The Genius Of The Band's Richard Manuel

A great article on the late Richard Manuel from, The Band, who passed away 28 years ago, today.  The article is from Mojo magazine.

http://www.mojo4music.com/12477/the-band-richard-manuel/

Dr. John & Eric Clapton "Right Place, Wrong Time"

Today is Mardi Gras, (Fat Tuesday), in New Orleans.  No, yours truly hasn't eaten any beignets, red beans and rice, or jambalaya today.  But, here is the good doctor, (Dr. John), with his tune, "Right Place, Wrong Time", to celebrate the occasion.  This particular version, features Eric Clapton on guitar.

The Charlie Daniels Band "Orange Blossom Special"

The Charlie Daniels Band plays a rousing version of "Orange Blossom Special", written by Ervin T. Rouse, in 1938, which is referred to as "the fiddle players National Anthem", about a train by the same name.  Here's the origin of the tune.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Blossom_Special_%28song%29

...And here, is the origin of it's namesake (the train).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Blossom_Special_%28train%29

Son House & Buddy Guy "My Black Mama"

A snippet of Buddy Guy and Son House playing the blues tune "My Black Mama" at CBS Studios in New York, circa 1968.  Awesome!

Miles Davis Quintet in Paris, 1969

Check out this footage of the Miles Davis Quintet playing a gig in Paris, circa 1969.  Here are the concert details, (band, and set list).

Miles Davis: Trumpet
Wayne Shorter: Tenor, Soprano Saxes
Chick Corea: Electric Piano, Drums
Dave Holland: Bass
Jack DeJohnette: Drums, Electric Piano

Introduction (André Francis)
Bitches Brew (M. Davis)
Agitation (M. Davis)
I Fall in Love Too Easily (S. Cahn-J. Styne)
Sanctuary (W. Shorter-M. Davis)
Masqualero (W. Shorter)
It's About That Time (M. Davis)
The Theme (with applause, announcement) (M. Davis)

Skip's Spotify Sunday 3-2-14

Stuff "Stuff"

1. Foots

2. My Sweetness
3. (Do You) Want Some of This

4. Looking For The Juice

5. Reflections of Divine Love

6. How Long Will It Last?

7. Sun Song

8. Happy Farms

9. Dixie/Up On The Roof

Stuff "Live Stuff" (Live: November 20th, 1978 at Yubinchokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan)

1. Foots

2. Junior Walker Medley: Road Runner/Pucker Up Buttercup

3. Need Somebody

4. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours/Stuff's Theme

5. Love of Mine

6. Dixie

Stuff "Stuff It"

1. Mighty Love
2. Dance With Me
3. Since You've Been Gone (Baby, Baby, Sweet Baby)
4. Always
5. Stuff It
6. Love Having You Around
7. Rainbows
8. Gordon's Theme
9. Talkin' About My Love For You
10. Do It Again

Stuff "The Right Stuff"

1. My Sweetness
2. Foots
3. Happy Farms
4. (Do You) Want Some of This
5. Subway
6. Love Of Mine
7. And Here You Are
8. This One's For You
9. Need Somebody
10. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
11. Sometimes Bubba Gets Down - Live in New York
12. You're A Great Girl - Live in New York
13. Love The Stuff/Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Live in New York
14. Do It Again
15. Stuff It

Stuff "Live At Montreux, 1976"

1. Foots
2. Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
3. The Gadd Solo
4. Stuff's Stuff
5. That's The Way of The World
6. Feelin' Alright
7. Lift Every Voice And Sing (a.k.a. The Negro National Anthem)
8. Oh Happy Day
9. Ode To Stuff
10. How Long Will It Last
11. It's Your Thing
12. You Are So Beautiful
13. Boogie On Reggae Woman
14. Do It Again

Fuse One "Double Steal"

Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer "Like Children"

1. Country And Eastern Music
2. No Fear
3. I Remember Me
4. Earth (Still Our Only Home)
5. Topeka
6. Steppings Tones
7. Night
8. Full Moon Boogie
9. Giving In Gently/I Wonder

Incognito "Inside Life"

1. Inside Life
2. One Step To A Miracle
3. Journey Into Sunlight
4. Gypsy
5. Promise You The Moon
6. Sketches In  The Dark
7. Metropolis
8. Love Is The Colour
9. Soho
10. Always There (feat. Jocelyn Brown: vocals) (Ronnie Laws cover)
11. Crazy For You (feat. Chyna: vocals)

Incognito "Tribes, Vibes And Scribes"

1. Colibri
2. Change
3. River In My Dreams
4. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
5. Magnetic Ocean
6. I Love What You Do For Me
7. Closer To The Feeling
8. L'Arc en Ciel De Miles
9. Need To Know
10. Pyramides
11. Tribal Vibes

Incognito "Positivity"

1. Step Into My Life
2. Still  A Friend Of Mine
3. Smiling Faces
4. Where Do We Go From Here
5. Positivity
6. Inversions
7. Givin' It Up
8. Talkin' Loud
9. Deep Waters
10. Do Right
11. Pieces Of A Dream
12. Thinking About Tomorrow
13. Keep The Fires Burning

Incognito "100 Degrees And Rising"

1. Where Did We Go Wrong
2. Good Love
3. One Hundred And Rising
4. Roots (Back To A Way of Life)
5. Everyday
6. Too Far Gone
7. After The Fall - Instrumental Version
8. Spellbound And Speechless
9. I Hear Your Name
10. Barumba
11. Millennium - Instrumental Version
12. Time Has Come
13. Jacob's Ladder - Instrumental Version

Incognito "Beneath The Surface"

1. Solar Fire
2. Labour of Love
3. Beneath The Surface
4. A Shade Of Blue
5. Without You
6. Misunderstood
7. Hold On To Me
8. Living Against The River
9. She Wears Black
10. Fountain of Life
11. Out Of The Storm
12. Dark Side of The Cog
13. All That You Want Me To Be
14. Sunchild

Incognito "No Time Like The Future"

1. Wild And Peaceful
2. Get Into My Groove
3. It Ain't Easy
4. Marrakech
5. Fearless - Instrumental Version
6. Night's Over Egypt - Bluey's Mix
7. Centre Of The Sun
8. More Of Myself
9. I Can See The Future
10. Black Rain

Little Milton & Gov't Mule "I Can't Quit You Baby"

Check out this fabulous, searing cover of Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Baby" by Little Milton Campbell and Gov't Mule.  Buddy Guy has also done stunning renditions of this tune.  This is a hot one!