Howard Grimes
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Howard Lee Grimes (August 22, 1941 – February 12, 2022) was an American drummer, best known as a member of the Hi Rhythm Section on records by Al Green, Ann Peebles and others in the 1970s. He can be heard on compositions such as "I Can't Stand the Rain" (1973) and "Take Me to the River" (1974).
Life and career
Born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 22, 1941, Grimes first performed in public at the age of 12, with Rufus Thomas. By his late teens he recorded regularly on sessions for Satellite Records, which later became Stax, where he was tutored by Al Jackson, Jr.. He also began working with bandleader and record producer Willie Mitchell at Hi Records, taking over as Mitchell's main drummer after Jackson's death. As a key member of the house band at Mitchell's Royal Studios in Memphis, Grimes was instrumental in creating some of the most memorable songs and soul grooves of the 1970s.
After the demise of Hi Records in the late 1970s, Grimes continued to perform with Teenie Hodges and other members credited as Hi Rhythm or, on the 1994 album Perfect Gentlemen, the Hodges Brothers.
Grimes died from kidney failure on February 12, 2022, at the age of 80.
Linking in as of 2022
Al Green Explores Your Mind, Al Green Is Love, Al Green's Greatest Hits, Amy Black (singer), Back in the Game (Syl Johnson album), Call Me (Al Green album), Chips Moman, Danny White (New Orleans musician), Darren Hanlon, Don Bryant (songwriter), Floyd Newman, Full of Fire, Have a Good Time (album), Hi Rhythm Section, House band, I Can't Stand the Rain (album), I Can't Stand the Rain (song), I'm Still in Love with You (Al Green album), Leroy Hodges, Let's Stay Together (Al Green album), Livin' for You, Memphis Blues (album), Scott Bomar, Take Me to the River, Teenie Hodges, The Bo-Keys, The Mar-Keys, You Don't Miss Your Water
