DESCRIPTION:
"Cherchez la Femme" shown in it's entirety.
Composed by Stony Browder,Jr. & August Darnell

As promised here is a vintage TV clip of the second song performed by Dr.Buzzard's Original Savannah Band on the Dinah Shore Show.

In the previous clip (I'll Play The Fool" ) that also has been posted the introduction was edited however on this clip we show the entire introduction by the legendary Dinah Shore pertaining to the first song. We also show the introduction to the second song.

The other guests on the show are Sean Connery , Jill Ireland & George Kirby. Sean Connery needs no introduction. The late Jill Ireland was an actress and married to the late Charles Bronson. The late George Kirby was an amazing crossover comedian known for his great impressions of both Black and White personalities.

SUGARCOATED'S SIDE BAR #1:
The band members were thrilled to do this show and meet Dinah. There was however an added thrill to meet Sean Connery. After the show the band could not stop talking about how great it was to see Sean Connery aka "007" holding the album.

SUGARCOATED'S SIDE BAR #2:
Dinah was such a delight trying to converse in Spanish with me off the air. Her command of the language however was a bit limited and when on the air she tried to speak Spanish I could not make sense of it thus the silent gap. She was so adorable trying to say the Spanish word for number which is "Numero" but ended up saying "Numbre". She did a merge of the words "Nombre" (Name) & "Numero".

SUGARCOATED'S SIDE BAR #3:
Dinah & Sean were caught off guard. They were expecting for Cory to come to the microphone so they could say something to her then they would walk off then the music would start.

They did not realize that routine was that the music starts with Cory at the piano . The music started with them still hanging around. That is why you see Dinah fumbling with the microphone stand. The clip is not the best quality however as they are leaving you might be able to notice them laughing.

SUGARCOATED'S SIDE BAR #4:
During these times all the TV shows wanted us to mime the entire performance which we were reluctant to do. A compromise was reached with the shows we finally performed on.

We went into the studio and did a special TV mix. We muted the lead vocal and some of the background vocals . We also muted a few instruments .

On the show Cory's lead vocal is completely live and so is the piano , hi-hat and toms. Stony & August microphones are live but their background vocals are also on tape thus at times they are doubling themselves. The bell hop singers in the background , horn section, Vibraphones , Guitar , Bass , most of the Drum kit, Percussion , synthesizer are miming. Notice also that you hear but do not see strings.

Addendum: In those days there were no automated boards or home music software/computers etc. In order to duplicate the exact mix you had to take a polaroids/pictures of the board and painstakingly notate all the knob settings for everything including EQ's, reverbs, delays, volume faders etc. When we did the TV remix we used the mixing documentation in order to maintain as much as possible the integrity of the original record mix.

BELLHOP SIDEBAR: The Bellhop background singers were just hired for the show.
- Debra Anderson (left) went on and became part of the disco group Stargard.
- Lynda Seals (right) has worked with various artists including Friends of Distinction, Lola Falana, Bill Cosby, Abbe Lane, Johnny Mathis and Helen Reddy



Dr.Buzzard's Original Savannah Band:
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- Stony Browder,Jr. (Piano)
- August Darnell aka Kid Creole (Bass)
- Cory Daye (Vocal)
- Mickey Sevilla (Drums)
- Sugarcoated Andy Hernandez aka Coati Mundi (Vibraphones)
- Mr.Limelight (Canine )
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Special Thanks: Susandra Minsky
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RIP: Stony Browder,Jr.

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DISCLAIMER:
The intent of this post is anthropological and not to make profit. It is strictly to share with fans and the periodic visitors to this planet from other galaxies a part of the musical history of the aforementioned musical group.

Gracias: Coati Mundi aka Sugarcoated Andy / aka Coatimundi
Coati Mundi IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612734/