[Dixielandjazz] Another one gone home
JimDBB@aol.com
JimDBB@aol.com
Sat, 8 Jun 2002 01:29:24 EDT
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In a message dated 6/7/02 3:49:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
charliehooks@earthlink.net writes:
> The legendary bass player, "Truck" Parham, age 90, has just died after
> an illness. A great guy and a fine player. If you wonder why his nickname
> was "Truck," it means you've never played in front of him! Memorial
> services will be held on Thursday, June 13, at Cage Memorial Chapel, 7651
> Jeffery Blvd. on the south side of Chicago, with a visitation at 6 pm and
> memorial service at 7 pm.
>
> Chicago already missed Truck because he'd been in hospital awhile; but
> if you close your eyes, you can still hear that sound: gut strings about 2
> inches off the finger board, and he would rattle your cage even without an
> amp! Truck had played with just about everybody who was anybody, and later
> on with many of us who weren't anybody! Went through the bad old days and
> came out a gentleman. Well done, Sir.
>
> Musical content: "Goin' Home"
>
>
> Charlie
I can only echo what Charlie Hooks has written. One of the great bass
players in jazz has passed on. A fixture on the Chicago jazz scene for many
years. I wrote a piece on Truck for the Jazz Institute of Chicago website a
year or so ago. I'll pull it up and post it here.
JIm Beebe
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/7/02 3:49:21 PM Central Daylight Time, charliehooks@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> The legendary bass player, "Truck" Parham, age 90, has just died after<BR>
an illness. A great guy and a fine player. If you wonder why his nickname<BR>
was "Truck," it means you've never played in front of him! Memorial<BR>
services will be held on Thursday, June 13, at Cage Memorial Chapel, 7651<BR>
Jeffery Blvd. on the south side of Chicago, with a visitation at 6 pm and<BR>
memorial service at 7 pm.<BR>
<BR>
Chicago already missed Truck because he'd been in hospital awhile; but<BR>
if you close your eyes, you can still hear that sound: gut strings about 2<BR>
inches off the finger board, and he would rattle your cage even without an<BR>
amp! Truck had played with just about everybody who was anybody, and later<BR>
on with many of us who weren't anybody! Went through the bad old days and<BR>
came out a gentleman. Well done, Sir.<BR>
<BR>
Musical content: "Goin' Home"<BR>
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Charlie </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> I can only echo what Charlie Hooks has written. One of the great bass players in jazz has passed on. A fixture on the Chicago jazz scene for many years. I wrote a piece on Truck for the Jazz Institute of Chicago website a year or so ago. I'll pull it up and post it here.<BR>
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JIm Beebe</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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