When Riverside went belly-up in 1964, Montgomery was signed to Verve and Rhyne went home to Indianapolis. He moved to Madison, Wisc., in 1969, gigging at clubs near the university there before relocating to Milwaukee in 1973.
Boss Guitar was more playful, with Rhyne providing a broader, orchestral backdrop, especially on The Days of Wine and Roses and For Heaven's Sake. Bossa nova had arrived by 1963, and the fizzy, churning rhythm is employed deftly on Canadian Sunset. But there also are plenty of tightly rendered Rhyne solos here as well on tracks like Dearly Beloved and The Trick Bag.
JazzWax clips: Dig Melvin Rhyne's opening chords behind Wes Montgomery in 1959 on 'Round Midnight...
Here's The Trick Bag from 1963...
And here's Lolita from 1963...
This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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