1. Spooner Oldham is a native of Center Star, Alabama, United States.
10 Facts About Spooner Oldham
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Spooner Oldham was blinded in his right eye as a child; when reaching for a frying pan, he was hit in the eye by a spoon he knocked from a shelf.
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Spooner Oldham started his career in music by playing piano in a Dixieland jazz band while at Lauderdale County High School.
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Spooner Oldham then attended classes at the University of North Alabama but turned instead to playing at FAME Studios.
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Spooner Oldham moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1967 and teamed with Penn at Chips Moman's American Studios.
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Spooner Oldham later moved to Los Angeles and has continued to be a sought-after backing musician, recording and performing with such artists as Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Delaney Bramlett, Willy DeVille, Joe Cocker, the Hacienda Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, the Everly Brothers, Bob Seger, Dickey Betts, Cat Power, JJ Cale, Frank Black, and The Mountain Goats.
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In 2007, Spooner Oldham toured with the Drive-By Truckers on their The Dirt Underneath tour.
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In May 2011, Spooner Oldham backed Pegi Young on a six-show tour of California.
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Spooner Oldham worked with Scottish singer, Sharleen Spiteri on an album.
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Spooner Oldham was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 as a sideman.