They also added a few recent remakes, including the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" - which Cocker chose to anoint with new lyrics - the Beatles' "Something," and Traffic's "Feelin' Alright." Russell took the opportunity to trot out a handful of his own compositions. Their set list was as much dictated by their tight rehearsal schedule as it was by audience favorites and other songs worked up specifically for the proceedings. What listeners are treated to on The Complete Fillmore East Concerts is what you'd expect: every note captured from Mad Dogs & Englishmen at Bill Graham's Fillmore East. They were further augmented by a ten-piece backing vocal "choir" with Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, Daniel Moore, and Nicole Barclay (aka Nickey Barclay). When the dust cleared, Chris Stainton (keyboards), Don Preston (rhythm guitar), Carl Radle (bass), Jim Gordon (drums), Jim Keltner (drums), Chuck Blackwell (percussion), Sandy Konikoff (percussion), Bobby Torres (congas), Jim Price (trumpet), and Bobby Keys (sax) were chosen to go along for the ride.
Cocker and Russell cobbled together Mad Dogs & Englishmen after several days of phone calls and marathon 12-hour rehearsals.
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These five and a half hours - plus a few tracks from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - are the raw materials from which the venerable Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970) double-LP set was created. Although Joe Cocker is often considered the ringleader, Mad Dogs & Englishmen were a star-studded ensemble that Cocker and Leon Russell assembled for a North American stint, culminating in the gigs gathered here. The contents are quite remarkable either way. While this six-volume box boasts all four sets (March 27 & 28, 1970), each individual evening was also available on its own.
For a very limited time, the Internet-based audio boutique Hip-O Select offered Mad Dogs & Englishmen's The Complete Fillmore East Concerts (2006) in two configurations.
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