Interview 1994-09

Favorite Singers & Bobby Womack

Ali-Ollie & Bobby Womack (1988)

J: Who were your favorite singers when you were young ?
A: .Paul Williams、David Ruffin, Sam Cooke, , Bobby Womack, Dunny Hathaway, all guys there, Danny Hathaway ...
and most of those guys......
J: I think you still keep in touch with Bobby Womack, but when did you see him for the very
first time ?
A: Very first time I saw Bobby Womack ... I guess when I was living in Birmingham Alabama, he came to the studio when I was working with Gravy Train and Frederick Knight. He came to the studio to record. That was the first time when I met him. But he didn't remember of that. It was 1972.
J: At that time, did Bobby Womack come to the studio to record with Frederick Knight ?
A: Well, we were in the studio for recording with Frederick Knight . Bobby came in the studio one night to record something, I don't know if it was with Frederick Knight or something on Bobby's album. So I happened to meet him when he came down to the studio for recording.
J: So, you don't mean you and Frederick Knight and Bobby Womack recorded together.
A: No, no.
J: Back in '88 when you sang "Harry Hippie" with Bobby Womack in his show, I told you that your way of singing sounded close to Bobby, and I think you were saying you learned a lot from Bobby Womack since you were very small, but you didn't mean you learned from him privately, but just from listening to his music ?
A: Right.

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J:	Who were your favorite singers when you were young ?
A:	.Paul Williams、David Ruffin, Sam Cooke, , Bobby Womack, Dunny Hathaway, all guys there, Danny Hathaway ... and most of those guys......
J:	I think you still keep in touch with Bobby Womack, but when did you see him for the very first time ?
A:	Very first time I saw Bobby Womack ... I guess when I was living in Birmingham Alabama, he came to the studio when I was working with Gravy Train and Frederick Knight. He came to the studio to record. That was the first time when I met him. But he didn't remember of that. It was 1972.
J:	At that time, did Bobby Womack come to the studio to record with Frederick Knight ?
A:	Well, we were in the studio for recording with Frederick Knight . Bobby came in the studio one night to record something, I don't know if it was with Frederick Knight or something on Bobby's album. So I happened to meet him when he came down to the studio for recording.
J:	So, you don't mean you and Frederick Knight and Bobby Womack recorded together.
A:	No, no.
J:	Back in '88 when you sang "Harry Hippie" with Bobby Womack in his show, I told you that your way of singing sounded close to Bobby, and I think you were saying you learned a lot from Bobby Womack since you were very small, but you didn't mean you learned from him privately, but just from listening to his music ?
A:	Right.