RIP Saxophonist Eddie Shaw

[paul secor]

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2018/01/passings-chicago-blues-saxophonist.html

[JSngry]

RIP. He was one of those guys who did what they did and meant it. Fully conversant vernacular music, not spiritually lip-synced, genuinely spoken.

[Chuck Nessa]

What Jim said.

[jeffcrom]

For various reason I won't get into here, Eddie Shaw's music means a lot to me. And his song "Delta Bound" from the album In the Land of the Crossroads has (I think) the only geographically correct version of the first verse of "Highway 61." All the other versions have 61 staring in Chicago, Atlanta, or elsewhere, but Eddie sings:

"Highway 61, the longest highway that I know;
Highway 61, the longest highway that I know:
It run from the Twin Cities down to the Gulf of Mexico."

RIP, Mr. Shaw.

 

[Hardbopjazz]

R.I.P. Mr. Shaw. Thanks for the music. 

[danasgoodstuff]

Eddie Shaw with Wolf or Magic Sam, that's what sax in a blues band should be. RIP.

[Tom 1960]

I remember seeing Eddie perform at least 20 years ago at a gig when I lived in Kingston, New York. I had an opportunity to talk to him briefly during a break and bought a cassette of one of his recordings. I told him anyone who played with Howlin' Wolf was ok in my book.