I live in and am from Indianapolis and play guitar because of Wes 🎉 thank you for sharing hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼♥️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8
I'll just add my little 2 cents. Over the years, I read how Wes toiled during the day and played all night. This work ethic contributed to his legendary status. But that, along with chain smoking, ultimately led to his demise at relatively such a young age. He was only 45.
Yes, he had a full time job as a welder and was playing at two clubs in the evenings, one after the other. He slept about 2 or 3 hours a night until he achieved commercial success with tunes like "Going Out of My Head" and "Windy." Not to mention that he had seven kids! And a bad smoking habit. So it's not surprising that he passed away when he did. Fortunately, he left us a bunch of superb jazz albums that will be treasured forever.
The thing that’s strange about the cymbal story is how did Billy Hart know that Wes was gonna like the cymbal he picked out. The only thing I can think of is that Wes just wanted anything BUT the one that Billy had. Billy must have been thinking about that. That’s a real task for a drummer. How do I get another sound that I like and hopefully Wes was gonna like. Sound is so subjective. Anyway I guess it worked out. Great vid. Thank you.
I have a question, and this is very important for anyone trying to be a 'musician.' Was Wes ever "wanting" to get signed to a record label, or to "make it"? Or did it just happen because he was so good and he focused on his craft every day, and he enjoyed that. Did he care about 'making it'? I haven't seen that addressed anywhere, to know his motivations.
Wes said the day that he wanted to play octaves ,playing with the thumb make a sweet mellow sound to the ears , can you believe how sensitive was Wes's ears? to tell Billy "i dont like the sound of your cymbal" maybe Wes wanted a cymbal that dont make to much noise ,a cymbal that match the sound of his guitar ,a sound that just came from the background ,not on top of his guitar
Glad people are finally talking about Wes again after so many years.
Fantastic!
Laughed my head off! Loved the story and Billy’s telling. I saw him recently at Smalls
THANKS .
Love your channel 👌🏻. Is there any chance you could dig up some information on Wes’s piece SUNDOWN, or maybe discuss it with some of your guests.
I live in and am from Indianapolis and play guitar because of Wes 🎉 thank you for sharing hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼♥️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8
Thank you!
I'll just add my little 2 cents. Over the years, I read how Wes toiled during the day and played all night. This work ethic contributed to his legendary status. But that, along with chain smoking, ultimately led to his demise at relatively such a young age. He was only 45.
Yes, he had a full time job as a welder and was playing at two clubs in the evenings, one after the other. He slept about 2 or 3 hours a night until he achieved commercial success with tunes like "Going Out of My Head" and "Windy." Not to mention that he had seven kids! And a bad smoking habit. So it's not surprising that he passed away when he did. Fortunately, he left us a bunch of superb jazz albums that will be treasured forever.
The thing that’s strange about the cymbal story is how did Billy Hart know that Wes was gonna like the cymbal he picked out. The only thing I can think of is that Wes just wanted anything BUT the one that Billy had. Billy must have been thinking about that. That’s a real task for a drummer. How do I get another sound that I like and hopefully Wes was gonna like. Sound is so subjective. Anyway I guess it worked out. Great vid. Thank you.
How do I find the main documentary?
I have a question, and this is very important for anyone trying to be a 'musician.' Was Wes ever "wanting" to get signed to a record label, or to "make it"? Or did it just happen because he was so good and he focused on his craft every day, and he enjoyed that. Did he care about 'making it'? I haven't seen that addressed anywhere, to know his motivations.
He was “discovered” by Cannonball Adderley who got him signed to a major label… (Verve)
Fantastic clip with Billy Hart. I know the Herbie Hancock releases well, and Sextant is probably in my DNA now. Great to see Billy (Hi!).
Where can we watch this movie?
The unanswered question: Did he give the $100 back? lol
Yes. And how did Billy Hart know that Wes would ok the new cymbal?
I now see that the money-question was answered underneath.
6 or 8 bags of cymbols???? They all must be worth a million dollars, those things are expensive.
Wes said the day that he wanted to play octaves ,playing with the thumb make a sweet mellow sound to the ears , can you believe how sensitive was Wes's ears? to tell Billy "i dont like the sound of your cymbal" maybe Wes wanted a cymbal that dont make to much noise ,a cymbal that match the sound of his guitar ,a sound that just came from the background ,not on top of his guitar