Archie Bell & the Drells

[BoognishMang]

My girlfriend put on a mix and the song "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and the Drells came on. I mentioned that I knew the bassist a long time ago, because he was my next-door neighbor. But I am stumped on his name. Can anyone here remember it?


It's a shame that I lived next to someone who played on such a classic soul record, but I was too young to appreciate it.

[NJL]

jimmy williams, ron baker or ray earl ring a bell?

[BoognishMang]

even more stumped now
Last I knew he was living in Beaumont.
He was teaching and selling basses out of his house.

[NJL]

so i take it, it wasn't any of those three?

[BoognishMang]

Now thinking of it, it was Ron Baker.
Just had to jar my head a bit to remember.
Last Time I had heard anything about them was about 8 years ago, they were doing gigs in Port Arthur, Texas.

[takeonme]

I saw on Ebay a while ago the supposed body of the bass he used for the recording of Tighten Up was being sold after it had been smashed, I wonder if it was the real deal?

[lbanks]

Originally Posted by NJL

ring a bell?

Ha-Ha-hah! Bell.

[NJL]

actually, i was supposed to go on the road with those guys (they were still on the road) - i was going to play trumpet, but turned down the gig - i was already too tired. i'm sure i would of had a lot of fun, those guys are supposed to be real cool.

[Stingraymund]

Originally Posted by takeonme

I saw on Ebay a while ago the supposed body of the bass he used for the recording of Tighten Up was being sold after it had been smashed

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!