Ray Charles Live In Ithaca (1984)
On November 8, 1984, the Ray Charles Group performed at Cornell University’s Bailly Hall in Ithaca.* Someone in the audience had his Nakamichi ready to tape the concert.
The line-up of the band probably wasn’t much different from the Warsaw concerts in late October:
Robbie Kwock, Mark Curry, Jim Seely, Jeff Kaye – trumpets; John Boice, Dan Marcus, Dan Weinstein, Dana Hughes – trombones; Brian Mitchell, Clifford Solomon (band leader), Ricky Woodard, Rudy Johnson, Louis Van Taylor – saxophones; Bobby Floyd – organ; Dennis Nelson – guitar; Roger Hines – bass; Ricky Kirkland – drums; The Raelettes: Trudy Cohran, Anne Johnson, Janice Mitchell, Elaine Woodard, Estella Yarbrough.
The setlist was:
- Project S (Ray Charles Orchestra)
- The Time Is Right (Ray Charles Orchestra)
- The Shadow Of Your Smile (Ray Charles Orchestra)
- Sister Sadie (Ray Charles Orchestra)
- Intro RC
- Riding Thumb
- Busted
- Georgia On My Mind
- Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
- I’ve Got News For You
- Some Enchanted Evening
- She Knows (partial, truncated)
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band
- Guess Who I Saw Today
- Hit the Road Jack
- I Can’t Stop Loving You
- Knock On Wood
- 3/4 Time
- Born to Love Me
- What’d I Say (intro: I’m Gonna Keep On Singin’)
- Outro
* Special thanks to Nick Hoorweg for notifying me.
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