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Showing posts with label With Fats Domino. Show all posts
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02 November 2014

Jambalaya (With Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis)

Album3: Fats & Friends (German  LP: Exclusive Records, 1987; VHS: Atlantic/WEA, 28 May 1991; DVD: Time Life Records, 6 March 2007; German DVD: High Planet Entertainment, 8 September 2004, titled Rockin' Pianos).

Medley-ish  jam with Lewis Boogie, from the TV show Fats & Friends, recorded on 5 June 1986 at the Storyville Jazz Hall, in New Orleans.

With Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis - piano; Ray Charles - keyboards, vocal; Sugar Blue - harmonica; accompanied by Paul Shaffer, Ron Wood, Roy Gaines, Harold Cowart, Steve Jordan.

31 October 2014

Lewis Boogie (With Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis)

Album3: Fats & Friends (German  LP: Exclusive Records, 1987; VHS: Atlantic/WEA, 28 May 1991; DVD: Time Life Records, 6 March 2007; German DVD: High Planet Entertainment, 8 September 2004, titled Rockin' Pianos).

In a medley-ish jam with Jambalaya, from the TV show Fats & Friends, recorded on 5 June 1986 at the Storyville Jazz Hall, in New Orleans.

With Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis - piano; Ray Charles - keyboards, vocal; Sugar Blue - harmonica; accompanied by Paul Shaffer, Ron Wood, Roy Gaines, Harold Cowart, Steve Jordan.

08 October 2014

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (With Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll)

Album3 (DVD): Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll Live, Image Entertainment, 5 December 2000.

Part of an all-star jam, recorded by Cinemax in Rome in February 1989. Ray had a good time sitting behind his keyboards. The other legends were James Brown, B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Esther Phillips, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard. The bandleader was Dave Edmunds; Maceo Parker was there too.

07 October 2014

You Don't Love Me No More (With Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll)

Album3 (DVD): Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll Live, Image Entertainment, 5 December 2000.

Part of an all-star jam, recorded by Cinemax in Rome in February 1989. Ray had a good time sitting behind his keyboards. The other legends were James Brown, B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Esther Phillips, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard. The bandleader was Dave Edmunds; Maceo Parker was there too.

16 April 2010

Ray Charles & 6 More Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll Live (1988)

Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll Live was recorded in Rome and originally broadcast on Cinemax in 1989. A gathering of r&b, blues & rock greats, belting out 15 songs followed by an all-star jam, all seven of them in peak form.

Paul Litteral - trumpet; Crispin Cioe, Arno Hecht - tenor saxophones; Chuck Leavell - keyboards; Dave Edmunds (musical director), Robert Funk - guitar); Phil Chen - bass; Terry Williams - drums.

HBO Archives has numerous clips of backstage scenes and interviews made during rehearsals for this concert. The concert took place in the Palalottomatic Arena. Some tapes are dated 21 November 1988, but the concert poster that's visible in some of the interview sets clearly has 17 November (one of the edited tapes is dated February 1989; I guess that was not too long before the broadcasting date).
Looking at that poster, and listening to Ray's surprised response, it becomes clear that B.B. King was a last moment replacement of Chuck Berry.
Some of the rushes of the interviews and of the rehearsals can be watched on the HBO Archives site:
First U.S. air date probably was March 5, 1989.
Reuters has archived an item on a press conference (without Ray), that aired on 16 November. The documentation of the reel is still including Chuck Berry in the line-up.
The content smells a bit like a desperate PR attempt. The statements of Diddley and Brown are hilariously far away from "reasons for doing the concert".
In the documentation Reuters explains that the concert was "[...] staged for the benefit of Unicef", and that it "[...] has already cost over two million dollars to stage, but more than 50,000 dollars has been set aside for Unicef. Live coverage of the show is to be broadcast in France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Television stations in Europe and around the world are signing contracts for a later edited version. On Wednesday, some of the stars practiced their songs on stage and talked about their reasons for doing the concert."
But during the press conference Bo Diddley said on tape, "Rock 'n Roll is dead? I'm not going anywhere no way, Rock 'n Roll will never die." James Brown said, "Nobody has the monopoly on the feeling, nobody has the monopoly on God - may I go please?" Source here.

DVD: Image Entertainment, 5 December 2000, ASIN: B000051S5Q.

Mess Around:
[You'll get the whole concert here!]

A Fool For You:

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / You Don't Love Me No More (Jam):

01 April 2010

Ray Charles On Fats Domino & Friends (1986)


Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Paul Schaffer, Fats Domino, Ron Wood.
Discussion during rehearsals. Fats Domino, Paul Shaffer, Ray Charles and (someone with the hair of) Jerry Lee Lewis.

  1. Introduction
  2. The Fat Man - Fats Domino
  3. Walking To New Orleans - Fats Domino
  4. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
  5. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Fats Domino
  6. CC Rider - Fats Domino
  7. Sentimental Journey - Fats Domino
  8. I Was Raised On Rock - Jerry Lee Lewis, ft Ron Wood
  9. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis, ft Ron Wood
  10. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis, ft Ron Wood
  11. A Certain Girl - Ron Wood & Paul Shaffer
  12. I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles, ft Ron Wood
  13. Drown In My Own Tears - Ray Charles
  14. Lewis Boogie - Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis & Fats Domino, ft Ron Wood
  15. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis & Fats Domino, ft Ron Wood
  16. Swanee River Rock - Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis & Fats Domino, ft Ron Wood
  17. The Rockin' Piano - Instrumental
Ad from TV Guide. 19 - 25 Jul. 1986.
Splendid TV concert, directed by Len Dell'Amico, recorded on 5 June 1986 at the Storyville Jazz Hall, in New Orleans.
Listen to Paul Shaffer in the trailer, below. The first air date, on cable TV, I found was 25 July 1986, under the title Cinemax Sessions: Fats Domino And Friends.

Released as a VHS by Atlantic/WEA (28 May 1991) and as a DVD by Time Life Records (6 March 2007, ASIN: B000MTDRFE).
There's also a German release (High Planet Entertainment, 8 September 2004, ASIN: B00022LOHY), titled Rockin' Pianos.
German LP (1987).
There also was an LP release (on vinyl) in Germany: Exclusive Records DLC 1987.

Performers & personnel:
Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis - piano, vocal; Ray Charles - keyboards, vocal; Sugar Blue - harmonica; accompanied by Paul Shaffer, Ron Wood, Roy Gaines, Harold Cowart, Steve Jordan.

The complete concert is often offered online on a pay-per-view basis in the U.S., and sometimes for free everywhere else:

The first 3m33s can be watched here.

Promo:


Another promo for a 2017 broadcast of the show, with great rehearsal footage:


More rehearsal stuff here:


I've Got A Woman:


Drown In My Own Tears:


Lewis Boogie/Jambalaya:
HBO Archives (Tape Ref Number 5488 - 125817) has shelved extensive backstage source materials. The AP Archive has a 5-minute news item from 5 August 1986, titled Fats Domino Homage: "Legendary jazz greats including Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ron Wood, pay musical homage to pianist [sic! BS] Fats Domino".