I am the keyboardist for a concert series that features Bobby Keys the saxman for The
Rolling Stones, John Lennon. Ringo, George Harrison , Clapton, and a thousand other
classic rock names. He has traveled the world many times over. We are looking for an
agent or an aggressive individual to help find venues to perform our show. We have a
wonderful program that features music that Bobby was the original saxophonist and
other favorites. We are covering a huge variety of music from the stones to leo sayer,
Mad dogs and englishmen, Jimmy Mcgriff, to Peter Gunn, and tons of material in
between. Bobby tells personal stories throughout the night that keeps the audience
riveted as we stroll through hit after hit and style after style. We even do a few original
compositions. The show is very entertaining and affordable. We also have a duo with
just piano, vocals and sax. Contact me for more information.
Biography
Bobby Keys was a successful Muscle Shoals session saxophonist long before he met
the Stones, but once he did back in '69, he quickly became the R & B sax player every
British pop and rock act wanted to have on it's records. He's still around and still shows
up on Stones records every once in a while. On most (but not all) of his late 60's/early
70's appearances he's teamed with trumpet player Jim Price.
John Horn remember's " Bobby Keys is undoubtedly one of the most unforgettable
characters I've ever met. He's been playing saxophone for the Rolling Stones for a long
time. When I was in England in 73', we worked together on the Goats Head Soup album
with the Stones.There were no rock and roll horn players in London or Europe during
the 70's,so the sound andour style of playing was in demand. We would sleep all day in
Bobbys'country cottage,then by evening wine & dine at our favorite inn, The Baily Wyck,
outside London. One night when 'The Who' were cutting tracks for their next album, we
walked in with our horns and Bobby said with his Texas drawl, "What time do you want
to put the horns on tonight"? They couldn't refuse. Every night was a different
experience."
BIOGRAPHY / PROFILE
Best-known for his long association with the Rolling Stones, tenor saxophonist Bobby
Keys spent several decades as an in-demand session man and touring musician, able
to play blues, R&B, and rock & roll with equal flair. Born and raised in Texas, Keys was
playing in rock & roll bands as early as the '50s, and worked with Buddy Holly and
Bobby Vee, among many others. Keys worked regularly at the famed Muscle Shoals
studios in Alabama before meeting the Stones in 1969; his work on Let It Bleed (not to
mention the simple fact of association) quickly made him a hot property. Over the next
few years, Keys played on albums by George Harrison (All Things Must Pass), Delaney
& Bonnie, Eric Clapton, Humble Pie, the Faces, Carly Simon, Nilsson, Joe Cocker, John
Lennon, Ringo Starr, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and B.B. King. He also continued his relationship
with the Stones, appearing on classics like Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street, and
striking up an instant chemistry with Keith Richards. In 1972, Keys recorded a self-titled
solo album for Warner Bros., which featured an all-star guest lineup including members
of the Beatles, Cream, Mountain, and Traffic, plus his longtime trumpet-playing partner
Jim Price. By the mid-'70s, his activities with the Stones were beginning to tail off,
though he maintained a working relationship with the band over the years, both in the
studio and on the road. He continued to find work through his old connections, and in
1979 joined Ron Wood's touring band the New Barbarians. In more recent years, Keys
has continued to tour with the Stones and guest on the occasional album (including
Sheryl Crow's The Globe Sessions), and also performed with the Lubbock, TX-based
band the Ace Liquidators. ~ Steve Huey,
New Barbarians: Mac, Woody, Bobby Keys, Zigaboo Modeliste, Keith and Stanley
Clarke 1979
Instrumentation
Sax, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, percussion, vocals
Bobby Keys & Joe Cocker
on YouTube
Bobby Keys
on MYSPACE