My sister snuck me in when I was underage to listen to Roy in the clubs in Naptown (indianapolis). Still have some of the Christmas cards that he sent me.
I first heard After Hours played by composer Parish with Erskine Hawkins on a 78 rpm record in the mid-1940s. I was 15 years old and hadn't known such music existed and it rocked me to the core. I haven't been the same since. 8-)
Avery Parrish's version was much more down to earth and raw, just like the people and clubs were back then. This version although more contemporaneous, is much too superfluous and overplayed to place a person's head into the time machine.
