Al Green (musician)

For the Democratic candidate for District 25 in Texas and the former head of the Houston NAACP, please see Al Green (politician). The 'classic' Hunters and Collectors line up (for the last ten years together):.
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. The next year, Green was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Their breakthrough commercial success was the album Human Frailty which featured the single "Throw Your Arms Around Me". Green released in 2003 a non-religious (secular) album entitled I Can't Stop, his first collaboration with Willie Mitchell since 1985's He is the Light. However, the record, regular airplay on the radio station JJJ (then Sydney-based) and video play on Countdown and other music video shows, and especially their consistent live performances brought Hunters & Collectors a strong and devoted following on the Australian pub scene.

The Grammys presented Green with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. It featured the single "The Slab", which was an underground success (mainly thanks to the support of radio station Triple J), but didn't make any inroads on the commercial music scene, possibly because of the masturbatory subtext of the lyrics. In 2000, Green published Take Me to the River, a book discussing his career. The first album featuring the new line up was The Jaws of Life (1984). Green's first secular album in some time was Your Heart's In Good Hands (1995), released to positive reviews but disappointing sales, the same year Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This line up also featured keyboards and a three-piece horn section. This was the period during which Hunters & Collectors enjoyed their greatest success. His 1994 duet with country music singer Lyle Lovett blended country with R&B, garnering him ninth Grammy, this time in a pop music category. In 1984 they briefly disbanded but reformed later in the year without Lubran.

First, he released a duet with Annie Lennox, "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" for Scrooged, a Bill Murray film. The band was signed to White Label, part of Mushroom Records. Their first single was "Talking to a Stranger" which was accompanied by an influential music video directed by Richard Lowenstein, who went on to make many successful videos for INXS and the features 'Strikebound' (1984) and 'Dogs In Space'(1987) (which starred INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence). After spending several years exclusively performing gospel, Green began to return to R&B. Seymour is also the older brother of bassist Nick Seymour of Crowded House and in the mid-1980s he was romantically involved for a time with Do Re Mi (band) lead singer Deborah Conway. In 1984 director Robert Mugge released a documentary film, The Gospel According to Al Green, including interviews about his life and footage from his church. As lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter, Seymour was the lynchpin of the group, and Archer and Falconer are widely regarded as one of the best rhythm sections ever to emerge from the Australian rock scene. From 1981 to 1989 Green recorded a series of gospel recordings, garnering eight "soul gospel performance" Grammys in that period. Tosti-Gueira was later replaced by Martin Lubran, then Barry Palmer.

His first gospel album was The Lord Will Make a Way. The first version of the band was: Mark Seymour (guitar & vocals); John Archer (bass); Doug Falconer (drums); Geoff Crosby (keyboards); Greg Perano (percussion); Ray Tosti-Gueira (guitar); and Robert Miles (who would stay with the band throughout their career, usually being credited with "live sound" and "art direction/design"). He then concentrated his energies towards pastoring his church and gospel singing, also appearing in 1982 with Patti Labelle in the musical Your Arms Too Short to Box With God. The band took its name from the track "Hunters & Collectors", on the German band Can's album Landed. In 1979, Green was injured while performing and interpreted this accident as a message from God. The sound was in the vein of Remain in Light, the Talking Heads album of 1980. 1977's The Belle Album was critically acclaimed but did not regain his former mass audience. The original band was influenced by the Krautrock genre and the productions of Conny Plank and featured strong percussive influences, coupled with noise guitar and driving bass lines.

Continuing to record R&B, Green saw his sales start to slip and the critics grew steadily harsher. They were noted for songs such as "Throw Your Arms Around Me", "Talking To A Stranger" and "Say Goodbye" and were renowned as one of the best live acts of their day. Green converted to Christianity after recovering from the assault and in 1976 became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis. Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1980. She then killed herself in an adjacent bedroom. Ray Tosti-Gueira - guitar, backing vocals (1981-1982). On October 18, 1974, Green's girlfriend, Mary Woodson, poured boiling grits on him as he was showering, causing second-degree burns on his back, stomach and arm. Greg Perano - percussion (1981-1983).

Call Me was a critical sensation, and was also just as popular at the time; it is one of his most fondly remembered albums today. Chris Malherbe - trumpet (1981-1982). Let's Stay Together (1972) was an even bigger success, as was I'm Still In Love With You (1972). Andy Lynn - trumpet (1981-1982). The next LP, though, Al Green Gets Next To You (1970), was a massive success that included four gold singles as Green developed his vocal and songwriting talents. Martin Lubran - guitar (1982-1983). The album was a moderate success. Geoff Crosby - keyboards, artwork (1981-1985).

Green's debut album with Hi Records was Green is Blue, a slow, horn-driven album that allowed Green to show off his powerful and expressive voice, with Mitchell arranging, engineering, and producing. Nigel Crocker - trombone (1981-1982). Mitchell predicted stardom for Green, coaching him to find his own, unique voice at a time when Green had previously been trying to sing like his heroes Jackie Wilson, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, and Sam Cooke. Michael Waters - trombone, keyboards, finance (1981-1998). Al Green met bandleader Willie Mitchell of Memphis' Hi Records in 1969, when Mitchell had hired him as a vocalist for a Texas show with Mitchell's band and then asked him to sign with the label. Jeremy Smith - French horn, guitars, keyboards, programming, backing vocals (1981-1998). The Soul Mates' subsequent singles did not sell as well. Mark Seymour - lead vocal, lyrics, guitar (1981-1998).

The band, now known as the Soul Mates, recorded "Back Up Train" and released it on Hot Line Music; the song was an R&B chart hit. Barry Palmer - lead guitar (1988-1998). Curtis Rogers and Palmer James, two members of the Creations, formed an independent label called Hot Line Music Journal. Robert Miles - live sound/mixing, art/design (1981-1998). Green formed a group called Al Greene & the Creations in high school. Jack Howard - trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals (1981-1998). He was kicked out of the group by his father because he was caught listening to Jackie Wilson. Doug Falconer - drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals (1981-1998).

They toured extensively in the mid-1950s in the South until the Greenes moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, when they began to tour around Michigan. John Archer - bass guitar, P.A., backing vocals (1981-1998). The son of a sharecropper, he started out at age nine in a Forrest City quartet called the Greene Brothers; he dropped the final "e" from his last name years later as a solo artist. Natural Selection (CD, 2CD, DVD) (Liberation BLUE034.5, 13 October 2003). April 13, 1946) is an American gospel and soul music singer, born in Forrest City, Arkansas. Collected Works (CD, video) (White Label TVD93338, 19 November 1990). Al Green (b. Under One Roof (live) (White Label MUSH33176.2, 11 November 1998).

Grammy Awards website (http://www.grammy.com). In Large Rooms And Lounges (White Label D98017, 27 November 1995). NPR interview (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1082212). Living .. Allmusic.com artist discussion (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=MIDMR0411300853&sql=11:y698s34ba3mg~T1). The Way To Go Out (CD, video, DVD) (White Label L27148, 6 May 1985). Biography at official artist website (http://www.algreenmusic.com/BIOGRAPHY.htm). Living Daylight (April 1987).