randissimo Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Had a chance to work a number of times with Winston.. He was one of a kind... RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Aw man. The stories you told us about those gigs were instant classics. His quotes will live on. "What song do you wanna hear? .... I ain't gonna play it." "I don't know why I let you talk me into this." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randissimo Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) Aw man. The stories you told us about those gigs were instant classics. His quotes will live on. "What song do you wanna hear? .... I ain't gonna play it." "I don't know why I let you talk me into this." First time I worked with Winston I was nervous as hell because I'd been told by Mach and others that he was really hard on drummers.. I was told he asked during the radio interview whether the drummer was black or white? and can he play?? It was for a WGVU Jazz Nite and after we played the first set Winston turned around and looked at me and said, "Like the way you play,, we gonna get along just fine".. Winston could be a grump onstage. We were playing a fast blues and Winston barks over to me to "no jazz,, just play the back beat !! " ... But he had a sweet side too.. Played a gig with him after visiting a nephew in the hospital suffering from a severe asthma attack.. Told Winston about it and he said I'm going to pray for him.. He then disappeared behind the bandshell and actually prayed for my nephew! Another time we were playing a family reunion in Ludington for a black family and there was a woman there in a wheel chair. Winson announced on the mic that he was going to dedicate the next song to a very beautiful woman and announced her name (he had found out her name before the set) and started singing "You Are Too Beautiful" and that woman cried like a baby and had us all in tears.. Edited February 7, 2008 by randissimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Very sorry to hear this. I really like the record he did for Schoolkids. I wish I had a chance to meet him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youdig Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 He was a TRIP ! I have some great video footage of Randy playing with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randissimo Posted February 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 He was a TRIP ! I have some great video footage of Randy playing with him. That's right... I gotta get a burn of that from you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I wish I had that Schoolkids album. His dad was great, too. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Stream Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Sorry to hear the news. Sounds like you really had a time Randy. My only exposure to Winston was the CD he did with Jack McDuff. That CD blew a LOT of folks minds. Another great one gone. Ceaser Frazier had some good stories about Winston....seems like he really helped Frazier when he was getting going with lots of encouragement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Sorry to hear about this. I bought the Schoolkids CD without knowing anything about WW; I was simply in a record store, they were playing it on the sound system, and I dug the groove. Good, greazzzy music. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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