atty1chgo
808 posts
Jan 11, 2014
4:11 PM
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Sarge
379 posts
Jan 11, 2014
7:29 PM
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Terry McMillan was a great player. He left us way too soon.
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Wisdom does not always come with old age. Sometimes old age arrives alone.
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rbeetsme
1469 posts
Jan 11, 2014
7:42 PM
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Ditto
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harp-er
488 posts
Jan 11, 2014
8:07 PM
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Funk-ay! That boy be surfin' some big ass soul.Mmm!
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Frank
3682 posts
Jan 12, 2014
4:44 AM
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Got that "low rider" thing goin on...Love Terrys energy - he was a mighty entertainer when he took center court:)
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Slimharp
94 posts
Jan 12, 2014
7:57 AM
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Terry was a great player. I was a semi busy studio musician playing harp in Nashville in the early 70's picking up Charlie McCoys left overs. One day a friend of mine said he knew a sax player who needed harp lessons right away. Terry had auditioned for Roger Miller playing Sax, Flute and Harp.He got the gig. He told Roger he didnt have his harps with him. He couldnt play harp at the time. I taught Terry every day for about 10 days. He progressed very fast. The rest is history. I ran into Terry a couple years later and he didnt know me.
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clyde
334 posts
Jan 12, 2014
10:23 AM
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I remember terry playing with eddie ravens band in 1972. when did he play with roger miller? I have seen him play congas many times but never sax.
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The Iceman
1375 posts
Jan 12, 2014
10:27 AM
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Terry has played percussion in a lot of cool jazz sessions.
Almost ran into him at an IAJE Convention. On main stage, he was doing percussion with a jazz headliner. The stage manager saw him fooling around on harmonica and mentioned that one of the staff was a harmonica player...The Iceman.
To my extreme pleasure, Terry told him he had heard of me but had not yet met me.
Unfortunately I found out about all of this after the performance and fact, as Terry had already left the building.
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The Iceman
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clyde
335 posts
Jan 12, 2014
1:33 PM
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i know that todd parrott is a big fan of terry's work. maybe he could point me in the direction of some of his sax work.
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Slimharp
95 posts
Jan 12, 2014
1:46 PM
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Clyde - I never heard him play sax either. This was the story he told me in 1971. I think he had some musical background because he picked up on playing harp very fast.
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clyde
336 posts
Jan 12, 2014
1:58 PM
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slim, yeh a lot of sax guys pick up harp at some time or another. I know it's easy to get tired of carrying a bari sax around all the time.
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Todd Parrott
1177 posts
Jan 12, 2014
8:16 PM
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Not sure whether or not Terry played the sax, but I know he played drums, and I've read that he also played piano. He had a good friend named Bob Spencer, who I've met and jammed with once or twice, who plays sax. Bob told me once that Terry originally went to Nashville as a drummer. Perhaps someone like PT Gazell or TJ Klay would know for sure.
I never had a chance to meet Terry, but I did talk to him on the phone years ago... 1997 I believe. One of the biggest regrets of my life is not meeting him before he passed away.
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groyster1
2507 posts
Jan 14, 2014
7:23 AM
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when he died he lived in pigeon forge,tn...I lived in cosby at the time and read about his death in a local newspaper....regret I missed out on him as I was not aware of him
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