Louis Satterfield
| Louis Satterfield | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Louis Edward Satterfield |
| Also known as | Lui-Lui, Ealee, Sat |
| Born |
April 3, 1937 Shaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | September 27, 2004 (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Genres | Blues, soul, jazz, pop, rock, R&B, funk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | bass, trombone, vocals |
| Years active | 1960s–1990s |
| Associated acts | The Pharaohs, Earth, Wind & Fire, Phenix Horns |
Louis Edward Satterfield (April 3, 1937, Shaw, Mississippi, United States – September 27, 2004, Chicago, Illinois), also known with the stage names of Lui-Lui and Sat, was an American bass and trombone player, primarily noted as a session musician and for his tours as a sideman with a large number of highly visible and commercially successful blues rock performers including B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Phil Collins. He was also a bass teacher, most notably of Verdine White.
Satterfield was born Louis Edward in Shaw, Mississippi, a city in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region, on April 3, 1937.
In late 1950s–early 1960s, Satterfield, Charles Handy on trumpet, and Don Myrick on alto saxophone formed The Jazzmen, a student jazz trio at Crane Junior College in Chicago, Illinois. They were joined by Fred Humphrey on piano, Ernest McCarthy on bass guitar, and Maurice White on drums. Satterfield as a session bassist, White, and Handy were studio musicians at Chess Records in Chicago. Satterfield most memorable contribution being the bassline to Fontella Bass's "Rescue Me". The Jazzmen collaborations and live concerts with Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble at the Affro Arts Theater on the south side of Chicago went on to form The Pharaohs. In 1971 the band recorded its first and only studio album The Awakening, and in 1972 In the Basement, an album reissued by Luv N' Haight in November 1996 that features four tracks recorded live at High Chaparral in Chicago, a track from the original master tapes for The Awakening album, and "Love and Happiness", which was the B-side of "Freedom Road" single for Scarab Records.
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