DMP Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Strethen Davis - he's on Arnett Cobb's "Blow Arnett, Blow" (also issued as "Go Power!!"). One of the sets of liner notes on the OJC reissue refers to him as "Wild Bill Davis." Could they be the same person? I can't tell by listening... Anyone know something about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 According to The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, William Strethen Davis is Wild Bill Davis' given name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Thanks! The outside notes and original liners don't let on - "The rhythm section is headed by Cobb's old Houston organ sidekick Strethen Davis..." Wild Bill is the George Lane of the organ world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Thanks! The outside notes and original liners don't let on - "The rhythm section is headed by Cobb's old Houston organ sidekick Strethen Davis..." Wild Bill is the George Lane of the organ world. Which world is George Lane the Wild Bill Davis of? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Where's the thread on pseudonyms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Where's the thread on pseudonyms? http://www.jazzdiscography.com/fitzgera/pseudo.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Where's the thread on pseudonyms? http://www.jazzdiscography.com/fitzgera/pseudo.htm Thanks - but not in my wildest dreams would I descrive Wild Bill Davis as the Eric Dolphy of the organ MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 How is it a pseudonym if it's his real name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 How is it a pseudonym if it's his real name? In the sense that it's not the name he normally works under, and in all probability, also not the name on the recording contract he had with (I think at the time) Everest. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Still, it's his real middle name. If Sonny Rollins recorded as "Walter Rollins", or Dexter Gordon as "Keith Gordon", would that rightly be called recording under a "pseudonym" - literally "false name"? That just doesn't seem right to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Technically, you're right, of course. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Technically, you're right, of course. MG He ALWAYS is...that's what's so damn annoying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Hey, I didn't invent the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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