On June 22, 1992 Ray Charles, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Dr. John and The Fabulous Thunderbirds were found jamming at the Downtime Bar in New York City, where they announced their Blues Festival '92 Tour. As far as I know the plans only materialized in a limited series of concerts in June and September.
On September 2 the group played the Jones Beach Amphitheater in Wantagh (NY). Ray's show was taped from the audience (in a reasonably good quality)*. The setlist was:
On September 2 the group played the Jones Beach Amphitheater in Wantagh (NY). Ray's show was taped from the audience (in a reasonably good quality)*. The setlist was:
- Intro show
- Woody 'n' Bu (Ray Charles Orchestra)
- Intro Ray Charles
- Then We'll Be Home (Sadies Tune)
- Busted
- Georgia On My Mind
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Teardrops From My Eyes
- Ellie, My Love
- The Good Life
- The Brightest Smile in Town
- Intro Raelettes
- I Want Your Love (ft Estella Yarbrough)
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- I Believe To My Soul
- What'd I Say
- Outro
The line-up must have came close to this:
Ted Murdock, Ken Scharf, David Hoffman, Chuck Parrish - trumpets; Wayne Coniglio, Marc Fields, Mike Guerrier, Steve Sigmund - trombones; Steve Elliott, Al Jackson, Al Waters, Rudy Johnson, Jim Farnsworth - saxophones; Peter Turre - drums; Kenny Carr - guitar; Benoît Grey - bass; Ernest Vantrease - keyboards; The Raelettes: Trudy Cohran, Pamela Diggs, Paula Moye, AngieWorkman, Estella Yarbrough.
* Special thanks to George Rue.
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