Fame Is Fleeting, But Georgies Here To Stay
NEW YORK-Its only 5 p.m. and there's not nearly enough cigarette smoke wafting through the empty Bottom Line club for the atmosphere to be right. Onstage, the organist is coaching his band for the night, three jazzmen with horn, bass and drums whom he'd just met.
Fame Is Fleeting, But Georgies Here To Stay
THE BEAT GOES ON
NEW YORK-Its only 5 p.m. and there's not nearly enough cigarette smoke wafting through the empty Bottom Line club for the atmosphere to be right. Onstage, the organist is coaching his band for the night, three jazzmen with horn, bass and drums whom hed just met. Theres an immediate respect established amongst the sidemen, who obligingly follow the keyboards peppy rhythm and stop n go intro. The song is unfamiliar to them, but the trio relish the singers slippery vocals and fluid playing; as Georgie Fame croons, 'Yeh, yeh, thats what I said, I say yeh, yeh straight off the chorus of his 1964 hit.