Gene Barge, renowned saxophonist and producer known as 'Daddy G,' died at 98. His career included hits with Natalie Cole, Muddy Waters, and the Rolling Stones. Barge's work spanned genres and eras ...
He took up the tenor saxophone shortly after ending a two-year stint in the Air Force and right before enrolling in West Virginia State College: His father, a welder in the Norfolk Navy Yard, had been ...
He took up the tenor saxophone shortly after ending a two-year stint in the Air Force and right before enrolling in West Virginia State College: His father, a welder in the Norfolk Navy Yard, had been ...
had been given one by a visiting British World War II soldier. “The saxophone was the instrument, coming up, that had the sound closest to the human voice,” Barge told Virginia Living in 2007.
NEW YORK (AP) — Gene “Daddy G” Barge, an admired and durable saxophone player, songwriter and producer who worked on hits by Natalie Cole, oversaw recordings by Muddy Waters, performed with ...
In September 1781, Thomas Hughes, then 22, visited Brighton for what he hoped would be a restorative holiday. It was not his first trip: such sojourns were common for Hughes. But on this occasion ...