Joe Muscara Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 P.S. If you really want to talk about NOLA piano and especially Booker, ask FunkKeyStuff. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Did someone mention Booker? My favorite of his "official" albums is "New Orleans Piano Wizard Live." He also had two great albums on a German label that were out of print for years, but are now on iTunes: "Blues & Ragtime" and "Piano Prince from New Orleans." The two CDs that were culled from live Maple Leaf recordings, "Spiders on the Keys" and "Bayou Maharajah," have some amazing playing, as long as you can deal with the fact that they're amateur recordings of a funky old upright in a bar. And yeah, you can get a book of transcriptions of his playing, "The James Booker Collection," which I did the transcriptions for. (This is not a "plug," as I don't make anything from sales of the book.) Speaking of Cleary, I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet that the February issue of Keyboard mag had some great written and audio examples of him playing the "junker's blues" form in different styles: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepay Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I have an Uncle Bill Payne and a cousin Bill Payne and my grandfather was Bill Payne too, so I always think of them when I see Billy Payne threads. Billy Payne, Billy Preston, Billy Powell...the powerful three Billys. Steve (Stevie Ray) "Do the chickens have large talons?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Billy Payne, Billy Preston, Billy Powell...the powerful three Billy Ps. Fixed it for ya. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I've never been nearly as impressed with Mr Powell as with the other two. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I've never been nearly as impressed with Mr Powell as with the other two. Indeed. A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man 2 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 BTW, coincidentally, today is Bill Payne's 63rd birthday. Umm, 62nd birthday? (Billy was one year old on 3/12/50.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man 2 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 It was his solo to Johhny Rivers version of Rockin Pneumonia that got me interested in Orleans piano .... Whoa! WHICH solo to the Johnny Rivers version of Rockin' Pneumonia? Do you mean the 1972 Hit (Billboard: #6 for 14 weeks) that we all know? I thought the pianist on that recording was Dumpy Rice. Where can I find the Billy Payne version? Or did I get it wrong, and Billy Payne IS the pianist on that famous cut? You know when you hear a piano solo that just electrifies you? So often, when I research who the pianist was, I find it was Billy Payne. Again, and again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrythek Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 CEB is talking about Larry Knechtel's playing with Johnny Rivers... Not Bill Payne. :-) Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Man 2 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 CEB is talking about Larry Knechtel's playing with Johnny Rivers... Not Bill Payne. :-) Jerry Thank you, Jerry--(apparently I misread what CEB actually wrote). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 They really are not the same without Lowell George. His imagination and wit made it for me. +1 Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Another amazing band with Frank Zappa as its genesis. Lowell George and Roy Estrada left The Mothers of Invention to start LF; Bill Payne auditioned for The Mothers, but didn't take/get the gig. And the name came from Jimmy Carl Black, the "Indian of the group"(The Mothers), a comment about George's physiology. Think about all the greatness that Frank begat: Jean Luc Ponty U.K. (Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson, who played in the Zoot Allures era) George Duke Missing Persons (Terry Bozzio, Dale Bozzio, Warren Cucurullo and Patrick O'Hearn all came from Frank) Peter Wolf (not the J Geils dude) Steve Vai Vinnie Coliautu (sp, Sting, Jeff Beck, etc.) Chad Wackerman Just off the top of my head, and I know there's more. Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Nord Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Bill Payne is one of my idols. That guy is an animal on Keys! A.J. Blues Manager and Keyboardist The Tash Brothers Band www.myspace.com/TheTashBrothersBand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Actually, "animal" is one of the last words I'd use to describe him. He has chops, but he's so darn tasteful. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t9cstudio Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Chuck Leavell is another great from the same influences as Mr. Payne. Kurzweil PC4, NS3-88, Kronos 2-61, QSC K8.2's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Love "Let It Roll". That whole album is superb! '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepay Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I've never been nearly as impressed with Mr Powell as with the other two. Indeed. Well, he is the third best in that group, but man those other two are/were STELLAR. I still gotta give Mr. Powell his props though. His piano playing was a signature part of that iteration of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Steve (Stevie Ray) "Do the chickens have large talons?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Another amazing band with Frank Zappa as its genesis. I thought that Lowell George started with The Bed Bugs. Video of The Bed Bugs on F Troop. It seems that Jack Black owes much of his schtick to Lowell's performance on this 1967 episode of F Troop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Another amazing band with Frank Zappa as its genesis. I thought that Lowell George started with The Bed Bugs. It seems that Jack Black owes much of his schtick to Lowell's performance on this 1967 episode of F Troop. Now THAT'S insane! Love F Troop... '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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