trane_fanatic Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 (edited) Updated w/ better article... http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/sha..._1947_2008.html Buddy Miles 1947- 2008 By Michael Corcoran | Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 01:06 PM Drummer Buddy Miles, who recorded with Jimi Hendrix as Band of Gypsys in 1970 and had a career revival in 1986 as singer in the California Raisins claymation commercials, died Tuesday night in Austin of congestive heart failure. He was 60. Although he was born in Omaha, Neb., and lived for many years in Chicago, where he co-founded Electric Flag in 1967, Miles had moved to Austin after suffering a stroke in 2005. “He wanted to get back to music,” stepdaughter Chealsea Shahan said. “He moved to Austin for peace and harmony.” Backed by the New Orleans Social Club, Miles performed “Them Changes” at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Sept. 2006. He also played at La Zona Rosa in October with an all-star Austin blues band. “He was a real strong guy who overcame a lot,” said local blues guitarist Randy Pavlock, who said Miles “was like a father to me.” Pavlock was playing a club on Sixth Street two years ago when he looked up and saw Miles in the audience. “Band of Gypsys” was probably my favorite record when I was a kid,” said Pavlock, who said he felt “a friendship bond” that first night. Miles relished the role as a mentor. A child prodigy, whose father had a jazz band, Miles was playing with Wilson Pickett in the ’60s when guitarist Mike Bloomfield asked him to form Electric Flag, a band that would fuse soul, rock and blues. Originally known for his powerhouse drumming, Miles also became known as a soulful rock singer on a million-selling 1972 live album recorded with Carlos Santana. An enduring classic, “Them Changes” was performed Monday and Tuesday at Madison Square Garden by Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. The former Blind Faith frontmen are expected to play the song again tonight with a special dedication to their old friend. Miles is survived by spouse Sherrilae Chambers-Miles. A memorial concert will take place March 30 at Threadgill’s on Riverside Drive. Edited February 27, 2008 by trane_fanatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 don't forget Electric Flag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trane_fanatic Posted February 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 (edited) don't forget Electric Flag Yea, I edited my post with a more detailed obit. Edited February 27, 2008 by trane_fanatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 RIP Buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 RIP ...too much obituaries, I am getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I attended this New Year's Eve concert--it was a nightmare, but the problem was not on stage. Sad that he died so relatively young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hot Ptah Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I attended this New Year's Eve concert--it was a nightmare, but the problem was not on stage. Sad that he died so relatively young. What was the nature of the nightmare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 (edited) I attended this New Year's Eve concert--it was a nightmare, but the problem was not on stage. Sad that he died so relatively young. What was the nature of the nightmare? I was thinking the same thing, we are damn curious, aren't we? BTW this would be one the "One of the greatest performances I have ever seen" post, if I weren't only a 8 y/o child living in a small town near Genoa at times. Edited February 27, 2008 by porcy62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I had just spent about 4 hours at Archie Shepp's apartment (not far from the Fillmore), interviewing him. He was in a very talkative, rebellious mood, so he went on and on to the point where I left his place with a headache in its early, slightly thumping stages. It was New Year's Eve, so the Fillmore handed out cheap metal tambourines to all who entered. Some audience members had brought cheap wine, and it wasn't long before you could get a high by simply inhaling. Soon after the concert got underway, gallon bottles of wine passed from mouth to mouth down one row of seats and up the other, and the more the wine circulated, the louder the metallic chorus of tambourines became. Add to that a system of amplifiers and giant speakers turned up to the max (beyond reason) and you can imagine how my headache felt. It was so excruciating that I would have left if were not for the fact that I was there on assignment (for Down Beat). My worst New Year's Eve ever had been the one in 1954, which I spent alone in a fluorescent-lit cafeteria on an air base in Iceland. This one--Hendrix notwithstanding--topped it. I enjoy the recordings made that night--it was one concert about which I can truly say, you didn't have to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I had just spent about 4 hours at Archie Shepp's apartment (not far from the Fillmore), interviewing him. He was in a very talkative, rebellious mood, so he went on and on to the point where I left his place with a headache in its early, slightly thumping stages. It was New Year's Eve, so the Fillmore handed out cheap metal tambourines to all who entered. Some audience members had brought cheap wine, and it wasn't long before you could get a high by simply inhaling. Soon after the concert got underway, gallon bottles of wine passed from mouth to mouth down one row of seats and up the other, and the more the wine circulated, the louder the metallic chorus of tambourines became. Add to that a system of amplifiers and giant speakers turned up to the max (beyond reason) and you can imagine how my headache felt. It was so excruciating that I would have left if were not for the fact that I was there on assignment (for Down Beat). My worst New Year's Eve ever had been the one in 1954, which I spent alone in a fluorescent-lit cafeteria on an air base in Iceland. This one--Hendrix notwithstanding--topped it. I enjoy the recordings made that night--it was one concert about which I can truly say, you didn't have to be there. Thanks Chris, I am still complaing with my psichoanalist that I weren't at Monterey and Woodstock, I'll cross the Fillmore out the next session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Thanks Chris, I am still complaing with my psichoanalist that I weren't at Monterey and Woodstock, I'll cross the Fillmore out the next session. If you had been there, chances are you wouldn't have remembered it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Thanks Chris, I am still complaing with my psichoanalist that I weren't at Monterey and Woodstock, I'll cross the Fillmore out the next session. If you had been there, chances are you wouldn't have remembered it anyway. I give you for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 When Miles Davis went electric didn't he keeping asking his drummers to sound more like Buddy Miles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 uh, Chris... guess what - I was at that same concert - young (16) and stoned out of my mind - so stoned I can barely remember anything - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 so stoned I can barely remember anything - I rest my case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 uh, Chris... guess what - I was at that same concert - young (16) and stoned out of my mind - so stoned I can barely remember anything - Do you remember the tambourines? Do you remember the Voices of East Harlem and how they made their entrance? It was actually quite clever--they showed a film of the kids coming out of their respective homes, sauntering down the various street, eventually all merging and running into the subway. Then we saw them on the subway ride, exiting in the Village, entering the Fillmore theatre and, running down the aisle to the stage--that last part turned into real-time and was very effective. Remember that? Were you high when you got to the theater or did you simply inhale the air there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 all that rings a bell - we indulged prior to arrival - I was suffering something of a sensory overload - I do remember a lot of voices, kids arriving, very communal feeling - and than I woke up and it was 1987 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 You did well--I know people for whom it is still 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 and it wasn't long before you could get a high by simply inhaling. That's how I got high at a Foreigner concert. In 1987. It's the only time I've ever been high and, hell yes I inhaled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 When Miles Davis went electric didn't he keeping asking his drummers to sound more like Buddy Miles? medjuck, I was going to say that in the liner notes of the Cellar Door box, Jack DeJohnette says that Miles asked him to play like Buddy Miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 and it wasn't long before you could get a high by simply inhaling. That's how I got high at a Foreigner concert. In 1987. It's the only time I've ever been high and, hell yes I inhaled! Happened to me at an open-air Tony Williams concert ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 "That's how I got high at a Foreigner concert. In 1987." Hey - that's where I woke up - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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