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
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Summary: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 the steamy nightclubs of south Chicago, and hit it big in New York City behind such music legends as Tommy Hunt from the Flamingos, Marvin Gaye, and James Brown. Mayes played his drums behind blues giants Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Reed, Robert Junior Lockwood, Earl Hooker, Junior Wells, Pinet.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781621039969

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