{{short description|American Chicago blues drummer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}} {{use American English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Odie Payne | image = Odie_Payne.jpg | caption = Payne in 1978 | image_size = | birth_name = Odie Payne Jr. | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|8|27}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|3|1|1926|8|27}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | instrument = Drums | genre = Chicago blues | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1940s–1989 | label = | website = }}
'''Odie Payne''' (August 27, 1926 – March 1, 1989)<ref name="Dead">{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html |title=The 1980s |publisher=The Dead Rock Stars Club |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref> was an American Chicago blues drummer. Over his long career he worked with a range of musicians, including Sonny Boy Williamson II, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Little Johnny Jones, Tampa Red, Otis Rush, Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes, Little Brother Montgomery, Memphis Minnie, Magic Sam, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Guy.<ref name="Dead"/>
==Biography== Born Odie Payne Jr. in Chicago, Illinois,<ref name="AMG"/> he was interested in music from an early age and did not limit himself to a narrow musical genre. He studied music in high school. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, and after his discharge he graduated from the Roy C. Knapp School of Percussion. By 1949, Payne was playing with the pianist Little Johnny Jones, before meeting Tampa Red and joining his band. The association lasted for around three years. In 1952, Payne and Jones joined Elmore James's band, the Broomdusters.<ref name="AMG"/>
Payne played with the Broomdusters for another three years, but his recording association with them lasted until 1959. In total he recorded thirty-one singles with them, including "The Sky Is Crying". By this time Payne had become a favored session musician, playing through that decade with Otis Rush, Magic Sam, and Buddy Guy for Cobra Records. He also played on various records released by Chess Records, including Chuck Berry's hit singles "Nadine", "You Never Can Tell", "Promised Land" and "No Particular Place to Go" (1964)<ref name="AMG"/> All appeared on the Berry's 1982 compilation album, ''The Great Twenty-Eight''.
Noted for his use of the cowbell, bass drum pedal, and extended cymbal and drum rolls, Payne's double-shuffle drumming technique was much copied and was used by Fred Below and Sam Lay.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p110910/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Odie Payne |author=Erlewine, Michael|publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref> The technique called for Payne to use both hands to produce the shuffle effect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drummerworld.com/Drumclinic/danielglassdoubleshuffle.html|title=Great Grooves from the History of R&B: "No Particular Place to Go" – Chuck Berry|author=Glass, Daniel|publisher=Drummerworld.com|accessdate=May 27, 2010}}</ref>
Payne appears to have had a songwriting credit for the song "Say Man," which was recorded by both Bo Diddley and Willie Mabon, although Payne's name did not appear on every version published.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/odie-payne-jr-mn0000399343/songs |title=Odie Payne, Jr.: Songs |publisher=AllMusic.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Deming, Mark |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/say-man-mt0020113839 |title=Bo Diddley: ''Say Man'' |publisher=AllMusic.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>
Payne died in Chicago on March 1, 1989, at the age of 62.<ref name="Dead"/>
==Discography== thumb|Payne in 1986 {{expand section|date=November 2019}} '''With Magic Sam''' *''West Side Soul'' (Delmark, 1967) *''Black Magic'' (Delmark, 1968) *''Magic Touch'' (Black Magic, 1966 [1983]) with Shakey Jake *''The Magic Sam Legacy'' (Delmark, 1967/68 [1989]) *''Rockin' Wild in Chicago'' (Delmark, 1963/64/66/68 [2002])
'''With Elmore James''' *''Slide Guitar Master'' (Proper Records, 1951-1955 [2006])
==See also== *List of Chicago blues musicians
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{AllMusic |id=mn0000399343}} *{{Discogs artist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Odie}} Category:1926 births Category:1989 deaths Category:American blues drummers Category:American session musicians Category:Rhythm and blues drummers Category:Chicago blues musicians Category:Musicians from Chicago Category:20th-century American musicians Category:Blues musicians from Illinois