Dr.Buzzard - Dinah Shore TV Show: I'll Play The Fool - Dr.Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

"I'll Play The Fool" shown in it's entirety.
Composed by Stony Browder,Jr. & August Darnell

This vintage TV clip of Dr.Buzzard's Original Savannah Band begins with an introduction by the legendary Dinah Shore while Sean Connery , Jill Ireland & George Kirby are chilling.

This is the first of two songs that were performed. The second song from this TV show has also been posted.

SUGARCOATED SIDEBAR:
During these times all the TV shows wanted us to mime the entire performance which we were reluctant to do. A compromise was reached with the shows we finally performed on.

We went into the studio and did a special TV mix. We muted the lead vocal and some of the background vocals . We also muted a few instruments .

On the show Cory's lead vocal is completely live and so is the piano , hi-hat and toms. Stony & August microphones are live but their background vocals are also on tape thus at times they are doubling themselves. The bell hop singers in the background , horn section, Vibraphones , Guitar , Bass , most of the Drum kit, Percussion , synthesizer are miming. Notice also that you hear but do not see strings.

Addendum: In those days there were no automated boards or home music software/computers etc. In order to duplicate the exact mix you had to take a polaroids/pictures of the board and painstakingly notate all the knob settings for everything including EQ's, reverbs, delays, volume faders etc. When we did the TV remix we used the mixing documentation in order to maintain as much as possible the integrity of the original record mix.

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Dr.Buzzard's Original Savannah Band:
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- Stony Browder,Jr. (Piano)
- August Darnell aka Kid Creole (Bass)
- Cory Daye (Vocal)
- Mickey Sevilla (Drums)
- Sugarcoated Andy Hernandez aka Coati Mundi (Vibraphones)
- Mr.Limelight (Canine )
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Special Thanks: Susandra Minsky
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RIP: Stony Browder,Jr.

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DISCLAIMER:
The intent of this post is anthropological and not to make profit. It is strictly to share with fans and the periodic visitors to this planet from other galaxies a part of the musical history of the aforementioned musical group.

Gracias - Coati Mundi aka Sugarcoated Andy

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[tracer740]

What a sound! What spectacular music talents and showmanship!!!

Thank you for posting and sharing this, and other wonderful memories we all can enjoy and cherish. I cannot help wondering if these talented people realized the perfection of their performances.

[MundiWorld]

@tracer740 You are welcomed - appreciate the sentiment

[fanofprotopic]

Coati: was that music as much fun to play as it is to listen to? Ken

[MundiWorld]

@fanofprotopic Yes Ken it was fun to rehearse and perform it although recording it was a bit stressful at times.

[Gene8492]

I still have this LP, yes LP. I play it often. Cory was hot a hell. Dr. Buzzards group was phenomenal. Love the vibe player. He partied on every song. I miss there sound.

[MundiWorld]

@Gene8492

Cheers for sharing your feelings and the support - Coati The Vibe Player (-:

[fanofprotopic]

Coati: I've always pronounced it "BuzZARD" is that incorrect?

[SummerLove217]

So much outstanding talent. The memories. The music and performance sends me back...

[nowinqb131]

Respond to this video...  Makes me proud to be from the BX. Classy performance from a classy band. Mom dukes had this album in heavy rotation when I was a kid. LEGENDARY.

[universityofwtmp]

Man you better dance! Ha ha!

[PositveBlackBrothers]

Man, this is classic

[ssballs]

Thanks for posting.Amazing sound,still.The whole album.

[drfuzzy23]

Thanks for posting Mr. Mundi! Obrigado voce!

[vilap18]

Believe it or not I still have the vinyl and although I played the heck out of it, it's still in darn good shape! I loved this lp!!

I just played it for a friend of mine, she could not believe she'd never heard of this group before (she's 51). She is buying asap!!

[olsoneric1]

Man this tune takes me back to good times. Really musically advanced arrangements. I wore out this record in college.

[helios1912]

Hello Coati Mundi, Vibe player, thanks for digging into your treasure chest for these great clips-this sound touched a social nerve ending (and still touches mine) --I still play my LP--touring coming up?