name	Ron Holloway
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Ronald Edward Holloway
born	August 24, 1953Washington, D.C.United States
genre	Jazz, R&B;, Blues, Funk, Rock
instrument	Tenor Saxophone
occupation	Musician
years active	1966–present
label	Fantasy/Milestone
associated acts	Warren HaynesSusan TedeschiDizzy GillespieGil Scott-HeronRoot Boy Slim Sonny Rollins
website	Official site
notable instruments	Keilwerth SX90R Tenor Saxophone. }}

Ronald Edward "Ron" Holloway, born August 24, 1953 in Washington, D.C., is an American tenor saxophonist. He is listed in the ''Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'' where veteran jazz critic Ira Gitler describes Holloway as a "bear-down-hard-bopper who can blow authentic R&B; and croon a ballad with warm, blue feeling." Holloway is the recipient of 42 Washington Area Music Awards, or Wammies, two of which he received as musician of the year. Holloway has worked with Susan Tedeschi, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Scott-Heron and Root Boy Slim. He is currently a member of The Warren Haynes Band.

Biography

Early years and influences

Ron Holloway was born to Winston and Marjorie Holloway, avid jazz fans who met while attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. Holloway recalls his father adding to his collection of Prestige and Blue Note jazz albums; something he has kept up until the present day. Holloway's parents, while not musicians, provided a nurturing musical environment for their son. Holloway's father favored the saxophone and trumpet-led albums and particularly enjoyed the great horn soloists.R&B;-influenced Willis Gator Jackson was easiest to grasp at first, but soon he identified the sounds of Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Miles Davis as his principle influences.

After high school graduation, Holloway routinely practiced 8–12 hours a day along with sitting in with bands of all kinds, in jam sessions, which resulted in broadening his versatility. He became familiar with a wide variety of genres. Holloway would frequently perform with jazz, R&B;, funk, rock, jazz fusion, blues, country and folk music groups, within the same week. As the Washington D.C. music scene continued to thrive in the 1970s, Holloway joined his first D.C. based bands; popular R&B; groups called 'The Sounds of Shea' and 'Mad Dog & the Lowlifers'.

In 1974, Holloway went to see Freddie Hubbard in concert and brought an audio cassette tape he'd made while rehearsing to one of Hubbard's recordings. During the intermission he introduced himself and played the tape for Hubbard. After hearing the tape, Hubbard invited Holloway to come back and play with him that Sunday night. He did so and at the end of the performance Hubbard extended an open invitation to sit in with him whenever Hubbard was in town. The next year, Sonny Rollins conducted a clinic at Howard University. Backed by a rhythm section composed of local musicians, Rollins invited the young horn players onstage. Holloway joined him on Rollins' "Playin' in the Yard". After his solo, Holloway received a standing ovation from the audience. Rollins and Holloway remained in touch afterwards, becoming good friends. The friendship and respect between the two ran both ways. Rollins has been equally generous in his praise of Holloway over the years and has mentioned him in several interviews as one of his favorite young tenor players. Holloway enjoyed "his sense of organic construction, ambidextrous timing, humorous quotes, swagger, keen sense of drama and unique tonal texture."

In the summer of 1977 a new club opened and the performers included Rollins, Hubbard and Dizzy Gillespie. Holloway approached Gillespie's dressing room and as he had done with Rollins, brought a tape with him- this time of his performance with Rollins. After Gillespie listened to the tape, he asked Holloway if he had brought his horn, to which Holloway confessed he hadn't because he was concerned about appearing presumptuous. Holloway found himself performing with Gillespie all week. Afterwards, he had a standing invitation to sit in with the band. In 1979 Holloway sat in with Dizzy Gillespie at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, England. Holloway continued to sit in with Gillespie well into the eighties and on June 6, 1987, performed with a large group of musicians honoring Gillespie at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

Root Boy Slim and The Sex Change Band

In 1979 Root Boy, Holloway and the rest of the Sex Change Band participated in a film entitled ''Mr. Mike's Mondo Video'' which was written by Michael O'Donoghue of Saturday Night Live fame. Mondo Video was not broadcast as NBC deemed it "sick" while ''Spin'' later referred to it as "A TV pilot too dangerous to air." In the early 1980s, Root Boy and Holloway made cameo appearances in a film made by the D.C. area comedy group known as The Langley Punks, for their Travesty Films group. Holloway recorded four albums with Root Boy and at least three 45's: "Too Much Jawbone" with "Xmas at K-Mart" on the flip side, "The Meltdown" backed with "Graveyard of Losers" and "Dare To Be Fat" on I.R.S. Records. Holloway was a member of several Root Boy configurations from 1977-1987.

Holloway's tenure with Root Boy Slim overlapped with two other groups. The first was a local funk band called Osiris. Holloway first met Osiris Marsh in 1979 and found their influences included bands with eclectic tastes ranging from Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and Sly and the Family Stone. In addition, Osiris was interested in the culture of ancient Egypt and African American roots music. The members of Osiris were Osiris Marsh on lead vocals, Tony Jones and Tyrone "Ty" Brunson on bass guitars, Maceo Bond on keyboards, Brent Mingle on guitar, Jimmy "Sha-Sha" Stapleton on percussion and Holloway on tenor and soprano saxophones. As a band they produced "the most unalloyed, dirty and downright nasty Funk imaginable." Marsh, who wrote or co-wrote the majority of the band's songs with Bond and Brunson, produced an independent studio album on the band's own label, "Tomdog", titled ''Since Before Our Time'' in 1978. In 1979, Warner Bros. Records picked it up, remixed and repackaged it. Another album, ''O-Zone'', on Marlin Records, met with similar reviews and faced the same overall inability to overcome the dance floor fever that enticed many funk and soul listeners towards disco, as the 1970s came to an end. Holloway played with Osiris from 1979 to 1981.

Gil Scott-Heron

In November 1981 Holloway visited a landmark D.C. club; Blues Alley, where he had been told jazz drummer Norman Connors would be performing. He brought his horn and upon arriving spotted Connors and introduced himself. With an invitation from Connors, he sat in on the next set, getting a good response from the audience. Afterward, Holloway was approached by singer and spoken word artist, Gil Scott-Heron, who complimented him and extended an offer to join his group, the "Amnesia Express". In February, 1982 Holloway played his first concert with Scott-Heron at the Bottom Line in New York City with fellow saxophonist and Amnesia Express co-founder Carl Cornwell. The press appreciated his contributions as well, commenting on his performance in several reviews. It happened that, early in 1982, Holloway was on board when filmmaker Robert Mugge documented Scott-Heron's concert at the Wax Museum nightclub in Washington, D.C. The film is called ''Black Wax''. Holloway found his playing evolving while in the band, commenting, "I got so many things together on my horn while playing with Gil. It was really a valuable period of self discovery." Holloway was a member of Scott-Heron's group from February 1982 until June 1989. In June 1989 he was sitting in with Dizzy at Blues Alley. During the intermission, Gillespie sent his manager to find Holloway. Gillespie surprised Holloway with the statement he was in need of a sax player. Holloway accepted and found himself touring the world with Gillespie, performing for audiences that varied from club capacity to popular American television shows which included the Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall shows. During his tenure with Gillespie, Holloway recorded two albums with the trumpeter; ''The Symphony Sessions'' on Pro Arte and ''Dizzy Gillespie - Live! at Blues Alley'', on the Blues Alley imprint. He also played the top Jazz and music festivals, clubs, theaters and concert halls around the world with Gillespie. Holloway was a member of Gillespie's quintet from June 1989 until his death on January 6, 1993.

Solo recording

In the fall of 1993, Holloway recorded an album and sent the demo to his mentor, Sonny Rollins. Rollins, then forwarded the recording to Fantasy Records and Holloway was signed to Milestone Records, one of Fantasy's subsidiary labels, within a week's time. To date, Holloway has released four albums on Fantasy's Milestone Records label and another on the Jazzmont label.

Little Feat

Little Feat perform annually in Negril, Jamaica, inviting fans to attend and in early February 2006, Holloway made the trip and appeared as a guest during the 4th Annual Featfan Excursion.

2000 to 2011

Holloway met Derek Trucks in 2002 aboard Trucks' tour bus just outside the entrance to Rams Head Onstage, in Annapolis, Maryland. Trucks surprised him with his vast knowledge of various musical genres. Holloway has since performed with Trucks many times as a guest of The Derek Trucks Band and The Allman Brothers Band, toured with both the Susan Tedeschi Band (of which Holloway was a member) and the band co-led by Trucks and Tedeschi for a couple of summers, "Soul Stew Revival".

On September 30, 2004, Little Feat were scheduled to open for the Allman Brothers Band at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia. Holloway was to accompany Little Feat. Aside from Little Feat, Holloway found himself in the company of the two featured guitarists in The Allman Brothers Band. This was the first time he had heard the band with its current lineup. Warren Haynes invited Holloway to sit in with the band and at the close of the concert, he performed on one of the classic tunes made famous by the band; "Southbound". Haynes invited Holloway to appear with Gov't Mule afterward at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., and they performed two consecutive nights on October 27 and 28, 2004 before a packed house, recording both nights. The next year, in the summer of 2005, guitarist Jack Pearson and Holloway toured with The Allman Brothers Band, filling in for an ailing Warren Haynes. It was the beginning of many performances where Holloway appeared with The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule, playing the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia, the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, Florida, Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.) and The Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, which Haynes hosts annually, in Asheville, North Carolina.

In January 2010, Gov't Mule hosted their first "Gov't Mule Island Exodus" in the same resort in Negril, Jamaica that Holloway had visited with Little Feat. Over the course of the four nights, Gov't Mule performed three evening concerts, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals played three shows and Warren Haynes played a solo set. Guesting throughout were DJ Logic (turntables), "Mean" Willie Green (drums) and Holloway (tenor sax).

Susan Tedeschi

In October, 2005 Holloway finally heard blues and soul singer, Susan Tedeschi perform with her own group at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, Maryland. Tedeschi and Holloway met previously a couple of years before while guesting with her husband, Derek Trucks, at the Wanee Festival and a show at The Birchmere, (in suburban Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.). After renewing their acquaintance and performing that night, Tedeschi invited Holloway to join her band. For the next few years, the band toured across Europe and extensively throughout the United States, playing major festivals, concert halls, theaters and clubs. Tedeschi, along with her band have also appeared on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and have been seen on countless local news spots as they toured across the United States. Along with the airplay her recordings receive, Tedeschi has performed live many times on radio stations across the country, including NPR. Holloway was a member of Tedeschi's band for four years.

Devon Allman and Honeytribe

Having been introduced to Gregg Allman while playing with The Allman Brothers Band, Holloway encountered his son, Devon Allman at the Iota Club & Cafe in Arlington, Virginia on March 31, 2009 when Devon's band Honeytribe performed there. Allman contacted Holloway when his band, Honeytribe were preparing to record their second album and had need of a saxophone player. Holloway traveled to Memphis, Tennessee and spent two days recording with the band at Ardent Studios for Honeytribe's sophomore release; ''Space Age Blues''. The CD was released in October 2010 to positive reviews.

Warren Haynes

In February 2009, Warren Haynes began work on a solo project at Pedernales Studio, in Austin, Texas with Gordie Johnson as co-producer and engineer. The recording features George Porter Jr. on electric bass, Ivan Neville on keyboards, Raymond Weber on drums, Ian McLagan on additional keyboards, Ruthie Foster on vocals and Holloway on tenor saxophone. The CD is titled "Man in Motion" and is scheduled to be released on May 10, 2011 on the Stax/Concord Music Group label.

The debut of The Warren Haynes Band took place during the 22nd Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, which was held at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina on Saturday, December 11, 2010. The group line-up was; Warren Haynes (lead vocals/guitar), Ivan Neville (keys/vocals), Ron Johnson (electric bass), Terence Higgins (drums), Ruthie Foster (vocals) and Holloway (tenor saxophone).

Discography

as leader

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Album !Label |- |1994 |''Slanted'' |Fantasy Records/Milestone Records |- |1995 |''Struttin'' |Fantasy Records/Milestone Records |- |1996 |''Scorcher'' |Fantasy Records/Milestone Records |- |1998 |''Groove Update'' |Fantasy Records/Milestone Records |- |2003 |''Ron Holloway & Friends Live at Montpelier'' |JazzMont Records |- |}

with Dizzy Gillespie

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Album !Label |- |1989 |''The Symphony Sessions'' |Pro Arte Records |- |1990 |''Dizzy Gillespie Live! At Blues Alley'' |Blues Alley Music Society (BAMS) |- |}

References

External links

Official site

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name	Warren Haynes
background	solo_singer
born	April 06, 1960Asheville, North CarolinaUnited States
genre	Southern rock, hard rock, blues, blues-rock
instrument	Guitar, vocals
occupation	MusicianSongwriterRecord producer
label	Epic, Sony, Sanctuary, Evil Teen Records
years active	1982-present
associated acts	The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, The Warren Haynes Band, Dickey Betts Great Southern Band, The Dead, Dave Matthews Band, David Allan Coe
website	Official website,
notable instruments	Gibson Les Paul }}

Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey Betts Band early in his career, and later as a founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule , and as a long time member of The Allman Brothers Band. Haynes also is known for his associations with the remaining members of The Grateful Dead, including touring as a member of Phil Lesh and Friends, and with The Dead . In addition Haynes founded and manages Evil Teen Records .

Personal background and style

In addition to singing and playing acoustic and electric guitar, Haynes is also a songwriter. He spent his formative years in Asheville, North Carolina, where he lived with his two older brothers and his father, Edward Haynes. Warren began to play the guitar at age 12. His primary guitar is a Gibson Les Paul '58 Reissue Electric Guitar. His choice of a '58 is most likely because of Duane Allman's famed '58 Les Paul and the tone he achieved with that, rather than the more commonly used '59 Les Paul model, popularized by guitarists such as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page).

Haynes has referred to himself as a "Gibson man", often playing Gibson Firebird and Gibson ES-335 models as well as the Les Paul models. This was acknowledged by the American guitar maker Gibson Guitar Corp. which has included a limited edition ''Warren Haynes signature Les Paul'' in its product line. Built according to Haynes' specifications and modeled on his '58 Les Paul. Haynes is married to Stefani Scamardo, a DJ for Sirius radio and the long-time manager of Gov't Mule.

Influences

In a 2006 interview with Gibson.com's ''Backstage Pass'' Haynes explains his early influences : "When I first started—chronologically speaking—Hendrix and Clapton and Johnny Winter were the first three people I got turned on to. That was the Cream era of Clapton. Then eventually, I heard the Allman Brothers and everybody else from that era that I stole something from (laughs). Of course, I would read interviews with all these people and find out who they listened to. And they all listened to B.B. King and Freddie King and Albert King and Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters and Elmore James, so I would go back and discover that stuff."

During the same 2006 interview Haynes talked about his realization of how much the blues had influenced his one-time employer, David Allen Coe. "When I joined Coe’s band, I realized how much he loved blues. Whenever his voice was tired on tour, we would go out just the two of us and open up with a bunch of Jimmy Reed songs. Then segue that into the show. One by one, the drummer would walk on and the bass player would walk on, and eventually the whole band would be onstage. He was really influenced by Jimmy Reed and Lightnin’ Hopkins. That stuff was way back in his formative years, so whenever it came out, it was very genuine."

Professional career

The early years and David Allan Coe

Warren Haynes joined David Allan Coe's touring and recording band in 1980 when he was 20 years old. Coe's bass guitarist Mickey Hayes had first seen Haynes performing at a nightclub called "The Brass Tap" in Asheville. Coe and the band had just finished a movie called ''Lady Grey'', and Coe had decided to drop his current lead guitarist at the time, so Hayes went to Coe and told him of a promising guitarist he'd seen play, recommended Haynes be hired to join the band and fill the spot. Upon Hayes' advice, Coe called and asked Haynes to join the band. He joined that night and played his first gig with the band in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

After playing with Coe for four years, Warren Haynes and Mickey Hayes left Coe and relocated to Nashville, where they shared an apartment and worked together to form the band "Rich Hippies" which consisted of Dennis Robbins on slide guitar and backing vocals, Mickey Hayes on Bass guitar and backing vocals, Mark Dever on drums, Warren Haynes on lead guitar and lead vocals, and Tommy Irwin on steel guitar. The band lasted over a year from 1984 to late 1985, during which they performed in various clubs around Nashville.

After the Rich Hippies, Haynes got a gig with The Nighthawks, while continuing to play with local musicians and doing session guitar and vocal work. One notable achievement of this period is a song he co-wrote with Dennis Robbins and Bobby Boyd for the famed country-rock musician Garth Brooks, titled "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House", which was released on the album ''No Fences'' and remained the number 1 single on ''Billboard'''s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for twenty weeks.

Dickey Betts Band and The Allman Brothers Band

Around 1987, Warren got a call to perform back up vocals on a studio album by Dickey Betts, along with Dennis Robbins. Dickey decided to add Warren to his band as his guitarist after this meeting. With Matt Abts on drums and Johnny Neel on keyboards the now formed Dickey Betts Band released the 1988 album ''Pattern Disruptive''.

In 1989, The Allman Brothers Band decided to reunite, and Betts recruited Haynes to join the band. Also joining were Johnny Neel on keyboards and Allen Woody on bass guitar. Haynes has since played on four well-received studio albums, including the gold certified ''Where It All Begins'' (1994). He also has played on four official live releases from the band, including the 2003 DVD ''Live at the Beacon Theatre''. Haynes and Woody left the group in March 1997 to focus solely on their side project Gov't Mule. Shortly after Woody's untimely death on August 26, 2000, Haynes began appearing with The Allman Brothers Band again in 2000 alongside young guitar prodigy Derek Trucks. He returned to the band as a full time member a few months later.

Gov't Mule

In 1994, Haynes formed Gov't Mule with Abts and Woody. Haynes and Woody initially split time between Gov't Mule and The Allman Brothers Band, but after The Allman Brothers' last show of their 1997 run at New York's Beacon Theatre on March 26, 1997, both left the band to focus on Gov't Mule full-time. They released three albums and became known for their powerful live performances. Some of these performances have been released as official live albums (''Live At Roseland Ballroom'', ''Live With A Little Help From Our Friends'' and ''Mulennium'' – the latter two capture their annual New Year's Eve shows).

In August 2000 Woody died, and a decision was made to finish the tour acoustically as the "Smile at Half-Mast" tour. Gov't Mule released two studio albums (''The Deep End, Volume 1'' and ''The Deep End, Volume 2'') and a live album/DVD (''The Deepest End, Live in Concert'') featuring many of Woody's favorite bass players. In 2003 Andy Hess (bass) and Danny Louis (keyboard/organ) were added as permanent members to the group and in late 2004 they released their first studio effort, ''Deja Voodoo'', which later included an EP of newly recorded material titled ''Mo Voodoo''. After recording 2006's ''High & Mighty'', Gov't Mule also released a dub EP titled ''Mighty High'' and a DVD titled ''Tail of 2 Cities'' that contained two full performances recorded in 2004 and 2006. The two shows on the DVD captured the first show of the Deja Voodoo Tour and the last show of the High & Mighty Tour, serving to encapsulate what was created over those two years. In 2008, Andy Hess left Gov't Mule to pursue other projects and was replaced by relative unknown Jorgen Carlsson. ''By a Thread'', the first studio album from Gov't Mule with Jorgen, was released in 2009 on Haynes' own label, Evil Teen Records.

In 2010 they went back to the vault and released Mulennium a 3 disc recording of a show from New Years Eve 1999 in Atlanta. This was the first official recording released of the original trio since the death of Allen Woody in 2000. It also featured an appearance by Little Milton, one of Warren's guitar heroes from his youth.

The Dead

Since the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, Warren has performed and toured with many of the remaining members of the Grateful Dead. In 1997 Warren and Matt came onstage to jam with Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman in a small club that was being filmed for Robert Mugge's film on Robert Johnson, ''Hellhound On My Trail.'' Then in 2000 Phil Lesh approached him to play lead guitar and sing for his solo group Phil Lesh & Friends, where he played for 3 years. In 2004 when The Dead (remaining members of the Grateful Dead) were in need of a new guitarist they called upon Haynes to come play lead and sing for that summer's "Wave That Flag Tour". His run with The Dead ended on a night where he came in with them, then performed a solo acoustic set, and then ended the night playing with The Allman Brothers Band and started out on his next tour with them. He played lead guitar for The Dead again in late 2008 when they performed at a benefit at Penn State for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama and then toured with them in the Spring of 2009.

Solo artist and guest appearances

In 1993, Warren released his first solo album, ''Tales of Ordinary Madness'', which was produced by former Allman Brother keyboardist Chuck Leavell. He toured briefly in support of the record with various musicians.

In 2003 and 2004, Warren released two solo acoustic albums, ''The Lone EP'', a collection of live performances and ''Live From Bonnaroo'' which documents his solo performance at the 2003 Bonnaroo Music Festival. When not touring with one of his electric bands, Warren will often take time out to do solo acoustic shows which include a variety of well-known and rare covers along with his own material. In 2004, Warren Haynes performed five full-length solo acoustic shows, as well as opened 23 times for The Dead and once for The Allman Brothers Band.

He has also made 45 song appearances and 28 concert appearances with Dave Matthews Band, including on two released live albums: ''Live at Central Park Concert'' in which he performed "Cortez the Killer", and "Jimi Thing", and ''Live at Piedmont Park'' where he performed "What Would You Say".

In 2005 Warren performed a one time only show under the name Warren Haynes & Friends. The band included Abts on drums, Dave Schools of Widespread Panic on bass, John Medeski of Medeski Martin & Wood, and Skerik the avant-garde sax player of bands such as Critters Buggin' and Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. The group played a selection of blues songs, including songs of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, and Gov't Mule standards. The band was also featured as the house band during a number of tapings of Carson Daly's late show in early February 2005. During one of these tapings, the scheduled musical act was absent, so Warren performed an acoustic rendition of U2's ''One''. The song also appeared on his ''Live from Bonnaroo'' album.

After recording Gov't Mule's ''By a Thread'' album, Haynes formed The Warren Haynes Band. The core of the group includes George Porter Jr. on bass, Ivan Neville on keys and Raymond Weber on drums. Also joining them on keys is Ian McLagan, as well as vocalist Ruthie Foster and Ron Holloway on tenor sax. The Warren Haynes Band made their debut performance at Haynes' annual Christmas Jam in Asheville, North Carolina on December 11, 2010. The album, Man in Motion, was released in May 2011.

Haynes has stated that his further solo efforts might take him into still other fields "There are other projects I want to do, too," he relates. "I'm interested in recording a singer-songwriter oriented album with more acoustic instruments, a jazzy instrumental CD and a straight-up blues record. But like Man In Motion, those albums will have to wait until the time is right."

The Christmas Jam

Starting in 1989, Haynes put together an annual charity benefit show, inviting musicians originally from his home town of Asheville who were home for Christmas, the only time of year they would all be in town at the same time. The first show, held at the ''45 Cherry'' club in Asheville on December 29, 1989, was dubbed "The Christmas Jam: Musician's X-Mas Reunion." Some of the artists at the first Christmas Jam were Warren Haynes, Mike Barnes, Crystal Zoo, The Stripp Band and the McBad Brothers Band.

In the initial years the proceeds from the concert were donated to various charities but eventually the organizers decided to focus on Habitat for Humanity , a charity that builds houses for the disadvantaged. In tribute to his financial support of Habitat for Humanity, a subdivision in Lower Hominy, North Carolina, a suburb of Asheville, North Carolina has a street named after Warren Haynes . In 2002, Haynes was presented the Key to the City of Asheville by Mayor Charles Worley. In 2003, Mayor Worley proclaimed December 18th "Warren Haynes Day."

The event has continued to grow every year and is now dubbed "Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam." Due to increasing audience demand the show was eventually moved to the Asheville Civic Center, and was now featuring many well known artists and friends Haynes played with over the years.

Some past performers include The Allman Brothers Band, Blues Traveler, Jackson Browne, Johnny Winter, Drive-By Truckers, DJ Logic, Peter Frampton, Gov't Mule, John Hiatt, Bruce Hornsby, Hot Tuna, John Paul Jones (musician), Ray LaMontagne, Phil Lesh & Friends, Umphrey's McGee, Little Feat, Living Colour, Branford Marsalis, Dave Matthews, Neville Brothers, New Orleans Social Club, North Mississippi Allstars, Phish's Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, John Scofield, Dr.Ralph Stanley, Marty Stuart, Taj Mahal Trio, Susan Tedeschi, The Derek Trucks Band,Bob Weir, Widespread Panic's John Bell, Dave Schools, John (Jo Jo) Herman, Todd Nance & Jimmy Herring, Kevin Kenney from Drivin' N Cryin', and Edwin McCain.

In 2008, for its twentieth anniversary, "The Christmas Jam" consisted of two nights of music; including "The Christmas Jam By Day," a series of events including daytime concerts, movie screenings, and art, photo, and poster exhibits taking place in downtown Asheville on the days leading up to the show. The event reverted to one night in 2009 but retained the "The Christmas Jam By Day," and included the new "Christmas Comedy Jam." The same format was repeated in 2010.

Instructional Videos

Haynes has recorded two instructional videos; ''Electric Blues & Slide Guitar'' and ''Acoustic Slide and the art of Electric Improvisation'' . He discusses his influences and shows an array of techniques such as "call and response", string bending, vibrato, slide guitar in standard tuning and some acoustic open tuning licks in G and E tunings. For the demonstrations of the Electric Improvisation section of the second video he is accompanied by Allen Woody and Matt Abts.

Taping policy

All of Warren Haynes' projects allow audio taping/trading/online distribution. He does not approve of video recording or photography of his performances and does not provide 'soundboard patches'. The Allman Brothers Band also allows pro-taping/trading, but discourages distribution of their shows via the internet via applications such as BitTorrent. In a 2005 ''USA Today'' article, Haynes stated that while widespread tape-trading may cut into band profits, "it does more good than harm. It brings more people into the fold"

Discography

Allman Brothers Band

''Seven Turns'', 1990

''Shades of Two Worlds'', 1991

''An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set'', 1992 (live)

''Where It All Begins'', 1994

''An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set'', 1995 (live)

''Hittin' the Note'', 2003

''Live at the Beacon Theatre''

''One Way Out'', 2004 (live)

Gov't Mule

''Gov't Mule'', 1995

''Live at Roseland Ballroom'', 1996

''Dose'', 1998

''Live ... With A Little Help From Our Friends'', 1998

''Life Before Insanity'', 2000

''Wintertime Blues: The Benefit Concert'', 2000

''The Deep End, Volume 1'', 2001

''The Deep End, Volume 2'', 2002

''The Deepest End, Live In Concert'', 2003

''Deja Voodoo'', 2004

''Mo' Voodoo (EP), 2005

''High & Mighty'', 2006

''Mighty High'', 2007

''Holy Haunted House'', 2007 (Live)

''By a Thread'', 2009

''Mulennium'', 2010 (Live)

Dave Matthews Band

Live at Piedmont Park

The Central Park Concert

Live Trax Vol. 20

Warren Haynes

''Tales of Ordinary Madness'' - 1993

''The Lone EP'' - 2003 (live)

''Live at Bonnaroo'' - 2004 (live)

''Man in Motion'' - 2011

Phil Lesh & Friends

''There and Back Again'' - 2002

Garth Brooks

''No Fences'', writing credits on song "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" - 1990

David Allan Coe

''Live - If That Ain't Country...'' , 1997 (live)

Corrosion of Conformity

''America's Volume Dealer - Stare Too Long'' - 2000

The Derek Trucks Band

''Already Free'', writing credits on song "Back Where I Started" - 2009

''Out Of The Madness'', vocal obligato and lead guitar on "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "Forty-Four" and "Death Letter" - 1998

Compilation

''Freeway Jam: To Beck and Back Jeff Beck Tribute'' - 2007 - Track #7 "The Pump"

Kevn Kinney (Drivin' N Cryin')

The Flower & The Knife - Producer, Backup Vocalist and Guitarist on most of the tracks - 2000

References

External links

Warren Haynes

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Name	Max M. Fisher
Birth date	July 15, 1908
Birth place	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death date	March 3, 2005
Death place	Franklin, Michigan
Death cause	Natural causes
Nationality	United States of America
Occupation	Gas station tycoon & philanthropist
Spouse	Sylvia Krell (m. 1934, d. Jun-1952), Marjorie Switow Fisher (m. 1953), Phillip William Fisher (stepson, adopted), Mary Davis Fisher (stepdaughter, adopted) Julie Cummings, Marjorie Martin Fisher
Children	Jane Fisher Sherman, Julie Fisher Cummings
Parents	father-Velvil Fisch mother-Malka Brody
Footnotes	}}

Max Martin Fisher (July 15, 1908-March 3, 2005) was a businessman, philanthropist, and benefactor/alumnus of the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. He spent much of his life raising money for philanthropic and political endeavors and was a supporter of charitable and civic organizations. His skill at diplomacy kept him connected to every administration since President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s on Middle East and Jewish issues. Max Fisher died about 11:30am in his home surrounded by family in Franklin, Michigan.

Fisher was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Russian immigrant parents and grew up in Salem, Ohio, where his father owned a clothing store. He attended The Ohio State University on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in business administration in 1930. In 1933, Fisher joined his father's oil reclamation business in Detroit as a $15-a-week salesman before forming his own company. He grew the business into one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest before selling the business in 1959 to Aurora Gasoline, a company Fisher would chair for 27 years. He was known for his personal Latin mantra: "Sic Trans Gloria."

Following the sale of Aurora to Marathon Oil for $40 million, Fisher invested his fortune in real estate after retiring from business in 1963 where he sat on the board of Comerica, the consumer and investment bank, and Sotheby's, in addition to serving as the Honorary Chairman of United Jewish Communities (UJC), Council of Jewish Federations, and the American Jewish Committee. Fisher supported Jewish and general causes worldwide and played a major role in almost every major Jewish communal organization. He was also the subject of articles, debates, TV documentaries, and a biography, entitled “Quiet Diplomat” by Peter Golden.

For decades Fisher also served as a trusted advisor to U.S. presidents and Israeli prime ministers, rallying for causes from the Six-Day War to Ethiopian Jewry. By quietly forging new ties between Washington and Jerusalem, Fisher pioneered a new era in American Jewish activism and politics and was considered the elder statesman of North American Jewry.

Philanthropic activities

In Detroit, Fisher backed the $60 million Max. M. Fisher Music Center, which serves as the home for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and includes a public high school for the performing arts center called The Max. In 1977, he joined with Taubman and Henry Ford II to buy the Irvine Ranch south of Los Angeles for $337 million; Fisher's group would sell the property six years later for an estimated $1 billion.

He also leveraged around $20 million to finance The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business for development of a new six-building business campus that opened in 1998. An additional pledge of $5 million was given to the Fisher College of Business in February 2005 to support Master of Business Administration programs.

Fisher served as national chairman of UJC's predecessor organizations, the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) from 1965–1967; president of the Council of Jewish Federations from 1969–1972; and chairman of the United Israel Appeal, Inc. (UIA) from 1968–1971; and president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit from 1959-1964.

In addition to being honorary chair of UJC, he was founding chairman of the board of governors of UJC's overseas partner, the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). He was also active in the American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International, and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.

Family

Fisher's first wife, Sylvia Krell Fisher, died in 1952. He re-married in 1953 to Marjorie Switow Fisher. They had five children: Jane Fisher Sherman, former chairperson of the United Israel Appeal, Inc. (UIA) and former co-chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel Committee on Israel; AIDS activist Mary Fisher; Phillip William Fisher; Julie Fisher Cummings; and Marjorie Martin Fisher; as well as 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Fisher was the uncle of Stephen M. Ross, a billionaire New York developer and benefactor of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Wealth

In 2004, Max Fisher had amassed a net worth of $775 million. At 96, he was the oldest member of the Forbes 400 .

Other Acknowledgments

In March 2006, a male chapter of BBYO was founded by 12 young men from the state of Michigan with the name of Max Fisher AZA (AZA standing for Aleph Zadik Aleph, the male sector of the organization). Following the foundation, the chapter was officially recognized by the Fisher Foundation in early April. The chapter's charter number is #337.

References

External links

Membership on 2004 Forbes 400

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name	Dirty Dozen Brass Band
background	group_or_band
origin	New Orleans, Louisiana
genre	Jazz, New Orleans R&B;, Jazz fusion, Second Line, Funk, Soul, Jam Band|
years active	1977–present
label	Concord Jazz, Rounder, Columbia, Mammoth, Ropeadope Records, Shout! Factory
associated acts	Modest Mouse, Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews
website	www.dirtydozenbrass.com
current members	Gregory Davis - trumpet, vocals Roger Lewis - baritone, soprano sax Kevin Harris - Tenor saxophone Terence Higgins - Drums Jake Eckert - Guitar (touring band) Efrem Towns - Trumpet, flugelhorn Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
past members	Charles Joseph - TromboneLionel Batiste - Bass drumBenny Jones - Bass drumJenell Marshall - Snare drumBig Sam - TromboneJamie Mclean GuitarJulius McKee - SousaphoneRevert Andrews - Trombone
notable instruments	}}

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band. The ensemble was established in 1977 by Benny Jones together with members of the Tornado Brass Band. The Dirty Dozen revolutionized the New Orleans brass band style by incorporating funk and bebop into the traditional New Orleans style, and has been a major influence on the majority of New Orleans brass bands since.

Beginnings

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band ultimately grew out of the youth music program established by Danny Barker at New Orleans' Fairview Baptist Church. In 1972 Barker started the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, with the goal of providing young people with a positive outlet for their energies; the band achieved considerable local popularity and transformed itself a professional outfit led by trumpeter Leroy Jones and known as the Hurricane Brass Band. By 1976, however, opportunities for brass bands were drying up; Jones left the group to play mainstream jazz and, after a brief period as the Tornado Brass Band, the group fell apart.

Nevertheless, a few of the musicians from the Tornado band—trumpeter Gregory Davis, sousaphonist Kirk Joseph, trombonist Charles Joseph, and saxophonist Kevin Harris–continued to rehearse together into 1977, and they were joined by Efrem Towns[Trumpeter/Lead Singer] and Roger Lewis on saxophone and Benny Jones and Jenell Marshall on drums. By this point the popularity of brass band music in New Orleans was at a low ebb, and paying gigs were rare, a circumstance which influenced the early development of the band. As Davis describes it,

:In the beginning, there was a lot of rehearsal going on, ... [and] we started to develop a repertoire. ... We were just rehearsing, and we were interested in learning the chord progressions and the melodies. ... We were all free to bring in whatever we wanted to rehearsal. We weren't thinking about getting gigs.

This sense of freedom allowed the band to incorporate bebop tunes and jazz standards into their repertoire, as well as lighthearted pieces like the Flintstones theme song.

When Benny Jones, who was active in the social and pleasure club scene, was asked to get a band together for a parade he would draw from this rehearsal group; before long, Gregory Davis assumed leadership of the band. "I thought it would be better to use the same people as often as I could," he explains. "That helped to keep it tight." The band initially called themselves the Original Sixth Ward Dirty Dozen, a name designed to show their strong connection to the Treme neighborhood and the local social club scene, as represented by the Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club.

The band began playing regular Thursday night gigs at a Seventh Ward club called Daryl's, and later added a regular spot at the Glasshouse, a neighborhood bar in a black neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, which lasted "about seven or eight years". The Daryl's performances caught the attention of Jerry Brock, a radio broadcaster and co-founder of new local radio station WWOZ. Brock describes his initial reaction to the band:

:I'll never forget the first time I walked in there. ... The people were so exuberant—the floor was covered with people, rolling on the floor! ... This is what the Fairview band and the Hurricane Brass Band had been leading up to—the Dirty Dozen had renewed this music to the New Orleans community. The people were going wild. Going to Daryl's became the weekly ritual.

Popularity

In 1980, Jerry Brock made the first professional recording of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, which he played "constantly" on WWOZ. He also prepared a press kit for the group and, in his words, "helped them to present themselves professionally".

According to the December 7th, 1981 Times-Picayune article (Section 5, Page3), by writer Betty Guillaud, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band was one of the groups that performed at the Rolling Stones private party aboard the Riverboat “S.S. President” in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dianna Chenevert handled band bookings and assisted with guest selection for promoter Bill Graham. A photo taken of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band onstage at the Stones party was later used on the inside of Chenevert’s agency brochure. Dirty Dozen band members were featured as stellar musicians from Louisiana, on the Southern Stars poster created by Chenevert to help promote them and historically document their contribution to the music industry. On October 12, 1983 USA Today reporter Miles White highlighted the poster, which also provided more nationwide attention.

Back in 1982 Brock had arranged a concert for the band at the well known local music venue Tipitina's, which was the first time they had played at a "white club" in New Orleans. Afterwards the band had one of its first international appearances, when Kidd Jordan recommended the band to the organizers of the Groningen Festival in Holland.

The band's popularity began to take off in 1984. Promoter George Wein booked them on a tour of southern Europe, and when they returned to the United States they secured engagements at two clubs in New York, Tramp's and the Village Gate, where their original short bookings were ultimately extended to six weeks. After a week at home in New Orleans the band travelled to California for four weeks, and before the year was out made three more trips to Europe. 1984 also saw the recording and release of the band's first album, ''My Feet Can't Fail Me Now'', on the Concord Jazz label. Gregory Davis assesses the band's popularity at the time:

:Outside Louisiana, support was in pockets. It was okay in California, but our widest support was in Europe. ... There were many more festivals and clubs that featured jazz, and a high level of enthusiasm. We got the same sort of reception in Japan.

In 1986 the band's set at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland was recorded and released as ''Mardi Gras at Montreux'' on Rounder Records. The album and the band's touring successes attracted major-label attention, and in 1987 the band signed a contract with Columbia. Their Columbia debut, 1987's ''Voodoo'', featured guest appearances by Dr. John, Dizzy Gillespie and Branford Marsalis. This introduced a trend for the group, and future recordings saw them joined by a variety of special guests including Elvis Costello, DJ Logic, Norah Jones, and the man who started it all, Danny Barker. The group has also toured and recorded with jam band Widespread Panic, as well as spending almost all of 1995 as the opening act for The Black Crowes 'Amorica Or Bust' US Tour.

In 1998, after a five-year hiatus from recording, the band switched labels to release ''Ears To the Wall'' on Mammoth Records. They followed it up in 1999 with ''Buck Jump'' which was produced by John Medeski of Medeski Martin & Wood (Medeski also played Hammond B3 on the album). Their next album, 2002's ''Medicated Magic'', appeared on Ropeadope Records, as did their subsequent studio release, ''Funeral for a Friend,'' which appeared in 2004. ''Funeral for a Friend'' represents something of a return to the band's roots: it is a documentation of a New Orleans "funeral with music", the original environment of the brass band form. They appear on the 2005 benefit album ''A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005'', with the song "Mardi Gras In New Orleans". They were also featured on two tracks on Modest Mouse's album "Good News for People Who Love Bad News": "Horn Intro" and "This Devil's Workday." On August 29, 2006, the Dozen released ''What's Going On'', their version of the entire 1971 Marvin Gaye landmark disc ''What's Going On'' as a response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that struck New Orleans exactly one year earlier.

Influence

From the beginning, the music of the Dirty Dozen was a departure from the traditional New Orleans brass band sound, and as the band's popularity increased the distance between them and more traditional groups only grew. When Kirk and Charles Joseph left the band suddenly in 1991, citing the pressures of the group's demanding touring schedule, Davis was forced to replace Kirk Joseph not with another sousaphonist but with an electric bass player. Similarly, in 1994 drummers Lionel Batiste (who had replaced Benny Jones on bass drum some years earlier) and Jenell Marshall left the group; Davis was unable to find a pair of drummers who met his expectations, and instead hired a single musician to play drum kit. The subsequent addition of a keyboard player and guitarist removed the band still further from its street band roots. Finally, throughout the band's history they relied on written arrangements to a far greater extent than do most other New Orleans brass bands.

Despite the Dirty Dozen's uniqueness, however, the band's success inspired a resurgence of New Orleans' brass band music, both in the city and nationwide. The band was most influential in the 1980s, when they demonstrated by example that brass band music could be successful by moving beyond a type of music that risked stagnation as nothing more than a tourist attraction. Before the Dirty Dozen band was formed the Olympia Brass Band was already mixing R&B; and jazz influences in with traditional tunes; the Dirty Dozen took this farther, and gave the trend worldwide visibility. Bands which followed in their wake did not all follow their more jazz oriented stage band approach—only the Soul Rebels have gone in that direction—but a wide variety of bands, from the Rebirth Brass Band to Wisconsin's Youngblood Brass Band have been influenced by them in other ways. Rebirth has the most direct connection with the Dirty Dozen: they got their start playing at Daryl's when the Dirty Dozen was on the road.

Discography

1984 - ''My Feet Can't Fail Me Now'' (Concord Jazz)

1986 - ''Live: Mardi Gras in Montreaux'' (Rounder)

1987 - ''Voodoo'' (Columbia) Featuring Dr. John, Dizzy Gillespie and Branford Marsalis

1989 - ''The New Orleans Album'' (Columbia) Featuring Danny Barker, Dave Bartholomew, Eddie Bo and Elvis Costello

1991 - ''Open Up: Whatcha Gonna Do For the Rest of Your Life'' (Columbia)

1993 - ''Jelly'' (Columbia)

1993 - ''This Is Jazz, Volume 30'' (Sony)

1998 - ''Ears To the Wall'' (Mammoth)

1999 - ''Buck Jump'' (Mammoth) Featuring John Medeski

2002 - ''Medicated Magic'' (Ropeadope Records) Featuring John Bell, Dr. John, Olu Dara, Norah Jones, DJ Logic, and Robert Randolph

2003 - ''We Got Robbed: Live in New Orleans'' (Self-released)

2004 - ''funeral for a friend'' (Ropeadop)

2005 - ''This is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band'' (compilation, from Shout! Factory)

2006 - ''What's Going On'' (Shout Factory)

2007 ''Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino'' (Vanguard), performing "Every Night About This Time" with Buddy Guy and Joss Stone

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band has also recorded a pair of albums with Widespread Panic:

2000 - ''Another Joyous Occasion''

2004 - ''Night of Joy''

The Dirty Dozen Brass Bands appear on:

1989 - "Spike", Elvis Costello (Warner Bros.): Songs - "Deep, Dark, Truthful Mirror", "Chewing Gum", "Stalin Malone"

References

Burns, Mick. ''Keeping the Beat On the Street: The New Orleans Brass Band Renaissance''. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8071-3048-6

External links

Official website

Dirty Dozen Brass Band collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

unofficial fanclub website

Press Kit from Ropeadope Records

MusicWeb Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Interview with Efrem Towns at About.com

Category:American jazz ensembles Category:Jazz musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:Concord Records artists Category:Brass bands from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:Live Music Archive artists Category:Musical groups established in 1977

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