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William Bell, Counting Crows Among Christmas Jam Highlights

The weekend’s musical festivities began on Friday night with Haynes’ annual
more intimate Christmas Pre-Jam at the Orange Peel.

The super jam portion of the night continued with a funk and soul-based
ensemble that boasted Holloway, Meters bassist George Porter Jr., Lettuce
drummer Adam Deitch, Soulive/Lettuce guitarist Eric Krasno, New Orleans
staple Trombone Shorty and trumpeter Craig Sorrells. After a few songs,
STAX legend William Bell, perhaps this year’s most inspired and influential guest musician, appeared to front the ad hoc group of musicians for a few songs, including “Everybody Loves a Winner.”

The weekend’s festivities continued Saturday night at the Civic Center.

The Christmas Jam’s funk ensemble reassembled for a two-part performance.
The second part of the set found the musicians backing William Bell. The
set read like a STAX and soul greatest hits list: a take on “Hard to
Handle” that also featured Audley Freed, a version of “Everyday is a
Holiday” with both Freed and Haynes, and an all-star jam based around his
original “Born Under a Bad Sign” that drew in Freed, Haynes and Whitford,
among other song highlights. As Haynes mentioned in a recent Jambands.com interview, Whitford also played “Born Under a Bad Sign” with Gov’t Mule a few years ago.

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