From Billboard, Aug. 11, 1973. The tour was extended to more countries. |
A reader of this blog was so kind to send me a copy of a radio broadcast, by Europe-1, of (a big part of) Ray's concert that night.
The tape entails:
- Intro
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Busted
- The Long And Winding Road
- Feel So Bad
- Come Live With Me
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
- I Can Make It Through The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)
- Shake (The Raelettes)
- What'd I Say (So Soon intro; with John Henderson - voc.) + Outro
Ad in Cashbox, Oct. '73. |
In the set the renditions of #6 (Come Live With Me) and #10 (I Can Make It Thru The Days) - both with great Hammond organ lines by John Henderson - stood out. The album Come Live With Me was just about to be released that month.
Henderson also contributed, singing, to a great So Soon intro of #12 (What'd I Say). This version is much more extensive than e.g. the one in the finale of the Holy Land tape. Ray turns it into a funny dialog about marital problems, seeking a lyrical and word fight with Henderson, complaining that "last night" his girlfriend called him John, "while she knows my name is Ray".
Personnel:*
Musicians: Dan Ackerman, Phil Guilbeau, Tony Horowitz, James Thomas - trumpets; Craig Woods, Glenn Childress, Ken Tussing - trombones; Don Switzer - bass trombone; Greg Abate, Claude Johnson - alto saxophones; Wilbur Brown, James Clay - tenor saxophones; Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone; Scott von Ravensberg** - drums; Harvey Sarch(?)** - guitar; Edgar Willis - bass, bandleader; John Henderson - organ. The Raelettes: Dorothy Berry, Denise Jackson, Mable John, Vernita Moss, Madelyn Quebec.
* Notes kindly provided by Joël Dufour. **Names added by Scott von Ravensberg.
Le concert à Paris a eut lieu au Palais des Sports."Georgia on my mind" est manquant ,mais aussi "Hit the road Jack" ommentairesavec les cque je vais t'envoyer (issus de Europe N°1).
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