beckett/ smooth cow

beckett:
doug duffey- B3 & vocals
gene pace- bass
robert jackson- drums

beckett started out [late 60s] as a psychedelic jazz type trio. i fashioned the band on brian auger, jimmy smith, jack mcduff, etc- long semi psychedelic jams. we later added horns [vaughn quimby & gene newman*- whom i met when working with the 'earl duke revue'] and changed the name to "smooth cow"- i dont quite get why... now... but it was the 60s- and i was always out to do freaky things, shock, and expand ALL horizons...etc. i think the original drummer was danny barr...

the main significance of this band- although we never did any recordings and not that many gigs [mostly smitty smith's clubs in monroe]- is that it was a 'groovy' little group- and unusal for monroe in that time.

through gene newman and vaugh quimby*, i ended up joining Cotton [in colorado] and meeting george bryan whom i would work with later in little rock [and who is a life long friend]; and robert jackson whom i 1st knew through dabney tannehill [white lightning] in jackson, mississippi, eventually played drums for me in one of the last versions of 'duffey's plantation band' after raymond battillo bailed, and 3 or 4 other drummers came and went.
[c]2009 doug duffey