Chords for Working For Delbert McClinton
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Hey friends, I'm Otis Gibbs and this is my buddy Kevin Anker.
He's going to talk about the time that he spent playing music with the great Delbert McClinton.
Delbert's the most genuine person you've [Eb] ever met.
I mean, [E] you know, the person that he [Dm] presents is the person that he is.
He's the nicest guy.
He's that kind [Dm] of person that you want to think is the [Eb] way that you see them.
And he just, he is that.
He's a nice guy.
He's a caring guy.
You run into musicians that don't know how to have fun and don't know how to have fun
in ways that make [E] any sort of sense.
And he's just a fun person.
His energy is real.
It's not manufactured for the press.
I mean, he's freaking Delbert.
You know, like you interviewed [Bb] him and you thought he was a real person.
It's like, yeah, that's who he is.
Success and whatnot is [Eb] a total side piece of Delbert.
You know, he's just Delbert.
In 2007, [Db] I was a keyboard player [Em] on the Severn [C] Records, which is a label out of [E] Annapolis, Maryland.
The Severn Records review doing a festival in Norway.
And we're all flying over for this gig.
And I meet this guy, Seth.
And at the time, he was out of Austin, Texas.
He's [Ebm] flying over to do the same festival.
And we had this big band and he had a trumpet player.
That was the band that he was taking with him, was a trumpet player.
And he had a Norwegian band set up for him to do this gig.
But, you know, Seth dug my playing, even though I played the first night with food poisoning.
And I'm just totally not in a good space.
The food poisoning hit an hour and a half before I was doing a two and a half hour set.
And I made it through the set.
And Seth started hiring me for some [E] touring around the states once we got back.
He had recorded a record, Leap of Faith, with Gary Nicholson producing [Eb] it and Kevin McHenry
on keyboards and Steve Mackey on the bass and Lynn Williams on the drums and Ron McNally
on the other guitars and whatnot.
And then he had an album release party [Em] in Nashville at the basement.
And I was [Eb] on the gig and Delbert came to the gig and he heard me and he dug [N] me.
At one point he needed an emergency replacement keyboard player and he calls me and he's like,
Hey Kevin, this is Delbert.
He's like, what are you doing tomorrow?
And I'm looking at my calendar going, I'm playing solo piano at a private party.
It's Christmas time.
And he's like, well, I didn't tell him that.
I was like, I don't have anything going on, man.
What's up?
He's like, well, I need a piano player tomorrow down in Cincinnati.
I'm like, okay.
He's like, I'll fly you down.
I'm like, it's a hundred miles.
I'll drive.
He's like, no, I'll fly you.
It's going to be like flying from here to Detroit and from Detroit to Cincinnati.
It's going to be a six hour excursion instead of a two hour drive.
And he says, well, I'm going to have my manager give you a call.
[Gb] And I'd met his manager, his road manager at the basement.
And she gets on [E] the phone and she's like, Hey Kevin, you know, the gigs, this, that, and the other thing.
And I'm like, I need to talk to Mackie now.
I need to know the song list.
So Mackie gets on the phone.
He's like, yeah, I'll email you a song list.
And so I get this email from him and it's like four songs.
And he's like, I'll send more later.
And then he doesn't.
So the next day I drive down to Cincinnati, I go to the hotel and I get in the lobby [D] and I have them, you know, call Mackie's room.
And he comes down to the lobby.
He's like, yeah, you know, he calls the first three tunes every night and then we just start playing other stuff.
And then the last tune, you know, we're going to the encore.
And so it's like a 90 minute set.
And I've got at this point in time, you know, 2011, [Eb] 2010, somewhere in there.
[G] I've got a 40 year career as a solo artist, much less, you know, the stuff he'd been doing the previous 10 years and whatnot.
I've got a 40 year career to look [Gb] back on in a couple hours for a 90 minute set [Eb] to know everything.
And, you know, so it's like, dude, you got to give me more songs.
He's like, well, I don't know what he's going to call.
He says, but the one thing you got to know is you take the ending on this particular tune.
And I'll signal it when you do that, you know, just blues walk up to the pit.
It didn't do anything.
Don't don't don't kind of thing.
And we're in the middle of the set and we're doing this tune and he signals me to do the ending and I start doing he's like, oh, that was the wrong tune.
You know, so it's like, you know, I'm on the set doing like 40 years worth of somebody's material out of like whatever he decides to call.
It's all great stuff, but.
You know, it's sink or swim, you know, that's what you got to do, man.
You [Gb] got to make the gig.
And through through through no fault of my [E] own, I made the gig that night.
Did he make you a permanent member after that?
Yeah, I started working with him for about six [Eb] months or so after that.
He's going to talk about the time that he spent playing music with the great Delbert McClinton.
Delbert's the most genuine person you've [Eb] ever met.
I mean, [E] you know, the person that he [Dm] presents is the person that he is.
He's the nicest guy.
He's that kind [Dm] of person that you want to think is the [Eb] way that you see them.
And he just, he is that.
He's a nice guy.
He's a caring guy.
You run into musicians that don't know how to have fun and don't know how to have fun
in ways that make [E] any sort of sense.
And he's just a fun person.
His energy is real.
It's not manufactured for the press.
I mean, he's freaking Delbert.
You know, like you interviewed [Bb] him and you thought he was a real person.
It's like, yeah, that's who he is.
Success and whatnot is [Eb] a total side piece of Delbert.
You know, he's just Delbert.
In 2007, [Db] I was a keyboard player [Em] on the Severn [C] Records, which is a label out of [E] Annapolis, Maryland.
The Severn Records review doing a festival in Norway.
And we're all flying over for this gig.
And I meet this guy, Seth.
And at the time, he was out of Austin, Texas.
He's [Ebm] flying over to do the same festival.
And we had this big band and he had a trumpet player.
That was the band that he was taking with him, was a trumpet player.
And he had a Norwegian band set up for him to do this gig.
But, you know, Seth dug my playing, even though I played the first night with food poisoning.
And I'm just totally not in a good space.
The food poisoning hit an hour and a half before I was doing a two and a half hour set.
And I made it through the set.
And Seth started hiring me for some [E] touring around the states once we got back.
He had recorded a record, Leap of Faith, with Gary Nicholson producing [Eb] it and Kevin McHenry
on keyboards and Steve Mackey on the bass and Lynn Williams on the drums and Ron McNally
on the other guitars and whatnot.
And then he had an album release party [Em] in Nashville at the basement.
And I was [Eb] on the gig and Delbert came to the gig and he heard me and he dug [N] me.
At one point he needed an emergency replacement keyboard player and he calls me and he's like,
Hey Kevin, this is Delbert.
He's like, what are you doing tomorrow?
And I'm looking at my calendar going, I'm playing solo piano at a private party.
It's Christmas time.
And he's like, well, I didn't tell him that.
I was like, I don't have anything going on, man.
What's up?
He's like, well, I need a piano player tomorrow down in Cincinnati.
I'm like, okay.
He's like, I'll fly you down.
I'm like, it's a hundred miles.
I'll drive.
He's like, no, I'll fly you.
It's going to be like flying from here to Detroit and from Detroit to Cincinnati.
It's going to be a six hour excursion instead of a two hour drive.
And he says, well, I'm going to have my manager give you a call.
[Gb] And I'd met his manager, his road manager at the basement.
And she gets on [E] the phone and she's like, Hey Kevin, you know, the gigs, this, that, and the other thing.
And I'm like, I need to talk to Mackie now.
I need to know the song list.
So Mackie gets on the phone.
He's like, yeah, I'll email you a song list.
And so I get this email from him and it's like four songs.
And he's like, I'll send more later.
And then he doesn't.
So the next day I drive down to Cincinnati, I go to the hotel and I get in the lobby [D] and I have them, you know, call Mackie's room.
And he comes down to the lobby.
He's like, yeah, you know, he calls the first three tunes every night and then we just start playing other stuff.
And then the last tune, you know, we're going to the encore.
And so it's like a 90 minute set.
And I've got at this point in time, you know, 2011, [Eb] 2010, somewhere in there.
[G] I've got a 40 year career as a solo artist, much less, you know, the stuff he'd been doing the previous 10 years and whatnot.
I've got a 40 year career to look [Gb] back on in a couple hours for a 90 minute set [Eb] to know everything.
And, you know, so it's like, dude, you got to give me more songs.
He's like, well, I don't know what he's going to call.
He says, but the one thing you got to know is you take the ending on this particular tune.
And I'll signal it when you do that, you know, just blues walk up to the pit.
It didn't do anything.
Don't don't don't kind of thing.
And we're in the middle of the set and we're doing this tune and he signals me to do the ending and I start doing he's like, oh, that was the wrong tune.
You know, so it's like, you know, I'm on the set doing like 40 years worth of somebody's material out of like whatever he decides to call.
It's all great stuff, but.
You know, it's sink or swim, you know, that's what you got to do, man.
You [Gb] got to make the gig.
And through through through no fault of my [E] own, I made the gig that night.
Did he make you a permanent member after that?
Yeah, I started working with him for about six [Eb] months or so after that.
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Hey friends, I'm Otis Gibbs and this is my buddy Kevin Anker.
He's going to talk about the time that he spent playing music with the great Delbert McClinton.
_ Delbert's the most genuine person you've [Eb] ever met.
I mean, [E] you know, the person that he [Dm] presents is the person that he is.
He's the nicest guy.
He's that kind [Dm] of person that _ you want to think is the [Eb] way that you see them.
And he just, he is that.
He's a nice guy. _ _
He's a caring guy.
_ You run into musicians that don't know how to have fun _ and don't know how to have fun
in ways that make [E] any sort of sense.
_ And he's just a fun person.
_ _ _ His energy is real.
It's not manufactured _ for the press.
I mean, _ he's freaking Delbert.
_ _ You know, like you interviewed [Bb] him and you thought he was a real person.
It's like, yeah, that's who he is.
Success and whatnot is [Eb] a total _ _ side piece of Delbert.
You know, he's just Delbert. _ _ _
_ _ In 2007, [Db] _ I was a keyboard player [Em] on the Severn _ [C] Records, which is a label out of [E] Annapolis, Maryland.
The Severn Records review _ doing a festival in Norway.
And we're all flying over for this gig.
And I meet this guy, Seth. _
And at the time, he was out of Austin, Texas.
He's [Ebm] flying over to do the same festival.
And we had this big band and he had a trumpet player.
_ That was the band that he was taking with him, was a trumpet player.
_ _ And he had a Norwegian band set up for him to do this gig.
But, you know, Seth dug my playing, even though I played the first night with food poisoning.
And I'm just totally not in a good space.
The food poisoning hit an hour and a half before I was doing a two and a half hour set.
And I made it through _ the set.
_ _ _ And Seth started hiring me for some [E] touring around the states once we got back.
He had recorded _ a record, Leap of Faith, _ with Gary Nicholson producing [Eb] it and Kevin McHenry
on keyboards and Steve Mackey on the bass and Lynn Williams on the drums and Ron McNally
on the _ other guitars and whatnot.
_ And then he had an album release party _ [Em] in Nashville at the basement.
_ And I was [Eb] on the gig and Delbert came to the gig and he heard me and he dug [N] me.
_ At one point he needed an emergency replacement keyboard player and he calls me and he's like,
Hey Kevin, this is Delbert.
He's like, what are you doing tomorrow? _
_ And I'm looking at my calendar going, I'm playing solo piano at a private party.
It's Christmas time. _ _
And he's like, well, I didn't tell him that.
I was like, I don't have anything going on, man.
What's up?
He's like, well, I need a piano player tomorrow down in Cincinnati.
_ I'm like, okay.
He's like, I'll fly you down.
I'm like, it's a hundred miles.
I'll drive.
He's like, no, I'll fly you.
It's going to be like flying from here to Detroit and from Detroit to Cincinnati.
It's going to be a six hour excursion instead of a two hour drive. _ _
And he says, well, I'm going to have my manager give you a call.
[Gb] _ And I'd met his manager, his road manager _ at the basement. _
And she gets on [E] the phone and she's like, Hey Kevin, you know, the gigs, this, that, and the other thing.
And I'm like, I need to talk to Mackie now.
I need to know the song list.
_ So Mackie gets on the phone.
He's like, yeah, I'll email you a song list.
_ _ And so I get this email from him and it's like four songs. _ _
_ _ _ And he's like, I'll send more later.
And then he doesn't.
So the next day I drive down to Cincinnati, I go to the hotel _ and I get in the lobby [D] and I have them, you know, call Mackie's room.
_ And he comes down to the lobby.
He's like, _ yeah, you know, he calls the first three tunes _ every night and then we just start playing other stuff.
And then the last tune, you know, we're going to the encore. _
And so it's like a 90 minute set. _ _
_ _ And I've got at this point in time, you know, 2011, [Eb] 2010, somewhere in there.
[G] I've got a 40 year career _ as a solo artist, _ much less, you know, the stuff he'd been doing the previous 10 years and whatnot.
I've got a 40 year career to look [Gb] back on in a couple hours for a 90 minute set [Eb] to know _ everything.
_ And, you know, so it's like, dude, you got to give me more songs.
He's like, well, I don't know what he's going to call.
He says, but the one thing you got to know is you take the ending on this particular tune.
And _ I'll signal it when you do that, you know, just blues walk up to the pit.
It didn't do anything.
Don't don't don't kind of thing.
_ _ And we're in the middle of the set and we're doing this tune and he signals me to do the ending and I start doing he's like, oh, that was the wrong tune. _ _ _
_ _ You know, so it's like, you know, I'm on the set doing like 40 years worth of somebody's material out of like whatever he decides to call.
It's all great stuff, but. _
You know, it's sink or swim, _ you know, that's what you got to do, man.
You [Gb] got to make the gig.
_ And through through through no fault of my [E] own, I made the gig that night. _ _
Did he make you a permanent member after that?
Yeah, I started working with him for about six [Eb] months or so after that. _ _ _
He's going to talk about the time that he spent playing music with the great Delbert McClinton.
_ Delbert's the most genuine person you've [Eb] ever met.
I mean, [E] you know, the person that he [Dm] presents is the person that he is.
He's the nicest guy.
He's that kind [Dm] of person that _ you want to think is the [Eb] way that you see them.
And he just, he is that.
He's a nice guy. _ _
He's a caring guy.
_ You run into musicians that don't know how to have fun _ and don't know how to have fun
in ways that make [E] any sort of sense.
_ And he's just a fun person.
_ _ _ His energy is real.
It's not manufactured _ for the press.
I mean, _ he's freaking Delbert.
_ _ You know, like you interviewed [Bb] him and you thought he was a real person.
It's like, yeah, that's who he is.
Success and whatnot is [Eb] a total _ _ side piece of Delbert.
You know, he's just Delbert. _ _ _
_ _ In 2007, [Db] _ I was a keyboard player [Em] on the Severn _ [C] Records, which is a label out of [E] Annapolis, Maryland.
The Severn Records review _ doing a festival in Norway.
And we're all flying over for this gig.
And I meet this guy, Seth. _
And at the time, he was out of Austin, Texas.
He's [Ebm] flying over to do the same festival.
And we had this big band and he had a trumpet player.
_ That was the band that he was taking with him, was a trumpet player.
_ _ And he had a Norwegian band set up for him to do this gig.
But, you know, Seth dug my playing, even though I played the first night with food poisoning.
And I'm just totally not in a good space.
The food poisoning hit an hour and a half before I was doing a two and a half hour set.
And I made it through _ the set.
_ _ _ And Seth started hiring me for some [E] touring around the states once we got back.
He had recorded _ a record, Leap of Faith, _ with Gary Nicholson producing [Eb] it and Kevin McHenry
on keyboards and Steve Mackey on the bass and Lynn Williams on the drums and Ron McNally
on the _ other guitars and whatnot.
_ And then he had an album release party _ [Em] in Nashville at the basement.
_ And I was [Eb] on the gig and Delbert came to the gig and he heard me and he dug [N] me.
_ At one point he needed an emergency replacement keyboard player and he calls me and he's like,
Hey Kevin, this is Delbert.
He's like, what are you doing tomorrow? _
_ And I'm looking at my calendar going, I'm playing solo piano at a private party.
It's Christmas time. _ _
And he's like, well, I didn't tell him that.
I was like, I don't have anything going on, man.
What's up?
He's like, well, I need a piano player tomorrow down in Cincinnati.
_ I'm like, okay.
He's like, I'll fly you down.
I'm like, it's a hundred miles.
I'll drive.
He's like, no, I'll fly you.
It's going to be like flying from here to Detroit and from Detroit to Cincinnati.
It's going to be a six hour excursion instead of a two hour drive. _ _
And he says, well, I'm going to have my manager give you a call.
[Gb] _ And I'd met his manager, his road manager _ at the basement. _
And she gets on [E] the phone and she's like, Hey Kevin, you know, the gigs, this, that, and the other thing.
And I'm like, I need to talk to Mackie now.
I need to know the song list.
_ So Mackie gets on the phone.
He's like, yeah, I'll email you a song list.
_ _ And so I get this email from him and it's like four songs. _ _
_ _ _ And he's like, I'll send more later.
And then he doesn't.
So the next day I drive down to Cincinnati, I go to the hotel _ and I get in the lobby [D] and I have them, you know, call Mackie's room.
_ And he comes down to the lobby.
He's like, _ yeah, you know, he calls the first three tunes _ every night and then we just start playing other stuff.
And then the last tune, you know, we're going to the encore. _
And so it's like a 90 minute set. _ _
_ _ And I've got at this point in time, you know, 2011, [Eb] 2010, somewhere in there.
[G] I've got a 40 year career _ as a solo artist, _ much less, you know, the stuff he'd been doing the previous 10 years and whatnot.
I've got a 40 year career to look [Gb] back on in a couple hours for a 90 minute set [Eb] to know _ everything.
_ And, you know, so it's like, dude, you got to give me more songs.
He's like, well, I don't know what he's going to call.
He says, but the one thing you got to know is you take the ending on this particular tune.
And _ I'll signal it when you do that, you know, just blues walk up to the pit.
It didn't do anything.
Don't don't don't kind of thing.
_ _ And we're in the middle of the set and we're doing this tune and he signals me to do the ending and I start doing he's like, oh, that was the wrong tune. _ _ _
_ _ You know, so it's like, you know, I'm on the set doing like 40 years worth of somebody's material out of like whatever he decides to call.
It's all great stuff, but. _
You know, it's sink or swim, _ you know, that's what you got to do, man.
You [Gb] got to make the gig.
_ And through through through no fault of my [E] own, I made the gig that night. _ _
Did he make you a permanent member after that?
Yeah, I started working with him for about six [Eb] months or so after that. _ _ _