Nigel Russell
{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter (1948–2009)}}
Nigel Russell (1948 – August 14, 2009)[https://www.trentu.ca/trentmagazine/vol41no1/vol41no1.pdf "Nigel Russell ’66"]. Trent Magazine, Winter 2010, page 20, 24 was a Canadian singer/songwriter who played guitar and fiddle.[http://news.ourontario.ca/WhitchurchStouffville/101867/page/5 "Fiddles While He Walks"]. Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), October 25, 1979, 25 Oct 1979, p. 5 He is known for writing the song "White Collar Holler",[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/04/weekinreview/work-it-baby-how-labor-drives-pop-music.html "Work It, Baby: How Labor Drives Pop Music"]. New York Times, By Neil Strauss, Sept. 4, 1994[http://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1983_08_05_issue.pdf "http://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1983_08_05_issue.pdf Kerrville Folk Scenes"]. Texas Observer, August 5, 1983. page 21 and as part of the Austin, Texas band The Studebakers.
Early life
Russell was born in Scotland, and grew up in Ontario, Canada.[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/career-transitions/200909/working-worried-and-white-collar-hollers "Working Worried and White Collar Hollers: Work-related trends in the recession."]. Psychology Today, Sep 11, 2009. Katharine Brooks
Russell attended Trent University in Peterborough, where he joined the Trent Folk Club[https://www.trentu.ca/trentmagazine/vol41no2/vol41no2.pdf "The Road According to Ian Tamblyn:Accomplished Alumnus Makes His Own Way"]. Trent Magazine, Spring 2010, page 8-9 and performed in a trio, The Hobbits, with Stan Rogers and Terri Olenick.[https://digitalcollections.trentu.ca/islandora/object/arthur:551/datastream/PDF/view "Hoot Heats Up"]. The Arthur, Volume II, No. 9. November 22, 1967. C. Hardess.{{cite news |last1=Yeatman |first1=Jill |last2=Weeks |first2=Graham |date=25 October 1967 |title=Spider Starts Strong Web |url=http://digitalcollections.trentu.ca/islandora/object/arthur:658/datastream/PDF/view |format=PDF |editor1-last=O'Brian |editor1-first=Geoff |work=Arthur |volume=2 |issue=6 |location=Peterborough, Ontario |publisher=Trent University |page=7 |via=Trent University Digital Collections}}
Career
Russell performed as lead guitarist for folksinger Stan Rogers until 1973, when he was replaced by Rogers' brother Garnet. He wrote a song "The White Collar Holler", which was performed regularly by Rogers for many years.[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1979/12/23/page/110/article/night-scene "Stage is set to plug into the Club Circuit"]. Chicago Tribune, December 23, 1979.{{cite book|title=British Journal of Canadian Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRx6AAAAMAAJ|volume=10|year=1995| issue=2 |publisher=British Association for Canadian Studies|page=313}}[http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/10/song_of_the_day_white_collar_h.html "Song of the Day: 'White Collar Holler,' Stan Rogers"]. Jay Lustig | Inside Jersey October 22, 2010[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglo-canadian-occupational-songs-emc "Anglo-Canadian Occupational Songs"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Edith Fowke 02/07/06 Rogers later recorded the song on his album Between the Breaks ... Live!.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/between-the-breakslive%21-mw0000270585 "Stan Rogers Between the Breaks...Live!"]. AllMusic, Review by Bruce Eder[http://www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/bcd216.htm "STAN ROGERS - Between The Breaks… Live!"]. Living Tradition, review by Graham Gurrin The song also appears on the album Waterside, by the band Dramtreeo,[http://www.allmusic.com/album/waterside-mw0001044300 " Dramtreeo Waterside"]. AllMusic. review by Jim Newsom. and on a compilation album, AK79.
Russell performed for several years in Ontario folk music venues.[http://news.ourontario.ca/WhitchurchStouffville/101701/page/9 "Coffee House has good music"]. Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 30, 1976, 30 Sep 1976, p. 9 In the early 1980s he moved to Austin, Texas, where he performed with The Studebakers, a band which featured three part female vocal harmony. The band released two albums, Christmas With the Studebakers and Now and Then through the Orchard label in 2004, and later So In Love With the Studebakers .
Russell died in Austin on August 14, 2009.[https://www.statesman.com/article/20141010/NEWS/310109619 "Final memorial grove at Old Settlers to be dedicated"]. Statesman, By Peggie Evans, Oct 10, 2014
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Category:Canadian folk singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian folk fiddlers
Category:20th-century Canadian male singers
Category:20th-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers