That's the story, they sorta kidnapped him.
There was a docu with Fats' son in it. Said lotsa gangsters hung around. Very nice to the little kid apparently.
Slightly OT – but have you seen the bio pic of Howlin' Wolf?
MsAnthrope and I have a couple of favorite moments from that – he was sort of the opposite of typical blues guys –
His daughters
"Oh we lived in a nice middle class home – he always paid the bills on time, and he treated mam with such respect:"
His musicians
"Oh, he was a great man to work for, he bought us unemployment insurance to make sure that if we weren't getting gigs, we'd still be paid…"
Understand Fats was given an invitation he could refuse to play a gig for Al Capone.
That's the story, they sorta kidnapped him.
There was a docu with Fats' son in it. Said lotsa gangsters hung around. Very nice to the little kid apparently.
Slightly OT – but have you seen the bio pic of Howlin' Wolf?
MsAnthrope and I have a couple of favorite moments from that – he was sort of the opposite of typical blues guys –
His daughters
"Oh we lived in a nice middle class home – he always paid the bills on time, and he treated mam with such respect:"
His musicians
"Oh, he was a great man to work for, he bought us unemployment insurance to make sure that if we weren't getting gigs, we'd still be paid…"
Not the pic, but there's books.
Also used to take months off and go work the farm.
Beautiful..