Smack dab in the middle (Ray Charles) Pete York (Spencer Davis Group) live in Friedrichsdorf

Pete York and his Drum Boogie trio performing the Ray Charles hit "Smack dab in the middle" live on his 73rd birthday at Sommerbrücke, Sportpark, Friedrichsdorf, Germany on August 13, 2015.
Personnel:
Pete York - vocals, drums, percussion (born in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England - ex-Eric Clapton And The Powerhouse, Olympic Rock & Blues Circus, Good Times-All-Star-Band, Hardin & York, Helge Schneider Band, Jon Lord Blues Project, Murgatroyd Band, Pete York's Blue Jive Five, Pete York's New York, Pete York's Percussion Band, The Spencer Davis Group, The Blueshounds, The Chris Barber Jazz And Blues Band, Wizard's Convention, Jon Lord Blues Project, Chris Farlowe / Spencer Davis / Pete York / Colin Hodgkinson / Zoot Money / Miller Anderson, Brian Auger / Pete York / Colin Hodgkinson, Spencer Davis / Pete York / Colin Hodgkinson, Pete York / "Wolfhound" Wolfgang Schmid / Lenny Mac Dowell, Rick Sanders / Pete York / Steve Richardson, Eddie Playboy Taylor & The Blueshounds, Klaus Doldingers Passport, Eberhard Schoener, Konstantin Wecker, Martin Schmitt)
Stephan Holstein - sax, clarinet (ex-Münchner Philharmoniker, Clarinet Jazz Trio, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Roy Williams, Thomas Stabenow, Rick Hollander, Cees Slinger, Silvia Droste, Duo Kagerer-Nieberle, Martin Schmitt, Lilian Bouttè, Sandy Patton, Christian Willisohn, John Engels, Lennie Felix, David Gazarow, Larry Porter, Wolfgang Haffner, Martin Schrack, Leo Wright, Wolfgang Schlüter, Johannes Faber, Ed Schuller, Wernecker Kammerorchester, Georg Ringsgwandl, Klaus Weiss, Jazz Colours, Clarinet Jazz Trio, Ludwig Seuß Band, Organized, Cordes Sauvages, Al Jones Blues Band Blues Bacon, Christian Willisohn Band, Kammerorchester Schloß Werneck Jazzprojekte, Happy Birthday Mr. Gershwin, Happy Birthday Duke, Martin Schmitt, Triology, Jazz Clarinet, Full Moon Trio, Jazz Clarinet, Uli Fiedler / Tre Pane, Walter Bittner / Zackedy Music, Alexandrina Simeon, Roy Williams, Lee Konitz, Attila Zoller, Sandy Patton, Ack van Royen, Jörg Hube, Enrico de Paruta, Roger Willemsen)
Thilo Wagner - piano, keyboards (ex-Gustl Mayer, Scott Hamilton, Alexander’s Swingtime Band, Thilo Berg Big Band, Benny Waters, Clark Terry, Randy Sandke, Art Farmer, Emil Mangelsdorff Quartett, Allotria Jazz Band, Bassface Swing Trio feat. Barbara Bürkle, Danny Moss, Gerry Hayes/ Charly Antolini, Jim Hall, Slide Hampton, Billy Mitchell, Butch Miles, Martin Drew, Jim Hall, Peanuts Hucko, Ack Van Rooyen, Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Mariano, Ken Peplowski, New Frankfurt Jazz Connection, Centerpiece, Bassface Swing Trio, Barbara Bürkle & Thilo Wagner Duo - A Fine Romance, Frankfurt Jazz Bigband, Bill Ramsey).
"Smack dab in the middle" was written and performed by Jesse Stone aka Charles Calhoun aka Chuck Calhoun and released in 1955 by MGM Records. Ray Charles also released a version in 1964 b/w "I wake up crying" (ABC Records). The song reached #68 (US). The song was also covered by the Jacks (RPM Records), Count Basie featuring Joe Williams (1956, Verve Records), Ry Cooder, the Mills Brothers, Nancy Wilson and Buster Poindexter (aka David Johansen of the New York Dolls).
The band at the time was:
Spencer Davis - guitar, vocals
Steve Winwood - lead vocals, Hammond B-3, guitar
Muff Winwood - bass, vocals
Pete York - drums, percussion
extra tags: Superdrumming, Jazz Piano, Swing, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, Munich, München, Augsburg