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July 5, 2005

Record crowd at Fourth of July Jamboree to see Sonny, Playaz

Record crowds came to see Sonny James & the Playaz

Wow. What a show we had.

Probably a record crowd, they say, to have ever come to Myrtle Beach to see a concert. They were crowded onto the beaches, on top of the Tilt-A-Whirl, watching from closed-circuit television inside the
Ripley's Believe It or Not museum. 500,000 I'm guessing?

I must say we had some great support. Bell-Biv-Devoe was great in
opening the show, doing their hit song, "Poison". They did a 5 minute
set. Tom Wopat did a 3 minute set. Then Lee Greenwood had them weeping
with the best rendition of "God Bless The U.S.A." I've ever heard.

Then on came Ray Stevens. He came on right before us. And boy, did he get the crowd worked up into a frenzy. Hit after hit. And when Ray came out for his third encore and did "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival", I swear I thought they would burn Myrtle Beach down.

Then we were up. Sonny laid back in the dressing room and made the
crowd wait. I was anxious to get on stage, but it was pure genius.
"Take it easy on the coffee and mini-whites, Sonny," I joked. "This
ain't 1981, you know." That gave Sonny a good laugh and eased our
nervousness. Sonny was cool as a cucumber. After about 30 minutes of
chanting and screaming our names, we walked out one by one. Tac with
his fiddle. Then Bon with his accordion. Wayne and his flute backed by
his trademark stand with a row of 12 different recorders and oboes. He
even has one double-flute he plays, one stacked on top of the other.
Then I came out with my washboard. The crowd was deafening. Manny came
out last, with his jug. But you really should have heard it when Sonny
came rising out from underneath the stage as we broke right into
"You're The Only World I Know". Whew!!

We played for 5 hours, doing a lot of free-form jam sessions. We did a
30 minute version of "Young Love", that included Manny doing a 7 minute jug solo. At one point, Bon was bringing women up on the stage and letting them work the accordion in and out while Bon played the keys. Sonny himself was working the crowd like never before. He always timed his pelvic thrusts perfectly, causing the ladies to absolutely lose control.

Of course, the crowd kept screaming for us to play "Red Mud", which we
saved to close out the set.

We did 7 encores. My face was really red after the sixth encore because I threw my washboard into the crowd, thinking that was it. But then Sonny stunned the Playaz and the audience when he said "Let's play 'Dawn'". "Dawn" was a little known, "lost classic". It brought the crowd to tears.

Since my washboard was gone, I harmonized with Sonny on
the chorus. Maybe the best version of "Dawn" we've ever played.
When it was finally over, we just unwound back in the tour bus. Ray
Stevens and his posse were trying to get in to see us, but we just
wanted to relax. It was a good time, but we probably won't be playing
live again for quite a while. We plan on laying down some tracks at
this year's Playaz Ball, but we'll see what happens.

Until next time, I hope you all had a great holiday weekend!

Posted by Phil at July 5, 2005 10:22 AM

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