BRIAN "B.J." JONES:
The first time I really had any type of rapport with Mr. Wells, I was playing down at Buddy Guy's Legends---and Junior Wells was onstage just jamming. He was just hangin' out, he was just jammin'. And we were playing a certain song, and I kept wanting to put this turnaround in there. And the turnaround didn' go dere, 'cause Junior didn't want it there. But...it was like an innate thing, it was every time this piece of music came around I was ready to do this thing. After about the third time, it came 'round again, and Junior turned around and said, "Don't choo do it! Don't choo do it! I ain't scared o' your big ass." Needless to say, when it came around, I didn' do it.
...I had a good time when we did the first Junior Wells album I did with him. I think it was 'Better Off With The Blues'...and the second one was 'Everybody's Gettin' 'Em [sic] Some'...Junior was always, like, just so cool, y'know, he made you just relax. And, being from Chicago...myself and Rico McFarland was on the session...he was jus' being who he was with us. You know, you talk shit and he'd talk shit...say what he feel and dare you to say anything.
...Whatever he felt, he just did it, in the studio. You know, and you just more or less had to go with 'im, 'cause there wasn't gonna be too many takes...Do it and get it done. And you just have to follow. You have your format, but if he goes left, you go left with him. That's just the way it is.
...This is just hearsay, and make sure you put hearsay, because, I mean, it's just part of the legend to me, and I dig it, y'know, whether it's true or not---just to even think that Junior would be capable of doin' somethin':
A certain instrument that he had...had come up missing, and they found out who did it. And they brought 'im down to the Checkerboard...Junior had a bullwhip, and put it to the gentleman, you know, several times...A rumor, but it was just something you could see from Junior...He was always reserved as far as his image and whatnot when he was out in public...but he wouldn't have no problem steppin' out and puttin' whoever in check. He was no different than James Cotton or Albert King, who would literally throw a microphone at the sound man, you know. Back in the day---shooo---they just didn' tolerate it, you know. And they had no problems lettin' you know how dey felt. (5/01 AE)
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The first time I really had any type of rapport with Mr. Wells, I was playing down at Buddy Guy's Legends---and Junior Wells was onstage just jamming. He was just hangin' out, he was just jammin'. And we were playing a certain song, and I kept wanting to put this turnaround in there. And the turnaround didn' go dere, 'cause Junior didn't want it there. But...it was like an innate thing, it was every time this piece of music came around I was ready to do this thing. After about the third time, it came 'round again, and Junior turned around and said, "Don't choo do it! Don't choo do it! I ain't scared o' your big ass." Needless to say, when it came around, I didn' do it.
...I had a good time when we did the first Junior Wells album I did with him. I think it was 'Better Off With The Blues'...and the second one was 'Everybody's Gettin' 'Em [sic] Some'...Junior was always, like, just so cool, y'know, he made you just relax. And, being from Chicago...myself and Rico McFarland was on the session...he was jus' being who he was with us. You know, you talk shit and he'd talk shit...say what he feel and dare you to say anything.
...Whatever he felt, he just did it, in the studio. You know, and you just more or less had to go with 'im, 'cause there wasn't gonna be too many takes...Do it and get it done. And you just have to follow. You have your format, but if he goes left, you go left with him. That's just the way it is.
...This is just hearsay, and make sure you put hearsay, because, I mean, it's just part of the legend to me, and I dig it, y'know, whether it's true or not---just to even think that Junior would be capable of doin' somethin':
A certain instrument that he had...had come up missing, and they found out who did it. And they brought 'im down to the Checkerboard...Junior had a bullwhip, and put it to the gentleman, you know, several times...A rumor, but it was just something you could see from Junior...He was always reserved as far as his image and whatnot when he was out in public...but he wouldn't have no problem steppin' out and puttin' whoever in check. He was no different than James Cotton or Albert King, who would literally throw a microphone at the sound man, you know. Back in the day---shooo---they just didn' tolerate it, you know. And they had no problems lettin' you know how dey felt. (5/01 AE)
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