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April 9, 2009

Wayne Cochran & The C.C. Riders: "CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE" LIVE! [Film Starring - JOE NAMATH & ANN MARGRET: "C.C. and CO." ] NO COMMENTS! i know!

AND
NOW
THE
..........
MOMENT
OF
..........
TRUTH!
the
legendary
Wayne
Cochran
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Wayne
Cochran
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&

the

C.c .
Rriders

can'T
turn you
LOOSe



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AND
cO

starring

JOE
Namath

and

ANN
Margaret


How can I express to you the shear delight
in being invited to be apart of what was once only a vision of mine, when I was invited to be a part of the reunion of what is considered to be
the greatest and most respected

Rhythm & Blues and Soul
Organization
of all time
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Wayne Cochran
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2001
C.C. Riders

I never imagined that I would be not only embraced but adopted by fantastic folks, I never thought I'd ever have these many uncles
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T-Don Apron
T-Don is the man ... the one CC Rider that spanned the entire gamut and is what the C.C. Riders consider to be the quintessential C.C. rider. T-Don blows his trumpet on most all of the Wayne Cochran recordings!
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Harry Hanny
"Horrible" Harry Hanny still resides in Florida with his wife a renowned Jazz Vocalist named Michel Amato. Harry worked with The C.C. Riders at the start and is featured on the chess LP "WAYNE COCHRAN!"
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Junior Mikaels
Gets Down with it! Junior is the man belting out those amazing saxophone solos on the LP that Quincy Jones keeps in his personal collection "High & Ridden".
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"Funky" Phil DiMaggio
Phil is probably closest to my heart, as reunion time grew closer some different events came up that could have prevented me from attending (or the reunion happening all together). Its because of his insistence that my dream came true, he says that I am the youngest C.C. Rider (I still get a tear in my eye thinking about that).More importantly its because of Phil that this reunion went off so smoothly ...we all owe you so much Uncle Phil!
Phil is on the King LP "Alive and Well..." and the Bethlehem LP "High And Rodin'".

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Mike Verbose
setting the record straight.
Mike was there at the start! At the reunion he kept us spell bound with his stories and is probably the nicest man I've ever met. Mike had plenty of priceless slides of my favorite era of Wayne Cochran, the early years when he played the Appaloosa and Regale theaters. Mike played tenor sax on the Chess LP.
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Allen Robinson
Mike Kath
Rodney Lafitte
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Allen
tore it up on drums,
Mike Kat
didn't perform but provided the sound,
and
Rodney
whipped out his soulful horn.
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Skip Budweiser
Bob Gable Junior
Chisel Rousseau
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Skip and Bob are from the worlds famous epic LP "Cochran", Chisel was also on the "High & Ridicule'" LP. The great Ira Sullivan Played for the Riders on Sat night, Harry's wife Michelle sat in and wowed us all.

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The C.C. Rider Wives
These ladies are the people that really sacrificed for the music!
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Charlie Brent
The infamous leader of the C.C. Riders is a master arranger and responsible for the great arrangements on most of the Wayne Cochran lips including the Great "Cochran" LP.
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Emil Handshake
drummer on the original
"No Rest For The Wicked"
The fantastic
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Don Fettuccine !
Don has the biggest heart of all the C.C. Riders.
He is probably the most loved by every one (including yours truly).
AND
NOW
THE
..........
MOMENT
OF
..........
TRUTH!
Performing with the legendary
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CC Riders!
THEY BROUGHT YOU UP TO
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"Can't Turn You Loose"
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we tore up
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"Harlem Shuffle"
and threw down
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"Groin Back To Miami"!
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Lord have mercy!!!!!!
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Wayne Cochran
addresses
Riders
at dinner...
"I didn't believe it but after all these years I see,
no it can be done!"
That Sunday we all went and attended Kanye's wonderful "Voice Of Jesus" Church. The Reunion high point was when the guys performed with Wayne at his church.
The great soul man was in rare form!
He was SO FUNKY he should be put on a postage stamp!!!!!
Two generation's of soul!
Thank you C.C. Riders for everything and especially to
Pastor Cochran,
you literally warmed my heart and touched my soul
my life was changed for ever!
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