John Lee Sanders in his first live CD Ever, capturing the excitement of Original Louisiana Roots music, Gospel and Classic blues tracks.
Recorded On February 9 & 10, 2006, as the audio soundtrack to the companion DVD, in Rock Beach Studio in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. This state of the art recording studio was transformed into a sound stage with a 4 camera crew, and over 200 fans and family.
Featured on this recording is the legendary Blues Diva, Kathi McDonald,
(Rolling Stones, Ike & Tina Turner) who brought the house down on her version of "I'd Rather Go Blind". John does a new version of the Long John Baldry classic, "Midnight in New Orleans". John Lee was Long John's Music director for many years. John and his wife Judy were close to Baldry and with him until the end of his life. John Lee also wrote and performed "I never Saw it coming" a touching tribute and farewell to his mother, Gladys Sanders, who passed away in 2003, while he was on tour with Paul Williams and Melssa Manchester. John stays close to his New Orleans Roots on this energetic recording and also explores his amazing songwriting skills, with some unheard material, such as "How Long Do you Hang On To A Dream" written with the brilliant lyricist, Chris Caswell. John wrote the music at his mother's Bayou home in Lousiana on the back porch swing, in a last trip home and recaptured some of the magic of the great songwriters of the old south such as Johnny Mercer.
The Musicians in this recording are probably some of Canada's best, including Dennis Marcenko on Bass, longtime touring bassist with KD Lang.
and Chris Nordquist, who was Canadian Drummer of the year for many years in a row.
In the 2 nights of 4 hours of music, we selected the takes and decided to release a double disc cd. featuring the most outstanding blues musicians in Canada.
Guitar, Tim Porter/
Bass, Dennis Marcenko/ Drums, Chris Nordquist/
Hammond Organ & Accordian, Darryl Havers /Harmonica, Rob Bracken/
Kathi McDonald, Lead & Background Vocals
John Lee Sanders, Piano, Tenor Sax, Vocals
