Monday, October 10, 2005
The Concert for New Orleans at the FCCJ
went well.
Miz 'Mela Mac had 'em dancin' like dey wuzzon
Bourbon Street during Mardis Gras.
There were four numbers in my show.
An instrumental to start off, called K-Blues
written by Keisaku Takahashi.
The band :
Pamela MacCarthy- vocals
Keisaku Takahashi- piano
Motoaki "Moto" Makino- guitar
J J Vicars- electric bass
Scott Lathem- drums
The second tune was "Do you know what it means (to miss New Orleans")
Third was a tune written by Steve Goodman
and recorded in 1972 by Arlo Guthrie called
"City of New Orleans"...
The J-Belles kicked butt.
The J- Belles:
Julianne (back up vocals)
Joni Davidson (back up vocals)
Then, my final number,
"When the Saints go marchin' in".
You know how that went.
Incidentally, Joni, of the J-Belles won one of the raffles.
She got two tickets to Havana, Cuba!
The chairman of this shindig, Glenn Davis,
said about 25 big ones were raised for the benefit of New Orleans.
Not too shabby.
FINALE!
It was fun to see some musicians I haven't seen in awhile:
Alex Easley, Jerry Vicars;(Jerry & the Hip Swingers) Steve Gardner,
Tom Holliday, Anna Quinn, Takashi Yamada, (Big Bang Orchestra)
& Mike Price.
And, I met a few new ones:
Jazz vocalist; Diane Witherspoon,
Spanish vocalist; Jorge Diaz,
and guitar/bassist J J Vicars.
J J filled in on my bandstand on bass, but his main axe is the guitar.
I'm just collecting my breath, I tell ya!
I'll be doing one more
CHARITY gig at B FLAT, AKASAKA, on October 25th, Tuesday.
Here's my music playlist forHalloween 2005:
Voices in the dark- Enigma & Deep Forest
You & I- Rick James
Moldavian Song- Emir Kusturica and No Smoking Orchestra
Enchanting Transylvania- Lenny Bruce
Transylvanian Concubine- Rasputina & Marilyn Manson
Seasons- Jeff Beck
Tsardash(Violin Solo)- Hungarian Gipsy Orchestra
Sweet Lullabye- Deep Forest
How soon is Now? Psychedelic Furs
Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
Alice's House- Psychedelic Furs
Hong Kong Gardens- Siouxsie and the Banshees
Journey to Transylvania (soundtrack Van Helsing)- Alan Silvestri
For my Lady- Moody Blues
Batman Returns- Danny Elfman
Sally's Song ( Nightmare before Christmas)- Danny Elfman
Coeur Vagabond- Cafe De Paris
Till next time... 
5:19 AM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
