Albert S. Lowe, Jr
Junior Lowe | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Albert S. Lowe, Jr |
| Born | 1940 Florence, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | February 15, 2025 (aged 84)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Session musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass |
| Associated acts | Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section |
Albert S. Lowe, Jr. (1940 – February 15, 2025)[2] also known as Junior Lowe, was an American guitarist and bassist. As a session musician, he played on hits for Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, The Osmonds, and Clarence Carter.
Early life
Lowe, born in 1940 in Florence, Alabama, began his musical journey at the age of six when he asked his friend and classmate Terry Thompson to teach him guitar.[3] By the time he was 12, they had formed a band.[4]
Career
Lowe's talents caught the attention of Rick Hall, who recruited him as session musician for the newly established FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Lowe's early contributions included playing on Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman", recorded at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield. [4]
In 1969, when the original FAME rhythm section, known as "The Swampers", departed to form the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Lowe chose to remain at FAME. He joined Jesse Boyce on bass, Freeman Brown on drums, Clayton Ivey on piano, and a horn section of college students to form the "Fame Gang", releasing several singles under their own name.[3]
Lowe began his session playing mainly bass, but after the death of Terry Thompson, he began playing more guitar, often joining a rotation of guitar leads including Chips Moman, Marlin Greene, Eddie Hinton, Duane Allman, Tippy Armstrong, and Pete Carr.[5]
Transitioning in the early 1970s, Lowe shifted his focus towards songwriting. His compositions were recorded by notable artists, including Hank Williams Jr. During the 1990s, Lowe toured extensively across the United States and Europe with Little Richard, who had previously recorded "Greenwood, Mississippi", a song co-written by Lowe and Travis Wammack at FAME in 1970.[4]
Death
Albert "Junior" Lowe died on February 15, 2025.[1]
Selected discography
This is a partial list of albums and songs to which Junior Lowe contributed:[6][unreliable source?]
Performance
- Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett (1966)
- James & Bobby Purify - James & Bobby Purify (1967)
- Charlie Chalmers - Sax & The Single Girl (1967)
- Wilson Pickett – The Sound of Wilson Pickett (1967)
- Percy Sledge – The Percy Sledge Way
- Clarence Carter – This Is Clarence Carter (1968)
- Etta James – Tell Mama (1968)
- Wilson Picket - Hey Jude (1969)
- Clarence Carter – The Dynamic Clarence Carter (1969)
- The Fame Gang – Solid Gold From Muscle Shoals (1969)
- Osmonds – Osmonds (1971)
- Clarence Carter – Sixty Minutes With Clarence Carter (1973)
- Etta James - At Last (1968)
Writing
- Success - recorded by Percy Sledge
- Hound Dog Man's Gone Home - Arthur Alexander
- Two In The Morning - recorded by Charlie Chalmers
- Greenwood, Mississippi - recorded by Little Richard
- It's Over - recorded by George Soule
- Woman You Got No Soul - recorded by Bobby Hatfield
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Muscle Shoals mourns Alabama musician who played on many classic songs". 20 February 2025. [1]
- ↑ "Albert "Junior" Lowe". 11 August 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Junior Lowe". YouTube. 24 October 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Junior Lowe | Roots of American Music Trail".
- ↑ Reali, Christopher M. (2022), Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals, University of Illinois Press, OL 26086038W
- ↑ "Albert S. Lowe Jr". Discogs.
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