Willie Hall (drummer)

Willie Hall (drummer)

Willie Hall (born August 8, 1950) is an American drummer.

Hall was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the father of rapper Gangsta Pat.

A protégé of Booker T. & the MGs drummer Al Jackson, Jr., Hall played with both The Bar-Kays and Isaac Hayes's band The Movement. In the seventies, he backed dozens of major Stax artists on recordings, including Isaac Hayes' "Hot Buttered Soul" (1969) and "Theme from Shaft" (1971) albums, and on several Albert King albums.

He recorded one album (1977's "Universal Language") with Booker T. & the MGs after Al Jackson's murder, and later joined guitarist Steve Cropper and bass player Donald "Duck" Dunn as a member of The Blues Brothers Band, which subsequently led to his appearance in the hit movie The Blues Brothers, introduced as Willie "Too-Big" Hall, and its sequel.

Hall is currently a member of The Bo-Keys, a band of highly respected Memphis musicians, including Isaac Hayes's wah-wah guitarist Charles "Skip" Pitts.

External links

* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hnfuxqw5ldae Willie Hall on All Music Guide]
*"Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax Records" by Rob Bowman
*imdb name|id=0356226|name=Willie Hall
*cite web
author = Douglas Wolk
year = 2005
title = The Greatest Songs Ever! Theme from Shaft
publisher = Blender
accessdate =2006-09-06
url = http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1982


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