The Amazing Jimmi Mayes : Sideman to the Stars /

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For more than fifty years, Chicago drummer Jimmi Mayes served as a sideman behind some of the greatest musicians and musical groups in history. He began his career playing the blues in the juke joints of Mississippi, sharpened his trade under the mentorship of drum legends Sam Lay and Fred Below in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mayes, Jimmi, 1942- (Author), Speek, Vickie Cleverley, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mayes, Jimmi, > 1942-
Drummers (Musicians)
Blues musicians.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Percussion.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Piano & Keyboard.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Batteurs (Instrumentistes) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Drummers (Musicians) > United States > Biography.
Blues musicians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • That blues shuffle, 1942-60
  • Little Walter, 1961-62
  • Tommy Hunt, 1962-63
  • Joey Dee and the Starliters, 1964-65
  • Martha and the Vandellas, 1964-65
  • Jimi Hendrix, September 1965-December 1965
  • My friend, 1966-70
  • The Kousins, Shirelles, and Blood Brothers, 1966-69
  • Mill Street Depo, 1969-72
  • Sweet home Chicago, 1972-2001
  • Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, 1997-2011
  • Back where I belong, 2011-2012.

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