Wilson Pickett 1973 / Bo Diddley 1975
Edwin Starr (left) and Wilson Pickett at Jazz Festival Montreux, 1973-
Hey People, it’s summer!
You need hot music! Wait, here its is:
Twenty minutes of Wilson Pickett at the Jazz Festival Montreux in 1973 featuring a guest appearance by Edwin Starr (of “War” fame), taken from a VHS cassette in the Otto Flückiger collection. In spite of Pickett’s pleading, no Rolling Stone appears (I am not missing them). If you recognize any of the band members, please let me know.
And here’s another one:
Bo Diddley playing his signature tune “Bo Diddley” at the Philharmonie in Berlin during the “Rhythm & Blues: Roots of Rock” show of Berliner Jazztage sometime in early November 1975. (Look here for a (german language) article dated November 7 – though it’s not clear whether this is the date of the concert or the date of publication)
Besides Bo we have Johnny Guitar Watson (guitar), James Booker (piano), Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners (trombone, tambourine), Preston Love (tenor sax), Jimmie Lee Robinson (bass), Panama Francis (drums). Thanks to David Blakey for identifying the band members (see comment section)!
Enjoy!
July 14, 2016 at 8:46 pm
I’m pretty sure the line-up for the Bo Diddley clip is as follows: Bo Diddley (guitar, vocals), Johnny “Guitar” Watson (guitar), James Booker (piano), Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners (trombone, tambourine), Preston Love (tenor sax), Jimmie Lee Robinson (bass), Panama Francis (drums). The performance was from a “Rhythm & Blues: Roots of Rock” show in Berlin from November 1975.
July 14, 2016 at 8:49 pm
Thanks! Will change/add that tomorrow.
January 10, 2017 at 1:22 pm
Tehre’s a very useful archive page for the Berlin festival – details for this concert are listed as follows:
Rhythm & Blues: Roots of Rock
Artists:
Bo Diddley (g, voc)
‘Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (piano, voc, ts)
Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson (g, voc)
Margie Evans (voc)
Billy Boy Arnold (harm, voc)
Preston Love (saxes, ld)
Gene ‘Mighty Flea’ Conners (tb, voc)
James Booker (p, org, voc)
Latif (Lonesome Jimmy Lee) Aliomar (e-b)
Panama Francis (dr)
Venue: Philharmonie
Date: 07.11.1975
Berliner Jazztage 1975
Artistic Director: George Gruntz
http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/chronicle/jazzfest/gruppe/rhythm-blues-roots-of-rock-1975