Haskell Sadler

Haskell Sadler
Haskell Sadler
Background information
Birth name	Haskell Robert Sadler
Also known as	Cool Papa
Born	April 16, 1935; Denver, Colorado, United States
Died	May 6, 1994 (aged 59); Berkeley, California, United States
Genres	Blues
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s)	Human voice, guitar
Years active	1960s–1994
Labels	TJ Records

Haskell Robert "Cool Papa" Sadler (April 16, 1935 – May 6, 1994)^[1] was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Born in Denver, Colorado, United States,^[1] Sadler moved to California and worked in clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area starting in the 1960s.^[2] He played a number of times at the San Francisco Blues Festival. Sadler wrote "747" as recorded by Joe Louis Walker,^[3] and "Yesterday" recorded by Tiny Powell.^[1] In the 1970s, he recorded as "Cool Papa" for TJ Records.^[1] Cool Papa proved to be a guiding hand to Gene "Birdlegg" Pittman, then a new arrival in the Bay Area, and Pittman played alongside Sadler for 13 years.^[4]

He developed diabetes, and had a leg amputated in 1990. He died, aged 59, in Berkeley, California, in 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 345. ISBN 978-0313344237.
^ Herman, Michael (November 7, 2004). "Jokin' On The Harp Player" (PDF). Hawkeyeherman.com. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1994 - 1995". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ Mike Stephenson. "From The Vaults... Gene "Birdlegg" Pittman" (PDF). Bluesandrhythm.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-27.