bevy of beys

[Bright Moments]

i've been stumbling upon a bevy of beys lately. Andy Bey- singer, Skip Bey - bass and Chief Bey - hand drums.

are they related?

with the "Bey sisters" this sounds like one huge musical family! B-)

[JSngry]

What is this, Beywatch?

[Bright Moments]

yes jim

since we can't have a "babe" thread. i thought why not a "bey" thread.

[mikeweil]

Well, the family was Andy and the Bey Sisters - Geraldine and Salome, that is.

You can hear them together on their two early Prestige LPs collected on the CD pictured below.

Don't know about the bassist, but Chief Bey was a percussionist born in the US, although he told he was born in Dakar, Senegal, and well versed in African drums - he was a member of Olatunji's first troupe. He did not too long ago, IIRC. Do a search. I don't think he was related to the singer.

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Ah, but there's more:

Geraldine Bey married bassist Eddie de Haas and their children are both musicians: Darius and Aisha.

http://www.dariusdehaas.com/biopagepersonal.htm

Then there's the cousins, including Ronnell Bey, who I heard sing in Newark maybe 12 years ago.

Mike

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Hakim Bey - writer!

[Shawn]

Ardeth Bey - Boris Karloff's character's name in The Mummy

[BERIGAN]

There is only one Bey, Turhan Bey!

[SEK]

There's also the Detroit saxophonist/composer/poet, Faruq Z. Bey (not related to the other Bey musicians).