Quinn Golden
Quinn Golden was born in Memphis, TN on October 25, 1954. He began performing professionally in the music business in his teen years. Quinn met the members of the locally popular band, Elements of Love, after he sneaked into their performances at some of the hot spots in Memphis during the early 70's. Once the band heard Golden sing, they hired him on the spot. He performed with the Elements of Love until being lured away by another local band, Canteca. They offered Quinn the opportunity to travel and work with stars like Rufus Thomas, Ollie and the Nightingales and the Bar Kays. They joined the Bar Kays on their Cold Blooded Tour in the late 70's, opening for them in each city. Quinn made his next career move when he joined the Al Green Orchestra. He traveled worldwide with them for 7 years as bass player and background vocalist. He has also worked with many other notables throughout his career such as Ike Turner; Shirley Brown; Denise LaSalle; Bobby Rush; and Carl Sims. He has fond memories of many career highlights including session work with Ron Woods and Bob Dylan, and performing with his band formerly known as White Heat, known today as Switch. Quinn's wife, Denise, traveled with him and continued to encourage him to prepare to perform alone. "You gotta get yourself ready to be yourself" she would often advise. Golden uses these words today to ease his stage fright and focus on his goals. Quinn took her advice to go it alone and once he had written enough material to put together an album he grabbed an offer made by the Traction label in Jackson, Mississippi, to record for them. "I'm Serious About Your Love" was released in 1990 and the cut "If You Don't Love Me," which is included on his new release, "Cover You With A Kiss", won several awards in 1991 at the Jackson Music Awards in Jackson, Mississippi. Today, Quinn writes, records, and produces much of his own work as well as for other groups in his recording studio in Memphis.
Cover You With A Kiss was Golden's first release with Ecko Records. His smooth and gentle vocal style was instantly popular with Blues fans and R&B fans alike. His next CD, "What's The Name Of That Thang" continued to highlight Quinn's soulful vocals and included the very popular "Peepin' In The Window". Quinn's next release "A Little Sumpin' Sumpin'" spawned the hits "Dance Party" and "I'm Gonna Be A Man About It" and gained him even wider recognition. This became Quinn's most successful CD and remains so today. Following that was his fourth release entitled "On Q". This CD contained a duet with label mate Sheba Potts-Wright. "Ketchup On My Pants" was Quinn's answer to Sheba's hit "Lipstick On His Pants". Quinn's fifth CD "Bottoms Up!" which was released in April 2003 was sadly his last release. Quinn Golden died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack on July 28, 2003. He was only 48 years old.
Quinn Golden was a multi talented artist and musician. He was also a talented writer who penned tunes for himself as well as for other artists including Carl Sims, Ollie Nightingale, Lee Shot Williams, Chuck Roberson, J. Blackfoot, and Toni Greene.