Tommy Wills - Funky Sax
Posted on November 26, 2007 by Kris Holmes
Airtown seems to be a label whose main focus was to release records by Tommy Wills (that he owned the label probably helped). Sure there are other artists (organist Frank DeVito is one that comes to mind along with some other cool stuff they licensed), but it's pretty much Tommy Wills 45s that turn up semi-often.
Tommy Wills was(/is?) a sax player & this 45 dates from the late 60s. The A side is a pretty corny medley of 'Born To Lose' & 'I Can't Stop Loving You' as a tribute to Ray Charles but on the flip you get the nice funky blues track 'Funky Sax'. Tommy Wills has a couple of other funky 45s (including a version of 'Four Corners') but primarily was a middle-of-the-road soul/pop/country sax stylist (think a less famous but a bit funkier Ace Cannon & you might get the idea).
Filed under: 45's and 7's, Country / Blues, Jazz, Soul / Funk
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I knew Tommy Wills in the 60s and 70s while disc jockeying on radio in Springfield and Dayton Ohio. He was sort of a poor-man’s cross between Earl Bostic and Boots Randolph. A fine showman in person, and a really nice guy. I still have one of his albums, on which were some great musicians including Cal Collins.