Aron Burton
| Aron Burton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 15, 1938 Senatobia, Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | Chicago blues, electric blues |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, bass guitarist, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, bass guitar |
| Years active | Late 1950s–present |
| Labels | Earwig, Delmark, Schubert |
Aron Burton (born June 15, 1938) is an American electric and Chicago blues singer, bass guitarist and songwriter. In a long career as a sideman he has played with Freddie King, Albert Collins and Junior Wells and has released a number of solo albums, including Good Blues to You (Delmark Records, 1999). His own recorded work has been nominated four times for a Blues Music Award in the category Blues Instrumentalist—Bass.
Burton was born in Senatobia, Mississippi. He sang in several local churches and with his cousin founded a group, the Victory Travelers. Burton relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1955. His musical career commenced the following year, playing the bass for Freddie King. King purchased Burton's first bass guitar.
Burton served in the United States Army between 1961 and 1965. Upon discharge he found employment playing with Baby Huey & the Babysitters, Junior Wells (with whom Burton toured between 1969 and 1972) and Fenton Robinson. Burton also undertook recording sessions with George "Wild Child" Butler, Jackie Ross and Carey Bell (Heartaches and Pain, 1977). He also recorded a solo single, "Garbage Man", released by Cleartone Records.
In 1978, Burton joined his brother, Larry, in Albert Collins's backing band, the Icebreakers, and performed on Collins's Grammy Award–nominated album Ice Pickin'. He also toured with Collins before leaving his ensemble in the early 1980s. In the meantime, he worked as a horticulturist for twenty years in Garfield Park Conservatory, under the auspices of the Chicago Park District. He found further work playing with James Cotton, Johnny Littlejohn and Fenton Robinson (again), before relocating to Europe for a time in the late 1980s. While there, Burton recorded Usual Dangerous Guy, with Champion Jack Dupree playing the piano accompaniment.
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