Very sad news. I was at JF in 2007 when he was supposed to play, but was a no-show. I was front and center at Fais Do-Do, and was disappointed that he cancelled. But his backing band went on anyway, and what a band it was: Sonny Landreth, Marcia Ball, Dr John, and Shannon McNally. The stories in the paper that weekend made it sound like he had a lot of demons, so I hope he is finally free of those and can find peace.
Very sad news. I was at JF in 2007 when he was supposed to play, but was a no-show. I was front and center at Fais Do-Do, and was disappointed that he cancelled. But his backing band went on anyway, and what a band it was: Sonny Landreth, Marcia Ball, Dr John, and Shannon McNally. The stories in the paper that weekend made it sound like he had a lot of demons, so I hope he is finally free of those and can find peace.
ReplyDeleteI was right there with ya, Troy.
ReplyDeleteyea we were hopin for that show...thanks for the music Sal.
ReplyDeleteman this is gettin too much...
Thanks Sal for the Bobby Charles tribute, great job.....and a great loss...
ReplyDeletevery sad news. thanks, as always, for the music, sal.
ReplyDeleteJust found a link to an Offbeat piece that had a clip from that JF set in 2007. I think this was around the time I fell in love with Ms McNally :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.offbeat.com/2010/01/14/youtube-du-jour-friends-of-bobby-charles-show-jazz-fest-2007/