WOW!

[JSngry]

[marcello]

You can say that again!

My grandmother used to have a carpet just like that!

[7/4]

Nice jacket.

[Aggie87]

Rushing Yds - 2005

1. S. Alexander 1229

2. E. James 1116

3. W. Dunn 1094

4. O. Payne, Jr. 946

5. T. Barber 967

6. L. Tomlinson 902

[JSngry]

The competition...

[kh1958]

I don't think you can wear a plaid jacket and play the (Chicago) blues.

[Chuck Nessa]

I don't think you can wear a plaid jacket and play the (Chicago) blues.

Odie made his own rules.

He could play jazz in a very convincing Sid Catlett style and Fred used to bug me to use him on a jazz date.

[AllenLowe]

did you guys know Fred Below? On of my favorite drummers -

[JSngry]

This site: http://www.blueson.se/fred_below.htm says that Fred Below started off playing bebop. You ever hear him in that type of a setting, Chuck?

[Chuck Nessa]

This site: http://www.blueson.se/fred_below.htm says that Fred Below started off playing bebop. You ever hear him in that type of a setting, Chuck?

No but I did hear him a couple of times in an organ trio. He was the leader but had a tough time getting gigs. I don't remember the other guys in the band.

[kh1958]

According to the Earl Hooker biography, in 1956, Fred Below, Louis Myers and Otis Rush formed a trio and, adding Earl Hooker on guitar, a bass guitar, plus six or seven horns, which Louis Myers describes as the "biggest band" and the "best band" in Chicago at the time. Both Fred Below and Odie Payne played drums with this band (the book isn't clear as to whether they played together or not).

[chris olivarez]

They were two of the baddest ass drummers in Blues.

[JSngry]

[marcello]

Italian Blues Man - 1910

[Tom 1960]

According to the Earl Hooker biography, in 1956, Fred Below, Louis Myers and Otis Rush formed a trio and, adding Earl Hooker on guitar, a bass guitar, plus six or seven horns, which Louis Myers describes as the "biggest band" and the "best band" in Chicago at the time. Both Fred Below and Odie Payne played drums with this band (the book isn't clear as to whether they played together or not).

I've been meaning to get ahold of that Earl Hooker bio. I can't imagine a band featuring both Earl and Otis together. I would've loved to heard those guys. Two of my favorite blues guitarists hands down. Great pics BTW, of Fred and Odie.

[kh1958]

That book is full of fascinating information. Dick Shurman asking Earl Hooker about who he jammed with on the west coast in 1969: "Oh I had a good time ... You see, there was this one guy, he plays left-handed, with a big head of hair, played real loud." Shurman says "Jimi Hendrix?" "Oh yeah, that was his name."

Delmark has just released a new Otis Rush live recording from the 1970s by the way.

[Kalo]

According to the Earl Hooker biography, in 1956, Fred Below, Louis Myers and Otis Rush formed a trio and, adding Earl Hooker on guitar, a bass guitar, plus six or seven horns, which Louis Myers describes as the "biggest band" and the "best band" in Chicago at the time. Both Fred Below and Odie Payne played drums with this band (the book isn't clear as to whether they played together or not).

Wow, indeed. Would love to have heard that!