ALEXYS

Homebase: Seattle, WA.
Stats: (b. 1950 - d. 2013)
Misc Notes: Alexys was one of the stage-names assumed by Paula Tutmarc.
SEE ALSO:
1.) MILLS, TAMARA
2.) HILL, IRIS
3) COOKIE IRENE
4.) JOHNSON, PAULA
5.) JOHNSON, PAULA TUTMARC
6.) CANTERBURY TALES featuring ALEXYS, The

"ALEXYS"

by Peter Blecha (Courtesy & Copyright (C) the author and Historylink.org]

A Northwest songster of note, Paula Tutmarc-Johnson was born into Northwest music royalty. Her father was 1920s Seattle radio star, pioneering 1930s electric-guitar maker, music teacher, and bandleader Paul Tutmarc Sr. (1896-1972). Her mother was the 1950s country/pop star and music producer "Bonnie Guitar" Tutmarc (b. 1923 d. 2019). Raised in Seattle, Renton, and Orting, Paula went with Bonnie to Hollywood at age 15 to record an album of folk-pop songs with famous top-tier session players. In 1965 -- promoted as "Alexys" -- she scored a Top-10 regional radio hit with her tune "Freedom's Child," and in 1966 her band performed at the Seattle Center Coliseum on the same bill with such big-time stars as the Beach Boys and the Yardbirds. In the late 1960s she resurfaced with the Maple Valley-based hippie band Peece, playing the outdoor rock festivals of the day. Tutmarc married bassist Jerry Johnson, they raised two children, and in the 1970s -- revealing, again, her penchant for adopting stage names -- she performed as "Cookie Irene" and then as "Iris Hill." More recently she toured Europe singing rhythm & blues music, and as an entrepreneurial businesswoman, operated her own Two Vaults Art Gallery in Tacoma before passing away on March 5, 2013. [READ MORE...]

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Alexys

Dot Records, Inc. [CA]

#DLP 25713

MISC NOTES: Issued in mono (DLP 3713) and stereo (DLP 25713) formats

Side One
l.. Freedom's Child (B. Guitar - A. Guitar)
2. A Broken Piece Of Crystal (Alexys Guitar)
3. I'm Beginning To See The Light (Hodges - George - Ellington - James)
4. Half Breed Star (B. Guitar - G. Baller)
5. Gone With The Rain (Bunky Keels)
6. Miss Misfortune (Lonnie Coleman)

Side Two
l. A Cold And Lonely Room (H. Blair - D. Kay)
2. No More (Alexys Guitar)
3. This Ole World (Bonnie Guitar)
4. Lotta Work (Alexys Guitar)
5. Ole Devil (A. Guitar - B. Guitar)
6. Kansas City (M. Stoller - J. Leiber)

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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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"Freedom's Child" / "Evolution of Alexys"

Dot Records, Inc. [CA]

#45-16796

1965-10

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LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA.
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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A-SIDE MATRIX: MB-20405
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: Alexys, Bonnie Guitar
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Sun-Vine Music Group (BMI)