Every Night's a Saturday Night: The Rock 'n' Roll Life of Legendary Sax Man Bobby Keys PDF
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EvEry Night’s u.s. $25.00 a s aturday Born in slaton, texas, some fifteen miles southeast of Lubbock, Bobby Keys has lived the kind of life that qualifies as a rock ’n’ N i g ht roll folktale. in his early teens, Keys bribed his way into neighbor Buddy holly’s garage band rehearsals, then took up the saxophone E because it was the only instrument left v E unclaimed in the school band. While still in his r teens, he convinced his grandfather to sign y thE rOCK ’N’ rOLL LiFE OF his guardianship over to Crickets drummer N LEgENdary sax MaN i J.i. allison so that Keys could go on tour. g h BOBBy KEys t ’ Keys spent years on the road during the early s days of rock ’n’ roll with hitmakers like Bobby a By Bobby Keys, with Bill ditenhafer BoBBy Keys has been an in-demand session “ s Foreword by Keith richards vee and the various acts on dick Clark’s Caravan a and touring saxophone player since the 1950s. he the first time i heard Buddy holly play was for the grand opening of a t of stars tour. For decades, he was a top touring u has toured and recorded with the rolling stones gas station just half a block away from where my grandparents lived in and session sax man for the likes of Mad dogs r since 1970, and has played on record or onstage d and Englishmen, george harrison, and John slaton, texas. i was twelve years old. that was the first time i’d ever hear with Elvis Presley, Buddy holly’s Crickets, Joe a By Lennon, and then in 1970, most famously, he Cocker, Eric Clapton, John Lennon and yoko Ono, anyone play an electric guitar live. the whole thing was just like . . . O BN began his gig with the rolling stones. Every george harrison, ringo starr, Keith Moon, Warren i don’t know, it was a mountain had just fallen on me. and right then and Bi yg Night’s a Saturday Night finds Keys setting down Zevon, and sheryl Crow, among countless others. there i knew i wanted to have something to do with that music. there Kh the many tales of an over-the-top rock ’n’ roll he lives in Nashville, tennessee. Et was just this power, just something about it . . . it just kinda lit a fuse y s life in his own inimitable voice. ” that started burning then, and it’s still burning now. Bill Ditenhafer is the former editor of Nashville With a foreword by Keith richards and exclusive Lifestyles magazine and has worked as a features — BOBBy KEys interviews with famous friends and fellow writer, arts writer, critic, and editor at weekly newspapers from Nashville, tennessee to Warsaw, travelers, like Joe Crocker and Jim Keltner, Poland. he lives in Nashville with his wife and Every Night’s a Saturday Night paints a unique two children. picture of the coming-of-age of rock ’n’ roll ISBN 978-1-58243-783-5 52500 itself while celebrating how Keys’s raw talent Jacket design by sharon Mcgill and outsized personality have elevated him Cover image: Estate of Keith Morris Back image: Jane rose COUNTERPOINT from sideman to a rock icon. 9 781582 437835 www.counterpointpress.com • distributed by Publishers group West EvEry NIGHT’s a saTurday NIGHT EvEry NIGHT’s a s aTurday NIGHT THE rOCK ’N’ rOLL LIFE OF LEGENdary saX MaN BOBBy KEys By Bobby Keys with Bill ditenhafer Copyright © 2012 Bobby Keys All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. ISBN: 978-1-58243-783-5 Cover design by Sharon McGill Interior design by meganjonesdesign.com Photo Editor: Loni Efron Counterpoint 1919 Fifth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 www.counterpointpress.com Distributed by Publishers Group West 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Mom, who bought me my first horn, for Skip Eckenrod, for getting the ball rolling, and for each and every musician I’ve ever shared a studio, stage, or twelve bars of music with. And last but not least, for my wife, Holly, for her support and recollections, my son, Jesse, and my dog, J.J., leader of the pack. Every night’s a Saturday night, And every day’s a Sunday— I know I’ve been wrong before, But I’m gonna try it one more time. ——TradITIONaL TEXas sayING CONTENTs FOrEWOrd by Keith richards ...........................1 CHaPTEr .....................3 CHaPTEr ...................31 CHaPTEr ...................55 CHaPTEr ...................73 CHaPTEr ...................93 CHaPTEr ..................115 CHaPTEr .................139 CHaPTEr ..................157 CHaPTEr .................189 CHaPTEr ................211 CHaPTEr ...............233 CHaPTEr ...............249 discography ........................ 267 List of Notable Tours and Performances ........................ 271
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