Tim Schuller

Tim "Mit" Schuller(néFredric Thomas Schuller; Salem, Ohio – 29 February 2012, Dallas, Texas) was an American, Dallas–Fort Worth-based music critic, who, for 37 years – from 1975 until his death – chronicled living blues and jazz musicians, mostly from Texas (particularly from the Dallas–Fort Worth area and the Southwest).

Some of Schullers writings – notably those about Freddie King, Buster Smith, and Lightnin' Hopkins – have been cited in academic and encyclopedic publications. According to a Buddy magazine staff editor, Schuller provided blues pianist Boston Smith (né Boston Beverly Smith; 1907–1989) (Buster Smith's brother) with an epitaph worthy of his achievements.^[1]

He also was an update editor of the 2002 revised edition of MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide (Schirmer Trade Books / Omnibus Press). At the time of his death, he had been writing a book, Scorning All Borders, covering 30 years of writing about Texas jazz and blues artists.

Schuller nació en Salem, Ohio, hijo de Frederick Kane Schuller (1908–1956) y Mary Louise Layden (soltera; 1912–2005). ^{[ 2 ]} El padre de Tim, que había sido periodista, murió cuando él tenía siete años. Siendo adolescente, Tim asistió a la escuela secundaria de Salem , graduándose en 1967. ^{[ 3 ]} Durante su último año, fue editor de artículos de fondo del Salem Quaker, el periódico de su escuela secundaria. ^{[ 4 ]} Tim continuó sus estudios en la Universidad Estatal de Kent en Salem , pero no se graduó. En Ohio, Schuller había trabajado como músico (tocaba la guitarra), obrero de fábrica y reportero independiente . ^{[ 5 ]}

Schuller luego se mudó a Chicago con su amigo de la infancia de Salem, Tom "Mot" Dutko (nacido Thomas Lawrence Dutko; 1949–2017), un baterista de blues. ^{[ 6 ]} Quien luego grabó con Little Al Thomas and the Crazy Horse Band, Billy Branch y Eddie Shaw . En Chicago, Schuller tocó con Robert Lockwood Jr. y John Brim . ^{[ 7 ]} Dutko también tocó la batería para Big Walter Horton , Sunnyland Slim , Homesick James , Jimmy Walker, Erwin Helfer y Eddie Taylor .

Schuller se mudó a Dallas alrededor de 1977 y se adentró brevemente en el negocio discográfico. En 1977, trabajó en Peaches Records & Tapes en las avenidas Cole y Fitzhugh, Dallas. Ken E. Shimamoto (nacido en 1957), un periodista musical de Dallas, trabajaba allí con él. ^{[ 8 ]} En 1980, Schuller fue subgerente en Sound Town en el centro comercial Valley View Mall en Dallas. ^{[ 9 ] [ a ]}

Durante los siguientes 35 años, Schuller colaboró ​​con los siguientes periódicos, revistas y archivos:

Publicaciones periódicas y periódicos

Discografía

• In 1987, Schuller – with Chuck Nevitt (né Charles Franklin Nevitt; 1956–2015) (record collector), Brian "Hash Brown" Calway (né Brian Everett Calway; born 1955) (blues musician) – founded the Dallas Blues Society.^[10]

• Tim Schuller benefit, Poor David's Pub, Dallas, May 27, 2012^[11]

Schuller's father, Fred Kane Schuller had been a journalist in Pennsylvania and Ohio with over 13 newspapers,^[12] He had been in the editorial staff with the Youngstown Telegram (around 1935), staff editor for several years at the Cleveland News, night sports editor at the Pittsburgh Press (around 1940), editorial staff of the Daily News (McKeesport, Pennsylvania), managing editor of the Lorain Journal, and, near his death, worked for a stint at the Saint Petersburg Times. He was also an AP writer and contributor to Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post. He was a personal friend of John Barrymore, and after his death, corresponded with the family, including Lionel Barrymore.^[12]

Schuller's mother, Mary Louise Layden (maiden), died in 2005 in New York City.^[2] His older sister, Molly Davis (née Molly Lou Schuller)^[13] has lived in New York City since the 1950s.

Tim Schuller died February 29, 2012, in Dallas.^[14] He is buried in Salem, Ohio, at Grandview Cemetery.