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King George grew up in Virginia in the American South. In the sixties, he moved up to New York and started singing in Harlem clubs. In 1965 he performed at the legendary Apollo Theatre. King George was also going around clubs like Small's Paradise in Harlem, jamming with the King Curtis Band, Ray Charles' band, and Curtis Knight. His band featured Jimi Hendrix at the time. This is when Jimi and George really became friends. They had worked together before, for example during the recording of "Have Mercy". At this time they all lived in the same building on upper west side in New York and hung around the clubs in the Village. At that time Jimi Hendrix had not yet became famous. One night when King George performed at a club, a Scandinavian agent heard him sing, and offered him a contract to sing in Europe with a band by the name of Harlem Kiddies. This was the first black rhytm'n'bluesband that came to Europe from the States. Meanwhile Jimi Hendrix was brought to Europe and George and Jimi’s’ friendship continued there. Last time George saw Jimi Hendrix at a concert at Gröna Lund in Stockholm just one week before he died. King George has worked as a solo artist with a great number of musicians and groups, both in Europe and in The States, but meanwhile he has always had an own group. After Harlem Kiddies broke up he formed King George Discovery and later The King George Bluesology, also known as The KGB. During the years he has made several records and tours. King George is now based in Gothenburg, Sweden and the cooperation with Swedish musicians like Peps Persson, Tottas Bluesband, Ulf Wakenius, Tony Ellis, Conny Sjökvist and Kjell Jansson has contributed to his special way of mixing different types of music. Even if this is the basic setting of the group they often bring special guest artists such as different horn players, keyboard players or percussionists. That's one of the reasons why one KGB concert never is like another. The band develops constantly and the improvisation with local musicians is often a big part of the performance. Bluesology is one of King Georges many project. He is also a member of the R&B band Black Moses which had a few hits played on MTV. He also made a single called "Funky Kinda Groove" which went up on the dance charts in Scandinavia.
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