CC Riders Reunion Sunday Jul 19th 2009

[drumncook]

@ swp1604, yes Annies' dad is Cranston Clements. who lives & plays in N.O's. She was gifted David Lee Watson's bass by me & her father after David passed ( who was a Rider in the mid 70's) that was given to him by Jaco, Chuck Jacobs ( who played with Kenny Rogers for mnay yrs) played with Wayne briefly then David. Annie rarely plays his bass publicly any more due to fear of it being stolen for obvious reasons.

[drumncook]

@ shakedown, that must have been right after I left. I played the old Flamingo or the International. what was the drummers' name?

[pathofwholeness]

My then boyfriend, later husband, played 2nd drummer with Wayne and the boys in 1967. Great memories of the Happy Medium in Chicago. We drove back to FL in an entourage of cars singing Goin' Back to Miami with the windows down so the whole world could hear us ... all the way home! Great memories!

[ridingroy]

Wayne and the legendary CC Riders are THE definition of blue eyed soul from a great era when club bands had to "get good or GET OUT ! "

[Mrclassee]

Back to the days of great show bands and Wayne's was the best and most exciting. He played several clubs in the Chicago area, The Castaways, the Happy Medium, just to name a few. He was noted for his demolishing of ceilings, bar stools, liquor bottles and more. Nobody could work a crowd up better. At the Woodbury 67 Club in Muncie, IN when, while performing he picked up a chair and as he pretended to throw it thru a plate glass window the crowd cheered him on so to do it, he did. Amazing!!!

[rentatrip1]

The Original - The One & Only , The White Knight from Alligator Alley -

Pastor Wayne Cockran , He did it before any of the others copied him !

Praise Jesus f

[hamhockdoc]

Looks like Mike Verbois on Bari sax. I wish I could have been there, I played with the Riders in 1965 when it all got started.

[rentatrip1]

FABULOUS , PRAISE JESUS

[migumusi]

I can't believe this is Wayne from the sixties! Just fantastic!!!

[henrypeckstv]

still kickin' it!!!!!!

[vineshia94]

That's my church!! That performance was at Voice For Jesus!! He's an amazing pastor and person!!  :-)

[mellison1]

Too bad Jaco couldn't be there!!!

[crossroads666]

Wayne's in fine voice and the band is (as always) sublime! Yay!  Thanks for posting this.

[FleurdeLisband]

I am proud to say that one of his trumpet players now plays for my band Fleurdelisband. net

[MrEntertainment2]

Saw Wayne at the Roaring Twenties Nightclub in Charleston, WV, in the '70s and he blew the roof off the joint...he jumped up on the bar, threw napkins and stir sticks into the crowd, picked up bottles and punched out ceiling tiles...what a showman...and what a band...tight...just the way you want it! Dan Hogan, Lakeland, FL

[bechir1967]

Thank you sooo much for posting this.

Fantastic! Great to know Wayne @ the Riders are still kicking. And apparantly still putting out an incredible sound.

cheers.

(anybody else think they should be in the R@R Hall of Fame)

[AmberAlley]

Hallelujah! That church has SOUL POWER!

[tornmask]

all i can say is "THIS IS AWESOME"!  =0D

[swp1604]

I saw Wayne and the CC Riders at the Happy Medium in Chicago in the 60's also in Indy. Best and tightest group ever! I just found out that Annie Clements, bassest for Sugarland's dad played in the CC Riders.

[DrewD1966]

I turned 43 the other day, and I am from Chicago, I have some fuzzy memories of this guy riding up on a chopper and decked out like Elvis with a touch of Evil Kenievel, with this long white hair and just the coolest dude about 1971 to 72 he'd come over and my Mom would cut and style his hair, I think I was about 6 when Wayne would come over before jamming at the clubs in Chicago, I'm pretty sure they made the Blues Brothers movie because of Wayne!!!! If you read this its Pam's Son Drew Gr8 Vid

[nachodaddy]

Wayne & The CC Riders were THE BEST R&B horn band ever assembled. Anyone who doesn't think so is both ignorant & stupid.

[Koldeman]

THANK YOU! Awesome awesome awesome...

[chinacat]

Rock on Wayne!! You're the greatest!

[abuiltmale]

That looks like Wayne's church in Miami Lakes. Wish I knew about it, as Wayne and I havent seen each other in over 30 years. Sorry I missed it. I was trying to figure out which musicans showed up, but its been so many years, hard to tell.

[REDCLOUDX]

@abuiltmale , Yeah it is his church. They try to do it every year or two years around the same time.

[rorygg1]

wayne is a real gentleman and a man of god whose can still rip the roof off of a building. thanks for the picture, tapes and 45s, billy in savannah, GA

[shakedownstreet48]

Is that Wayne ??? i thought he died .

[REDCLOUDX]

@shakedownstreet48 , Haha, no he hasn't died, still alive and amazing as ever.

[shakedownstreet48]

@REDCLOUDX i use to see him all the time in Las Vegas, even got to know his drummer. He use to Rock with the best of them.

[drumncook]

@shakedownstreet48 I worked with wayne from 71 to 74. was this time you're taling about?

[shakedownstreet48]

@drumncook It was 1976 at The Aladdi what fun times they were. He would do two shows a night 6 nights a week and i would see every one of them.

[gsman5828]

This is great! You can never be too old to jam!

[deerladie]

This is great. I am always delight when I find something from Wayne. I used to work at a place where he performed in Muncie, Indiana in the mid 60's and always looked forward to him being there even though it meant we had to work our butts off because he drew such a crowd. I was really thrilled when I found two of his albums at a music store a few years ago and they were in excellent shape.

[firejivex]

deerladie,

Ime a cople buddies drove up to the Club 70 in Muncie to see Wayne & CC Riders at the Club 70, what a night, they had to shut off the power, everyone was going crazy with Wayne and starting to storm the stage ... one of the best nights of my life and I've had a lot of them!

Keep going Wayne he is the MAN! Bill - Scottsdale AZ, Cincinnati OH