[78-L] Pee Wee Marquette

[Cary Ginell]

Terry Gibbs told me some very funny stories about Marquette in his autobiography that I helped write. Pee Wee called Eddie Shaughnessy "Shaw-genessey" and Teddy Kotick became "Teddy Kotex." When Terry had to miss the opening of his Birdland date to receive a plaque from Down Beat on "The Steve Allen Show," Marquette told the audience, "Terry Gibbs is going to be a little late because he's getting the plague on TV." 

 

Marquette didn't demand money to pronounce your name correctly; he wanted money just to say your name at all. When Terry asked him to name off everyone in his quintet one night, Marquette asked for a dollar for each name. When Terry found out Marquette had also asked each individual in the band for a dollar without Terry's knowledge, Terry called him on it. Marquette's answer: "Business is business, Terry. Business is business."

 

Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:38 -0800
> From: ericgoldie2 at yahoo.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] Pee Wee Marquette
> 
> Oops, I misspelled Art’s name. I got it
> >> on good authority from Pee Wee Marquette that it is “Art Blakley”
> >> because that’s how I heard Pee Wee introduce him at Birdland.
> >> _______________________________________________
> 
> Allegedly, Pee Wee Marquette wanted money to pronounce the names correctly. I'm trying to remember who called Marquette, who was a little person, "half a motherf---er"`
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service.
http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/