Fred Wesley was born in 1943, the son of a high school teacher and big band leader. Like Alfred Pee Wee Ellis, his first love was jazz, until he joined the Ike and Tina Turner Review in 1962. A period with Hank Ballard and the Midnighters and Army service preceded his first term with James Brown (1968-70), a brief Los Angeles period led to a second (1971-5) stint with the Godfather of Soul, then the versatile trombonist went on to featured roles with both George Clinton as a member of Funkadelic and Count Basie as Al Grey's replacement.
F. Wesley Jr.
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Bootsy's Rubber Band, First Family, The, Fred & The New J.B.'s, Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns, Fred Wesley & The JB's, Horny Horns, J.B.'s, The, James Brown Soul Train, The, JB Horns, Last Word, The, Maceo & The Macks, P-Funk All Stars, Sweat Band
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Fred Wesley
| F. Wesley
| F. Wesley Jr.
| F. Wesly
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| Fred Nestley
| Fred Wesley & The Jb's
| Fred Westley
| Red "The Hit Man" Wesley
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| Nastradamus (CD, Album) | Life We Chose | Columbia, Ill Will Records | 1999 | |