On 2 October 1973 the Ray Charles troupe played a concert in Stockholm. In an earlier version of this article I reported on a partial recording (possibly originating from a radio broadcast) of six of the tunes that were performed during this show, but I have now listened to a complete tape:
- Intro
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Georgia On My Mind
- The Bright Lights And You Girl
- The Long And Winding Road
- Feel So Bad
- Come Live With Me
- Introduction Raelettes
- Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
- Don't Change On Me
- I Can't Stop Loving You (intro: Don't Change On Me)
- Wee Baby Blues
- What'd I Say (intro: So Soon) (with John Henderson)
#11, I Can't Stop Loving You, got a long and attractive, gospel-ish intro with some verses from the Don't Change On Me lyrics. Keyboardist John Henderson also filled in some backing vocals, together with the Raelettes on #9. Track #7, Wee Baby Blues, is the only known (slooooow) Ray Charles recording of this Joe Turner/Pete Johnson tune (see below, from YouTube, in a 1965 taping). The show's final (#13, What'd I Say), typically for almost all documented 1972 and 1973 concerts, got a long So Soon intro, with John Henderson (in my tape copy the song was faded out before it ended).
Wee Baby Blues:
Three others songs:
ReplyDeleteLook what have they done to my song
i can't stop loving you
what d'i say
regards
andre monnot