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Ray Band live @ Coda playing the music of Ray Charles
Coda
San Francisco, CA
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Ray Band live @ Coda playing the music of Ray Charles
The Ray Band...

Fourteen pieces of gospel fueled, soul fried, horn basted, piano driven, funkin' tribute to Brother Ray - complete with Ray-lettes. This is as much fun as you can legally have in the state of California. You really don't want to miss it!

I listened Ray Charles when I was a kid and I knew that it was great music back then. But about 4 years ago I heard "Hallelujah, I Just Love Her So" and I was completely blown away. It occurred to me recently that the music Ray made on Atlantic Records may be the most honest music he ever laid down; no one was telling him what to play, he was just doing his thing. After listening to pretty much everything Ray ever recorded I started to put my pen to some work. I picked 20 of my favorite tunes, some hits and some lesser known songs, and I started arranging them for a small big band and 3 Raelettes. When I started telling people what I was doing I got the same reaction every time "Can I be in the band?" so at least I'm not alone in my obsession. The hardest part of putting the band together was finding the right singers. I've always loved the way Lech from the California Honeydrops sings and he was thrilled at the idea of doing a Ray-band. As for the Raelettes, I had just about every female singer west of Mississippi interested in singing. I ended up with 3 awesome ladies, Allegra Bandy, Rashida Calendening & Karen Fremont.
- Mike Irwin Johnson



The complete lineup is as follows:

Mike Irwin Johnson  Bass/Arrangements,
Lech Wierzynski  Lead Vocals,
Allegra Bandy  Vocals,
Rashida Calendening  Vocals,
Karen Fremont  Vocals,
Niel Levonius  Lead Trumpet,
Joel Behrman  Trumpet,
Scott Larson  Trombone,
Gabe Eaton  Alto Sax,
Rob Barics  Tenor Sax,
Marcus Stephens  Tenor Sax,
Fil Lorenz  Bari Sax,
Jay Standards  Piano,
Elizabeth Goodfellow  Drums

Location

Coda
1710 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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Music

Minimum Age: 21
Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: No
Wheelchair Accessible: No

Contact

Owner: Coda :: Jazz Supper Club
On BPT Since: Mar 16, 2010
 
Bruce Hanson
codalive.com


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