Clips from the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #42

A few clips from the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #42, January 2025. This video does not do justice to the energy level and fun during this cruise, nor does it capture all of the highlights. There were forty bands and single musicians on the cruise with over 150 events on 8 stages over seven days & nights. The late night/early morning jams are magic - you can see the joy in the musicians and the energy with the audience is amazing. Obviously I can not attend all events and see all musicians. I attend my favorites and discovered a few new favorites on the cruise.
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0:00 Coco Montoya on the aft deck stage as we leave Port Everglades/Fort Lauderdale
0:24 Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience – “Sail Away”
1:40 Magic Dick, the legendary harmonica player for The J. Geils Band with Tommy Castro & Deanna Bogart
2:49 Southern Avenue
3:16 D. K. Harrell
3:35 Ruthie Foster and her all-star quintet
3:55 Dawn Tyler Watson with the Blackburn Brothers
4:36 Reverend Billy C. Wirtz
4:59 Pat Harrington solo with Dave Gross and Terrance “Sweet T” Grayson
5:40 Sue Foley
6:29 D. K. Harrell during a BB King tribute with the Phantom Blues Band
7:00 Kenny Wayne Shepherd & band
7:31 Ruthie Foster and her all-star quintet
8:17 Dylan Triplett
8:38 Victor Wainwright and the Train, with Doug Woolverton returning for a trumpet solo
9:20 The California Honeydrops with Oliver Tuttle on trombone, jamming in the Billboard lounge after 3am
10:21 Mr. Sipp jamming with D. K. Harrell, Brandon Miller, “Sweet T” on bass during a post-midnight jam on the aft deck
10:39 D. K. Harrell showing off his dance moves
11:00 Jammin in Chuk Barber’s Soul Lounge after 1:30am with Tierinii Jackson taking the microphone
11:43 Tikyra Jackson joining on drums and Ava Jackson on vocals joining their sister in the Soul Lounge
12:10 Kenny Wayne Shepherd on guitar solo with Colin James and others during a post-midnight Ronnie Baker Brooks led jam on the aft deck
13:07 Bernard Allison with Tommy Castro’s Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue
13:32 BoomCHANK (Hadden Sayers and Brannen Temple)
14:21 The California Honeydrops with an acoustic tune
14:57 Booker T. Stax Review
15:27 Danielle Nicole and Brandon Miller with Kenney Wayne Shepherd and band, Joe Krown on keys
16:18 Ronnie Baker Brooks with Coco Montoya during Ronnie’s post-midnight jam on the aft deck
16:45 Ronnie Baker Brooks joining Tommy Castro, Bernard Allison, Magic Dick and Deanna Bogart
17:16 Booker T Stax Review with Ayanna Irish on lead vocals
18:01 David Julia and Stephen Hull (I think) during an aft deck jam after midnight
18:26 Soul Lounge jamming after 1:30am
18:40 Mitch Woods and others jamming at the Billboard Lounge late at night (or early morning)
19:23 The California Honeydrops
20:05 Tommy Castro and the Painkillers as the ship leaves Tortola
20:19 Pat Harrington solo with Dave Gross and Terrance “Sweet T” Grayson in the Crow’s Nest as we leave Tortola
21:08 Wayne Baker Brooks
21:26 Duane Blackburn on the keys/voice pipe
21:43 Curtis Salgado and Dawn Tyler Watson
22:48 Ronnie Baker Brooks walking the crowd at the mid-ship Lido Pool stage
23:45 Pat Harrington taking the lead and vocals during a Danielle Nicole Band led jam
24:13 Kenny Wayne Shepherd
24:52 Dylan Triplett with Ronnie Baker Brooks, Wayne Baker Brooks, Larry Fulcher and the Phantom Blues Band
25:23 Booker T
25:46 Hadden Sayers and Ruthie Foster duet – “Back to the Blues”