Eddie Fisher (1943 – July 12, 2007) – Cosmic Blues (1976)

This ultra-funky jam was written and produced by the unsung St. Louis guitarist for his Fisher LP, self-released on his own Nentu Records label.

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Eddie Fisher was an unsung soul and jazz-funk guitarist, songwriter, and producer.

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he wound up in St. Louis, Missouri where he worked as Albert King’s bandleader during the 1960s.

He released his first solo album The Third Cup on Cadet Records in 1969, billed to the Eddie Fisher Quintet. It was produced by Oliver Sain and recorded at “Saico Studios,” aka Sain’s famed Archway Sound Studio in St. Louis. Its title track was a stellar soul-jazz workout that like the rest of the LP featured organist Robert Selby, future Headhunter Paul Jackson on bass, and Phil Westmoreland on rhythm guitar.

His second album on Cadet was Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years (1970), for which he produced and wrote or co-wrote every one of its tracks. It was recorded at Archway Sound and engineered by Sain, and included gems like the opening cut “Jeremiah Pucket” and the very funky jam “Either Or,” both of which Fisher solely wrote.

Fisher later set up his own label, Nentu Records, and self-released his full-length Fisher LP on it in 1976. Original copies today sell for $200 and up on Discogs. Its opening track was the very funky jam “Cosmic Blues,” which was later included as the closing cut on Fisher’s album Hot Lunch (1977) released on Stang Records the following year.

Before his death at the premature age of 64 from cancer, Fisher performed a memorable version of “The Third Cup” at a St. Louis jazz festival.

Rest in Power, Eddie Fisher.

Further info:

“Guitarist Eddie Fisher passes at 64,” obituary, St. Louis American, July, 2007.

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