[Dixielandjazz] Another death

[Chuck Kercher]

Amen Charlie, Clyde was really something. Besides being a hellova musician
he always amazed and amused me with his great vocabulary spoken with a
"Deputy Dog" Mississippi accent. chuck kercher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Hooks" <charliehooks@earthlink.net>
To: "DJML Dixieland Jazz" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Another death


>
> I'm sorry to report that the fine trombonist, Clyde Cox, died of a heart
> attack in Jacksonville, Alabama, last Friday.
>
> Born in Mississippi, Clyde grew up with Mose Allison, played in big bands
in
> New York during the 50s and 60s.  A compulsive practicer on his
instrument,
> often going at it 12 hours a day, he blew out his lip in the late 60s and
> had to retire from professional music.
>
> He enrolled in the PhD program in English Language and Literature at the
> Univ. of Michigan, completed his PhD in 1972 and joined the English
> department at Jacksonville where he rose to become head of the department,
> then Dean of the University, from which position he retired in 1997.
>
> Clyde Cox was a fine musician, very talented and very very intelligent.
He
> gave up music as a profession but never left it out of his life.  He was a
> good friend and knew OKOM, although he was always a modern player, with
> Billy May and many other top bands.  Ande even after he blew out his lip,
he
> could still manage 8 to 12 bars of the damnedest trombone you ever heard.
>
> He leaves a grown son and daughter, and his wife, Shirley, whose address
is:
>
>                 Shirley Cox
>                 809 9th av.
>                 Jacksonville , Alabama 36265
>
>                 Phone: (256) 435-7124
>
>
> I'm gonna miss him.
> Charlie
>
>
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