His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.
I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.
God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.
Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.
When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y'know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festivals since then, but I will always remember that.
I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
I've done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they're together.
I've only been to one concert in my life.
I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour.
I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw in concert. Unfortunately, I never did get to meet him.