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Floyd Lee Phillips 64, musician
Services for Floyd Lee Phillips, of Harlem, will be 9:00 AM Monday Dec 31 in
Pruitt's Mortuary 7518 North Main St Houston Texas.
Floyd, who was one of the great blues piano players of our time died Tuesday
December 25 in Houston while visiting relatives.
Born in a small town in Texas Floyd moved to Houston at age 3.He moved to
Harlem in 1990. He served in Germany during the Korean War.
Floyd played with many of the worlds greatest bluesmen including T-Bone
Walker, Lowell Fulson , Albert Collins, Johnny Taylor, O.V.Wright just to
name a few.
Floyds' most productive playing and enjoyment came From around 1990 to1997
when he was on the road with His Good friend Johnny Copeland. The two grew up
together in Houston and played a lot of sessions together during that time.
When Johnny died in 1997 Floyd continued to play with fellow band mates in
the
Bobby Kyle Band. His latest project Floyd Phillips and The Mudflaps could be
seen playing locally in the New York metro area over the past 2 years.
He was preceded in death by a brother Sugar Phillips and his mother and
father.
Surviving are Evelyn his daughter of Houston, two grandchildren Clifford and
Marcus of Houston; a brother, R Q Phillips of Houston; a sister, Johnnell
Williams of Houston.
and many, many good friends all over the world. Contributions can be sent to
, Floyd Phillips C/O Pruitt's Mortuary 7518 North Main St Houston Texas 77022
Ron Weinstock
7:00PM. He apparently had a massive heart attack. A snice a person as he was
a fine pianist. He was on some of Johnny Copeland's Verve recordings. He
will be missed.
Ron
Brian McLean
Just got home and read this. What a shame. A very nice guy indeed.
--
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Silkc...@aol.com
RBL...@aol.com writes:
<< My friend Vicki Hunt had been on the phone with Floyd Christmas at around
7:00PM. He apparently had a massive heart attack. A snice a person as he was
a fine pianist. He was on some of Johnny Copeland's Verve recordings. He
will be missed. >>
Floyd also recorded with Roadside Louie and the Dusters on our compilation
release "Standing Room Only: Songs from the Last Roadhouse", where we
recorded seven bands live at NJ's Great Notch Inn... During the session,
Floyd was a pleasure to work with, and when he found out we were recording,
he really cranked it up a notch (no pun intended...)
Andy Allu
The Silk City Recording Company
<A HREF="http://www.silkcitycd.com/">www.silkcitycd.com</A>