Thursday, May 24, 2012

Willie "Too Big" Hall







Willie "Too Big" Hall was born August 8, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee. He began his career as a drummer in 1965, while still in high school. He played with the Bar-Kays band and Isaac Hayes's band The Movement. In the seventies, as part of the Stax-Volt Recording Section Team from 1968–77, Hall backed dozens of major Stax artists on recordings, including such artists as The EmotionsLittle MiltonCarla and Rufus ThomasJohnnie TaylorThe Staple SingersAlbert King and Isaac Hayes. Hall produced Hayes' last Stax album, and did percussion on Hayes' albumsHot Buttered Soul and The Isaac Hayes Movement, as well as his Theme from Shaft.





Hall also recorded the album Universal Language with Booker T. & the MGs, and later joined guitarist Steve "The Colonel" Cropper and bass player Donald "Duck" Dunn as a member of The Blues Brothers, which led to his appearance in the hit movie The Blues Brothers and its sequel. He appeared as himself in the 2008 movie Soul Men.



Hall has toured the world and recorded with a variety of artists, including The Blues BrothersCab CallowayAretha FranklinRay CharlesKC and the Sunshine BandBonnie RaittEarl ScruggsCharlie Daniels BandTodd Rundgren and Roger McGuinn, among others. He is currently a member of The Bo-Keys, a band of highly respected Memphis musicians, including Isaac Hayes's wah-wah guitarist Charles "Skip" Pitts. He is the father of rapper Gangsta Pat.[1]

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This week's interview will air at the following times on www.AllMemphisMusic.com

MONDAY  May 28th- 12:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

WEDNESDAY May 30th- 5:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

THURSDAY  May 31st- 8:00 PM MEMPHIS  Time CST

The interview was conducted by Barry L. Shankman and K. Paul Compton,Jeffery Haas'TD' and you'll love hearing stories from Willie and his fascinating life that helped shape the Memphis Sound. The Voice of Memphis Music & All Memphis Music are preserving the artists, producers, the musicians and all those who helped create 'The Memphis Sound'

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Jeffery Haas
Barry Shankman
K.Paul Compton



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