Ivan Neville

Ivan Neville
Neville performing at the 2005 Bourbon Street Fest
Background information
Born (1959-08-19) August 19, 1959
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genres R&B, new wave, house
Occupation(s) Musician
Years active 1983–present
Labels Polydor
Iguana Records
Uptop Entertainment
Compendia Records
Associated acts Neville Brothers
Keith Richards
The Insects
Rufus
Dumpstaphunk
Spin Doctors
Ani DiFranco

Ivan Neville (born August 19, 1959) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Aaron Neville and nephew to members of The Neville Brothers.[1][2][3]

Career

He has released four solo albums and had a Top 30 Billboard hit with the first single "Not Just Another Girl" from his debut solo album If My Ancestors Could See Me Now.[4] "Not Just Another Girl" reached 26 on the Billboard charts.[5] His second single "Falling Out of Love" was a duet with singer Bonnie Raitt[4] that reached 91 on the Billboard charts.[5] The song was also featured in the 1989 comedy Skin Deep, starring John Ritter.

Neville's song "Why Can't I Fall in Love" was featured on the 1990 soundtrack to the Allan Moyle film, Pump Up the Volume.[6]

Neville and his band, Dumpstaphunk, self-released a full-length studio debut, Everybody Want Sum, during the summer of 2010.

Neville has played with and appeared on several Neville Brother records, as well as his father’s solo records. He performed in Bonnie Raitt's band from 1985 to 1987 and contributed the song "All Day, All Night", co-written with bassist James Hutchison to her Nine Lives album. He also contributed keyboards to two Rolling Stones albums, 1986’s Dirty Work and 1994’s Voodoo Lounge as well as being a member of Keith Richards’ solo band the X-Pensive Winos. In 1988, he toured with Richards after recording Talk is Cheap, and was the opening act for the shows, since If My Ancestors Could See Me Now was released.

Neville released his second solo album entitled Thanks in 1994.[4]

Apart from appearing on several other artists’ records, including Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Robbie Robertson, Rufus, Paula Abdul, and Delbert McClinton, he was a member of the Spin Doctors, touring and recording on the group's album Here Comes the Bride in 1999–2000, including assuming lead vocal duties when Chris Barron lost his voice.

In 2003, he formed his own band Dumpstaphunk[7] and appeared, among other places, on the Late Show with David Letterman.

When the levees failed in New Orleans in 2005, Neville joined The New Orleans Social Club and recorded the benefit album Sing Me Back Home with producers Leo Sacks and Ray Bardani at Wire Studios in Austin, Texas. Neville's searing version of John Fogerty's "Fortunate Son" was critically acclaimed. "Catharsis never sounded cooler," raved Entertainment Weekly. In 2007, with Dumpstaphunk and B.B. King, he participated in a tribute album to fellow New Orleans musician Fats Domino, contributing his version of the title song to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard Records).

Through the Tipitina's Foundation, along with other New Orleans musicians, Neville has been active in performing benefit shows in support of Hurricane Katrina charities. Ivan Neville's band includes Nick Daniels and Tony Hall, both on bass (with Hall sometimes on guitar); Ian Neville (Ivan's cousin) playing guitar; Raymond Weber on drums.

Solo discography

References

  1. ↑ Ratliff, Ben. "New Orleans Saint's Brooklyn Revival". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  2. ↑ Pareles, Jon. "Scars Amid the Party in New Orleans". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  3. ↑ Matthews, Bunny. "Ivan Neville: Return of the Prodigal Son". OffBeat. Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  4. 1 2 3 White, Timothy (July 30, 1994). "Ivan Neville Gives 'Thanks' For Voodoo". Billboard. p. 7.
  5. 1 2 "Ivan Neville Chart History". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Pump Up the Volume Soundtrack". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ "The party of the year will be a 'slam dunk' with Dumpstaphunk". TheUnion.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
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