1998CELEBRITIES
RICK COLEMAN INTERVIEWS HERB HARDESTY May 5th, 1998
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FATS DOMINO LONG TIME SAXOPHONIST DISCUSSES HOW HE STARTED ON THE SAXOPHONE - HOW HE STARTED TO LEARN SAX IN ARMY DURING WW2
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| 01:07:55 475 |
TALKS ABOUT GOING OUT ON THE ROAD WITH R&B LEGEND ROY BROWN - TOURING WITH ROY BROWN
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| 01:08:49 529 |
TALKS ABOUT HOW THE BIG BANDS WENT TO THE SMALLER R&B COMBOS AFTER THE WAR - WORKING WITH ROY BROWN AND WYNONNIE HARRIS
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| 01:11:03 663 |
TALKS ABOUT HIS EARLY YEARS WITH DAVE BARTHOLOMEW BAND - TALKS ABOUT DAVE AND HIS WAYS GOOD BUSINESS MAN - TALKS ABOUT HOW HE PLAYED FOR ROY BROWN AND HOW DIFFERENT IT WAS THEN WITH BARTHOLOMEW - TALKS ABOUT ROY BROWN'S MUSICIANS TALKS ABOUT SOME SHOWY THINGS HE DID WHILE HE WAS PLAYING - WALKING ON THE BANISTER AND ON HIS BACK WHILE PLAYING - AT THE 5 - 4 BALLROOM IN LOS ANGELES
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| 01:14:52 893 |
HERB HARDESTY DISCUSSES DAVE BARTHOLOMEW'S EARLY BAND - ON RECORDING WITH DAVE Bartholomew -
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| 01:17:22 1042 |
HERB TALKS ABOUT THE BIG BEAT - THE SOUND THAT DAVE DEVELOPED AND DESCRIBES HOW IT WAS ACHIEVED - PLAYS SOME EXAMPLES
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| 01:18:05 1085 |
HERB HARDESTY DEMONSTRATES DAVE BARTHOLOMEW'S BASS LINE RIFF THAT HE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIG BEAT -
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| 01:20:01 1201 |
HERB HARDESTY DISCUSSES THE SCUFFLE BEAT AND BACK BEAT AS PART OF THE SOUND OF THE BIG BEAT
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| 01:21:16 1276 |
HERB ON MEETING FATS DOMINO FIRST TIME - TALKS ABOUT THE FAT MAN RADIO SHOW - FIRST MEETING FATS AT FAT MAN RECORDING SESSION TALKS ABOUT RECORDING AT COSMOS STUDIO AND HOW IT WAS LIKE A FAMILY - DESCRIBES THE STUDIO IN DETAIL
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| 01:23:37 1418 |
HERB DISCUSSES HIS FIRST TOUR WITH FATS DOMINO - OKLAHOMA CITY, OAKLAND CALIFORNIA AND THAT WAS A BIG HIT DUE TO THE FAT MAN RECORD
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| 01:24:50 1491 |
HERB DISCUSSES WORKING WITH PROFESSOR LONGHAIR
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| 01:30:35 1836 |
TALKS ABOUT HIS ROLL AS SAX PLAYER IN FATS DOMINO'S BAND - HE USED LEE ALLEN FOR THE GUTTY ROUGH STUFF AND HERB PLAYED THE SOFTER, PRETTIER STUFF - PLAYS A BIT OF THE SAXOPHONE
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| 01:34:34 2074 |
HERB DISCUSSES WORKING AT THE DEW DROP INN - BLACK CHITTLIN' CIRCUIT NIGHTCLUB - TALKS ABOUT HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH THE OWNER FRANK
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| 01:35:49 2149 |
TALKS ABOUT THE DEW DROP IN AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE - MOST IMPORTANT BLACK NIGHTCLUB IN NEW ORLEANS
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| 01:40:37 2438 |
TALKS ABOUT SMILEY LEWIS - TELLS ABOUT RECORDING WITH HIM - AND STORY OF SMILEY GOT ELECTROCUTED DURING THE SESSION
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| 01:44:15 2655 |
TELLS THE LAWDY MISS CLAWDY LLOYD PRICE STORY AND HOW FATS PLAYED PIANO ON THE SESSION
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| 01:46:23 2783 |
HERB DISCUSSES THE BAND MEMBERS AND HOW THEY ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE RECORDS AND HOW THY NEVER GOT THE CREDIT - BAND MEMBERS -
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| 01:48:39 2919 |
HERB HARDESTY ON HOW HE WENT OUT ON THE ROAD WITH FATS - THROUGH DAVE BARTHOLOMEW'S REQUEST
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| 01:49:08 2948 |
ON THE ROAD IN THE MID-50'S WITH FATS DOMINO - HERB ON HIS REWARDS FOR PLAYING WITH FATS ( GOOD )
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DAVE HARDESTY ON DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION - HOW THEY DIVIDED UP THE SHOWS BEFORE SEGREGATION - NEVER ANY PROBLEMS IN THE SOUTH WITH FATS - THERE WAS SEGREGATION BUT NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS -
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| 01:51:05 3065 |
ON HOW FATS BROUGHT THE RACES TOGETHER HERB- " I WAS THE FIRST MUSICIAN TO BREAK SEGREGATION ( POLICE SIREN)"
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| 01:52:09 3129 |
*******HERB REPEATS HIE STORY ABOUT BREAKING THE SEGREGATION BARRIER - NEVER SAW POLICE BRUTALITY - HERB TELLS THE STORY OF BREAKING SEGREGATION BY BEING FIRST ONE IN THE HOTEL AND STAY WITH THE BAND IN A WHITE HOTEL - STAYING AT RAMADA AND OTHER HOTELS - FIRST GUY TO BREAK THE SEGREGATION LINE WITH HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS - HERB TALKS ABOUT THE HORRORS OF INTEGRATION - HAD TO FIND BLACK FRIENDLY HOTELS OR ROOMING HOUSES - IT WAS SOMETHING THEY WERE USED TO
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SECTION ENDS
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| 01:56:35 3395 |
HERB ON RECORDING WITH FATS IN CALIFORNIA - -USED EARL PALMER - NOT HIS REGULAR TOURING BAND
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| 01:58:33 3513 |
talks about drummers fats used in los angeles - earl palmer and others HERB TELLS ABOUT HOW HE PLAYED BARITONE SOLO ON BLUE MONDAY
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herb tells the story ( repeated) ABOUT PLAYING BARITONE SAX ON " BLUE MONDAY" - ON RECORDING BLUE MONDAY SWITCHING TO BARITONE - NEVER PLAYED IT BEFORE
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