Just heard about this… the composer of probably my favourite tune ever The Chicken died
on 30th September aged 80.
I have a cd in my car which has about 9 versions of this tune !!
(BTW Discourse, in what way is this topic similar to this one about the ethnic composition of Mormonism ?)
I had heard about it. Pee Wee Ellis did much work with Van Morrison, onstage and in the studio. I have the DVD with Van’s 1980 concert at the Montreux festival (highly recommended), and Ellis is just wonderful on it, like the whole band.
He lived until his death in our town, Frome in Somerset.
Didn’t know him myself, but he taught sax to a friend of ours.
I remember his from one of my favorite songs, Jackie Wilson Said:
(Catch him at 2:45… doin’ the job, man)
Just today I found out:
Pee-Wee played with Jackie Wilson!