David "Fathead" Newman

Fathead Newman plays Hard Times on alto, from the album "Ray Charles Presents Fathead" on Atlantic Records ca. 1959. Jazz on the Boulevard Ft. Worth, Tx 9/22/07. Blues, blues, blues! You can hear the influence of Buster Smith, fellow Dallasite and mentor to Charlie Parker, in Fathead's tone and style on alto. Mmmmm, tasty. Pardon the shaky camera and my "yeah!", but I was excited!

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Music

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• Jazz
• David
• Fathead
• Newman
• Hard
• Times
• Atlantic
• Records
• Ray
• Charles
• Ft
• Worth
• Alto
• sax

[sentimoko]

Fathead was Rays drug dealer and made Ray charles an addict to herione

[impala327]

That's all you have to say? At least spell "heroin" right...jeez. yeah, I'm sure Fathead put the needle in his arm every time and "made him" an addict. Check the picture of the two of them as old friends in the Ray tribute CD Fathead put out recently-obviously Ray "resents" him...

Get a life.

[onemore4heaven]

May you play for the angels in Heaven now Mr. Newman. No rest for the Blues players!

[jbaker45885]

Before you judge someone because they may have an addiction,try walking in their shoes,then you'll see how they became addicts.

[Easygoingfellow]

Great gospeljazz, all-time fave, thanks for putting this to tube.

[hshlom]

Awesome, I still get chills listening to this tune.

I saw him a couple of times in concert and he was fantastic.

And I would have said "yeah!" too!

[hshlom]

Awesome, I still get chills listening to this tune.

And I would have said "yeah!" too!

[ShannonJessicaa]

Who cares if he was a junkie. Just listen too the sound he produced...

[Mnasir97]

this is my family's anthem. Hard times

[imbees2]

David Fathead Newmani is the bomb!! a great jazz player

[DrewAnti1960]

very nice

[clamdraggin]

Impala327 .....unisynthxg is WRONG

...I care and apparently so do lots of others. This is good music!...and your

posting of it is appreciated ALOT by

some.

[CCSGods25]

Youre right - never knew that either but thats it

[clamdraggin]

Wow I just learned something...this

is the sax solo at the beginning of

Dr Johns "Such A Night" on the album

"Trippin Live"

Thanks for posting ...GOOD STUFF!