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Soul Serenade Volume 17 - King Curtis and His Immortal Saxophone (Hardcover)
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Soul Serenade Volume 17 - King Curtis and His Immortal Saxophone (Hardcover)
Series: North Texas Lives of Musician Series
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Although in 2000 he became the first sideman inducted into the Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame, "King Curtis" Ousley never lived to accept
his award. Tragically, he was murdered outside his New York City
home in 1971. At that moment, thirty-seven-year-old King Curtis was
widely regarded as the greatest R & B saxophone player of all
time. He also may have been the most prolific, having recorded with
well over two hundred artists during an eighteen-year span. Soul
Serenade is the definitive biography of one of the most influential
musicians of the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Timothy R. Hoover
chronicles King Curtis's meteoric rise from a humble Texas farm to
the recording studios of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and New York City
as well as to some of the world's greatest music stages, including
the Apollo Theatre, Fillmore West, and Montreux Jazz Festival.
Curtis's "chicken-scratch" solos on the Coasters' Yakety Yak
changed the role of the saxophone in rock & roll forever. His
band opened for the Beatles at their famous Shea Stadium concert in
1965. He also backed his "little sister" and close friend Aretha
Franklin on nearly all of her tours and Atlantic Records
productions from 1967 until his death. Soul Serenade is the result
of more than twenty years of interviews and research. It is the
most comprehensive exploration of Curtis's complex personality: his
contagious sense of humor and endearing southern elegance as well
as his love for gambling and his sometimes aggressive temperament.
Hoover explores Curtis's vibrant relationships and music-making
with the likes of Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Isaac Hayes, Jimi
Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Moore, Donny Hathaway,
and Duane Allman, among many others.
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