Musical Musings Blog 2... The Infinite Musical Continuum

  "Call Me the Breeze" performed by Charlie Daniels, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Toy Caldwell, Ed King, Taz DiGregorio, Tommy Crain, Gary Rossington and many more at Volunteer Jam XII on September 6th, 1987.

  From a performance at Live Under The Sky.  The late, great David Sanborn's funky, up-tempo ode to the musical tradition of the city of Chicago, Illinois, "Chicago Song" featuring a top-notch band.   David Sanborn: alto saxophone Hiram Bullock: guitar Ricky Peterson: keyboards (Hammond organ, synthesizers) Tom Barney: bass Buddy Williams: drums Don Alias: percussion

  Full Concert Friday this week, revisiting Yellowjackets' 1981 Casino Lights Montreux Jazz Festival concert. Russell Ferrante - keys Robben Ford - g Jimmy Haslip - b Ricky Lawson - dr Lenny Castro - perc Recorded on July 1981 in Montreux

  Revisiting a great performance from the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival.  This is the late, great David Sanborn, the legendary alto saxophonist, performing one of his biggest tunes "Hideaway".  The band here is made up of some awesome players.  David Sanborn on alto sax, Neil Larson on keyboards (Hammond organ, Clavinet), Robben Ford on guitar, Marcus Miller on bass, Mike Maineri on vibraphone, Ricky Lawson on drums, and Lenny Castro on percussion.

  From July 5th, 1974, on The Midnight Special, here is Wet Willie with bandleader, harmonica and saxophone ace player, and lead singer, the one and the only, Jimmy Hall, with "Keep On Smilin' ".  This is the title track to their 1974 record.  The band lineup at this particular time includes: Jimmy Hall: vocals, harmonica Ricky Hirsch: guitar John David Anthony: electric piano, Clavinet, keyboards Jack Hall: bass Lewis Ross: drums, percussion Ella Brown Avery: backing vocals Elkie Brooks: backing vocals    Check it out.  

  From January 3rd, 1975, on "The Midnight Special" another rarely heard Charlie Daniels Band song.  This one is called "Way Down Yonder", another tribute to the pride, the culture of the south, and what certain parts of the southern United States are all about, the culture, the people, the landscape.  

  From the Charlie Daniel's Band's Volunteer Jam VI at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 12th, 1980, here is the whole entire tale of "Caballo Diablo", the "devil horse", the wild, untamed stallion, with a flamenco dance from CDB backing vocalist, Patty Smith, and featuring the horn section that the Charlie Daniels Band used at the time, comprised of trumpets, tenor and baritone saxophones, and trombone.