[Dixielandjazz] Buddy Rich

[Robert Ringwald]

Eupher Dude waits for someone to say how nice Buddy Rich was:

We had a musician here in Sacramento who's step daughter was married to 
Buddy Rich.  His name was Johnny Brazil and he was a real character, playing 
several different instruments.

The set of drums   he used were given to him by Buddy.

Buddy's band came through Sacramento one night, probably sometime in the 
late 60s or early 70s.  They played a club on Fulton Avenue called the 
Tropicana.  We went with Johnny to see the band.

During the concert, while Buddy was taking a solo, some guy in the audience 
yelled something like Go Buddy.

I'm sure Buddy was waiting for someone to do that so he could enhance his 
bad guy rep.

Buddy stopped, stared the guy down.  I can't remember everything he said to 
the guy but it was not very nice.  And I remember he offered to go outside 
with the guy.

Later, after the concert, Johnny introduced me to Buddy.  He was very nice 
to me.

That is the extent of my first hand knowledge of Buddy Rich.




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