In 1987 and 1990 Ray Charles made guest appearances on Bob Einstein's Super Dave Osborne TV-shows. Both times, as a kind of running gag, he played little blues ditties at the end of his performance.
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15 October 2014
Super Dave Blues (1, 2)
Unreleased.
In 1987 and 1990 Ray Charles made guest appearances on Bob Einstein's Super Dave Osborne TV-shows. Both times, as a kind of running gag, he played little blues ditties at the end of his performance.
In 1987 and 1990 Ray Charles made guest appearances on Bob Einstein's Super Dave Osborne TV-shows. Both times, as a kind of running gag, he played little blues ditties at the end of his performance.
Labels:
'87 TV Dave
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'90 TV Dave
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Unreleased
25 June 2012
Ray Charles Ft. In The Super Dave Osborne Show (1987, 1990, 1995)
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| Still from the TV show. |
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| Vegas Spectacular, aired Jan. 7, 1995. |
He participated in the car stunt that opened the program, and came back on the studio stage (backed by his Orchestra's rhythm section) to play They Can't Take That Away From Me, and a little Super Dave Blues ditty. You can watch it all
TV.com also lists an appearance in episode 51 of the 4th (1990) season. Einstein's own website has the photo at the right, with the following caption: "Ray Charles (whom Bob called his 'good luck charm') guest stars on the premiere episode of Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular, which originally aired January 7, 1995 (USA Network)."
A considerate reader sent me a copy of another Super Dave show, probably from the 1990 show described above. This time Ray first performs a good and long version of What'd I Say. The rhythm section described above appears to be part of a bigger Super Dave house band (here extended with 5 horn players). Four girls take care of the call & response parts, but I can't swear they are The Raelettes.
Ray again plays a (very) little blues ditty - solo on electric piano this time. In the closing sequence Ray acts out another driving stunt, this time convincingly destructing a bed (!) with Einstein in it.
Here Einstein reflects on this show:
Labels:
'87 TV Dave
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'90 TV Dave
,
'95 TV Dave
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