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Night Life: 1942

April 1942. "Drummer 'Red' Saunders and his band at the Club DeLisa, Chicago." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1942. "Drummer 'Red' Saunders and his band at the Club DeLisa, Chicago." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

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I recorded Red in 1961

when I was producing a series of sessions in Chicago—for the Riverside label.

Red had a good run

Theo 'Red' Saunders and his orchestra were the house band at the DeLisa from 1937 to 1958, with a a brief pause between 1945-47. He did a fair bit of recording during his career and did session work with Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner and others.

He had a minor hit in 1952 with the novelty tune "Hambone", which you can hear on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqabSNWG6q4

Red died in Chicago in 1981.

Beat Me, Daddy

Eight to the Bar! From a wonderful era for popular music.

And Red is --

holding his sticks the proper way a drummer should.

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