One of the best live shows I've had the pleasure to attend...1988 I
believe...Kinks at the Orpheum! Now that's rock n' roll!
At 03:56 PM 4/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I'll take the Kinks any day over the Stones. The Stones have some great
>moments, but are very overrated. And they're not helping themselves any
>lately either.
>
>The Kinks, on the other hand, fucking rule. Period.
>
>Thank you. Have a nice day.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 3:19 PM
>Subject: The Stones/more blues than twang
>
>
>>The Blues Foundation e-mail Updater.
>>Keepin' the Blues alive through the Net.
>>
>>What would you do if you threw a party and the Rolling Stones showed up?
>>
>>That's exactly what happened last night in Memphis.
>>
>>The Blues Foundation put together a party for the Rolling Stones road
>>crew to welcome the group to Memphis and to give them something to do
>>other than hang in their hotels rooms on their travel day. Memphis'
>>premier rib joint, the Rendezvous, served as host for the event,
>>providing great food for the 50+ people from the Stones organization,
>>and the fabulous The Daddy Mack Blues Band of Memphis played some real
>>down-home Blues for the largely British crowd. The event had extremely
>>tight security, and only Stones staff and Blues Foundation staff (with a
>>handful of guests) were in attendance.
>>
>>Lots of crew and tour management showed up early on, as well as
>>keyboardist Chuck Leavell and bassist Darryl Jones, to grab a bite and
>>hear some Blues with their buddies. Things really got exciting when Mick
>>Jagger showed up with two of his daughters for dinner, followed shortly
>>by Ron Wood and Keith Richards and their friends. Jonny Lang also
>>joined the party with a group of friends. It happened to be the
>>birthday of tour manager Lil Gary, and The Blues Foundation presented
>>her with a cake in the shape of a guitar with "Time Is On Your Side" in
>>frosting.
>>
>>The highlight of the evening came when Keith Richards took over on
>>guitar and Ron Wood took over on bass for the Daddy Mack Blues Band.
>>With regular Daddy Mack-ers Mack Orr on lead and vocals and "Rollo" on
>>drums, the Stones musicians laid down some incredible raw Memphis Blues,
>>to the amazement not only of the Blues Foundation staff, but also the
>>entire entourage. According to the Stones people, it is extremely rare
>>that any of the "Big 4" ever show up for such an event, and to have them
>>sit in with the band just "never happens." Judging from the grins on
>>the faces of Ron and Keith, they got a big kick out of laying back and
>>jamming some Blues.
>>
>>While Keith and Ron were jamming at the Rendezvous, Jonny Lang, who had
>>departed earlier, was tearing up the stage four blocks away at B. B.
>>King's Blues Club on Beale Street. (When Jonny found out later about
>>the jam at the Rendezvous, he said, "Don't tell me any more. I might
>>regret it for the rest of my life.") BY all accounts Jonny, who teamed
>>up with Memphis guitarist Little Jimmy King, set the joint on fire at
>>BB's.
>>
>>Thousands of folks will throng the Memphis Pyramid to hear Jonny and the
>>Stones tonight, but for a lucky few, the real musical treat happened at
>>a rib joint and on Beale Street the night before the main event. The
>>Blues Foundation was thrilled to host such a great group of folks, and
>>we are deeply indebted to our friends Jim and Art Jaworowicz and Nick
>>Vergos of the Rendezvous, without whom this gig would never have
>>happened.
>>
>>
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