Welllll.... What I'd like to know is how did Bill Russo & Shelby Davis hook up?

Was? 

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First time I saw him live, Keystone Korner in 70's, he had both instruments on stage and was using four mallets and would actually sometimes jump back and forth between vibes to marimba in the same solo, so yes, I think it just gave him an enhanced range of sounds and effects which he could mix together.  The other time I saw him was post-accident in 1988 at Penn's Landing, and he was using two mallets and just vibes, I assume just physical compromised he needed to make by then.  But he was still superb.

June 3 Josephine Baker - 1906 Al Harewood - 1923 Boots Randolph - 1927 Dakota Staton - 1930 Ted Curson - 1935 Grachan Moncur III - 1937 Ian Hunter - 1939 Curtis Mayfield - 1942 Michael Clarke - 1944 ***** Kenny Ploen - 1935 (I had his bubble gum card in 1964.) Sam Mills - 1959 (In 1981, Sam Mills tried out for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL, and didn't make the team.  In 1982, he tried out for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, and didn't make the team.  In 1983, he tried out for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL, and made the team.  Today, he is in the Canton Hall of Fame.)