| Brass Monkey Blues Festival - Son Seals (Take II) | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 10037 |
| Catalog #: | 459764 | |
| Clip Number: | 459764-1 | |
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| Location: | Ampitheater - Washington D.C. | |
| Year Shot: | 1984 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Blues | |
| Description: | This raw footage of SON SEALS and the Son Seals Blues band is mainly close ups and tight shots of the Seals and the band. There are a lot of good shots of the musicians singing and playing their instruments - keyboards, electic bass, drum set, two electric guitars - particularly of hands plucking and fretting guitar solos. There are also a lot of good close ups of the expressive faces of the musicians as they sing and solo. (02:57:13) Opens to long shot of empty ampitheater stage, it is night time - shot of the almost full moon, shot of Brass Monkey Blues Festival banner, members of SON SEALS Blues Band take the stage and tune up (03:00:25) Festival Host NAT TURNER introduces the Son Seals Blues Band (03:01:14 - 03:06:42) Band starts playing a blues song, the band consists of a drummer, guitarist, keyboard player, and bassist, Son Seals has not yet appeared, each of the band members takes funky solos on this song (03:06:45) Keyboard player introduces the band, guitarist CARLOS SKEETER JOHNSON, bassist NICK CHARLES, drummer CLYDE YOUNGBLOOD TYLER, and keyboardist CARL P. SCHNEIDER (03:08:08 - 03:12:38) The band launches into the heavy groove of "hoochie-koochie man", great lyrics, guitar solo (03:12:52 - 03:17:47) Keyboardist introduces Son Seals, he joins in on an already established groove with some burning guitar, Seals hums along as he plays, Seals asks the audience if their halfway ready for some blues - they respond enthusiastically (03:17:50 - 03:22:20) The band jumps quickly into another song, Seals solos and sings, the chorus of this song is "Don't you lie to me", keyboard solo, much of the audience dances (03:22:21 - 03:28:14) The band is off to another slower tune - "The Sky is Crying", Son Seals rips through lick after lick, close up of his sweat drenched face (03:28:24 - 03:33:40) Faster song begins, the chorus of which is "I can't hold on for long", shot of large audience - much of the crowd is up and dancing, keyboard solo (03:33:47 - 03:38:50) Band plays another song with Seals continuing to drop heavy blues licks off his guitar, in this song Seals sings about an angelic woman, Seals plays with the audience at the song's end repeating a lick at their request (03:38:55 - 03:44:42) Band plays a more upbeat number, Seals sings about a woman who doesn't realize what she has, a bunch of people dance in the front rows, close up of Seals' face (03:44:43 - 03:50:54) Right away the band begins another song, Seals sings about a fine woman that he wants to love all the time, second guitarist starts a solo softly and gradually brings it to a flaming climax, Seals plays a nice soft touch solo (03:51:00) The band plays a slower number, Seals sings about a man whose given up his job to be with his baby "Call my job, tell my boss I won't be in, after Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I've had to much weekend", keyboard solo, Seals gets the audience to soul clap, Seals plays a passionate high pitched solo, song cut off by tape's end | |
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