1998CELEBRITIES
RICK COLEMAN INTERVIEWS HERB HARDESTY - May 5th, 1998
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CLOWNING AROUND AT INTERVIEW
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HERB RETELLS THE STORY OF PLAYING THE BARITONE SOLO IN BLUE MONDAY RECORDING - HERBERT PLAYED BARITONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PLAYED A MEMORABLE SOLO
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HERB TALKS ABOUT THE AUDIENCES NEVER BEING SEGREGATED - ALWAYS MIXED AUDIENCES EXCEPT IN BLACK CLUBS BURT THE CONCERTS WERE ALWAYS MIXED RACES ( SEGREGATION ) - TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE AUDIENCES CHANGED FROM BLACK TO WHITE - ( RICK PUSHES HIM ON IT " " IT WASN'T A RACIAL THING, EVERYBODY WAS THERE" ...." ****** ( GOOD QUOTE ) MUSIC IS THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE - NO RACE, EVERYBODY IS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY MUSIC
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THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AUDIENCES - BREAKING THE RACIAL LINE - THINGS CHANGE AS PEOPLE WANTED THEM TO CHANGE
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**** HERB ON THE RIOTS AT FATS CONCERTS - EXPLAINS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED - " WASN'T A RACIAL THING " - A FIGHT - WITHIN THE FIGHT POLICE THROUGH TEAR GAS AND PEOPLE PANICKED - IN SAN JOSE WE GOT CAUGHT IN A FIGHT - WASN'T A RACE RIOT - NOT A RACIAL THING SEGREGATION - RACE RIOTS ROCK RIOTS " THEY GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY SAYING IT WAS A RACE RIOT BUT IT WASN'T
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ROCK N ROLL WAS THE CORRUPTION OF THE YOUTH TODAY - RAP IS THE CORRUPTION TODAY HERB TALKS ABOUT THE NEGATIVITY ABOUT R N' R " WHEN NEW MUSIC STARTS SOMEONE WILL CRITICIZE IT ..ANYTHING NEW WILL BE CRITICIZED " MUSIC IS SOULFUL - IT IS GIVING - IT IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR" SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS CRITICIZE BUT MUSIC IS LOVED BY MOST EVERYBODY
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*****ON FATS' PERSONALITY - FATS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GENTLEMAN - NICE TO WORK WITH - WHEN YOU WORK WITH SOMEONE FOR 50 YEARS THAT SHOULD EXPLAIN IT ALL - LOVES HIS AUDIENCE AND FRIENDS..I COULD NOT HAVE HAD A BETTER LIFE THAN WORKING WI TH FATS - WE ARE FRIENDS - HE GIVES ME HIS ROLLS ROYCE I LOVE THE MAN HE IS MY FRIEND
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HERB ON THE BIG PACKAGE SHOWS - IRVING FELD - ALLEN FREED PACKAGE TOURS - DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY WITH EVERYONE ALL THE ARTISTS - DETAIL ON THE PACKAGE TOURS - TRAVELED ON BUS AND FLEW SOMETIMES AS WELL
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BRIEFLY ON ALLEN FREED SHOWS - LONG LINES AROUND THE BLOCK ON THE ALLEN FREED PACKAGE SHOWS - PARAMOUNT THEATER - IN BROOKLYN AND NEW YORK - ON ALLEN FREED 'S CONTRIBUTIONS - ( NOT MUCH TO SAY ) " HE OPENED ALOT OF DOORS AND WAS EXCELLENT TO WORK WITH
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1955-56 FATS WAS RED HOT - ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN A TOP BAND - WE WERE THE HOTTEST THINGS - " WE DIDNT GET RECOGNITION ON THE RECORDS" THE SOLOISTS DIDNT GET THE CREDIT - ON "I'M WALKING" ( NOT MUSCH TO SAY" I JUAT PLAYED WHAT ECVER I FELT - DAVE LET ME DO WHAT EVER I WANTED ON THE SOLOS "
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*** HERB PLAYS THE " BLUE MONDAY " SOLO - EXTENDS IT !
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HERB IS ASKED ABOUT RECORDING ON " MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS" WITH PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - TALKS IN NOT TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT IT " MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS "
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HERB ON WORKING WITH ALLEN TOUSSAINT AT THE DEW DROP INN AND EARLY RECORDINGS WITH RED TYLER
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ON DICK CLARK SHOW - " ALL THE SHOWS WERE GREAT " MENTIONS PERRY COMO - MOVIES WITH JAYNE MANSFIELD " SHE WAS VERY NICE " DICK CLARK SHOW DID ED SULLIVAN, STEVE ALLEN..WERE SUPER - ENJOYABLE . " EVERY TV SHOW THAT FATS DID HELPED HIS CAREER " EVEN BAD PUBLICITY HELPED " BRIEF ON TV SHOWS
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THE DAYS ON TOP WERE " HAPPY DAYS "
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HERB ON TANOO " ART BLAKEY LOVED TANOO - EVEN MAX ROACH - HE WAS A LEFT HANDED DRUMMER - ON HIM AND EARL PALMER " EARL HAD HIS STYLE TANOO HAD HIS OWN - TANOO MOSTLY WORKED WITH FATS - HE WASNT A STUDIO MUSICIAN LIKE EARL PALMER
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ON PAPOOSE - PAPOOSE HAD HIS OWN STLYE AND IT CONTRIBUTED TO THE RECORDS FATS MADE
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ON PAPOOSE DEATH - WILL NOT TELL THE STORY "CUT" - VERY PROTECTIVE WILL NOT DISCUSS IT " NO COMMENT
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ON THE LATER LAS VEGAS YEARS WITH FATS
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HERB IS ASKED ABOUT THE LATE 1950S-EARLY 60S AND HOW IT CHANGED - FEWER HITS - " HE HAD FEWER HITS BUT IN EUROPE IT WAS STILL BIG " -
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HERB ON THE FIRST TOUR OF EUROPE ( 1962 ) " FIRST TOUR TO EUROPE WAS DYNAMITE......." THE PEOPLE, COUNTRY EVERYTHING WS EXCITED - THE PEOPLE LOVED THE MUSIC " " WE TRAVELED A LOT BY TRAIN AND SAW THE COUNTRY SIDE - PARIS WAS GREAT - ON MEETING THE BEATLES ( 1967 IS WHAT HE IS REFERENCING )
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FINAL STATEMENTS FROM HERB - " REJOICE, HAPPINESS, REWARDING I WOULD NEVER CHANGE IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE I AM GLAD I SELECTED MUSIC I WILL ALWAYS BE PLAYING IT
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