Need Help-miles Grayson

[Guest DeeJay]

I'm planning on chatting to Miles Grayson in the next few weeks and would like to sound reasonably intelligent. Anyone got any info, history, questions, reord scans etc, they would like answers to?

DJ

[Guest]

Good luck, DJ! Ask him where all the copies of "Besides Myself" are!

[Tomangoes]

Ask him what was the inspiration behind 'Wash and Wear love' LV.

Great tune, but mad lyrics.

Ed

[Guest DeeJay]

I'm planning on chatting to Miles Grayson in the next few weeks and would like to sound reasonably intelligent. Anyone got any info, history, questions, reord scans etc, they would like answers to?

DJ

OK lets start again does anyone know anything aboutMiles Grayson Even the oovioue like wash n wear love Anyone have any "other" records with his invovlement

DJ

[Guest]

OK lets start again does anyone know anything aboutMiles Grayson Even the oovioue like wash n wear love Anyone have any "other" records with his invovlement

DJ

Here's a few off the top of my head:

Hayes Cotton-Black Wings Has My Angel RESIST

Benny Curtis-Dirty Hearts RESIST

Chris Tellers-I've Been Hurt CIRAY

The Invincibles-Can't No One Man CIRAY

Pee Wee Shuck & Huey-Beside Myself FLAGG

Miles Grayson-Stuck In The Mud RESPECT

The Milestones-The Joker ANDRE

I know there's plenty others but I'm drawing a blank after these!

Edited September 22, 2007 by recordwanted

[Guest]

[pikeys dog]

Ask him if he's ever considered changing his name to O'Toole?

[Guest DeeJay]

Here's a few off the top of my head:

Hayes Cotton-Black Wings Has My Angel RESIST

Benny Curtis-Dirty Hearts RESIST

Chris Tellers-I've Been Hurt CIRAY

The Invincibles-Can't No One Man CIRAY

Pee Wee Shuck & Huey-Beside Myself FLAGG

Miles Grayson-Stuck In The Mud RESPECT

The Milestones-The Joker ANDRE

I know there's plenty others but I'm drawing a blank after these!

Cheers Mike-It's a start 'preciate that. Did you get GH off ebay?? what did it end up going for?

DJ

[Guest Mark Holmes]

Got this off a google search.

"Though Los Angeles's Miles Grayson served as a session pianist on a few of Blue Note Records' (somewhat ill-fated) West Coast excursions of the late '60s, it's his role as a session arranger and producer for which he's probably best remembered today. Grayson's studio time included work with West Coast R&B and soul musicians like Little Joe Blue, Brenda George, Little Johnny Taylor, Sonny Green and, most of all, the Texas-born, LA-based blues stylist and guitarist Z.Z. Hill.

Grayson would release a handful of painfully obscure instrumental 45s in his spare moments as a bandleader as well. Whether or not the title here is a reference to everybody's favorite glandular delicacy, (the title of the record was Sweet Breads) Grayson, like so many R&B and jazz artists, made the universally intuitive connection between savory food and funkiness.

Hill Records was a label that belonged to Z.Z.'s brother Matt Hill, who was that most recherch breed of record industry specialists: the independent label man."

Mark

Edited September 24, 2007 by Mark Holmes

[Stillsoulin]

hi,

Miles early recordings were as a duo Miles & andrew (Heard) whose sister was Oma Heard who went on to sing in the Sweethearts and did some duets with Marvin Gaye when she was signed with Motown,. may be of interest, although not strictly about Miles himself, He had 2 records released as a duo in 1959 and 1961........till the end of time Play 1002 and its heaven Deville 002. Dont have them so cant give you a scan.

cheers rob h.

[Tomangoes]

1. Ask him if he is writing a book.

2. Ask him if he was surprised by the reaction he got in LA 2004.

3. Ask him if he played on ZZ Hill - Love is so good when your stealing it. Great soul.

Ed

[Mr Soul]

MILES GRAYSON SWEET BREAD BIG HILL

HAD THIS FROM THE BOWL MANY MOONS AGO

[Soulfreak]

Got this off a google search.

"Grayson's studio time included work with West Coast R&B and soul musicians like Little Joe Blue, Brenda George, Little Johnny Taylor, Sonny Green and, most of all, the Texas-born, LA-based blues stylist and guitarist Z.Z. Hill."

Mark

Also worked with Clay Hammond.....

[Harrogatesoul]

Also worked with Clay Hammond.....

Now theres a criminally ignored artist....

Rich

[Rushden Vic]

my copy of the capitals as a signature which i believe is miles graysons .as he was co-writer and also produced and arranged this side and also arr and prod other side i cant deny that i love you

Edited September 25, 2007 by Tony Parker

[Guest DeeJay]

my copy of the capitals as a signature which i believe is miles graysons .as he was co-writer and also produced and arranged this side and also arr and prod other side i cant deny that i love you

Thanks for the help folks i'll print the omens and ask him if it's autograph Oh and by the way he had me chatting with Lynn Vernadoe the other day!!!!

DJ

[Tomangoes]

Thanks for the help folks i'll print the omens and ask him if it's autograph Oh and by the way he had me chatting with Lynn Vernadoe the other day!!!!

DJ

Lucky blighter

Even bought W & WL on a gator pressing back in the 70s as I liked it that much.

Ed

[Soulfreak]

Now theres a criminally ignored artist....

Rich

Absolutely agree Rich, and as anyone who heard him at Utrecht a few years back will testify his terrific high tenor voice is still very much intact. My hair was standing up on the back of my neck as he hit every high note, as he went through his Kent etc recordings....

[asboannie]

Absolutely agree Rich, and as anyone who heard him at Utrecht a few years back will testify his terrific high tenor voice is still very much intact. My hair was standing up on the back of my neck as he hit every high note, as he went through his Kent etc recordings....

Surprised nobody mentioned The Oracles ? Ain't got time

[asboannie]

Surprised nobody mentioned The Oracles ? Ain't got time

Even Miles Grayson had forgoten about producing this record.

Told hubby that he was producing so many records in one week, he nevere knew what he was doing from one day to the other.

Hubby found this record for sale in L.A. 2004, showed it to him and he did not know it at all.

So by this time hubby bought the record in L.A. and Miles Graison signed the record there and then for him (No extra payment, what he was going to make people pay was about $100 then)

Edited September 29, 2007 by asboannie

[Mark W]

I'm planning on chatting to Miles Grayson in the next few weeks and would like to sound reasonably intelligent. Anyone got any info, history, questions, reord scans etc, they would like answers to?

DJ

Ask him where all the copies of William Powell "Heartache Souveniers" are, then PM me so I can have one

Would be interested to hear the story behind that classic record.

[Guest]

Ask him where all the copies of William Powell "Heartache Souveniers" are, then PM me so I can have one

Would be interested to hear the story behind that classic record.

I'm pretty sure Wiliam Powell owned a record store in LA when he did the Power-House tracks. Sometime around this coming out he was shot. May be something like the story of "Try Me(For Your New Love)" and Junior Mccants family having the record pulled after his death.