We've reached the corner of Mack and Chrysler (Hastings St).
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Boogie Woogie Red, in an interview with Baby Boy Warren conducted by Fred Reif, described a virtual supergroup that could easily rival a Hooker:
“At one time, we had a group that was the best in the city of Detroit,” said Red. “We had an all-star band which consisted of Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) on harp, myself on piano, Baby Boy Warren was the leader and guitar man, Little George Jackson on bass, Curtis Foster on drums, and Johnny Hooks on sax. Man, we worked all over the city, from one end of Hastings Street to the other.”
Warren, apparently excited from recalling the old days, piped up: “See, Sonny Boy was a roamer. He didn’t like to stay in one place too long. When he came back to Detroit in late ’53 or early ’54, I hired him. I was playin’ over at Joe Louis’ aunt’s bar, the Tavern Lounge. I let him sit in, and gave him a few dollars out of my pocket and then everybody started to coming in. You see, they liked the way he was blowin’. Mrs. Smith liked him personally and put his name on the payroll. We had people lined up for two blocks! They had hired policemen on the door to let so many in as they let so many out.”
--directly quoted from a
Detroit Metro Times article
by Keith A. Owens
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore