Parkeology 012: Chasten’ the Bird
Parkeology 012: Chasten’ the Bird Bird didn’t have any heroin, so he needed something. He tried drinking, but drinking don’t do it. It takes you another direction. – Howard McGhee As noted in Parkeology 011, I believe Bird was drunk at the May 8, 1947 Savoy session that produced “Donna Lee.” I also believe this was the last time he was drunk in the studio (excluding “Serpent’s Tooth”). Both these points can be argued on the recorded evidence, but I will go further and suggest that the “Donna Lee” session triggered Bird’s backslide into heroin use, an argument based entirely on … Continue reading Parkeology 012: Chasten’ the Bird