You Shook Me / Walkin Cane - KAL DAVID & JIMMY VIVINO

There is an old saying: You are only as good as your last gig. This one is certified fresh, organic, delicious, recorded March 12, 2012.
You are forewarned: These guys are Registered Guitar Molesters!
Ladies & Gentleman, it is w/ great pleasure that I can present for you, thanks to Cadillac Zack, this outrageous nuclear chain reaction of Blues from masters:
KAL DAVID (guitar, vocals)
JIMMY VIVINO (guitar)
JAMES WORMWORTH (drums)
SCOTT HEALY (Hammond B3)
RICK REED (bass)

Give yourself room to boogie & dance, this is gonna rock you. Please forgive my camera work, but Kal will tell ya himself, "You shook me, baby!". I did, sorry. Hahaha! lol
Thanks to Kal & Jimmy for permission to record & post.
All thanks to Cadillac Zack, whose Monday Blues Party & Jam is a good reason to be alive. He's killin' us each week w/ these monsters he pulls outta his hat. Best promoter, awesome player/singer himself! Check out the other vid I posted "CADILLAC ZACK - Bluesman".
If you ain't been to The Maui Sugar Mill Saloon in Tarzana, CA on Mondays, you ain't been nowhere. At least you're here, paullongball will take you there.

Find out what's shakin' with Kal at http://www.kaldavid.com
I own every record he's ever made. You can get yours there, too. Make sure you get Miss Lauri Bono's CDs, too. You lucky east coasters will get the chance to see them perform together, they're flying out today! Near Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Boston? Don't miss them live! Details at www.kaldavid.com

Jimmy Vivino can be found at Molly Malones in Hollywood every Tuesday, and is on TV every night on the Conan O'Brian show.

My thanks & love to everybody, I'm still basking in the sweet brilliance, delited to immortalize this beautiful summit for all time, share it with the world. Bravo, les gars, standing ovation!!!

(of course you'll leave a nice comment for the guys, won't you, please? Thank you! Bonus points for sharing!)

Happy Birthday, Gayle, Andi, Lance, Victoria, Shai, Little Dan, & Kevin!

(c)March 12, 2012 Paul L. Cooper
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Hand Me Down My Walkin Cane

I heard of this guy through "Tonequest Magazine". If you're into gear...you gotta check it out!

Kal David (born 1943) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter whose 50-year musical career in Illinois, New York and California extended through various phases, including a highly-regarded stint with Columbia Records in early 1970s.



Born in Chicago, David Raskin began using the performing name "Kal David" in his late teens as the frontman of his neighborhood band, Kal David and the Exceptions, formed in 1962.[1] Its other members were Peter Cetera (bass, vocals), Denny Ebert (drums, vocals), and Marty Grebb (saxophone, keyboards, guitar, vocals). Cetera later joined The Big Thing, which became Chicago, and Grebb joined The Buckinghams.

Kal David left the group to sign a recording contract with King Records and, later, with Vee-Jay Records. In 1965, during his stint at Vee-Jay, he formed a new duo, The Rovin' Kind, with guitarist Paul Cotton, and the two transferred to Dunwich Records. Following a name change to Illinois Speed Press and a move to Los Angeles in 1968, the duo recorded two albums for Columbia, the self-titled Illinois Speed Press and Duet.

In late 1970, as Cotton joined the band Poco as its lead guitarist, David decided to leave the West Coast for the East and moved to Woodstock, the small-town/rural New York area, in the vicinity of previous year's iconic Festival. His new group, The Fabulous Rhinestones featuring ex-Electric Flag bassist Harvey Brooks and ex-Buckinghams' keyboard player Marty Grebb, recorded three albums: Fabulous Rhinestones, Freewheelin' (on Paramount Records) and Rhinestones (on 20th Century Records). Friends advised him to visit a club in Woodstock and it was there that he met his future wife, vocalist Lauri Bono, who subsequently accompanied him back to Los Angeles for the next phase of their career, doing sidework for Etta James and Johnny Rivers.

In the early 1980s, David played lead guitar for John Mayall on an album which would be released a decade later. Two albums for SoulCoast Records, Never a Dull Moment and Double Tuff each met with critical acclaim and worldwide record sales coupled with numerous television appearances, including a one-hour special featuring David in Germany.

At Hollywood's China Club, the Kal David Band headed up the weekly Pro-Jam which drew celebrity performers such as Stevie Wonder, Bobby Brown, John Entwistle, Larry Carlton, Brian Wilson, Stephen Stills, Joe Walsh and Paul Young, as well as blues musicians Sam Taylor and Floyd Dixon.

The early 1990s saw David and Bono move to Palm Springs and form yet another band, Kal David and the Real Deal. This group featured both David and Bono on vocals, along with former Chaka Khan musical director Tony Patler on Hammond B-3 organ and drummer Alan Diaz, formerly with Sérgio Mendes. David tried local radio, hosting the late night "Blue Monday" blues show on Palm Springs soft rock station KEZN.

On July 14, 1998, the couple opened the Blue Guitar blues club above the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, which lasted six years, closing in 2004.

David and Bono continued to tour and frequently played at B.B. King's Blues Club in Los Angeles and the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut.

David is the voice of Sonny Eclipse, a singing alien audio-animatronic, who resides at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. He did another performance for Disney World at Epcot, where he performed the "Unhealthy Living Blues" for the Goofy About Health exhibit at the Wonders of Life pavilion.