Cleveland cleve eaton

He was He saved my mama and my siblings from the worst of the worst and promised to protect and love us forever and ever. And he did. According to Mr. Eaton his relationship with the bass began when he saw a bass case in the car of John Springer, a music instructor at Fairfield Industrial High. At first Mr. Eaton would go on to say that, of all the instructors he encountered as he rose through the ranks of the top bass players in the world, no one taught him more than John Springer.

While working with Ramsey Mr. Eaton noted the band had a young phenom on drums named Maurice White who left and formed his own group: Earth, Wind and Fire, which would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Eaton would also leave the Ramsey Lewis Trio and said he trusted in God to lead him in the right way. Eaton was dubbed "the Count's Bassist" during his six-year stint and over ten recordings with the Count Basie Orchestra.

A benefit concert with proceeds to assist Cleve Eaton with his expenses for oral cancer treatment was held in with Eaton and his Alabama All Stars performing. In January , Myra Eaton reported via his website that he was cancer-free. Eaton died on July 5, , in Birmingham. He was 80, and had been hospitalized during the last four months of his life. He was survived by his wife and six of his eight children, along with nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Cleveland Eaton was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame on February 22 , , having first been nominated in He performed on at least one Grammy-award winning album with the Count Basie Orchestra.

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