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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 bethe greatest and most respectedRhythm & Blues and SoulOrganizationof all time..........
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
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!..........T-Don Apron
..........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!"
..........Junior Mikaels
.........."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'".
..........Mike Verbosesetting the record straight.
..........Allen Robinson
Mike Kath
Rodney Lafitte..........Allen
tore it up on drums,
Mike Kat
didn't perform but provided the sound,
and
Rodney
whipped out his soulful horn.
..........Skip Budweiser
Bob Gable Junior
Chisel Rousseau..........
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.
..........The C.C. Rider Wives
These ladies are the people that really sacrificed for the music!
..........Charlie Brent
..........Emil Handshake
drummer on the original
"No Rest For The Wicked"
The fantastic..........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).
He is probably the most loved by every one (including yours truly).
AND
NOW
THE..........MOMENT
OF..........TRUTH!
Performing with the legendaryTHEY BROUGHT YOU UP TO..........CC Riders!
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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"!
..........Lord have mercy!!!!!!
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Wayne Cochran
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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 toPastor Cochran,you literally warmed my heart and touched my soulmy life was changed for ever!
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