Doc Severinsen
On the road with Doc Severinsen
Doug would alternate tours with Horace
Silver and then Doc Severinsen, which,
to him, felt like family. “Being on the
road can be a very lonely life,” offered
Webb, who thinks it’s important that
everybody is embraced like a family. “I
think that came from Doc, we’d all go
out to dinner—Doc was actually a cool
guy,” said Webb.
Webb remembers—“he never missed a
gig.” In fact, it was Doug’s job to help
Snooky through the airports—“I would
push his wheelchair.” “I remember right
after 9/11 for some reason, security
asked him to take his shoes off on four
separate occasions—in the same airport,”
recalled Webb. Snooky, who was a little
hard of hearing at the time, kept saying,
“They want me to do what?”
“I had a great time on Doc’s band,” said
Webb, recalling the fun he had hanging
out