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Ray Charles: the only man I every knew who read Playboy for the articles.
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with the Ray Charles band in an
ancient coliseum in Arles, France. |
with Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen backstage at the Telluride Blues Festival, 1999. |
Celia Malheros and Brazil Now, 1988. Maybe we should be called 'Brazil Then'. |
Left wing musical theatre, anyone?
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Capturing "Re" capturing me backstage at NYC's Beacon Theatre at VH1's Divas Live Concert 1998. |
With the great Sid Ceasar at the Marines Memorial Theatre sometime in the early 1990's. The shadows make us both look like we have hair from a bad disco movie. |
With Louie Bellson and Ernie Fields, Jr. |
with Carole King backstage at NYC's Beacon Theatre at VH1's Divas Live Concert 1998 |
Hangin' with Louie and Ernie. |
With the late Frank Biner and band. Frank was an amazing singer and guitar player who wrote songs for Tower of Power, Mike Bloomfield, and Huey Lewis. |
With H.B. Barnum (front row 2nd from the right) and The Saint Paul's Baptist Church Choir.H.B. has worked with every one fom Aretha to Sinatra to Pink Floyd, and a zillion others.He's an amazingly talented composer, arranger, and conductor.He's also a great person. |
H.B. Barnum goofing off with Ray Charles |
Aretha wailing and H.B. doing the boogaloo. |
With the vocal group For Real at CBS studios in Hollywood for the syndicated TV special Celebrate the Soul of American Music. |
At Tokyo's Shinjuku Jam with the Rubinoos 2007. |
The Rubinoos backstage at the Great American Music Hall, December 6th ' 07 |
With the Rubinoos; Susie Davis, Jon Rubin, Tommy Dunbar and Al Chan at Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 2007. |
At Yoshi's Oakland with the legendary Sonny Simmons 2011. L to R: Fred Harris, Yours truly, Sonny, Charles Thomas |
With Charlie Musslewhite and wife Henri in the background and the Kate Wolf Festival in June of 2015. I traveled all over the world with Charlie from 1996 through 1999, back in the days before digital photography ;-) |
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With Kieron Lafferty and Wayne Catania have the official Blues Bros Review sanctioned by Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi |
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With the great singer Janis Siegel of the Manhattan transfer. Janis is an amazing singer, and has some good Ella Fitzgerald stories as well.
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With Freda Payne.
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