Fact #41563
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Short story:
Fats Domino, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis play live at Storyville Jazz Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones playing guitar. The supergroup is filmed for the cable tv special Cinemax Sessions : Fats Domino and Friends, which is transmitted a week later.
Full article:
Paul Shaffer (musical director) : It was about 106 degrees in the nightclub, and there was a lot of tension between these piano greats. It was healthy ego, but ego nonetheless. It was all about who was going to triumph, and everybody pulled out all the stops in their sets. When they all came together to do "Jambalaya" at the end, it seemed like a good idea, because they had all recorded it. But we didn't know they all played it in different keys, and some of them didn't want to change. I find it so interesting now, but when I watch it I see how inexperienced I was. I think I would handle it better now.
(Source : www.tvguide.com/news/Late-Shows-Paul-39183.aspx)
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(Source : www.tvguide.com/news/Late-Shows-Paul-39183.aspx)