pitheris

Great story but it doesn't always work. I did a recording session with Barney Kessel, James Burton and "Shakey Jake" Morton. Shakey Jake could not play the ending the way it was written and changed it each time. He was being paid pretty well. Harry "Sweets" Edison got on the intercom to the studio and read Shakey out for not being better trained as a musician. Shakey still played it differently each time and they had to select the best take.

Frank Hamilton


". . .They told me that I had to play it exactly the same each night and I said that I can't, cause I always play different each time. Then they told me how much they'll pay me and I said sure, I can play it exactly the same."