[Arundo Donax]

Nice sax part in this old song (at 1:35)

The intro may seem familiar...

 

[John Laughter]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

:cheers: good old school tenor! Love it. Thanks for posting.

 

[mrpeebee]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

Very nice tenor solo indeed.

Here is the flip-side of that record:

Recorded in 1957 with the 'Lefty Bates Band' and for the label 'States Record Company' (release S-163).

Here are some links with more information about record company and band:
- 'States Record Company': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_Records
- 'Lefty Bates Band': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty_Bates

Both links mention 'Red Holloway' as tenor player who worked for the record company and band in those times (1952-1957) in Chicago, so he could be the tenor man in that recording. I know Red's style quiet well, but am not sure if he is the guy in above recording (Red normally sounds fuller in the upper register).

 

[mrpeebee]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

:cheers: good old school tenor! Love it. Thanks for posting.

John, do you know who the tenor soloist is?

 

[John Laughter]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

John, do you know who the tenor soloist is?

Hey mrpeebee. I would have to go with what you have found as well (Red Holloway) but it is only a guess based upon the States Record Company history.

 

[10mfan]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

I LOVE Red Holloway!

Phenomenal sound and a phenomenal player.

 

[John Laughter]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

I LOVE Red Holloway!

Phenomenal sound and a phenomenal player.

:cheers:

Just wish more players would keep the older styles alive and kickin'.

 

[10mfan]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

Me too!

 

[mrpeebee]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

Here is another recording from 1957 with the Lefty Bates Band with a nice tenor solo at 1:20:

Sounds a lot like Red Holloway and I think the baritone could be Alvin Red Tyler.

:cheers:

Just wish more players would keep the older styles alive and kickin'.

I have a very nice CD called 'Brother Red' and got it signed by Red Holloway himself during one of his visits in NL. I went together with my alto buddy to a concert he did with the Dtuch trio of Rein de Graaff in Voorburg, but we had traffic jam issues and arrived very late (at the time the concert should have started). When walking towards the theater I spotted bass player Koos Serierse, who was also late for the concert (same traffic jam). We offered him to carry his stuff towards the theater and arrived free of charge through the artist entrance directly into the concert room of the theater, while the guests who payed where still waiting in the lobby. We sat down on the first row of the theater, watching the rhythm section build up and doing the soundcheck. At that moment Red Holloway came sitting next to me and we started talking. I brought his 'Brother Red' CD with me and told him we played one of his numbers (Redwood City) with our own band. Red than offered to sign my CD with a personal inscription.

Here is the recording I did back in 1999 with my band Bob Session of 'Redwood City' (my amateur homage to Red Holloway):

- 'Redwood City' (Bob Session 1999):
https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11679863

 

[John Laughter]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

Yes indeed!

Sounds a lot like Red Holloway and I think the baritone could be Alvin Red Tyler.

It appears (from the session file-page 8) that McKinley Easton was on bari and Lucius Washington on tenor on "The Hex".

Both Easton and Washington did a lot of R&B sessions; "Oh What A Night" by The Dells.

Here is a good read for Lefty Bates;

https://sundayblues.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lefty1.pdf

 

[mrpeebee]

Re: "Go Where My Baby Lives" - The Strollers

It appears (from the session file-page 8) that McKinley Easton was on bari and Lucius Washington on tenor on "The Hex".

Thanks John, don't know those players.

Here is another one with Lucius Washington on tenor (solo just after 1:45):

I wouldn't be surprised is he is the tenor on the other recordings in this thread too.

 

[John Laughter]

Here is a little more info on Lucius Washington;

https://www.discogs.com/artist/944317-Lucius-Washington

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucius-washington-mn0001209527

https://www.facebook.com/6483156085...ht-the-dells-lucius-little-/1569572433083002/

McKinley Easton;

https://www.discogs.com/artist/2346100-McKinley-Easton

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mckinley-easton-mn0002286251

https://crownpropeller.wordpress.com/tag/mckinley-easton/