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| | Charles "Truck" Parham - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links |
 | | Parham began picking up pointers from such bass legends as Walter Page from the Count Basie Band, as Page tutored Parham in exchange for his service as a bodyguard (Parham was an amateur boxer and a football player). |
 | | Shortly thereafter, Parham became known as one of the area's most skilled bassists, as he continued to perfect his playing in pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines' big band as well as Jimmie Lunceford's Orchestra, the latter of which Parham played with for five years during the early to mid-'40s. |
 | | Parham passed away at the age of 91 on June 5, 2002, in his lifelong hometown of Chicago, due to respiratory ailments. |
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