By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.27) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 06:13 am:

Two of my favourite Sax players are
Chess records
Gene Barge
and of course Detroits
Mike Terry.

As I was delving through
some sounds I thought I would just put a little tribute together of some of the 45s that Mike Terry has featured on that are all rare/northern soul tracks that a few people may not of heard.

Every one a Gem(andthensome)!!!!
Mike"Sax"Terry.
Stewart Ames-Angelina,oh Angelina-J&W Records(no.1000).
The Rotations-(put a dime on)D-9-Frantic(no.200).
Matthew Barnett-If your love is real-Puff(no.1005).
Herman Griffin-Dream Girl-Mercury(no.72401).
Nella Dodds-Honey Boy-Wand(no.1136).
Rose Batiste-Holding Hands-Ric Tic(no.105).
Barbara and Brenda-If I'm hurt you'll feel the pain-Dynamo records(no.103).
Luther Ingram-Run for your Life-Hurdy Gurdy(no.102).
The Soul Twins-Give the man a chance-Karen(no.1533).
Jack Montgomery-Dearly Beloved-Scepter(no.12152).
Holly Maxwell-Dont say you love me until you do-Star records(no.101).
The Appreciations-I cant hide it-Aware(no.1066)
Joe Douglas-Something to brag about-Playhouse(no.1000).
Shirley Lawson-One more chance-Backbeat(no.567).
Dena Barnes-If you ever walk out of my life-Inferno(no.2002).
And to finish
a 45 that I have had now since 1972ish
on a single sided Demo of the superb track by
Marjorie Black-One more Hurt-Sue(no.132).

I know it's all been said before
but this is just my little tribute
to one of the best(andthensome)

mel.

By ~~medusa~~ (68.248.32.2) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 12:02 pm:

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By BankHouseDave (195.93.34.9) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 01:08 pm:

Nice to hear Gene Barge mentioned after all these years, Mel. I think, like Mike Terry, as well as being a mean saxman, he did some producing. Wasn't he responsible for Pigmeat Markham's version of 'Here Comes The Judge'?

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.55) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 02:30 am:

Dave
yeah,
the great Gene Barge did produce etc.
One of the best Horn men in the buisness.

He did quite a few different
things in the music world.

Another totally superb
musician that you can hear so distinctly
in a lot of recordings.

Cheers Dave
mel

By Fury13 (64.31.6.200) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 02:53 pm:

Gene Barge's work was always topnotch. I also must mention: King Curtis... Jimmy Wright... Plas Johnson... Red Prysock... Lee Allen... Red Tyler... Herb Hardesty.

By STUBASS (206.135.204.254) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 03:14 pm:

*THE* MAN...IN L.A....ERNIE WATTS!!!...STUBASS

By Soul Sister (65.43.148.15) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 03:38 pm:

Lester "Prez" Young
Ben Webster
Johnny Hodges
Sonny Stitt
Paul Quinteshay (sp.)
Jerome Richardson
Bobby Plater
Johnny Board
Curtis Lowe
Benny Williams
Lonnie Shaw
Stan Getz
George Berg
Danny Bank
Kirby Alexander
Clarence Williams
Dave McCray
Warren Luckey
Budd Johnson
Leslie Johnakins
Hank Crawford
David "Fathead"Newman
Red Prysock
Red Holloway
Charles "Yardbird" Parker
Eric Alexander
Bob Kindred
T.K. Blue

All great Jazz Saxaphonists in general.

By STUBASS (206.135.204.254) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 03:40 pm:

SOUL SIS!!!...WITH A LIST LIKE THAT...YOU MUST INCLUDE...JOHNNY GRIFFIN AND EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS!!!...THOSE TWO DID SOME NICE TENOR DUO'S!!!...STU

By Soul Sister (65.43.148.15) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 03:55 pm:

Oh Sh__ __!! STU I meant to put down Johnny Griffin, he was on my mind too, dang! Your so right on.
S.S.

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.61) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 04:37 pm:

Illinois Jaquet
or
Big Jay
McNeeley
following
the no.1 Horn-ster Supreme!!!!!!!!
The Kooooo-elllll Dude
that blew those reeds in the
Muppett Band.

Soulsister/Stu
I rest my case.

Tenor-mel-o-deeeeeeeee

By Soul Sister (65.43.148.15) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 04:45 pm:

Two more I forgot Tenor-mel-o-deeeeeeeeee (ha-ha-) Yeah that muppet was one cooool dude! Wasn't he the one in the purple jacket and dark shades?
SoulIcandigitSister

By Soul Sister (65.43.148.15) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 04:51 pm:

Two more I forgot Tenor-mel-o-deeeeeeeeee (ha-ha-) Yeah that muppet was one cooool dude! Wasn't he the one in the purple jacket and dark shades?
SoulIcandigitSister

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.61) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 04:52 pm:

Your where its at babeeeeee
man could he Honk
that Horn.

regards
baritone-mel
with his Soprano Bell.

By Soul Sister (65.43.148.15) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 04:52 pm:

Sorry for the double post, got distracted for a minute.

By CORNBREAD (66.185.84.74) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:01 pm:

I SURE RECALL WHEN BIG DADDY GENE BARGE'S HORNWORK HELPED CHUCK WILLIS RIDE HIGH ON THE CHARTS WITH "WHAT AM I LIVING FOR" IN 1958.

SONGS LIKE THIS I CALL "UNFORGETTABLE CLASSIC".

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 10:07 pm:

MEL!!!...YOU'VE GOT A "ROOTIN" AND "TOOTIN" GOOD POINT THERE BUDDY!!!...STUBASS

By THE COUNT (69.14.112.184) on Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:17 am:

Hey MEL,kool that you bring this to klass.
Yesterday while at our CODY HIGH SCHOOL reunion pic-nic after meeting old friends and band members again I took one of my ol band members MR.BASSMAN to my kar and put in a cd I transferd from tape a live session from ART LABOES club out of CALIFORNIA and the honkin man himself,JOE HOUSTON is heard kranking out "BLOW JOE BLOW,so to add to your fine thread,lets say the 3hree TENORS are :
CECIL JAMES McNEELY(BIG JAY McNEELY)
JOHN HENRY CANNON jr.(ACE CANNON
JOE HOUSTON.

In the beginning there was nothing but rock,
then somebody invented the wheel,
and things began to roll,
did you ever hear a tenor sax,
swingin like a rusty axe,
hope-in not to fall,
down in a hollow log,
well baby that is rock and roll.(THE COASTERS)
"COUNT"

By MEL&THEN SOME (81.174.192.61) on Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:32 am:

Right-On Count
your the man
(and then some)

Have just been listening to
another great Horn man
as he is backing up the superb
Clyde McPhatter
the soft gentle smooth sax tones of
Ben Webster.

Later Count
you Koooool
operator.

Mel(honking his nose)

By The Count (69.14.112.184) on Monday, August 25, 2003 - 09:43 am:

HEY HONKIN YOUR NOSE MEL,that reminds me of my ol man,he played sax,but he had one long hair in his nose and whenever he sneezed it kracked like a whip,so this brings out another great SAX HONKER---"CHUCK HIGGINS"

"COUNT"

By Soul Sister (65.43.148.15) on Monday, August 25, 2003 - 10:50 am:

Mel;
CUDOS to Ben! Now you know what I'm talkin'bout!
S.S.

By Galactus (207.144.253.114) on Monday, August 25, 2003 - 11:20 am:

I really love Gene Ammons and Coleman Hawkins myself.

But one guy that seems to be forgotten is r&b sax great Sil Austin. My father had his "Plays Pretty for the People" LP and it was terrific. Just great, mellow stuff. What are the chances of Austin's stuff seeing print again? I bought the Sun label CD they did on him several years ago but it was terribly produced and they had changed the backing music on many of the tunes.

We all remember King Curtis and Junior Walker, but poor Sil seems to be fogotten.