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Al Gamble

Al (* 1969) grew up listening to his father's record collection, which included Jimmy Smith, Ray Charles, Jack McDuff and other jazz and soul artists. He played in various bands during high school and college, and in 1992 joined the Shreveport-based Bluebirds, featuring Buddy Flett on guitar. He spent a few years in Memphis as a Beale Street musician, backing such artists as Preston Shannon and A-440. In 2001, he formed the Gamble Brothers Band with his younger brother Chad Gamble (drums), Art Edmaiston (saxophone) and Will Lowrimore (bass).

In 2003, the Gamble Brothers Band beat out more than 1,200 other artists to win the Billboard-sponsored Independent Music World Series award. Earlier in 2007, Edmaiston joined Memphis guitar player Joe Restivo, drummer George Sluppick and Al Gamble to form The Grip, a four-piece jazz instrumental band specializing in boogaloo music.

The road took Edmaiston away again, and Gamble, Restivo and Sluppick continued to play as a three-piece, forming the band The City Champs. The City Champs tour regularly and have opened for other acts, including the North Mississippi Allstars and Huey Lewis.

On November 29, 2010, The City Champs took part in the filming of a new Memphis music documentary. Titled Take Me To The River, this Cody Dickinson/Martin Shore-produced film, released Sept. 12, 2014, showcases icons of the Memphis' music scene playing with up-and-coming young bands. The City Champs collaborated with harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite and Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section bassist David Hood on bass to film a segment at Electraphonic Studios in Memphis.

In January 2013, after learning about St. Paul and The Broken Bones from friend and guitarist Browan Lollar, Gamble was asked to add organ overdubs on the band's debut album Half The City, recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Later that year, Gamble joined the band full-time, prior to the release of the record in February 2014. St. Paul and The Broken Bones have toured extensively in the United States and Europe and opened two shows for The Rolling Stones on the band's 2015 Zip Code Tour. In January 2016, St. Paul and the Broken Bones played a sold-out Carnegie Hall show as part of a four-concert series called Carnegie Hall's Perspectives. In February 2017, St. Paul and the Broken Bones headlined the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party in West Hollywood, California.

Gamble has recorded on more than 50 albums and on various film scores. He is credited with writing or co-writing more than 40 songs, according to BMI. He has toured with The City Champs, singer/songwriter Charlie Mars, John Paul Keith and the 145s, Louisiana soul singer Marc Broussard, Charles Walker and the Dynamites, The Bo-Keys, and St. Paul and The Broken Bones.

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Diva Of Soul Malaco Records MCD 7476 released 1995 recorded in Memphis, TN/USA	Shirley Brown, vocals Bobby Manuel, guitar Al Gamble, organ Steve Potts, drums
Switching Gears Blind Pig Records BPCD 5045 recorded in Memphis, TN and Chicago, IL/USA	Jimmy Thackery, guitar, vocals Joe McGlohon, sax Lonnie Brooks, guitar, vocals Joe Louis Walker, guitar, vocals Al Gamble, Hammond organ, piano Chubby Carrier, accordion Michael Patrick, bass Mark Stutso, drums
Keep On Workin' Inside Sounds 505 recorded January 1999 in Memphis, TN/USA	Jesse Hoggard, guitar, vocals Al Gamble, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer Billy Gibson, harmonica, vocals Kevin Sheahan, bass John Scalici, drums, vocals Elliot Ives, congas, percussion Nuhi Raweis, congas, percussion Jeff Burch, percussion
Believe It Magnolia Records 2011-2	Larry McCray, guitar, vocals Al Gamble, Hammond organ Roosevelt Purifoy, Hammond organ Noel Neal, bass Steve McCray, drums
Comfort To The Soul Ruf Records RUF 1081 recorded February & April 2003	Ana Popović, vocals, guitar Jack Holder, guitar Reese Wynans, Hammond organ Al Gamble, Hammond organ, keyboards Lyn Jones, harmonica Dave Smith, bass Steve Potts, drums
Guitar Blind Pig Records BPCD 5083 recorded November 1994	Jimmy Thackery, guitar James Carpenter, sax Duke Robillard, guitar Al Gamble, Hammond organ Wayne Burdette, bass Ken Faltinson, bass, keyboards Michael Patrick, bass Mark Stutso, drums
Still Making History Eclecto Groove Records EGRCD 501 recorded in North Hollywood, CA, Van Nuys, CA, Memphis, TN and Encino, CA/USA	Ana Popović, vocals, guitar Jim Spake, sax Darrell Leonard, trombone, trumpet Jack Holder, guitar Jon Cleary, piano, clavinet, Wurlitzer, vocals Al Gamble, Hammond organ Terry Wilson, bass, vocals Sam Shoup, bass Dave Smith, bass Tony Braunagel, drums, vocals Steve Potts, drums Lenny Castro, percussion, congas
The Setup Electraphonic Recording ER 105	Jim Spake, tenor sax Kirk Smothers, baritone sax Marc Franklin, trumpet Joe Restivo, guitar Al Gamble, Hammond organ Scott Bomar, bass George Sluppick, drums Felix Hernandez, congas Jack Ashford, tambourine
Half The City Single Lock Records SL 003 recorded in Sheffield, AL and Homewood, AL/USA	Jamie Harper, baritone sax Ben Griner, trombone, tuba Allen Branstetter, trumpet, flugelhorn Browan Lollar, guitar Jesse Phillips, guitar, bass James Brangle, keyboards Al Gamble, organ, Wurlitzer Ben Tanner, organ, piano Ron Alexander, bass Andrew Lee, drums, percussion Les Nuby, tambourine Daniel Stoddard, pedal steel Paul Janeway, vocals
Extra Jimmies Blind Pig Records BPCD 8014 recordings from 1992-1998 selected from these albums: "Empty Arms Motel", "Wild Night Out!" and "Switching Gears"	Jimmy Thackery, guitar, vocals Zack Patterson, guitar Al Gamble, Hammond B-3 organ, piano Chubby Carrier, accordion Wayne Burdette, bass Michael Patrick, bass Mark Stutso, drums, vocals
Sea Of Noise Records REC006 recorded in Nashville, TN/USA	Jason Mingledorff, tenor sax Allen Branstetter, trumpet, flugelhorn Chad Fisher, trombone Browan Lollar, guitar Jesse Phillips, guitar, bass Al Gamble, organ Yennifer Correia, violin Jessie Munson, violin Jennifer Puckett, viola Jonathan Kirkscey, cello Andrew Lee, drums, percussion Paul Janeway, vocals
Young Sick Camellia Records recorded in Hollywood, CA and Nashville, TN/USA	Jason Mingledorff, tenor sax Chad Fisher, trombone Allen Branstetter, trumpet, flugelhorn Browan Lollar, guitar Jesse Phillips, guitar, bass Al Gamble, organ Jessie Munson, violin Marisa Polesky, violin Jennifer Puckett, viola Jonathan Kirkscey, cello Sam Shoup, bass Andrew Lee, drums, percussion Alexander Spacecakes Ratliff, cabasa Paul Janeway, vocals
Living In The Last Days Bible & Tire Recording Co BTRC011	Elizabeth King, vocals Art Edmaiston, horn Jim Spake, horn Matt Ross-Spang, guitar Al Gamble, organ, piano, Wurlitzer Rick Steff, organ William Graves, piano, Wurlitzer, vocals Mark Stuart, bass George Sluppick, drums, percussion Deborah Ballard, vocals Chris Barnes, vocals Courtney Barnes, vocals Carolyn Brown, vocals Michelle Carter, vocals Audrey Fuller, vocals Mae Hicks, vocals Angela White, vocals Cora White, vocals
Soul Provider Bible & Tire Recording Co BTRC037 recorded in Memphis, TN/USA	Elizabeth King, vocals John Paul Keith, guitar Schaefer Llana, guitar, organ, vocals Matt Ross-Spang, guitar, Fender Rhodes Will Sexton, guitar, keyboards, bass Al Gamble, organ, Wurlitzer piano Alex Greene, organ, synthesizer Rick Steff, organ, piano Will McCarley, drums, percussion Chris Barnes, vocals Courtney Barnes, vocals James Hollister, vocals Yolanda Sherrod, vocals Betsy Spring, vocals Priscilla Stewart, vocals

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