Richie Dell Thomas

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Nov 27, 2001, 2:31:43 PM11/27/01

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In a message dated 11/27/01 11:52:37 AM, dj...@swbell.net writes:

<<With the help of his sister, Richie
Dell Thomas, his daughter, Robin Archia, and his cousin, Johnnie
Mae Walton, we have been able to provide the first biography of Tom Archia.
DJ>>

Thanks for the info, I have some of these recordings including the
great Gates.
HB

DJ

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Nov 27, 2001, 2:49:56 PM11/27/01

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Richie Dell was my music instructor and next door neighbor, friend and mentor;
I hung out with her son who was a great sax player, did some gigs with Cream.
Richie Dell also had formed a group with her children and had a number one hit
during the late fifties and early sixties...

DJ

chuck n.

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Nov 27, 2001, 4:32:58 PM11/27/01

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Speaking of unheralded Texas Tenor players, did you happen to know Don
Wilkerson? He's passed on I think, but he did play on some Ray Charles
records (and on some late 40s sessions that escape me at the moment). chuck

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Nov 27, 2001, 4:51:09 PM11/27/01

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Yes I did know Don and saw him often when he came back to Houston before he
died......Great Sax man..

DJ

R. L. Eagle

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Nov 27, 2001, 5:32:37 PM11/27/01

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There's a great bio of Archia (last updated November 11, 2001) at
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/archia.html.

Bob

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Nov 27, 2001, 9:23:12 PM11/27/01

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I want to thank you for this link...some of the information I was familiar with
from talking to Richie Dell, and I knew some of the guys.

I just talked to Richie Dell's surving daughter and she wants me to come over
and bring the information about her uncle Tom Archia. She's a vocalist, and her
now deceased sister was Anita Moore of the Duke Ellington band.

I visited Richie Dell several years ago but her daughter was in New York on a
gig and I look forward to visiting with her and sharing the link info.

Thanks again,

DJ

chuck n.

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Nov 28, 2001, 9:16:48 AM11/28/01

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A friend of mine ended up in the same unit of TDC as Don. They were brought
together
by their common love of music--and he wrote
saying that Don was the coolest cat there. chuck

>From: DJ <dj...@swbell.net>
>Reply-To: DJ <dj...@swbell.net>
>To: BLU...@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: Richie Dell Thomas

>Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:41:55 -0600
>
>Yes I did know Don and saw him often when he came back to Houston before he
>died......Great Sax man..
>
>
>DJ
>
>"chuck n." wrote:
>
> > Speaking of unheralded Texas Tenor players, did you happen to know Don
> > Wilkerson? He's passed on I think, but he did play on some Ray Charles
> > records (and on some late 40s sessions that escape me at the moment).
>chuck
> >

DJ

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Nov 28, 2001, 9:30:05 AM11/28/01

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Absolutely, one of the most even tempered dudes I have known.....

DJ