio radio show broadcast on KPFA-FM. Payne"s 1998 Civil Defense, "A Day In the Life of a Blues Manitoba," was produced by Kenny Blue Ray for the British Journal of Social Policy Records label. The Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band Payne and blues guitarist Steve Edmonson, formed the Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band in the late 1990s.

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Payne was born in Athens, Georgia, United States. He trained as a singer in his father"s gospel choir and learned the blues from his uncle, Neal Pattman, who played harmonica.

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He is the nephew of the blues harmonica player Neal Pattman. Early career

His original birth name was William, and he was known as Willie during childhood. By the age of 13, he was singing professionally with the Allen Swing Band in Atlanta.

He later joined an Rhythm & Blues group called The Serenaders.

He moved to Houston, Texas in 1963, at the age of 17, and recorded his first regional hit, "Go Go Train" b/w "I"ll Be Home" on the Jetstream label in 1965. The success of that single led to a 45-city tour with the Stax revue, which at the time featured headliners like Otis Redding (to whom Payne"s voice has sometimes been compared), Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, and Carla Thomas.

His career was checked when he entered the United States Army in 1968. He then settled in Culver City, California, performing at The Cover Girl Club with Pee Wee Crayton.

The Johnny Otis years

Payne was the lead singer for the Johnny Otis Show for fifteen years.

He recorded several albums with Otis"s band and appeared for many years on the Johnny Otis Saturday morning live radio radio show broadcast on KPFA-FM. Payne"s 1998 Civil Defense, "A Day In the Life of a Blues Manitoba," was produced by Kenny Blue Ray for the British Journal of Social Policy Records label. The Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band

Payne and blues guitarist Steve Edmonson, formed the Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band in the late 1990s.

Achievements

He was nominated in both 2007 and 2008 for the Blues Music Award for Best Male Soul Blues Artist. An album he recorded with Johnny Otis was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993. "Spirit of the Black Territory Bands," recorded by The Johnny Otis Orchestra, featured Payne on vocals and was nominated for a 1993 Grammy Award. The band won the Contemporary Blues Award for Best Soul Blues Album of 2006 for the Master of the Game.

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