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Ed Shaughnessy, Longtime ‘Tonight Show’ Drummer, Dead at 84
JazzTimes ^
| 25 May 13
| Jeff Tamarkin
Posted on 05/29/2013 12:14:57 PM PDT by real saxophonist
Ed Shaughnessy, the drummer who was seen nearly every night for close to three decades as a member of Doc Severinsen’s band on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, died May 24 in Calabasas, Calif. The cause was a heart attack. Shaughnessy was 84.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: docseverinsen; edshaughnessy; johnnycarson; obit; obituary; shaughnessy; thetonightshow; tonightshow
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To: real saxophonist
The Tonight Show had a great band during the Carson years.
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:17:52 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: real saxophonist
No offense to anyone, but I would have guessed that all of the members of Doc Severinsen's band had been dead for years...
Abe Vigoda, on the other hand...
http://www.abevigoda.com
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:22:41 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; repeal the 16th)
To: real saxophonist
To: real saxophonist
RIP
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:24:21 PM PDT
by
Roccus
To: real saxophonist
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:24:24 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: real saxophonist
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:25:42 PM PDT
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ThomasMore
(Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
To: real saxophonist
For anyone wondering just how good this guy was, listen to these:
Footprints of the Giant
Court of the Crimson King
Each song has a fairly long intro... Mr. Shaughnessy comes in at 1:51 in Footprints and at 2:51 in Court.
This album was recorded in 1970. A long time ago.
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:27:13 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Doogle
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:27:43 PM PDT
by
ThomasMore
(Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
To: Steely Tom
And a class act as well. A real gentleman, from all accounts.
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:31:50 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
(the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
To: Roccus
I stole that gif. Thanks!
To: WayneS
Pete Christlieb and Ernie Watts are still gigging.
To: real saxophonist
Be my guest, that’s how I got it.
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:37:12 PM PDT
by
Roccus
To: Steely Tom
Thanks for those. You can hear the recording was taken off vinyl.
To: real saxophonist
I used to love that band. Tommy Newsome was a hoot (he died in 2007). And it was fun when they played “Stump The Band”.
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:44:21 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(What difference does it make?)
To: real saxophonist
You can hear the recording was taken off vinyl. Oh yeah. No computers in the signal chain back then!
The YouTube version is pretty poor; I think the person who put it up may have recorded it using microphones in front of speakers.
Because it's lacking in high-end fidelity, it fails to show Ed Shaughnessy's driving ride cymbal work.
Obviously, Shaughnessy was not the showman Buddy Rich was. What always got me about him was his fantastic precision and power; he was the consummate session man, driving the band, generating the energy, making everyone else sound better.
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posted on
05/29/2013 12:59:15 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Steely Tom
making everyone else sound better. That's the essence of a true musician.
To: real saxophonist
That's the essence of a true musician. Yup. The Tonight Show Band was pretty much entirely comprised of that type of musician.
The "A-list" session scene is LA is out of this world.
I guess the A-listers of Nashville and New York are pretty good too!
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posted on
05/29/2013 1:21:36 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: WayneS
The Carson show only ended 21 years ago.
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posted on
05/29/2013 1:33:17 PM PDT
by
iowamark
To: Steely Tom
Court of the crimson king? Original drummer for KC was Michael Giles who recorded that album.
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