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Danny Cox
Danny Cox was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1942. He started singing as a youth in a church choir. As an 18 year old, he began his professional music career in 1960 performing on a Hootenanny Folk Tour. His first trip to Kansas City was in 1963. On that tour, he was not allowed to stay downtown at the Muehlebach Hotel because he was black. So instead he was transported across the river into Kansas City, Kansas, for his lodging. For the past 35 years, KCK has been his home. Danny Cox has recorded for ABC Dunhill, Casablanca, MGM, and others. Danny partnered a company called Good Karma Productions, which managed the acts of Brewer and Shipley, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and his own career. Danny was at one time a part owner of the Cow Town Ballroom. These days he is busy writing jingles and working with childrens’ theatres.
Joe Miquelon Joe Miquelon wrote the music, performed (piano, organ, alto sax and tenor sax) and produced the Troost Avenue Blues CD. Joe is a Kansas City native with a degree in music composition from Tulsa University. He is one of Kansas City’s most respected musicians and has worked with numerous regional and national musical groups as saxophonist and/or keyboardist. Some of these include Bonnie Raitt, The Temptations, The Spinners, members of Eric Clapton’s band, The Mills Brothers and Asleep at the Wheel. Joe has also performed with Blue Riddim, SDI, Albert King, Lee Oskar of WAR, Mike Finnigan, Rufus Thomas, The Kansas City Blues Band, Little Hatch, Hot House and Kevin Mahogany. Currently, Joe is the keyboardist for Boko Maru and for the KC Chiefs Pack band. He is keyboardist/saxophonist for Ida McBeth. Recently he wrote, arranged and recorded horns for Blues Notions; co-wrote and performed on Terri Wilder’s debut CD, This Is It; and played on The Elders current CD. Last year he produced, arranged and performed on the Silent the Night CD with Tom Hall.
Roger Coleman Roger Coleman has lived and worked in Kansas City’s
midtown area for 33 years. He is currently director of Pilgrim Center,
Inc., a not-for profit organization that operates the historic Pilgrim
Chapel as a public chapel. Pilgrim Center also sponsors numerous
activities for midtown children and youth including the annual Hyde Park
Children’s Film Festival. He served for 20 years as the director of
Westport Allen Center. Prior to this he was the Director of Westport
Cooperative Services, a coalition of churches providing social services to
midtown residents. He is also on the staff of Community Christian Church
as Chaplain of Urban Ministries. From this vantage point of community involvement,
Roger wrote the lyrics for Troost Avenue Blues. In
2004, he wrote the lyrics to Silent the Night produced
by Joe Miquelon. Roger is an ordained minister (Christian Church – Disciples of Christ) and holds graduate degrees from Texas Christian University, the University of Missouri and St. Paul School of Theology. He is also President of Clergy Services, Inc. an organization that locally provides clergy for performing weddings, baptisms, memorial services and other celebrations of faith. Clergy Services also distributes the Family Medallion®, resources developed by Dr. Coleman in 1987 for use in celebrating new family relationships including the involvement of children in the wedding service when parents remarry, adoption ceremonies and the birth/blessing/baptism of children.
Musicians Part 1: Livin’ on Troost Ave James Albright (bass), Dan Bliss (acoustic guitar),
Bill Dye (slide guitar) Part II: Cityvu from Troost Ave Max Berry (guitar), Scotty McBee (drums), Joe
Miquelon (organ and piano), Forest Stewart
(bass) Part III: Dyin’ on Troost Ave Max Berry (guitar), Stan Kessler (trumpet, flugel horn), Scotty McBee (drums), Joe Miquelon (organ, piano, alto sax, tenor sax), Forest Stewart (bass)
Other Participants Studio Engineer: Rick Kloog Recorded at Berry Music Group Copyrighted by Roger Coleman 2005. All rights
reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. Printed in the U.S.A.
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