I've always thought your blog told it like it is. That you know about and took a moment to recognize the great Snooky Young is not at all surprising, given your depth of understanding about life and the issues. Continue the great work you do.
I first came across Snooky Young on that great live Band album "Rock of Ages." I just loved the horn charts on that album (great work by Allen Toussaint to write those) and then when I realized that he was actually a member of the Tonight Show band, well, I started to look for him on the show. Every once in a while, he get the spotlight, and that was always great to see. I miss that band - yeah, Letterman's band is a great band and Leno's band was a great band, but there was just something about The Tonight Show Band when Carson had the show that was special. So many of them are gone now - Johnny, Ed, Tommy Newsome, now Snooky - makes me a little sad, but 92 is a good age to live to and playing with everybody from Basie to Benny Goodman to Lionel Hampton to The Band, well, that's just a pretty cool life.
Anyway, I saw the news this morning and thought I'd like to acknowledge the man and his passing. Plus the two You Tube videos are pretty cool.
I've always thought your blog told it like it is. That you know about and took a moment to recognize the great Snooky Young is not at all surprising, given your depth of understanding about life and the issues. Continue the great work you do.
ReplyDeleteI first came across Snooky Young on that great live Band album "Rock of Ages." I just loved the horn charts on that album (great work by Allen Toussaint to write those) and then when I realized that he was actually a member of the Tonight Show band, well, I started to look for him on the show. Every once in a while, he get the spotlight, and that was always great to see. I miss that band - yeah, Letterman's band is a great band and Leno's band was a great band, but there was just something about The Tonight Show Band when Carson had the show that was special. So many of them are gone now - Johnny, Ed, Tommy Newsome, now Snooky - makes me a little sad, but 92 is a good age to live to and playing with everybody from Basie to Benny Goodman to Lionel Hampton to The Band, well, that's just a pretty cool life.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I saw the news this morning and thought I'd like to acknowledge the man and his passing. Plus the two You Tube videos are pretty cool.