[Slowhand] Buddy Guy's Club & EC Rumors

[Sandra K. Anderson]

A quick follow up to the "rumor" message sent by Eric's listserve people...

The local rumor mill had EC appearing at Buddy Guy's Legends on Wednesday 
night.  Fellow Slowhander Lauren B and I went down and luckily found seats 
at a table, so we were able to have dinner first.   While the club wasn't 
initially crowded, it did fill up by the time headliner Carl Weathersby 
went on stage after 9:00pm.  Brief chats with the staff confirmed that they 
were anticipating an appearance by EC.  The tension in the room was 
palpable.

Carl Weathersby was fabulous.  Found out that he was Albert King's rhythm 
guitarist between 1979 and 1982, and then lead guitarist with Billy 
Branch's Sons of Blues for 15 years before going out on his own.  At one 
point, he walked off stage (a la Buddy Guy) and strolled over to our table, 
so we got a close look at his finger work on his Gibson.   After an 
intermission, Carl and his band came back at 11:00pm.  Around 11:30pm, the 
man himself Buddy Guy unexpectedly walked on stage and announced a special 
guest, who turned out to be...Derek Trucks.  Buddy, Derek and Carl 
jammed.  Buddy did "She's Nineteen Years Old."   Then Buddy brought blues 
singer Shameika Copeland on stage and she sang a bit and horsed around with 
Buddy and Carl.  Buddy, Shameika and Carl left the stage...and another 
guitarist Jimmy Johnson, who did the 5:00pm show, went on to jam with Derek 
and Carl's band.  Big James on trombone and Wayne Baker Brooks (Lonnie 
Brooks' youngest son and bandleader) also joined in.
By the time the jam was over and Derek had left the building, we were 
exhausted.  At this point, it was 12:30AM and we left as Carl took the 
stage again.  Heard from someone who stayed on that EC never showed 
up.  Pity, because he missed a great show.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Crossroads festival tomorrow!

Sandy