Odeen mays biography
- Mays was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lived there until he was 15 years old.
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- While it Mays was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cincinnati, he and some friends formed may be the most widely known of the band's lived there.
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OHIO PLAYERS October 13 – 16, 2022
FROM: Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
2033 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121
CONTACT: Rachael Millikan, 206-441-9729, rachael@jazzalley.com
RE: Performance at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
SHOW ADMISSION: $100.50 (includes $8.00 handling fee)
Dimitriou's Jazz Alley welcomes legendary American funk and R&B smash hit makers, The Ohio Players, for four nights and six shows. Band members are: * James Diamond Williams (drums/vocals), * Billy Beck (keyboards/vocals), * Clarence Chet Willis (guitar/vocals), Darwin Dortch (bass guitar/vocals), Odeen Mays (keyboards/vocals), Kenneth Anderson (trumpet/vocals), Johnny Cotton (trombone/vocals), Christopher Bowman (guitar/vocals), Edward Rick Ward (guitar/vocals, and Mike Allenby (sax/vocals). *. Indicates original members from the 70's. Show times Thursday and Sunday at 7:30pm. Show times Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm Thursday and 5:30pm Friday - Sunday.
Ohio Players (formed in 1959) is an acclaimed American funk and R&B group who enjoyed
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Odeen A. Mays Jr c. 1961
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It begins with the drums, quickly followed by the funk of the guitar. Moments later, the horns chime in. Your body is moving side to side, your feet tapping, but you’re waiting for the “YAHOO!” so you can bounce. The lyrics begin in full.
“Celebrate good times. Come on!”
Whether you’re 4, 14, 40 or 84, you’ve heard this song. It’s played at community parties and weddings, anniversaries and reunions. Everyone knows (and let’s be honest, loves) “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang. While it may be the most widely known of the band’s songs, it is only one of the many in the band’s history, which dates to 1964.
If you haven’t followed Kool & the Gang closely, you may not realize that the lineup of the band has changed over the years – adding and shedding band members isn’t out of the norm in the music industry. You may also not realize that a former member of Kool & the Gang, Odeen Mays, lives right here in Louisville and is sharing his love of music with local residents.
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