JSngry Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 You can say that again! My grandmother used to have a carpet just like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Nice jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 The competition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 I don't think you can wear a plaid jacket and play the (Chicago) blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 did you guys know Fred Below? On of my favorite drummers - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 They were two of the baddest ass drummers in Blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Italian Blues Man - 1910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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