Austin City Limits Releases 1996 Video Of The Allman Brothers Playing "Midnight Rider" As Tribute To Gregg

Another fabulous tribute.  Read the article and watch the video, HERE.

http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/austin-city-limits-gregg-allman/

Allman Brothers Band "Into The Mystic"

We continue to remember the legacy of Gregg Allman as well as the Allman Brothers Band.  On occasion, the band played cover songs, that were well chosen, mostly by Gregg and Warren Haynes, to fit their repertoire.  A couple of those examples will be featured.  First, is the Allman's take on Van Morrison's "Into The Mystic".  This performance took place in Boston, Massachusetts, in December of 2011.

Gregg Allman "Trouble No More" @ the 1994 Birmingham Jam

A soundboard recording of "Trouble No More" by Gregg Allman and the Alabama All Star Soul Revue at the Birmingham Jam in Birmingham, Alabama in 1994. 

Remembering Gregg Allman (continued)

More stories about Gregg Allman, tributes, and memories of his music.

Gregg Allman: 1947-2017
http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/27/gregg-allman-1947-2017

Manager: Allman tried to keep playing music until the end
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article153126319.html

Billy F. Gibbons Pays His Respects to Gregg Allman

http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/28/billy-f-gibbons-pays-his-respects-to-gregg-allman

Dickey Betts On Gregg Allman "I'm So Glad I Was Able To Have A Couple Good Talks With Him Before He Passed"

http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/28/dickey-betts-on-gregg-allman-i-m-so-glad-i-was-able-to-have-a-couple-good-talks-with-him-before-he-passed/

Allman to Be Buried In Macon
http://www.macon.com/news/local/article153146104.html

Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dead at 69

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gregg-allman-southern-rock-legend-dead-at-69-w433068

Pink Talking Fish Cover The Allman Brothers In Memory of Gregg Allman

http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/28/pink-talking-fish-cover-the-allman-brothers-in-memory-of-gregg-allman

Cher Comments on Gregg Allman's Passing
http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/28/cher-comments-on-gregg-allman-s-passing

Dead & Company Open Tour, Pay Tribute To Gregg Allman

http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/28/dead-company-open-tour-pay-respects-to-gregg-allman

Allman Brothers' Chuck Leavell Pens Tribute to Gregg Allman

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/allman-brothers-chuck-leavell-pens-tribute-to-gregg-allman-w484664

Oteil Burbridge Remembers Gregg Allman
http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/28/oteil-burbridge-remembers-gregg-allman

Gregg Allman Band Music Director Scott Sharrard Shares Memories

http://www.jambands.com/news/2017/05/28/gregg-allman-band-music-director-scott-sharrard-shares-memories

Warren Haynes Remembers 'Dear Friend' Gregg Allman

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/warren-haynes-remembers-dear-friend-gregg-allman-w484659

Gov't Mule Pays Tribute To Gregg Allman with members of moe. & Umphrey's at Summer Camp

https://www.jambase.com/article/govt-mule-pays-tribute-gregg-allman-members-moe-umphreys-summer-camp

Dead & Company paid tribute to Gregg at their Saturday night Las Vegas gig via the video screen.

A collection of videos from last night's Dead & Company Show in Las Vegas
http://www.gratefulmusic.com/2017/05/a-collection-of-videos-from-last-nights.html

An interview from 2011.

Gregg Allman on World Cafe

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/21/133865142/gregg-allman-on-world-cafe?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20170528

In Memoriam: Gregg Allman

This is a post I never thought I'd write, so soon.  The music world, has lost a legend, as Gregg Allman has died at age 69.  This is all too significant for me.  For the last 14 years, since 2003, I had become a diehard fan of the Allman Brothers Band and their unique music, which started the so-called "southern rock" movement of the '70s, but they were so much more than that, also forging the jam band scene.  Their music was an amalgamation of any kind of American roots music you could think of, from traditional blues to soul, to country, to jazz, to rock, but delivered in their own way.  They were one of the first bands maybe along with the likes of Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the Grateful Dead, to feature a lot of improvisation in their music and like the great masters of jazz, take it to places that were far beyond any possible limits.

My first Allman Brothers recording was the "Decade of Hits: 1969-1979" record, but then, I delved further into the great albums of the Allman Brothers Band, especially their greatest masterpiece, "Live at Fillmore East" from 1971... one of the greatest albums in rock and roll history and perhaps the greatest live album of all time.

I also discovered a couple of their other great early '70s masterpieces "Eat A Peach" and "Brothers & Sisters".  What made the Allman Brothers' music so significant, was that at the time, they revolutionized rock and roll as a racially integrated band from the southern United States.  Gregg and Duane Allman grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and then, the Allman Brothers Band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, and eventually moved to Macon, Georgia where they started their run of success with several different bands before the Allman Brothers Band actually formed.

Their first two recordings, their self titled 1969 debut, and it's follow-up, 1970's "Idlewild South", though revered by fans, didn't take off in a way the band had hoped.  But "Fillmore East" put them on the map and is one of if not arguably the great live rock and roll record ever.  After Duane Allman's death in a motorcycle wreck in 1971, the band did not know where to go, and also, after losing bassist Berry Oakley in an eerily similar motorcycle crash a year later, that was when things hit bottom.  Through years of trials and tribulations which fans have no doubt read about, the Allman Brothers Band, after being reformed in 1989, they began to climb the mountain of success once again, and the summit of this mountain had to be reached with what was ultimately their last studio record, 2003's "Hittin' The Note", and subsequent tours that came after it.

Each time I saw the band in person, they seemed to get even better than they were before, and rise to another level.  The music was familiar, but Gregg and the rest of the band would always push themselves to another level, and there is this euphoria in their music, that few other bands can match, for diehard fans.  When the Allman Brothers called it a career in 2014, Gregg continued on, reforming his solo band that he'd gone on the road with during some of the more turbulent years of the Allman Brothers' existence, particularly between 1977 and 1979 (during which time, Allman was of course married to Cher), and then, there was a longer breakup between 1982 and '89.

But, for the next quarter century of their career, despite lineup changes and a falling out by some band members with former lead guitarist Dickey Betts, the band just continued to rise on a plateau continually, and the music got better and better.  The twin lead guitars (we know all the great guitarists who played with the Allman's, including Duane).  But, Gregg Allman's soulful voice and his Hammond organ, they also set the tone for who and what the Allman Brothers Band were.  There will never be another one like him.

https://www.jambase.com/article/allman-brothers-band-keyboardist-gregg-allman-died-1947-2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/arts/music/gregg-allman-dead-allman-brothers-band.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

https://tomcaswell.net/2017/05/27/the-road-goes-on-forever-rip-gregg-allman/

Rest In Peace, Gregg Allman.  Your brother Duane, has reached out his hand, and called you home.

Terje Rypdal "Kompet Gar"

Another tune from Swedish electric jazz/rock guitarist Terje Rypdal, with a trio band.  The tune is called "Kompet Gar" and the band features Rypdal on electric guitar & keyboards, Bjorn Kjellemeyr on acoustic and electric bass, and Audun Klelve on drums and percussion.

https://vimeo.com/201200406?ref=fb-share&1

6 Miles Davis Albums That Changed Music

Bonus post for your Friday.  Happy 91st birthday, Miles Davis.  Here is an article from NPR Music on six of Miles' records that changed music as we know it.  The highlights recordings include:

"First Miles"
"Birth of The Cool"
"Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet"
"Miles Smiles"
"Bitches Brew"
"Tutu"

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/26/471892355/6-miles-davis-albums-that-changed-music?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20170526

Eric Clapton RAH night three set list

The set list from the third and final appearance by Eric Clapton and his band at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.  His next scheduled concerts are set for September in New York, New York, and Los Angeles, California.

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-rah-night-three-set-list

Spyro Gyra "Morning Dance"

One band that originated the sub genre of jazz known as "smooth jazz", but also had some definite influence on the fusion side early in their career, Spyro Gyra.  This tune, is probably their most recognizable number that fits into the smooth jazz realm.  "Morning Dance".  Dig it.  The band lineup is:

Jay Beckenstein: alto saxophone
Tom Schuman: keyboards
Chet Catallo: guitar
Jim Kurzdorfer: bass
Eli Konikoff: drums
Gerardo Velez: percussion

The Duke of Ellington

Yours truly, is certainly a Duke Ellington fan, and lots out there are.  But, for those unfamiliar with the work of "The Duke", a true innovator of jazz, and of music in general, get hip.

http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-duke-of-ellington

Eric Clapton RAH Night Two Set List

Bonus post for your Wednesday.  Eric Clapton & Band at Royal Albert Hall... night two set list.  Click the link and read all about the gig.

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-rah-night-two-set-list

Steely Dan - "The Royal Scam" (feat. Larry Carlton) Live in Chicago 2009

Steely Dan played their 1976 album "The Royal Scam" in full, at a Chicago concert in 2009, and featured as a guest, Larry Carlton on lead guitar.  The band lineup is:

Walter Becker: guitar, vocals
Jim Beard: keyboards
Freddie Washington: bass
Jon Herington: guitar
Keith Carlock: drums
Walt Weiskopf: tenor saxophone
Roger Rosenberg: baritone saxophone
Michael Leonhart: trumpet
Jim Pugh: trombone
Carolyn Leonhart-Escoffery: backing vocals
Tawatha Agee: backing vocals
Catherine Russell: backing vocals
Special Guest: Larry Carlton: lead guitar

Eric Clapton Dusts Off 'Bell Bottom Blues' At Royal Albert Hall Run Opener

Eric Clapton busts out a classic from the "Layla" record with Derek & The Dominoes that he hasn't played in over a decade, at the opening concert of his annual residency at the Royal Albert Hall.  "Bell Bottom Blues", is your bonus post for this Tuesday, via JamBase.

https://www.jambase.com/article/eric-clapton-dusts-off-bell-bottom-blues-royal-albert-hall-run-opener

Here is some video from the opener of "Badge", originally recorded and performed by Eric when he was with Cream.  

Soft Machine "Land of The Bagsnake" Live in Bremen, 1975

A 1975 performance by Soft Machine (featuring the late, great, Allan Holdsworth), in Bremen, Germany, of the composition (by Allan), called "Land of The Bagsnake".  This version is on an import album and it may be the same one from the band's record "Bundles" released in 1975.  Yours truly, is unsure, although, the description says it was recorded at Radio Bremen's studio in Bremen, Germany.   The band lineup is:

Roy Babbington: bass
Allan Holdsworth: electric guitar, violin
Karl Jenkins: oboe, soprano saxophone, electric piano
John Marshall: drums, percussion
Mike Ratledge: Lowrey organ, electric piano, synthesizer

John Pizzarelli Celebrates 'Sinatra & Jobim @ 50'

Renowned jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli will mark the anniversary of a landmark collaboration with the 28 July release of Sinatra & Jobim @ 50.

http://www.udiscovermusic.com/new-releases/john-pizzarelli-celebrates-sinatra-jobim-50

John Abercrombie "Rain Forest"

Check out this track from John Abercrombie's 1992 record "While We're Young", entitled "Rain Forest".  It features Abercrombie's unique guitar playing as part of a trio that includes Dan Wall on organ, and Adam Nussbaum on drums.

Tedeschi Trucks Band "Let Me Get By"

Another clip from Tedeschi Trucks Band's new CD/DVD "Live at The Fox Oakland".  This is "Let Me Get By", the title track to their latest record that came out in 2016.  The CD/DVD has been released.  Yours truly, hopes to get a copy of it.  Check it out. 

Electric Flag "Killing Floor"

The Electric Flag, playing Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor", live, with Buddy Miles' soul drenched vocals, and Mike Bloomfield's searing lead guitar.  Two legends.  Rest In Peace, Buddy Miles, and Mike Bloomfield.

Matt "Guitar" Murphy "Murphy's Boogie"

A 1963 performance by Matt "Guitar" Murphy on guitar, Memphis Slim on piano, Willie Dixon, on bass, and Billy Stepney on drums.  The tune is simply called "Murphy's Boogie". 

Charles Earland "More Today Than Yesterday"

From his album "Black Talk", released on Prestige Records in 1969, here's jazz organist/saxophonist Charles Earland, with the tune "More Today Than Yesterday". 

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks on Bob Dylan

Great interview with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, on Bob Dylan, and also, referencing other great artists... but, mainly focusing on Dylan as a musician and as a songwriter. 

Gateway "How's Never"

Check out jazz fusion trio Gateway, and their track "How's Never".  Have featured Gateway here before, and it is made up of John Abercrombie on guitar, Dave Holland on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums.

Chet Atkins & Les Paul on The Today Show in 1978

Check out this feature with Chet Atkins and Les Paul playing The Today Show with Gene Shalit in 1978.  The set list includes:

1. Part 1 Introduction
2. Avalon
3. Les Paulverizer Demo
4. Part 2 Introduction
5. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
6. Limehouse Blues
7. Chet shows off his folding guitar

Pat Martino, John Scofield, & Joey DeFrancesco "Sunny"

Check out this wicked version of "Sunny" by a great group of musicians featuring Pat Martino and John Scofield on guitars, Joey DeFrancesco on Hammond B3 organ, and Byron Landham on drums.

Medeski, Scofield, Martin, & Wood "Sham Time"

From their 2014 record "Juice", it is Medeski, Scofield, Martin, & Wood, with "Sham Time".  Check it out.

Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire Live at the Greek Theatre - 2004

Chicago and Earth, Wind, & Fire team up for a concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California, in 2004.  The set list:

Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire

1. Beginnings
2. In The Stone
3. Dialogue (Parts I. & II.)

Earth, Wind & Fire

4. Boogie Wonderland
5. Jupiter
6. Getaway
7. Serpentine Fire
8. Kalimba Story
9. Got To Get You Into My Life
10. After The Love Has Gone
11. That's The Way of The World
12. Reasons
13. Fantasy
14. Let's Groove
15. Mighty Mighty

Chicago

16. Ballet For A Girl in Buchannon (aka: Make Me Smile medley)
17. If You Leave Me Now (feat. Phillip Bailey: vocals)
18. Call On Me
19. Alive Again
20. Hard Habit To Break/Mongonucleosis
21. Old Days
22. Just You 'n' Me
23. Saturday In The Park
24. I'm A Man
25. Hard To Say I'm Sorry

Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire

26. September
27. Free
28. Sing A Song
29. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
30. Shining Star

Encore:

31. 25 Or 6 To 4

The Allman Brothers Band (feat. Albert Collins) "The Same Thing"

A scorching version of Muddy Waters' "The Same Thing" performed at a 1993 concert by the Allman Brothers Band, with special guest, the late, great, "master of the Telecaster". Albert "The Ice Man" Collins.

Remembering Jazz's Greatest Year With The Living Legends of 1959

On the 100th anniversary of jazz music in America, we remember the greatest year of the genre... 1959, with the living legends who created and recorded the music of it's most significant year.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7783963/jazz-greatest-year-living-legends-feature

Willie Nelson Is Back Atop Billboard's Country Album's Chart with "God's Problem Child"

If Willie Nelson’s 84th birthday wish was to have another No. 1 album, he got it.

http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2017/05/08/willie-nelson-is-back-atop-billboards-country-albums-chart-with-gods-problem-child/

Dr. John "Iko Iko"

A great version of Dr. John's "Iko Iko", as The Doctor performs on piano as always, with the late, greats Jeff Healey and Hiram Bullock on guitars, David Sanborn on alto saxophone, Marcus Miller on bass, and Omar Hakim on drums.

Here is another version of the song with a different band, featuring Ringo Starr's All Star Band, with the late Levon Helm on drums, Ringo Starr on drums, Joe Walsh on guitar, Nils Lofgren on guitar, the late Rick Danko on bass, and the late, great Clarence Clemons on tenor saxophone and percussion.

 

Col. Bruce Hampton Live at The Fabulous Fox Theater May 1, 2017

The live audio of what would be Col. Bruce Hampton's final show before joining the angel band, at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, last week, May 1, 2017.

https://archive.org/details/hampton702017-05-01.km184/hampton702017-05-01t07.flac

Grateful Dead Cornell '77

It's the 40th anniversary of The Grateful Dead's legendary show at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on this date, in 1977.

Cornell '77 Turns 40: 'Holy Grail' Grateful Dead Show Finally Gets Official Release

https://www.jambase.com/article/cornell-77-turns-40-holy-grail-grateful-dead-show-finally-gets-official-release

Happy 40th anniversary to the legendary May 8th, 1977 Cornell/Barton Hall show!

http://www.mickeyhart.net/news/happy-40th-anniversary-to-the-legendary-may-8th-1977-cornell-barton-hall-show-25373

An interview with Mickey Hart, by what could be considered a source with legitimacy questions (Entertainment Weekly), at least to diehard music fans.  But, the article will be used in this tribute.

Mickey Hart talks Grateful Dead's 'mystical' Cornell concert on 40th anniversary
http://ew.com/music/2017/05/08/grateful-dead-cornell-barton-hall-mickey-hart/

One more thing to add.  This is pretty cool.

Cornell Chimes Honor 40th Anniversary of Landmark Grateful Dead concert

https://www.jambase.com/article/cornell-chimes-honor-40th-anniversary-landmark-grateful-dead-concert

Watch Frank Zappa Sit In With Pink Floyd in 1969

Frank Zappa, sits in for a psychedelic jam with Pink Floyd, at their gig at Festival Actuel in Amougies, Belgium, on October 25th, 1969.

https://www.jambase.com/article/watch-frank-zappa-sit-pink-floyd-1969

Jeff Beck & Stanley Clarke "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"

Revisiting a favorite of yours truly.  Charles Mingus' "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", about the great jazz saxophonist, Lester Young, as performed by Jeff Beck and Stanley Clarke on Beck's 1978 album Jeff Beck with Stanley Clarke "A Battle Without Honor & Humanity".

Chick Corea Quartet "The Wish"

From the "Time Warp" record released in 1995 on Stretch Records, here is the Chick Corea Quartet and "The Wish".  The band lineup has Chick Corea on piano, John Pattitucci on bass, Gary Novak on drums, and Bob Berg on tenor saxophone.

More Memories of Col. Bruce Hampton

Tributes to the late, great Col. Bruce Hampton, the father of jam bands, continue to roll in.  Trey Anastasio, and Oteil Burbridge, remember him, in their own unique way.

Trey Anastasio Band Pays Tribute to Col. Bruce Hampton in Tulsa

http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/trey-anastasio-band-pays-tribute-to-col-bruce-and-more-in-tulsa/

...and

Oteil Burbridge Shares Remembrance of Col. Bruce Hampton
https://www.jambase.com/article/oteil-burbridge-shares-remembrance-col-bruce-hampton

*The above article, includes a 1992 performance with Oteil in Col. Bruce Hampton's band Aquarium Rescue Unit that has been featured in the blog before.

Smoke "Everything" (1973)

A band that yours truly has only heard for the first time.  This is some cool, genre bending improvisational jazz.

So there's not much info out there about this obscure San Francisco band, most people know them for the first track "Shelda" which has been sampled heavily by its deep psychedelic grooves. The rest of the album is just as eccletic and unique really, truly having a little bit of "everything": latinesque psychedelic soul rhythms with a thick jazzy curtain enveloping the whole thing . Hopefully more ears will catch on to this and people will play some new music inspired by it, sit back and enjoy :)

Drums – Akira Tana
Percussion – Garry Griffieth
Guitar – Bobb Bragg
Harp – Hakim Ali Muhammad
Organ – Danny Daniels
Piano – Curtis Clark
Alto Saxophone , Clarinet , Vocals – Hardy Dedmann
Vibraphone, Leader – Woodi Webb
Violin – Kenny Jenkins
Vocals – Lani Wilson, Shirley Puckett

The track listing is:

1. Shelda
2. Lobotomy
3. Everything
4. Griffo
5. Nite Song
6. Miss Shirley
7. Curtis

Here's a link to the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFFZeT7ZMCM&feature=share

An Elegy For The Colonel: Former Tour Manager Tony Hume Reflects On The Life Of Bruce Hampton

More memories of the one and the only, the late, Col. Bruce Hampton.

https://www.jambase.com/article/elegy-colonel-former-tour-manager-tony-hume-reflects-life-bruce-hampton

Hampton Grease Band - Atlanta Pop Festival, 1970

From the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival, here is the set by Hampton Grease Band.  Get ready to be taken on a wild, psychedelic ride.

Bonus Post: Glen Campbell Says Goodbye With Title Track From Final Album

An emotional song, the title track from Glen Campbell's forthcoming final studio record, "Adios".

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/glen-campbell-says-goodbye-with-title-track-from-final-album-adios/ar-BBAEWpd?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

Bill Evans Trio "My Foolish Heart"

One of the many great live performances of the standard "My Foolish Heart", by the Bill Evans Trio.  This version, dates back to 1964 and features Evans on piano, Chuck Israels on bass, and Larry Bunker on drums.  Incidentally, this jazz standard was composed by Victor Young and Ned Washington, published in 1949.  This is not the only great version of the song to be found on YouTube.  Type in Bill Evans, "My Foolish Heart", and other versions, will appear.  Check them out. 

In Memoriam: Col. Bruce Hampton

Rest In Peace, Col. Bruce Hampton. One of the true geniuses of music, who really started the careers of a couple of my favorite musicians, including Jimmy Herring, Oteil Burbridge, and Derek Trucks. Since the early 1970's, Col. Bruce has played with just about everyone, and the great southern soothsayer has influenced many more. From his early days with the Hampton Grease Band to the transformational Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit of the 1990's to whatever band he dreams up next, seeing Col. Bruce on stage is to be simultaneously whisked away into both the past and the future.

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/02/526538126/colonel-bruce-hampton-dies-after-collapsing-on-stage-during-his-own-birthday-con

Stranger Than Fiction: The Cosmic Curtain Call of Col. Bruce Hampton
http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/cosmic-curtain-call-col-bruce-hampton/

RIP Col. Bruce - A Tribute To A Friend And A Genius

http://alanpaul.net/2017/05/rip-col-bruce-a-tribute-to-a-friend-and-genius/?utm_content=buffer162da&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

...and

The Music Behind The Madness At Col. Bruce Hampton's Last Hurrah [Photos/Setlist]
http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/col-bruce-hampton-70-photos-setlist/

Wanee Festival tributes to the late, great Butch Trucks

Paying tribute to the late, great, Butch Trucks, one of the Allman Brothers Band's founding members, and a seminal figure in creating the Wanee Music Festival in Live Oak, Florida, that took place about three weeks ago.

Widespread Panic (feat. Marcus King) "Mountain Jam"

By the way, after "Mountain Jam", Widespread Panic continues to bring the rock and roll in spades with their songs "Impossible", "Big Wooly Mammoth", "Christmas Katie", "One Kind Favor", "Saint Ex", and "Imitation Leather Shoes".  

The Freight Train Band (feat. Melody Trucks, Vaylor Trucks, Luther Dickinson, Cody Dickinson & more), "Hot 'Lanta" & "Trouble No More". 

Blood, Sweat, & Tears "Without Her"

Blood, Sweat & Tears performing the Harry Nilsson composition called "Without Her", that they recorded on their first album in 1968.  This is reminiscent of some of Herb Alpert's early work.  Check it out.