U.S. GRANT GENERALS.......got memories?

[corpsman]

LOL!!! I weren't sure if Hammondjam could handle both at the same time? But for sure, a Southern Thang!

But for sure?....A southern thang'd be fer shore a Dew Drop Cola and a Moon Pie.

[possumfritter]

With the Leslie mic'd to an old tube type amp with about 50,000 watts and kicked on at high speed and all the stops pulled out on the organ's top and bottom register, it COULD be a weapon!

This guy could start an all out assault with HIS B-3! One of my inspirations.

YouTube - DEEP PURPLE - LAZY - LIVE 1972 MACHINE HEAD TOUR

Thanks!!!

OMG!! You have taken me back to when I saw Cream and Deep Purple in Concert at the San Diego Sports Arena in October of 1968. Man, I can't wait til I am old enuf for a retirement home. Ain't gonna be no sittin around listening to Lawerence Welk. Nope, we are gonna do Led Zepplin and a lil Jerry Garcia and some Canned Heat with a lil bit of Vanilla Fudge and Neil Young.

[village idiot]

It doesn't matter who is playing the Hammond b-3, they ALL want to be as good as Jimmy Smith. This guy was the GOD of that thing. I was lucky enough to see him in person. Without a doubt, a life changing experience.


YouTube - Jimmy Smith with Phil Upchurch- Back at the Chicken Shack

[Hammondjam]

It doesn't matter who is playing the Hammond b-3, they ALL want to be as good as Jimmy Smith. This guy was the GOD of that thing. I was lucky enough to see him in person. Without a doubt, a life changing experience.


YouTube - Jimmy Smith with Phil Upchurch- Back at the Chicken Shack

Without a doubt, Smith mastered the B-3 like no other. I remember a bio that I read on him that told of his days before his first "B". He worked in several odd jobs and saved up to buy a B-3. He couldn't afford the bass pedals so he drew some on a piece of cardboard and practiced his foot placement until he could get the real thing. THAT'S commitment! The rest is jazz and soul history.

I'm betting that Jerry Corbetta(of Sugarloaf) was a big fan of Jimmy. The runs on "Green Eyed Lady" sure have a jazz sound to them.

Anyway, I've played the keys since around 5 yrs old. Took piano lessons at the Hillcrest Institute of Music from Mrs. Gruver. Been in bands but I mostly just play around here at the house. I don't have a B-3 but I DO have a Hammond M-3. Hence, my handle...Hammondjam. I DO have a piano too but CableNelsonJam just didn't have the right rhythm to it.

[grantgeneral78]

Your story about the shooting. What all happened to whom, etc?

Well things at school had been brewing up to the shooting all week. There were fights all over the school between blacks and whites, people threating to bring guns and so on. We were between classes at the south west end of the school where you went out the back door to the football field standing around talking when a groupd of black guys came running at us and James Briggs was in the group firng randomly at whoever was standing there. Randy was fataly shot , another girl was shot in the arm, and another bullet grazed a guy. There were some brave teachers grabbing kids and throwing them in rooms and locking the doors. The whole trajedy was the loss of innocence for so many of us as well as a reality check of things to come.

[USG '60]

Anyway, I've played the keys since around 5 yrs old. Took piano lessons at the Hillcrest Institute of Music from Mrs. Gruver.

Whatever happened to Gary Gruver? I have wondered for decades.

[USG '60]

Well things at school had been brewing up to the shooting all week. There were fights all over the school between blacks and whites, people threating to bring guns and so on. We were between classes at the south west end of the school where you went out the back door to the football field standing around talking when a groupd of black guys came running at us and James Briggs was in the group firng randomly at whoever was standing there. Randy was fataly shot , another girl was shot in the arm, and another bullet grazed a guy. There were some brave teachers grabbing kids and throwing them in rooms and locking the doors. The whole trajedy was the loss of innocence for so many of us as well as a reality check of things to come.

Thanks. What happened legally?

[grantgeneral78]

Thanks. What happened legally?

Randys parents filed a suit against the school -I never heard what happened on that end. J-ames was shipped off to Western Heights school...no jail time!

[Hammondjam]

Whatever happened to Gary Gruver? I have wondered for decades.

The last I heard of Gary, he had gone to California to pursue a music career of some type. I barely remember that much but according to his mom, he was doing well. I lost contact with them when I started working in the family business and no longer took lessons from Mrs. Gruver.

[papaOU]

Well things at school had been brewing up to the shooting all week. There were fights all over the school between blacks and whites, people threating to bring guns and so on. We were between classes at the south west end of the school where you went out the back door to the football field standing around talking when a groupd of black guys came running at us and James Briggs was in the group firng randomly at whoever was standing there. Randy was fataly shot , another girl was shot in the arm, and another bullet grazed a guy. There were some brave teachers grabbing kids and throwing them in rooms and locking the doors. The whole trajedy was the loss of innocence for so many of us as well as a reality check of things to come.

My 3 years at CHHS were constantly a time of staying on your toes and be aware of your surroundings. Can't recall any shootings, though guns were carried and brandished often. Tire irons, car jacks, bricks, cinder blocks.....

Fights always started because one person or the other smarted off, be they black or white.....several lockdowns

[gen70]

The last I heard of Gary, he had gone to California to pursue a music career of some type. I barely remember that much but according to his mom, he was doing well. I lost contact with them when I started working in the family business and no longer took lessons from Mrs. Gruver.

Did Mrs. Gruver live on Barnes St. south of S.W. 55th?

[Prunepicker]

You can still get the REAL Coca-Cola in bottles and with sugar(instead of High
Fructose Corn Syrup) at the Mexican grocery stores. People say it's just
another sugar but it's NOT! When you uncap a frosty one and take that first
big swig, you'll remember what Coke used to taste like. I haven't seen them in
the little bottles yet, but I'ma looking!

You are exactly right! Sugar trumps fructose every time.

Viva la Mexicano mercado!

[Generals64]

The last I heard of Gary, he had gone to California to pursue a music career of some type. I barely remember that much but according to his mom, he was doing well. I lost contact with them when I started working in the family business and no longer took lessons from Mrs. Gruver.

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O.K., Gary Gruver and I went to Roosevelt together.....Tall Girl probably knew him well.....Gary has a brother that is an OKC police Officer and is involved with the kids in Southside schools....When my wife taught at Jefferson, he was the Police Officer for the school....I knew Gary well, but, when he went off the CHHS we never saw each other again. His brother told me that he lived in Bay St. Louis until Katrina came along....and, he wasn't sure what he was going to do but, he was teacher music as well.....That Guy was GOOD....Ask Tall Girl when you are at the meeting and she can probably tell you exactly where he is.....

[Hammondjam]

Did Mrs. Gruver live on Barnes St. south of S.W. 55th?

I think she use to live in her old studio(early sixties) when it was right at the intersection of 55th and Penn. After that, she had a house in the 9000 block, just west of Penn.

[gen70]

I think she use to live in her old studio(early sixties) when it was right at the intersection of 55th and Penn. After that, she had a house in the 9000 block, just west of Penn.

I used to be friends with the Griders grandson and his mother taught piano from their house on Barnes. I can't remember if his last name was Grider or not, I know his first name was Mark.

[Okiezmom]

General 64, My aunt taught math at Jefferson, I think in the late 70's and 80's. Jetta Newberry...she died in 1995 of cancer. Maybe your wife knew her.

[possumfritter]

gen70...Did you know Nancy Grider?

[gen70]

gen70...Did you know Nancy Grider?

Not that I can remember.

[gen70]

My Grant class of '70 is having our 40th reunion this summer. (Damn, I'am getting old)

[Generals64]

General 64, My aunt taught math at Jefferson, I think in the late 70's and 80's. Jetta Newberry...she died in 1995 of cancer. Maybe your wife knew her.

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She might have known her from just being a teacher. She left Jefferson last year and had only been there 5 or 6 years...That school is pitiful....I don't care who reads this either.....they don't do anything about the gang relations
except ignore it....They say they don't have a problem and the gang grafitti is all over the walls of the school and the bathrooms are horrible.....kinda reminds me of the school in the movie "Lean on me" before Morgan Freeman's character took over.....

[Generals64]

I started going to Grant Highschool in the 7th grade (Fall of 1958) I thought the school colors were so cool. I was red and Gray all the way. Gray befitting a civil war hero.....Today.....52 years later....I was thinking about you guys and the different threads and it dawned on me that U.S. Grant was a Union officer and their colors were Blue and Gold....I guess like the Sausage company....Yep, I'm embarassed....still go for Red and Gray though.....Gotta wake up...gotta get rid of those pills...I know, PapaOU....naw, he'll sell them and make fun of me...Prunepicker...he won't know the difference...he'll think he's on a continuous fishing trip.......Not giving up the Bud though...

[Prunepicker]

... Gotta wake up... gotta get rid of those pills... I know, PapaOU... naw, he'll
sell them and make fun of me... Prunepicker... he won't know the difference...
he'll think he's on a continuous fishing trip... Not giving up the Bud though...

a continuous fishing trip? Hey, I think I have a kidney stone!

[papaOU]

[QUOTE=Generals64;332954] of those pills...I know, PapaOU....naw, he'll sell them and make fun of me...

Like heck I will. Are they 7.5 or 10's?

Since most units were state units, they could have been dressed in blue and gray.

How did Grant get its name? We already have, Robert E. Lee elementary, Jefferson Davis Elementary, Stan Waite Elementary , Stonewall Jackson ( I have no idea what grades go there)

[Generals64]

[QUOTE=papaOU;333061]

of those pills...I know, PapaOU....naw, he'll sell them and make fun of me...

Like heck I will. Are they 7.5 or 10's?

Since most units were state units, they could have been dressed in blue and gray.

How did Grant get its name? We already have, Robert E. Lee elementary, Jefferson Davis Elementary, Stan Waite Elementary , Stonewall Jackson ( I have no idea what grades go there)

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The pills are 10s..........the rumor about Grant getting that name was since U.S. Grant was the president during the Indian uprising they would give this school his name to keep the Redskins under control....Just kidding ....I don't know. I do know that the first principal (Russell Browe) went to Capitol Hill from Grant....

[grantgeneral78]

I heard a rumor they were thinking of shutting the new grant down because of low academic scores ...is this true?