 David
"Fathead" Newman & Gordon -
Bryant University - Smithfield, RI
Feb. 16, 2006 - photo by Paul Hubbard
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and Herb Hardesty - Fear Factory Studio - Bad Iburg, Germany - March 2006
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"Stovall" Brown, Betty Harris, Gordon, and Selwyn Crews (Betty's
son!) - the Rock 'N Bowl - New Orleans, LA - April 27, 2005 -
photo by D.K. Grant
Betty
bowled everyone over at the Ponderosa Stomp! Held at the Rock 'N Bowl
between the weekends of New Orleans Jazz fest, this festival tracks down
and presents great while often overlooked American music legends. It was a
great place for a comeback show and Betty knocked everyone out singing her
classics like "Cry to Me" as well as great new material like
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Plas Johnson & Sax Gordon - at Deacon John's house in New Orleans - April
26, 2005
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George Mayweather & Sax Gordon - January 1991 - Harper's Ferry -
Allston, MA
photo by Marina Boni
George was the main man around Boston for years. I was so fortunate to get
to know him, and to play and record with him. We used to hop in Eric
"Two Scoops" Moore's van and go from blues jam to blues jam...
George was about the deepest blues singer I ever heard.
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Gordon & Champion Jack Dupree -
May 30, 1991 - Johnny D's - Somerville, MA
photo
by Frank O'Brian
What
an honor it was to be on Jack Dupree's records, appearing alongside
classic R&B musicians like Red Tyler and Wayne Bennett. I'll
never forget this night!
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Gordon, Wild Child Butler, Candye Kane, Melvin Taylor - Oct/Nov 2001 - the
Netherlands
The "Night of the Blues" tour 2001, what a
blast! Two weeks in theaters, backed by the great Night of the Blues
Orchestra. Got to listen to all these great artists every night - and hang
out with Candye!
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Gordon, John Allmark, Jerry Bennett, and "unknown" - August 1999
- Martha's Vinyard, MA
You never know who you'll run into at those wild
Vinyard parties! John Allmark is a fantastic jazz trumpeter and big
band leader out of Providence, RI. That's "society music
mogul" Jerry Bennett smiling in back.
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Gordon, Marty Ballou (bass), Tom "TH" Hambridge (drums), Teo
Leyasmeyer (keys), Sherman Robertson (guitar/vocal) - April 1998 - Lionel
Hampton Jazz Club - Paris, France
photo by Marina Boni
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 Matt
"Guitar" Murphy & Sax Gordon - 1998 - Connecticut
photo by Tino Barker
Recording Matt's "Lucky Charm" CD.
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Gordon, Darrell Nulisch, Hubert Sumlin - Nov. 1992 - House of Blues -
Cambridge, MA
photo by Manny Papanicholas
What a great bunch of guys - I love my job!
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Gordon & Howard Tate - August 2001 - House of Blues - Cambridge, MA
photo by
Madeleine Hall
We did one of Howard Tate's comeback shows after he'd been off the scene
for nearly 30 years. He was fabulous. I didn't mind writing 60 pages
of horn arrangements at all!
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Little Milton, Trudy Lynn, Sax Gordon - Nov. 12, 2001 - Trump Marina -
Atlantic City
We were all playing together on a W.C. Handy
Allstars tour, I can't think of a better way to spend your birthday.
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Gordon & Jimmy Witherspoon - 1990s - the Regattabar - Cambridge, MA
photo by Tino Barker
This was a nice gig with the David Maxwell trio backing Jimmy Witherspoon.
Years later when I was touring with Duke Robillard we did a short
tour with Jimmy and recorded the CD "Jimmy Witherspoon with the Duke
Robillard Band" in Vancouver for Stony Plain records. That
would turn out to be his last recording.
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Ray Norcia, Sax Gordon, Jimmy "T99" Nelson, Carl Querfurth -
Portland, Maine
photo by Margo Cooper
We always have a good time when Jimmy Nelson comes to town!
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Gordon & A.C. Reed - February 1993 - Harper's Ferry - Allston, MA
I
always loved to hear A.C. when he was passing through.
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Gordon & Joe Walsh - March 1993 - House of Blues, Cambrdge, MA
photo
by Tino Barker
Joe
performed at one of the Original House of Blues opening nights and we
backed him up. What a nut!
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Gordon & Jimmy McGriff - January 1991 - Sculler's - Boston
10
Years
later, I recorded with Jimmy. What a great easy-going guy and
beautiful musician.
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Gordon, Mighty Sam McClain, Bruce Katz - Boston, MA
This
night we were doing a show with the Meters. Both Sam and Bruce have
successful bands now.
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 Clarence
Hollimon & Sax Gordon - September 1998 - Lakewest Studios - West
Greenwich, RI
This was at the recording session for Jimmy
"T99" Nelson's "Rockin' and Shoutin' the Blues".
Although I only did this session and a few very memorable live shows
with Clarence, he had a big impact on me both musically and personally.
He was a fantastic player and an inspiring person.
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Sax Gordon,
Kaz Kazanoff, Duke Robillard, Willie "Big Eye" Smith, Calvin
"Fuzz" Jones, Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins - June 1998 -
Ambient Studios - Connecticut
In the studio recording Pinetop's Verve/Gitanes CD
"Sweet Black Angel". For some reason it was never released
in the USA, only in Europe. Too bad because it's really a great CD.
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Rich Latille,
Carl Querfurth, Johnny Feireira, Doug "Mr. Low" James, Bob Enos,
Sax Gordon (the Roomful of Blues Horns + Johnny) - 1994 - Canada
I joined Roomful of Blues just in time to go on
tour opening for Colin James and the Little Big Band across Canada. The
horns would also back up Colin during his set. We even opened the
shows for the Rolling Stones on their "Voodoo Lounge" tour in
Canada.
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Copeland & Sax Gordon - Tramps - NYC
This was at a CD release party in NYC. Johnny
was such a beautiful and powerful singer.
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Sax Gordon
& Reggie "Gaylord" Grant - January 1991 - the Tam -
Brookline, MA
Reggie was and still is one of my main sax
inspirations. I've rarely heard anyone have so much fun with a horn.
Try to catch him with Little Joe Cook at the Cantab Lounge in
Cambridge, MA!
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Gordon & Cary Bell - July 1999 - Finland
photo
by Brian Templeton
It
was the last tour of the Radio Kings and we met up with Cary Bell in
Finland, had a ball!
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Rarey, Guy Forsyth, Bruce Bears, Sax Gordon, Toni Lynn Washington, James
Armstrong - Oct/Nov 2003 - The Netherlands
My
return to The "Night of the Blues" tour in 2003, once again a
great show and a great time in the Netherlands. Although we played
all over the country we stayed every night at a hotel in the center of
Amsterdam, and still managed to get up every morning and make the next
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