Michael Weiss Posted February 8, 2006 Report Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) Jerry Haynes = Mr. Peppermint, beloved Dallas area TV kiddie show host Don't forget Mr. Greenjeans. And while on the topic of Dallas kiddy-TV nostalgia, how about Icky Twerp? Had nice times working with Marchel and Fathead over the years.... Edited February 8, 2006 by Michael Weiss Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Posted February 8, 2006 I've never heard of Louis Hubert... No shame there. Louis (I've also seen it spelled Lewis) was strictly "local" as far as jazz goes. He played w/BB King for years (on tenor and bari) and never did any jazz recordings. For years, playing parts on the road was what he did. But when he came off the road, ca. 1974-5, he settled in and decided to get his jazz playing together. And he did. As you might suspect, nobody could beat him on a medium blues. Nobody! Great guy to hang with, too. Some of us youngsters used to take him out for breakfast after the last set at The Recovery Room (where you'd often catch him sitting in w/Marchel) just to listen to his talk. Stories out the wazzoo, and one of the most genuinely warm cats I've ever known. He had a way of stirring sugar into his coffee that was one of the most elegant things I've ever seen in my life. Everything about him exuded style and true class. He passed away sometime in the early '80's, but his spirit still lives in those who knew him. Ah B B King. I've got this B B King LP on Ace, which B B recorded while he was contracted to Kent, but they didn't issue. It's all instrumentals and there are some great tenor solos on it. There's no personnel listing, though. Are these likely to be by Louis Hubert? MG Quote
JSngry Posted February 8, 2006 Report Posted February 8, 2006 Probably not. I don't think that Louis went out w/BB until the very late 1960s. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Posted February 8, 2006 Probably not. I don't think that Louis went out w/BB until the very late 1960s. Ah, the only two I've got from that period are the ones with Bobby Bland. Thanks for the info. MG Quote
mikeweil Posted February 8, 2006 Report Posted February 8, 2006 Hubert Laws - no kidding! Check out his tenor solos with Mongo Santamaria's band, e.g. Cold Sweat. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Posted February 9, 2006 Hubert Laws - no kidding! Check out his tenor solos with Mongo Santamaria's band, e.g. Cold Sweat. Of course! Another I'd forgotten! MG Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 Billy Harper? Billy Harper! Kirk Whalum. I kid you not. Er... Kirk Whalum's from Memphis MG Quote
DukeCity Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 Billy Harper? Billy Harper! Kirk Whalum. I kid you not. Er... Kirk Whalum's from Memphis MG From the VH-1 wbsite (so you know it must be true...) "He received a scholarship to attend music school at Texas Southern University, where he formed a band in 1979 and began playing on the local club circuit. When he opened for Bob James in Houston in 1984, the pianist was impressed with Whalum's expressive style and invited him to play on his album 12" As the bumper stickers say: "Tennesseean By Birth, Texan By Choice!" and "Naturalized Texan" Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 John Hardee. Frank Haynes was also a Texan, IIRC. Found out yesterday Frank was from San Francisco. What's IIRC? Some honorary thing that non-Texans can get, like naturalisation papers? MG Quote
JSngry Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 No, that's IBC... IIRC + If I Recall Correctly As for Whalum, ok, Memphisian by birth, Texan by Sound! You'd not know it by 99% of what he's recorded, but the cat can PLAY! Quote
DukeCity Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 John Hardee. Frank Haynes was also a Texan, IIRC. Found out yesterday Frank was from San Francisco. What's IIRC? Some honorary thing that non-Texans can get, like naturalisation papers? MG ...If I Recall Correctly Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 No, that's IBC... IIRC + If I Recall Correctly As for Whalum, ok, Memphisian by birth, Texan by Sound! You'd not know it by 99% of what he's recorded, but the cat can PLAY! Thanks for that; I'll try to recall it correctly. IBC sounds like it ought to be a disease... I've heard Kirk Whalum play and I agree; he CAN. Just doesn't often. So... MG Quote
JSngry Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 IBC is one of the world's great root beers. They moved to Texas from St. Louis, thanks to corporate hoe-downs and green snakes on the ceiling. http://www.ibcrootbeer.com/index.html Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 IBC is one of the world's great root beers. They moved to Texas from St. Louis, thanks to corporate hoe-downs and green snakes on the ceiling. http://www.ibcrootbeer.com/index.html Root Beer's non-alcoholic, isn't it? Like Ginger Beer over here. I aren't half learning stuff on this site! Gawd blesher guv! MG Quote
JSngry Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 Yeah, it's a carbonated soft-drink. There's some pretty rank stuff to be had, but IBC is one of the best. Very tasty! Quote
BFrank Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 Not originally from Texas, but Craig Handy attended North Texas State University (1981-1984). Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 Oh, and I just remembered Al Abreu, who played on the Freedom Sounds' "People get ready". Very wailing soprano sax, as well as good tenor. I wonder what happened to him. MG Quote
Aggie87 Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 Yeah, it's a carbonated soft-drink. There's some pretty rank stuff to be had, but IBC is one of the best. Very tasty! IBC is good stuff. Also, people here Texas (and probably many other parts of the U.S.) don't generally get to try it, but root beer has two siblings - birch beer and sarsparilla, both of which are good stuff too. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 Shame on all ('cept John L) for ignoring Herschel Evans and the rest of you for ignoring Buddy Tate (unless I missed something)! These guys defined the genre in the '30s and '40s. Everyone else ................................Oh, is this a '50s/60s thread? Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Posted February 12, 2006 Shame on all ('cept John L) for ignoring Herschel Evans and the rest of you for ignoring Buddy Tate (unless I missed something)! These guys defined the genre in the '30s and '40s. Everyone else ................................Oh, is this a '50s/60s thread? Buddy was right there at the top of the thread as one of the reasons for it. I have to confess I've only got one Herschel Evans record - a 78 of Basie's "Blue & Sentimental" that, for obvious reasons, doesn't get played too often. But it's a great solo. MG Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 Buddy was right there at the top of the thread as one of the reasons for it.MG Sloppy reading. Sorry. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Posted February 12, 2006 Buddy was right there at the top of the thread as one of the reasons for it.MG Sloppy reading. Sorry. Sorlrite - you must be even older than me, Chuck... MG Quote
BruceH Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 IBC is one of the world's great root beers. They moved to Texas from St. Louis, thanks to corporate hoe-downs and green snakes on the ceiling. http://www.ibcrootbeer.com/index.html Indeed! Quote
brownie Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 Wild men from Texas... almost all! Texas Tenors Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 26, 2007 Author Report Posted March 26, 2007 Wild men from Texas... almost all! Texas Tenors Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! And what a great solo from Wild Bil Davis, too. I loved the way Wild Bill stopped playing, and the expression on his face, when Jaws screamed in! Oh yes! Thanks Brownie! MG Quote
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