Monday, May 16, 2011
Cream Calendar The Bobby Keys Band, Tonight at Mercy Lounge
Posted by Adam Gold on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Journeyman saxophonist (tenor) Bobby Keys should really need no introduction among rock ’n’ roll fans. But, in case he does, here goes: Best known as the longtime stage and session sax man for the Rolling Stones, Bobby Keys has left musical hickeys — from Let It Bleed on — all over the English hitmakers’ vast discography. And that only makes for a chapter in Keys’ voluminous storybook of credits — which include contributions to classic rock staples the likes of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Second Helping and Harry Nilsson’s Nilsson Schmilsson, to name a few. So, yeah, he is the sound of classic rock ’n’ roll sax. Additionally, the lore of Keys’ outlandish antics as Keith Richards’ debauched longtime partner in party crimes is the stuff of legend — most recently recounted in Richards’ autobiography Life. At 67, the native Texan turned Tennessean has, with the help of guitarist, long-hair, Foghat fetishist and Mercy Lounge co-owner Chark Kinsolving, put together the new Bobby Keys Band — a Justice League of fellow sidemen and Nashville notables including Dan Baird (The Georgia Satellites), organist Mike Webb (John Fogerty, LeAnn Rimes), Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman and Dean Tomasek (Bare Jr.). Together they render a 24-carat rock ’n’ roll revue of rave-ups, deep soul weepers and highlights from Keys’ contributory ouvre. You’d be a fool to miss tonight’s free twilight showcase.
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