Sax Legend BIG JAY MCNEELY Blows His
Brains Out On This Live CD/DVD Recorded in 1989 At The World Famous
Palomino Club!
Los Angeles, CA -
Hot on the heels of his blockbuster comeback album, Blowin’ Down The House -
Big Jay’s Latest & Greatest, R&B vocalist and the King Of Honking
Sax, Big Jay McNeely, announces this incredible concert recording from 1989 to
be released in a multi-media package September 15. Honkin’ & Jivin’ At
The Palomino features a killer concert performance put together as part of
Ronnie Mack’s well-loved Barn Dance, an musical showcase that drew everyone
from Bruce Springsteen to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. The set pulls from multiple
decades of soul, pop, rock & R&B, here given a bit of the country swing
and twang by the amazing Barn Dance band that includes Ronnie Mack himself! The
video footage proves that Big Jay’s showmanship never diminished as he entreats
and cajoles the audience to dance, sing and shout along with him through such
barn-burners as “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “All That Wine Is Gone,” “Pretty
Girls Everywhere” and Big Jay’s own smash hit single “There Is Something On
Your Mind!” The DVD even includes a bonus interview with Big Jay speaking
candidly about his long and influential career.
Big Jay McNeely’s
incredible career began in the ‘40s and saw him play with several major R&B
and blues legends of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s such as Little Richard, B.B.
King, Etta James and Junior Wells. He scored his first major hit with the 1949
smash hit instrumental “Deacon’s Hop” and scored again with a R&B vocal
ballad “There Is Something On Your Mind” featuring Little Sonny Warner. He
pioneered the flamboyant playing style called “honking” and is widely
acknowledged as one of the first musical entertainers to make showmanship an
important element of the live concert experience. His music continues to be an
important signifier for that early era, earning McNeely gigs at major festivals
both here and abroad as well as having his music featured in the 2013 Sean Penn
film Gangster Squad starring and last year’s biopic Trumbo
starring Bryan Cranston.
Catch Big Jay
perform at a very special record release party at Cody’s Viva Cantina in
Burbank, CA on September 17. For more information, visit: http://windsorlivemusic.com/
Track List:
1. Palomino Hop
2. I Can't Stop
Loving You
3. All That Wine
Is Gone
4. There Is
Something On Your Mind
5. Pretty Girls
Everywhere
6. Honky Tonk
7. Young Girl
Blues
8. Big Jay
Shuffle
Buy the CD: http://flyt.it/BigJayMcNeelyCD
Buy the digital
version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/honkin-jivin-at-the-palomino-live/id1276263965
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