I want your sax (another music thread)

Sax man with a butt hanging out of his mouth.

 

Here's a "saxier" version -- the Sonnier clip was smokin', but they almost seemed to be going through at 78 rpm.

 

So, I heard this version on headphones one day while Spotify was throwing yacht rock at me. Trust me, watching this is a little tough, but there is so much going on here...

Who knew Year of the fucking Cat had this many layers to it?
Who knew Al fing Stewart could pull together musicians as good as these. I mean this is an amazing backing group.

6:47 starts the sax, and it's a crazy good bit of sax work.

 

Two stories about "Year of the Cat:"

1. Huge album my freshman year at Fresno State. The guy above us in the dorms would play one side of the album EVERY NIGHT. The turntable would reset the tone arm at the beginning, and away it'd go again, over and over. We got so damned tired of it, my roommate grabbed a hockey stick from the Canadian guy down the hall and pounded on the ceiling in an effort to make the record skip. No such luck.

2. Went to see Al Stewart years later at an accoustic concert in Gwinnett. He played all of his historical story songs, then said, "OK, I guess I have to play the two songs that paid for my mansion." Year of the Cat and Time Passages. Called them "his contribution to doctor's office music."

 

Great line from the comments:

“It is believed that Al Stewart is actually some scientifically
generated combination of Eric Idle and George Harrison.”

 

David Sanborn on Heart to Heart.

 

Speaking of wanting sax ... look who turns 50 today.

 

Oh.....and many thanks to whomever posted #41 from DMB......love that solo.........it's like the saxophone and drums are talking to each to other in their own little language......then when it really gets going, you better hold on.

 

Sanborn plays on the Jo-El Sonnier version of Richard Thompson's "Tear-Stained Letter" above.