2011 is rounding
out nicely, besides touring w/Lucero,
, there've been some awfully fun sessions and gigs. In fact, Lucero
has just finished up working on
their new record. It's gonna be
pretty amazing! Looking forward to the
post-xmas east coast run.
Very fun times w/the Iguanas. Got to
play their Jazzfest set which wound up in the season finale of Treme.
I'm a big fan of Bob Dorough,
ever since I heard 'Blue Xmas' in the mid-70's and actually got to play
a few tunes with him at the Levitt Shell this summer. Quite a highlight!
What a guy.
I
did a west coast 'blues cruise'
with guitar giants Jimmy Thackery/JP
Soars and got to play some shows with the always great Bobby "Blue"
Bland while on board!
Billy Seward has got a new record
out called Better Place which features a bunch of great Memphis players...
Al Gamble, George Sluppick, and many others. Check it out!
Looking
forward to putting more horns on Frazey
Ford's ongoing project at Royal w/the Hodges Brothers.
Glossary's new record got some
horns this summer as well. A GREAT record for sure..
2006:
November w/Cat Power
& Memphis Rhythm Band:
London - Roundhouse
Amsterdam - Paradiso
Brussels - Ancienne Belgique
Paris - Grand Rex Berlin - Volksbuhne
Zurich - Kaufleuten
Memphis - New Daisy
Ashevillie, NC - Orange Peel
Athens - 40 Watt
Chapel Hill - Cat's Cradle
Washington, DC - 9:30
Toronto - Phoenix
Montreal - Metropolis
Los Angeles - Orpheum Theater
San Francisco - Fillmore
Seattle - The Showbox
Vancouver - Commodore Ballroom
September w/Cat
Power & Memphis Rhythm Band:
New York - Irving Plaza
Atlanta - Variety Playhouse
Chicago - The Vic
Austin City Limits Festival
Dallas - Gypsy Ballroom
Austin - Stubbs
June w/Cat Power
& Memphis Rhythm Band:
Boston - Berklee Performance Center
New York City - Town Hall
Philadelphia - Theater of Living Arts
Washington D. C. - 9:30
Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
London, UK - Barbican
On BBC's Jools Holland Show in London
w/Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band
June 2006
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Southaven, MS
September Steve Cropper -"Play it,
Steve!" Celebrity Golf Tournament - w/ Eddie
Floyd, Ellis Hooks, Susan Anton, Ray Vega, T Graham Brown - Gibson
Lounge, Memphis & Grand Casino, Tunica Billy Swan, J.M. Van
Eaton, Jim Dickinson - Cooper Young Festival - Memphis
June Philipp Fankhauser - Baden Blues
Festival, Kaufleuten Hall/Zurich, Blue Note Club/Biel, BierHuebeli Hall/Bern,
Chicago Blues Festival The Bo-Keys- Thacker
Mountain Radio Show, Oxford, MS
May The Sophisticats - Blue Monkey
- Memphis The Sophisticats - RiverFest
- Little Rock The Bo-Keys- Pianos,
Frank's Cocktail Lounge, B B King's - NYC Zanzibar Blue - Philadelphia Michael Jefry Stevens'
Memphis Quintet - sip! - Memphis
Percy Sledge - Memphis In May International Barbeque Festival - Memphis
April The Sophisticats - Lounge Lizards
- New Orleans Sam Samudio - Rock &
Soul Museum - Memphis
Ike Turner, Gatemouth Brown - NARAS Heroes Awards Show - Cannon Center
- Memphis
2003: December The Sophisticats John Michael
McCarthy's BROAD
DAYLIGHT film debut - Young Avenue Deli - Memphis
November The Bo-Keys - Record
release event - Blue Monkey - Memphis
July
Carla Thomas, Jackie Johnson, Ellis Hooks - Sweet
Soul Music Festival - Porretta Terme, Italy, Montreux Jazz Festival
The Sophisticats - House of Blues - New Orleans
June Ben Vaughn - Hi Tone - Memphis,
Circle Bar - New Orleans
Carla Thomas, Jackie Johnson, Ellis Hooks - Vienne Jazz Festival - Vienne,
France Chandler Travis Philharmonic - Ernestine
and Hazel's - Memphis
May Jim Dickinson
w/ Chris Ethridge and Luther & Cody - Beale St. Music Festival - Memphis
Carla Thomas - Memphis in May Sunset Symphony Tom Lee Park, Memphis
April Hi Records Tribute
- Featuring Ann Peebles, Syl Johnson, Otis Clay - Memphis Chapter NARAS
Premier Player Awards - The Orpheum - Memphis
Duo w/ Michael Jefry Stevens - Madison Hotel - Memphis
Shower of Stars - St.Jude Fundraiser w/Al Green - Cannon Center - Memphis
"Soul Comes Home" - Soulsville,
USA Grand Opening Concert featuring Mavis Staples, William Bell, Al
Green, Michael McDonald, Solomom Burke, Ann Peebles, Jimmy Vaughn, Percy
Sledge - The Orpheum Theater - Memphis
February
Renaissance Gala - w/Eddie Floyd,
Come In Berlin - Memphis
2002: November Jim Dickinson
w/Jimbo Mathus and the Killers From Space - Proud Larry's - Oxford, MS Jim Dickinson w/The North Mississippi
AllStars - New Daisy - Memphis Di Anne Price
- Potlikkers Blue Monday - Jonesboro Di Anne Price
- Schimmel's - Jackson, MS
October Steve Cropper's big Charity Golf
Tournament gig, w. Duck Dunn, Lou Marini, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Carla
Thomas - Gibson Lounge - Memphis Di Anne Price - Calvary Episcopal
Noon concerts - Memphis Di Anne Price - Capriccio -
Memphis Ben Vaughn - Blue Monkey - Memphis
September
Carla Thomas - Southern Folklore Festival - Memphis
Eddie Floyd, Di Anne Price,
Sam the Sham, Carla Thomas, Come
In Berlin - Blues Ball - Memphis
Four Tops - Gold Strike Casino
Carla Thomas - Cooper Young Festival - Memphis
August
Elvis Live on Screen w/ original Vegas backup band at The Pyramid - Memphis
Isaac Hayes Foundation Birthday/Benefit, w/Isaac, Millie Jackson, Me'lisa
Morgan, The Delfonics, Gary Jenkins - Memphis
July
Clarence Clemons - Gold Strike Casino
Ben Vaughn - Memphis
Guy Lombardo Orch. - Hollywood Casino
Levon Helm - Little Rock
June
Luther Kent - B.B. King's Club- Memphis
Di Anne Price - Houston Blues Festival - TX
May
Dr. John, Ike Turner, Little Milton,
B.B. King, Rosco Gordon - The Handy Awards - The Orpheum - Memphis
April
Cybill Sheperd - U of M
March
Jim Dickinson, Preston Shannon, Charlie Rich, Jr., North Missippi Allstars,
Wendy Moten, - Inducted into Memphis Chapter NARAS Premier Player Hall
of Fame - The Orpheum