Paul Tillman Smith
Paul Tillman Smith (Bay Area Music Legend) In his own words. 1. You have been a musician for decades. How did you get started? 2. What kept you going? 3. Your father was a drummer. How did he influence you growing up? 4. What was it like growing up? Your fonddess .memories? 5. You said that early in your career that you went to New York City with Sonny Simmons. What was that like? 6. Tell us about the musicians you knew in those days when you were in New York City on the lower East Side. Who were some of them? What were they like? 7. What was Oakland's music scene like when you left for New York City? 8. Your thoughts and experiences working with and knowing; Jimmy Hendricks, Phyllis Hyman, Pharoah Sanders. 9. What was your mother like? Your father? Family life? Community life. 10. Your thoughts on African American 'Love ballots', Jazz, and R&B? Message music, disco, dance music? 11. What do you think were your major achievements? 12...