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November 2, 2014
Jambalaya (With Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis)
Read moreAlbum3: 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 […]
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November 2, 2014
Knock On Wood (The Raelettes)
Read moreAlbum: Ray Charles At Jazz Jamboree 1984, Poljazz X-PSJ 002, S.a. Ray added a slightly bawdy intro to this Eddie Floyd/Steve Cropper song. It was Trudy Cohran’s song until she left The Raelettes.The one performance that made it to eve two (semi-legit) releases, from the 1984 Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw (also listen here), was not the best. ’84 […]
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November 1, 2014
Lay Around And Love On You (All I Wanna Do Is —)
Read moreAlbum: Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Columbia 38990, July 1984. Recorded in Nashville and finalized at RPM International in Los Angeles. With Buddy Emmons – steel guitar; Fred Newell, Bucky Barrett, Phil Baugh, James Capps – guitar; Terry McMillan – Harmonica; Hoot Hester, Buddy Spicher – Fiddle; Matt Morris – Bass; James Gadson – drums. […]
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October 31, 2014
Let Your Love Flow
Read moreAlbum: Wish You Were Here Tonight, Columbia 38293, March 1983. Recorded between 1981 and 1983 with uncredited session musicians in Nashville, finished at RPM in Los Angeles. Arranged by Sid Feller (the demo tape that Ray used to brief Feller has survived). Update 14.02.2021: the video of this performance is no longer available on YouTube, please […]
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October 31, 2014
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
Read moreAlbum: Just Between Us, Columbia 40703, September 1988. Recorded at RPM International with uncredited members of the Ray Charles Orchestra (i.e. Mark Curry, Jeff Helgesen, Ted Murdock, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; Mike Christianson, Armin Marmolejo, Steve Sigmund, Charlie Schofner – trombones; Al Jackson, Chris Lega, Ricky Woodard, Rudy Johnson, Leroy Cooper – saxophones; Ernest Vantrease – […]
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October 31, 2014
Lewis Boogie (With Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis)
Read moreAlbum3: 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 […]
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October 30, 2014
Little Drummer Boy
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The tracks of this album were recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles – almost all of them with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra – in the fall of 1984. The one exception was this tune, which was recorded “off season” (i.e. in a hiatus between […]
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October 30, 2014
Little Hotel Room (With Merle Haggard)
Read moreAlbum: Friendship, Columbia 39415, February 1985.Single (B): Columbia 5575, August 1985, b/w Two Old Cats Like Us. . Recorded at the Eleven Eleven Studios and the Soundshop Studio in Nashville, and the Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, with c&w veteran Billy Sherrill. Ray finished things off at the RPM studio in Los Angeles. […]
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October 30, 2014
Lonesome Blue Yodel [Partial]
Read moreAlbum (Laserdisk): Ray Charles Live – In Concert With The Edmonton Symphonie, Optical Programming Associates 74-612 LV, 1982 (also on VHS: MCA, 1982; and on DVD: Eagle Rock B0002WZTHA, 21 September 2004). Around 1980 Ray briefly quoted the tune – penned by Hank “The Yodeling Ranger” Snow – as a part of his intro to What’d I Say. […]
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October 30, 2014
Love Is Worth The Pain
Read moreAlbum: From The Pages Of My Mind, Columbia 40388, September 1986. Recorded in Nashville, and mixed in Los Angeles, at RPM International. The session musicians working on the album were: Bobby Odgin, Timmy Tappan – piano; William Puett – horns; Hargus Pig Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards; Pete Bordonali, Pete Drake, Jerry Kennedy, Weldon Myrick, Dale […]
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October 29, 2014
Love Of My Life
Read moreAlbum: Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Columbia 38990, July 1984. Recorded in Nashville and RPM International in Los Angeles. With Buddy Emmons – steel guitar; Fred Newell, Bucky Barrett, Phil Baugh, James Capps – guitar; Terry McMillan – Harmonica; Hoot Hester, Buddy Spicher – Fiddle; Matt Morris – Bass; James Gadson – drums. Arranged by […]
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October 26, 2014
Mountain Dew (With Willie Nelson)
Read moreAlbum3 (VHS): The Willie Nelson Special With Special Guest Ray Charles, Embassy Home Entertainment, S.a. (Laser Disc: Rhino/WEA, 9 July 2002). Ray, Willie & band in rehearsal and for real. Recorded at the Austin Opry House on 17 and 18 May 1984, first aired in November 1985.