HolgerFreimutSchrick Posted March 22, 2016 Report Posted March 22, 2016 O’Donel „Butch“ Levy dies. see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%E2%80%99Donel_Levy Quote
blind-blake Posted March 22, 2016 Report Posted March 22, 2016 Really sorry to hear this. I interview him for my college paper years ago. Was a really nice guy in addition to being a fine guitar player. Way too young. Quote
JSngry Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 Groove Merchant records were too often too easy to pass over back in the day, mainly due to the nastyass cover designs and slippery production values. But there were some fine records in there, and O'Donel Levey definitely make some of them. RIP. Quote
fasstrack Posted March 24, 2016 Report Posted March 24, 2016 Sorry to read this. I wondered whatever became of him after he got a little play behind some records in, I think, the late '70s or early '80s. Damn good player... Quote
robertoart Posted March 25, 2016 Report Posted March 25, 2016 I heard stories that he was living in Singapore or Thailand for a considerable amount of time and ran a club. I heard this from some Australian musicians that used to visit the country. But I believe I read online somewhere that he returned to the States and suffered a stroke a few years ago. He was a great guitarist who had no limitations. He reminded me of Melvin Sparkes. here is a quote I lifted from another site....this backs up what I was sayin, and is a hell of a nice and funny reminiscence too....I'm sure the original poster won't mind it being pasted here...rip... ]Geday, Hi, I drummed with O'Donel Levy for 5 years, John McLaughlin came to watch him!! Dennis Chambers sat in on MY DRUMS!! The whole Winton Marsalis Band sat there open jawed!! Also he --ODEE (Irish Jewish and Black was his own running joke) was also as funny as Richard Pryor AND HE OFTEN BOUGHT THE DINNERS AND A FEW ROUNDSOther jazz guitarists came from all over the world to watch him and wept into their beers. He also fixed up my drummin--no fills please!! No fills at all!! till i'm finished --some nights he took 47 choruses and was NEVER boringJah Bless you ODEE get well soon and sock it to em all over again!! ------signed---Australian Irish Drummer Des Mckenna, Hong Kong, Shianghai, Belgium, Ireland ex Rory Gallagher, Ex Chet Baker, ex Nat Adderley and I jammed with DIZ Quote
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