20 Jun, 2008 Exclusive New ‘Mandela Day’ Version [Rehearsal audio recording]
46664 – Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday Concert, Hyde Park 27th June 2008
‘As imagined we are immensely looking forward to the Mandela benefit that takes place next week on the 27th of June. The chance to play our song ‘Mandela Day’ with the Soweto Gospel Choir is a one off opportunity and if the recent rehearsals are anything to go by it should be a spine tingling few minutes that will live long in our memories’
Jim Kerr
The musicians who accompanied Jim, Charlie and Mel in rehearsal were as follows:
Spike Edney – Keys/MD, Neil Drinkwater – 2nd Keys, Steve Stroud – Bass, Steve Hamilton – Sax, Andy Bush – Trumpet, Mike Kearsey – Trombone, Graham Broad – percussion, Tommy Blaize – BV, Andrea Grant – BV, Priscilla Jones -BV