MOORE AND MORE ROAD REPORT


High Sierra Music Festival
Bear Valley, CA
September 6, 1998


Moore and More kicked off their mini-tour in Bear Valley, California at the High Sierra Music Festival. Stanton Moore, Charlie and Greyboy All-Stars saxophonist Karl Denson, filling in for Skerik who will be the saxophonist on the rest of the tour, all joined legendary New Orleans keyboardist Henry Butler (who was also joined by blues guitarist, Danny Caron) during most of his set before playing their own. The songs performed ranged from the blues classic, "Goin' Down Slow" to more traditional New Orleans staples.

After a short break, Stanton, Charlie and Karl hit the stage as Moore and More and played a powerpacked short set (the boys were having so much fun playing with Henry Butler that Henry's set ran long, so the Moore and More set only turned out to be about 50 minutes). The band opened with a bunch of tunes from Stanton' album, "All Kooked Out!" starting with the John Patton tune "Boogaloo Boogie" and continued on with a classic Thelonious Monk tune, "Green Chimneys". For "Tchfunkta", Stanton invited out Artis the Spoonman, who plays the spoons and other innovative percussive instruments. Next came "Common Ground" which had a great scatting session from Charlie during his solo. For "Blues for Ben" Henry Butler came back out to add his incredible keyboard playing to the mix. For the final tune, the band played an upbeat funk tune recently written by Karl Denson called "8:30 Pick-up" which sounded more like a Greyboy All Stars tune than anything else. A short and sweet set.


setlist
Boogaloo Boogie
Green Chimneys
Tchfunkta (w/ Artis the Spoonman)
Common Ground
Blues for Ben (w/ Henry Butler)
8:30 Pickup

Boogaloo Boogie
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