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KY METRO | courier-journal.com THE COURIER-JOURNAL | MONDAY,MAY 14,2012 | B5 Bass player‘Duck’ Dunn dies

Playedwith Booker Bob Dylan, died while on tour in sion player at Stax, the Memphis Midnight Hour.” show,but my wife talked me into Tokyo. record company that would be- Booker T. and the MGs had its it,” Dunn said in a2007 interview T. and the MGs News of his death was posted come known for its soul record- own hits as well, including with Vintage Guitar magazine, on the Facebook site of his friend ings and artists such as Otis “Hang ’Em High,” “Soul-Limbo” “and other than Booker’sband, By Nekesa Mumbi Moody and fellow musician Steve Crop- Redding, Sam and Dave, Isaac and, before Dunn joined the that’sthe most fun band I’ve Associated Press per,who was on the same tour. Hayes and the Staples Singers. band, the cool 1962 instrumental ever been in.” Cropper said Dunn died in his Dunn soon followed Cropper “Green Onions.” Dunn also did session work on NEW YORK — Donald “Duck” sleep. and joined the Stax house band, “Iwould have liked to have recordings by Clapton, Young, Dunn, the bassist who helped Dunn was born in Memphis, also known as Booker T. and the been on the road more, but the Dylan, Rod Stewart, Stevie create the gritty Memphis soul Tenn., in 1941, and according to MGs. record company wanted us in the Nicks and TomPetty,according sound at Stax Records in the the biography on his official It was one of the first racially studio. Man, we were recording to his discography. 1960s as part of the legendary website, was nicknamed for the integrated soul groups, with two almost ahit aday for awhile Dunn once said that he and group Booker T. and the MGs cartoon character by his father. whites (Dunn on bass and Crop- there,” Dunn said. Cropper were “like married peo- and contributed to such classics His father,acandy maker,did per on guitar) and two blacks In the1970s, the group’smem- ple.” as “In the Midnight Hour,” “Hold not want him to be amusician. (Booker T. Jones on organ and Al bers drifted apart. Jackson was “Ican look at him and know On, I’m Coming” and “Sitting on “He thought Iwould become a Jackson on drums), and was lat- killed in Memphis in 1975 by an what he’ll order for dinner,” he the Dock of the Bay,” died Sun- drug addict and die. Most par- er inducted into the Rock and intruder in his home. said. “When we play music to- day at 70. ents in those days thought music Roll Hall of Fame. Cropper and Dunn reunited gether we both know where Dunn, whose legacy as one of was apastime, something you The group had its heyday in when they joined Aykroyd and we’re going.” the most respected session mu- did as ahobby,not aprofession,” the 1960s as backup for various Belushi’sBlues Brothers band Dunn received alifetime sicians in the business also in- Dunn said. Stax artists. Dunn played on and appeared in the 1980 “Blues achievement Grammy in 2007. cluded work with John Belushi But by the time Dunn was in Redding’s “Respect” and “Sit- Brothers” movie. He is survived by his wife, and Dan Aykroyd’sBlues Broth- high school, he was in aband ting on the Dock of the Bay,” Sam “How could anybody not want June; ason, Jeff; and agrand- ers as well as with Levon Helm, with Cropper. and Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Com- to work with John and Dan? Iwas child, Michael, said Michael Lea- Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Cropper left to become ases- ing” and Wilson Pickett’s “In the really kind of hesitant to do that hy,Dunn’sagent. Bullitt County’s MaryHarper dies at age82

By JereDowns The funeral for [email protected] Mary Harper,a The Courier-Journal former state representative While some retirees like and bingo or yard sales, Bullitt schoolteacher, County’sMary Catherine Har- will be today. per enjoyed talking local poli- tics right up until her death Wednesday of congestive regular at Bullitt Fiscal Court heart failure at Jewish Hospi- meetings, her son said. tal South. “When she couldn’tgotothe “She knew everything that meetings, she would get are- was going on,” Alex Harper port card from her friends,” he said Sunday on what would said. have been his mother’s83rd Harper was agraduate of birthday. “She wanted to know Presentation Academy and re- exactly what was going on in ceived abachelor’sdegree in her county.” education from Spalding Col- Memphis Symphony Orchestra member Frank Shaffer,center right, leads ahealing drum circle at the The Republican served two lege. The Bullitt County native Center for Good Grief in Memphis, Tenn. Children spent an hour lost in ajoyful racket of rhythm. AP consecutive terms as arepre- taught students mostly at sentative in the Kentucky Overdale Elementary School House until 2004. Alongtime during acareer that spanned schoolteacher,she was acham- 32 years, Alex Harper said. pion of education causes, her In addition to her son, she is son said. survived by asister,Betty Ann ORCHESTRA Harper,who remained in Robey of Shepherdsville, and her Shepherdsville home until two grandsons, Jared Z. and hours before her death, was Gabriel Harper. the widow of former Bullitt Visitation will take place County Judge-Executive John from 9a.m. to 10:45 a.m. today D. Harper,who also was astate at Maraman Billings Funeral HELPS GRIEF representative for the 49th Home at 605 S. Preston High- District and was the unsuc- way in Shepherdsville. Afu- cessful GOP nominee for gov- neral Mass will follow at 11 Kids use music to ernor in 1987. a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Until heart disease con- Church in Shepherdsville. work on their pain fined her mostly to home, where she enjoyed reading and Reporter Jere Downs can be By Cindy Wolff working puzzles, Harper was a reached at (502) 582-4669. The Commercial Appeal

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Seven children sat in acircle of chairs and fished aplastic lemon from Indiana festival under their seats to shake while eyeing the prize within their reach. mixes fiber,music They obediently shook their lemons until they were instruct- ed to put it down and put their hands on what they were eager to drawincrowds to touch. Drums. For an hour,they forgot they By Jenna Esarey She sold wool in all stages, from were at agrief counseling cen- Special to The Courier-Journal undyed raw fleeces to skeins of ter,each battling his or her own yarn. sorrow.Itwas the first time a ALAN SPEARMAN AP Vendors filled four build- She has been raising sheep drum circle was formed at the ABOVE: From ings at the Indiana Fiber and and spinning wool for 12 years. Kemmons Family Center for left, Will Adams, Music Festival, helping the “It’sjust something Iwanted to Good Grief in Collierville. Atyrion Walker event draw crowds to the Clark do,” she said. “I’ve been aknit- Through grants and apro- and Taylor County 4-H Fairgrounds in ter for along time, and Ijust gram called Healthy- DaPonte Charlestown on Saturday and thought this was something I’d RHYTHMS, the Memphis Sym- participate in a Sunday for its second year. like to do.” phony Orchestra provides drum circle led by They offered everything Ewe Tu rns, also of Morgan- drum circles for several organi- Frank Shaffer, from raw materials for craf- town, had aspinning and weav- zations including Youth Vil- right. ters, including fleece fresh ing team that staged ademon- lages, said Frank Shaffer,aper- LEFT:Tykiere from the sheep, carded roving stration titled “Sheep to cussionist for the orchestra and Walker,13, or skeins of yarn, to finished Shawl,” which followed the an associate professor of per- participates in a felt hats, bags and mittens. steps involved in taking wool cussion at the University of drum circle. “Ilove fiber things,” said from fleece to finished shawl Memphis. Debbie Wetzel of the Highlands during the two days. “They can say something on in Louisville. “Ialready knit The group formed about adrum that’stoo painful to say and crochet. I’m trying to get seven years ago to compete in in words,” Shaffer said. In the circle, Steven’shand dra, died last year at age 31. The started in felting.” She said the the sheep to shawl event at the They went around the circle shot up every time Shaffer boys ask questions about photo- festival was exciting, adding, Indiana State Fair. “We’re not creating asound for their name, asked for avolunteer to start a graphs of their mother.What “There’ssomuch to see. It’svi- very competitive,” said mem- their favorite color,agood beat. Some of the group beat in was she doing? What occasion? sually overwhelming.” ber Mary Seger,ofTrafalgar, memory. time while others found their They cry only when they get The event is the brainchild Ind. “For us, it’sjust fun.” Before they began drum- own rhythm. frustrated by something, said of Jerry and Ann Merriman, The Powell family made the ming, 12-year-old Lauren Garri- Counselors at the grief cen- their aunt, Deidra Robinson, owners of Grinny Possum Fi- trip from Louisville after hear- son talked about the time her ter,which is afree service open who has custody of the boys. ber Arts in downtown Jeffer- ing about the festival on the ra- brother Steven hugged the Win- to anyone, are always looking “Youcould see in their faces sonville. “It’sgrown this year,” dio. “We try to find the little out- nie the Pooh cake at his second for ways to help children and how much they enjoyed playing Jerry Merriman said. “There is of-the-way festivals,” Sue Pow- birthday party. adults express themselves, said those drums,” Robinson said. more music and more ven- ell said. He squished the cake to Angela Hamblen, the center’s “It was good to see.” dors.” She and husband Tom, plus pieces, she said as she shook her director. After they finished drum- Workshops in knitting, spin- son Jonathan, 6, were fascinat- head at her brother,who is 7 “Some like to talk about their ming, Shaffer asked the chil- ning, felting, dyeing, weaving ed by the demonstrations. “Iam years old. grief,” she said. “Some can’tex- dren to tell how they felt. and Appalachian dulcimer not aknitter or acrocheter,” Their mother,Kim, died sud- press it in words, but they can They said: “Relaxed, calm, were offered during the week- she said. “Idon’tdoany of this denly in 2010 after astrep express it in art or music.” happy,sleepy” and “alot bet- end, along with demonstrations stuff, but it makes me want to throat infection turned septic, Thirteen-year-old Tykiere ter.” from anumber of vendors in start.” said David, the children’sfa- Walker and his brother Atyrion, their booths. Jonathan took full advan- ther.They’ve been coming to 11,sat across from each other in Distributed by The Associated Denise Curtis, owner of De- tage of the offerings, making a the grief center since she died. the circle. Their mother,Leon- Press. nise’sFleeces in Morgantown, tie-dyed T-shirt and carefully Ind., spun wool on aLendrum taking aturn knitting asock on spinning wheel in her booth. acast-iron antique machine.