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	'''Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner''' was born in Paris to an ] ]ish father and a ]-] mother.<ref>{{cite web \|author=iTunes\|title=Alexis Korner Biography\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/alexis-korner/id3194103\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author=Rolling Stone\|title=Fricke's Picks: Free, Bluesman Alexis Korner, "Scandinavia Action Jazz"\|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/frickes-picks-free-bluesman-alexis-korner-scandinavia-action-jazz-20061117\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref> He spent his childhood in France, Switzerland and North Africa and arrived in London in 1940 at the start of ]. One memory of his youth was listening to a record by black pianist ] during a German ]. Korner said, "From then on all I wanted to do was play the blues."<ref name="tsxbpf">{{cite web\|author=Bruce Eder \|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexis-korner-mn0000001020/biography \|title=Alexis Korner \| Biography \|publisher=AllMusic \|date= \|accessdate=2014-06-27}}</ref>		'''Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner''' was born in Paris to an ] ]ish father and a ]-] mother.<ref>{{cite web \|author=iTunes\|title=Alexis Korner Biography\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/alexis-korner/id3194103\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author=Rolling Stone\|title=Fricke's Picks: Free, Bluesman Alexis Korner, "Scandinavia Action Jazz"\|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/frickes-picks-free-bluesman-alexis-korner-scandinavia-action-jazz-20061117\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref> He spent his childhood in France, Switzerland and North Africa and arrived in London in 1940 at the start of ]. One memory of his youth was listening to a record by black pianist ] during a German ]. Korner said, "From then on all I wanted to do was play the blues."<ref name="tsxbpf">{{cite web\|author=Bruce Eder \|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexis-korner-mn0000001020/biography \|title=Alexis Korner \| Biography \|publisher=AllMusic \|date= \|accessdate=2014-06-27}}</ref>

	After the war, Korner played piano and guitar (his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote '']'') and in 1949 joined ]'s Jazz Band<ref> {{~~dead~~ ~~link~~\|date=~~June~~ ~~2014~~}}</ref> where he met blues harmonica player ]. They started playing together as a duo, started the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club in 1955 and made their first record together in 1957. Korner made his first official record on ] DFE 6286 in the company of ]'s ] Group. His talent extended to playing ] on one of the tracks of this rare British ], recorded in London on 28 July 1955. Korner brought many American blues artists, previously virtually unknown in Britain, to perform.<ref>{{Google books\|4y-oDmH2YzYC\|The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Allan F. Moore\|page=9}}</ref>		After the war, Korner played piano and guitar (his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote '']'') and in 1949 joined ]'s Jazz Band<ref> {{wayback\|url=http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/09/chris-barber-father-of-british-rb/ \|date=20100128073947 }}</ref> where he met blues harmonica player ]. They started playing together as a duo, started the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club in 1955 and made their first record together in 1957. Korner made his first official record on ] DFE 6286 in the company of ]'s ] Group. His talent extended to playing ] on one of the tracks of this rare British ], recorded in London on 28 July 1955. Korner brought many American blues artists, previously virtually unknown in Britain, to perform.<ref>{{Google books\|4y-oDmH2YzYC\|The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Allan F. Moore\|page=9}}</ref>

	==The 1960s==		==The 1960s==
	{{Main\|Blues Incorporated}}		{{Main\|Blues Incorporated}}
	In 1961, Korner and Davies formed ],<ref> {{~~dead~~ ~~link~~\|date=~~June~~ ~~2014~~}}</ref> initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of ] and ] music. The group included, at various times, such influential musicians as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. It also attracted a wider crowd of mostly younger fans, some of whom occasionally performed with the group, including ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name=Shapiro1997>{{cite book\|last = Shapiro \|first = Harry \|title = Alexis Korner: The Biography \|year =1997\|isbn = 0-7475-3163-3}}</ref>		In 1961, Korner and Davies formed ],<ref> {{wayback\|url=http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/09/blues-incorporated-how-british-rb-trashed-trad \|date=20110728141506 }}</ref> initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of ] and ] music. The group included, at various times, such influential musicians as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. It also attracted a wider crowd of mostly younger fans, some of whom occasionally performed with the group, including ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name=Shapiro1997>{{cite book\|last = Shapiro \|first = Harry \|title = Alexis Korner: The Biography \|year =1997\|isbn = 0-7475-3163-3}}</ref>

	One story is that ] went to stay at Korner's house late one night, in the early 1960s, after a performance. They entered in the accepted way, by climbing in through the kitchen window, to find ]' band sleeping on the kitchen floor.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2010}}		One story is that ] went to stay at Korner's house late one night, in the early 1960s, after a performance. They entered in the accepted way, by climbing in through the kitchen window, to find ]' band sleeping on the kitchen floor.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2010}}
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	In 1973, he and Peter Thorup formed another group, Snape, with ], ], and ], who were previously together in ]. Korner also played on ]'s ''In London'' album, and cut his own, similar "supersession" album; ''Get Off My Cloud'', with ], ], ], ] and members of ]'s ]. In the mid-1970s, while touring Germany, Korner established an intensive working relationship with bassist ] who played for the support act ]. They would continue to collaborate right up until Korner's death.<ref name="Shapiro1997"/>		In 1973, he and Peter Thorup formed another group, Snape, with ], ], and ], who were previously together in ]. Korner also played on ]'s ''In London'' album, and cut his own, similar "supersession" album; ''Get Off My Cloud'', with ], ], ], ] and members of ]'s ]. In the mid-1970s, while touring Germany, Korner established an intensive working relationship with bassist ] who played for the support act ]. They would continue to collaborate right up until Korner's death.<ref name="Shapiro1997"/>

	In the 1970s Korner's main career was in broadcasting. In 1973 he presented a unique 6-part documentary on ], ''The Rolling Stones Story'',<ref name = "ibndjr">{{~~dead~~ ~~link~~\|date=~~June~~ ~~2014~~}}</ref> and in 1977 he established a Sunday-night blues and soul show on Radio 1, ''Alexis Korner's Blues and Soul Show'', which ran until 1981. He also used his gravelly voice to great effect as an advertising voice-over artist. In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as ], ], ], ] and others, which was later released as '']'', and as a video.		In the 1970s Korner's main career was in broadcasting. In 1973 he presented a unique 6-part documentary on ], ''The Rolling Stones Story'',<ref name="ibndjr"> {{wayback\|url=http://radiorewind.co.uk/alexis_korner_page.htm \|date=20070403083203 }}</ref> and in 1977 he established a Sunday-night blues and soul show on Radio 1, ''Alexis Korner's Blues and Soul Show'', which ran until 1981. He also used his gravelly voice to great effect as an advertising voice-over artist. In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as ], ], ], ] and others, which was later released as '']'', and as a video.

	In 1981, Korner joined another "supergroup", ], a project led by ] based on ] keyboard players, which featured a ] comprising ] and ], among others, as well as a ]. They toured Europe and released an album on ]. He played in Italy with ] and the Blues Society of Italian bluesman Guido Toffoletti.		In 1981, Korner joined another "supergroup", ], a project led by ] based on ] keyboard players, which featured a ] comprising ] and ], among others, as well as a ]. They toured Europe and released an album on ]. He played in Italy with ] and the Blues Society of Italian bluesman Guido Toffoletti.

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Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner & Snape, Musikhalle Hamburg, November 1972
Background information
Birth name	Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner
Also known as	"Father of British Blues"
Born	(1928-04-19)19 April 1928 Paris, France
Died	1 January 1984(1984-01-01) (aged 55) Westminster, London
Genres	Blues, blues rock
Occupations	Musician songwriter historian broadcaster
Instrument(s)	Vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, Dobro, tiple, piano
Years active	1945–1984
Labels	Decca, Polydor, Spot Records, CBS Records, Transatlantic Records, Fontana, RAK Records, Tempo, Brain Records, Liberty, Atlantic/Metronome, 77 Records, Warner Bros., Charisma

Musical artist

Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984) was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English blues musicians.

Early career

Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner was born in Paris to an Austrian Jewish father and a Turkish-Greek mother. He spent his childhood in France, Switzerland and North Africa and arrived in London in 1940 at the start of World War II. One memory of his youth was listening to a record by black pianist Jimmy Yancey during a German air raid. Korner said, "From then on all I wanted to do was play the blues."

After the war, Korner played piano and guitar (his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote Mister God, This Is Anna) and in 1949 joined Chris Barber's Jazz Band where he met blues harmonica player Cyril Davies. They started playing together as a duo, started the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club in 1955 and made their first record together in 1957. Korner made his first official record on Decca Records DFE 6286 in the company of Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group. His talent extended to playing mandolin on one of the tracks of this rare British EP, recorded in London on 28 July 1955. Korner brought many American blues artists, previously virtually unknown in Britain, to perform.

The 1960s

Main article: Blues Incorporated

In 1961, Korner and Davies formed Blues Incorporated, initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of electric blues and R&B music. The group included, at various times, such influential musicians as Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Graham Bond, Danny Thompson and Dick Heckstall-Smith. It also attracted a wider crowd of mostly younger fans, some of whom occasionally performed with the group, including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Geoff Bradford, Rod Stewart, John Mayall and Jimmy Page.

One story is that the Rolling Stones went to stay at Korner's house late one night, in the early 1960s, after a performance. They entered in the accepted way, by climbing in through the kitchen window, to find Muddy Waters' band sleeping on the kitchen floor.

Although Cyril Davies left the group in late-1962, Blues Incorporated continued to record, with Korner at the helm, until 1966. However, by that time its originally stellar line-up (and crowd of followers) had mostly left to start their own bands. "While his one-time acolytes the Rolling Stones and Cream made the front pages of music magazines all over the world, Korner was relegated to the role of 'elder statesman'."

Although he himself was a blues purist, Korner criticised better-known British blues musicians during the blues boom of the late 1960s for their blind adherence to Chicago blues, as if the music came in no other form. He liked to surround himself with jazz musicians and often performed with a horn section drawn from a pool that included, among others, saxophone players Art Themen, Mel Collins, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Lol Coxhill, Dick Morrissey, John Surman and trombonist Mike Zwerin.

Broadcasting

In the 1960s Korner began a media career, working initially as a show business interviewer and then on ITV's Five O'Clock Club, a children's TV show. Korner also wrote about blues for the music papers, and continued to maintain his own career as a blues artist, especially in Europe.

On 17 October 1967, Korner interviewed the Jimi Hendrix Experience for the BBC radio showTop Gear. Some of these tracks, including audio of Korner himself, appear on the Hendrix double-CD BBC Sessions, including Korner playing slide guitar on "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man".

While touring Scandinavia he first joined forces with guitarist and singer Peter Thorup, together forming the band New Church, who were one of the support bands at the Rolling Stones Free Concert in Hyde Park, London, on 5 July 1969. Jimmy Page reportedly found out about a new singer, Robert Plant, who had been jamming with Korner, who wondered why Plant had not yet been discovered. Plant and Korner were in the process of recording a full album with Plant on vocals until Page had asked him to join "the New Yardbirds", a.k.a. Led Zeppelin. Only two songs are in circulation from these recordings: "Steal Away" and "Operator". Alexis Korner gave one of his last radio interviews to BBC Midlands on the Record Collectors Show with Mike Adams and the Late Chris Savory.

1970s

Main article: C. C. S. (pop group)

In 1970 Korner and Thorup formed a big-band ensemble, C.C.S. – short for "The Collective Consciousness Society" – which had several hit singles produced by Mickie Most, including a version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", which was used as the theme for BBC's Top of the Pops between 1971 and 1981. Another instrumental called "Brother" was used as the theme to the BBC Radio 1 Top 20/40 when Tom Browne/Simon Bates presented the programme in the 1970s. It was also used in the 1990s on Radio Luxembourg for the Top 20 Singles chart and was hosted by Shaun Tilley. This was the period of Korner's greatest commercial success in the UK.

1970s to 1984

In 1973, he and Peter Thorup formed another group, Snape, with Boz Burrell, Mel Collins, and Ian Wallace, who were previously together in King Crimson. Korner also played on B.B. King's In London album, and cut his own, similar "supersession" album; Get Off My Cloud, with Keith Richards, Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Nicky Hopkins and members of Joe Cocker's Grease Band. In the mid-1970s, while touring Germany, Korner established an intensive working relationship with bassist Colin Hodgkinson who played for the support act Back Door. They would continue to collaborate right up until Korner's death.

In the 1970s Korner's main career was in broadcasting. In 1973 he presented a unique 6-part documentary on BBC Radio 1, The Rolling Stones Story, and in 1977 he established a Sunday-night blues and soul show on Radio 1, Alexis Korner's Blues and Soul Show, which ran until 1981. He also used his gravelly voice to great effect as an advertising voice-over artist. In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as Eric Clapton, Paul Jones, Chris Farlowe, Zoot Money and others, which was later released as The Party Album, and as a video.

In 1981, Korner joined another "supergroup", Rocket 88, a project led by Ian Stewart based on boogie-woogie keyboard players, which featured a rhythm section comprising Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts, among others, as well as a horn section. They toured Europe and released an album on Atlantic Records. He played in Italy with Paul Jones and the Blues Society of Italian bluesman Guido Toffoletti.

Album discography (selected UK and other releases)

Blues from the Roundhouse 10" (1957) – Alexis Korner's Breakdown Group
R&B from the Marquee (1962) – Blues Incorporated
At the Cavern (1964) – Blues Incorporated
Red Hot from Alex (1964) – Blues Incorporated
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (1965) – Blues Incorporated
Sky High (1966) – Blues Incorporated
I Wonder Who (1967)
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (re-issue of Sky High) – Blues Incorporated
A New Generation of Blues (1968)
Both Sides (1970) – New Church
CCS 1st (1970) – CCS
Alexis Korner (1971)
Bootleg Him! (1972)
CCS 2nd (1972) – CCS
Accidentally Borne in New Orleans (1973) – with Peter Thorup; Snape
Live on Tour in Germany (1973) – with Peter Thorup; Snape
The Best Band in the Land (1973) – CCS
Alexis Korner (1974)
Get Off My Cloud (1975)
The Lost Album (1977)
Just Easy (1978)
The Party Album (1979) – Alexis Korner and Friends
Me (1980)
Rocket 88 (1981) – Rocket 88
Juvenile Delinquent (1984)
Testament (1985) – with Colin Hodgkinson
Live in Paris (1988) – with Colin Hodgkinson

Family life and death

In 1950, Korner married Roberta Melville, daughter of art critic Robert Melville. A chain smoker, on 1 January 1984 aged 55, Korner died of lung cancer in Westminster Hospital, London. He was survived by a daughter, singer Sappho Gillett Korner (died 2006) and two sons, guitarist Nicholas 'Nico' Korner (died 1988) and sound engineer Damian Korner (died 2010).

Bibliography

Bob Brunning (1986), Blues: The British Connection, London: Helter Skelter, 2002. ISBN 1-900924-41-2
Bob Brunning, The Fleetwood Mac Story: Rumours and Lies, Omnibus Press, 2004; foreword by B.B. King.
Dick Heckstall-Smith (2004), The Safest Place in the World: A Personal History of British Rhythm and blues, Clear Books. ISBN 0-7043-2696-5. First Edition: Blowing the Blues – Fifty Years Playing the British Blues.
Christopher Hjort Strange Brew: Eric Clapton and the British Blues Boom, 1965–1970, foreword by John Mayall, Jawbone, 2007. ISBN 1-906002-00-2
Harry Shapiro, Alexis Korner: The Biography, London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997; Discography by Mark Troster. ISBN 0-7475-3163-3

References

^ "'The Alexis Korner Collection'". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
Then, now and rare British beat 1960–1969 by Terry Rawlings, p. 115, at Google Books
^ Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
iTunes. "Alexis Korner Biography". Retrieved 3 October 2011.
Rolling Stone. "Fricke's Picks: Free, Bluesman Alexis Korner, "Scandinavia Action Jazz"". Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ Bruce Eder. "Alexis Korner | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
Archived 2010-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Allan F. Moore, p. 9, at Google Books
Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ Shapiro, Harry (1997). Alexis Korner: The Biography. ISBN 0-7475-3163-3.
"Colin Hodgkinson sessions (The Musicians' Olympus)". Reocities.com. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
""Accidentally Born In New Orleans" SNAPE". Alexis-korner.net. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
The Times, Obituaries: Alexis Korner, 3 January 1984

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	'''Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner''' was born in Paris to an ] ]ish father and a ]-] mother.<ref>{{cite web \|author=iTunes\|title=Alexis Korner Biography\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/alexis-korner/id3194103\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author=Rolling Stone\|title=Fricke's Picks: Free, Bluesman Alexis Korner, "Scandinavia Action Jazz"\|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/frickes-picks-free-bluesman-alexis-korner-scandinavia-action-jazz-20061117\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref> He spent his childhood in France, Switzerland and North Africa and arrived in London in 1940 at the start of ]. One memory of his youth was listening to a record by black pianist ] during a German ]. Korner said, "From then on all I wanted to do was play the blues."<ref name="tsxbpf">{{cite web\|author=Bruce Eder \|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexis-korner-mn0000001020/biography \|title=Alexis Korner \| Biography \|publisher=AllMusic \|date= \|accessdate=2014-06-27}}</ref>		'''Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner''' was born in Paris to an ] ]ish father and a ]-] mother.<ref>{{cite web \|author=iTunes\|title=Alexis Korner Biography\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/alexis-korner/id3194103\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author=Rolling Stone\|title=Fricke's Picks: Free, Bluesman Alexis Korner, "Scandinavia Action Jazz"\|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/frickes-picks-free-bluesman-alexis-korner-scandinavia-action-jazz-20061117\|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref> He spent his childhood in France, Switzerland and North Africa and arrived in London in 1940 at the start of ]. One memory of his youth was listening to a record by black pianist ] during a German ]. Korner said, "From then on all I wanted to do was play the blues."<ref name="tsxbpf">{{cite web\|author=Bruce Eder \|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexis-korner-mn0000001020/biography \|title=Alexis Korner \| Biography \|publisher=AllMusic \|date= \|accessdate=2014-06-27}}</ref>

	After the war, Korner played piano and guitar (his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote '']'') and in 1949 joined ]'s Jazz Band<ref> {{~~dead~~ ~~link~~\|date=~~June~~ ~~2014~~}}</ref> where he met blues harmonica player ]. They started playing together as a duo, started the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club in 1955 and made their first record together in 1957. Korner made his first official record on ] DFE 6286 in the company of ]'s ] Group. His talent extended to playing ] on one of the tracks of this rare British ], recorded in London on 28 July 1955. Korner brought many American blues artists, previously virtually unknown in Britain, to perform.<ref>{{Google books\|4y-oDmH2YzYC\|The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Allan F. Moore\|page=9}}</ref>		After the war, Korner played piano and guitar (his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote '']'') and in 1949 joined ]'s Jazz Band<ref> {{wayback\|url=http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/09/chris-barber-father-of-british-rb/ \|date=20100128073947 }}</ref> where he met blues harmonica player ]. They started playing together as a duo, started the influential London Blues and Barrelhouse Club in 1955 and made their first record together in 1957. Korner made his first official record on ] DFE 6286 in the company of ]'s ] Group. His talent extended to playing ] on one of the tracks of this rare British ], recorded in London on 28 July 1955. Korner brought many American blues artists, previously virtually unknown in Britain, to perform.<ref>{{Google books\|4y-oDmH2YzYC\|The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Allan F. Moore\|page=9}}</ref>

	==The 1960s==		==The 1960s==
	{{Main\|Blues Incorporated}}		{{Main\|Blues Incorporated}}
	In 1961, Korner and Davies formed ],<ref> {{~~dead~~ ~~link~~\|date=~~June~~ ~~2014~~}}</ref> initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of ] and ] music. The group included, at various times, such influential musicians as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. It also attracted a wider crowd of mostly younger fans, some of whom occasionally performed with the group, including ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name=Shapiro1997>{{cite book\|last = Shapiro \|first = Harry \|title = Alexis Korner: The Biography \|year =1997\|isbn = 0-7475-3163-3}}</ref>		In 1961, Korner and Davies formed ],<ref> {{wayback\|url=http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/09/blues-incorporated-how-british-rb-trashed-trad \|date=20110728141506 }}</ref> initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of ] and ] music. The group included, at various times, such influential musicians as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. It also attracted a wider crowd of mostly younger fans, some of whom occasionally performed with the group, including ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name=Shapiro1997>{{cite book\|last = Shapiro \|first = Harry \|title = Alexis Korner: The Biography \|year =1997\|isbn = 0-7475-3163-3}}</ref>

	One story is that ] went to stay at Korner's house late one night, in the early 1960s, after a performance. They entered in the accepted way, by climbing in through the kitchen window, to find ]' band sleeping on the kitchen floor.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2010}}		One story is that ] went to stay at Korner's house late one night, in the early 1960s, after a performance. They entered in the accepted way, by climbing in through the kitchen window, to find ]' band sleeping on the kitchen floor.{{Citation needed\|date=April 2010}}
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	In 1973, he and Peter Thorup formed another group, Snape, with ], ], and ], who were previously together in ]. Korner also played on ]'s ''In London'' album, and cut his own, similar "supersession" album; ''Get Off My Cloud'', with ], ], ], ] and members of ]'s ]. In the mid-1970s, while touring Germany, Korner established an intensive working relationship with bassist ] who played for the support act ]. They would continue to collaborate right up until Korner's death.<ref name="Shapiro1997"/>		In 1973, he and Peter Thorup formed another group, Snape, with ], ], and ], who were previously together in ]. Korner also played on ]'s ''In London'' album, and cut his own, similar "supersession" album; ''Get Off My Cloud'', with ], ], ], ] and members of ]'s ]. In the mid-1970s, while touring Germany, Korner established an intensive working relationship with bassist ] who played for the support act ]. They would continue to collaborate right up until Korner's death.<ref name="Shapiro1997"/>

	In the 1970s Korner's main career was in broadcasting. In 1973 he presented a unique 6-part documentary on ], ''The Rolling Stones Story'',<ref name = "ibndjr">{{~~dead~~ ~~link~~\|date=~~June~~ ~~2014~~}}</ref> and in 1977 he established a Sunday-night blues and soul show on Radio 1, ''Alexis Korner's Blues and Soul Show'', which ran until 1981. He also used his gravelly voice to great effect as an advertising voice-over artist. In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as ], ], ], ] and others, which was later released as '']'', and as a video.		In the 1970s Korner's main career was in broadcasting. In 1973 he presented a unique 6-part documentary on ], ''The Rolling Stones Story'',<ref name="ibndjr"> {{wayback\|url=http://radiorewind.co.uk/alexis_korner_page.htm \|date=20070403083203 }}</ref> and in 1977 he established a Sunday-night blues and soul show on Radio 1, ''Alexis Korner's Blues and Soul Show'', which ran until 1981. He also used his gravelly voice to great effect as an advertising voice-over artist. In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as ], ], ], ] and others, which was later released as '']'', and as a video.

	In 1981, Korner joined another "supergroup", ], a project led by ] based on ] keyboard players, which featured a ] comprising ] and ], among others, as well as a ]. They toured Europe and released an album on ]. He played in Italy with ] and the Blues Society of Italian bluesman Guido Toffoletti.		In 1981, Korner joined another "supergroup", ], a project led by ] based on ] keyboard players, which featured a ] comprising ] and ], among others, as well as a ]. They toured Europe and released an album on ]. He played in Italy with ] and the Blues Society of Italian bluesman Guido Toffoletti.