[ ]. What a blessing. Great to have you, john. Its a pleasure. Great. I saw you probably 40some years ago. I know you are a young man. Oh, no, no, no. But john turk and the third street annex, you would play all the different clubs. Then i saw you later at glide. You have been around, tell us your background. Well, i actually started playing in the oakland area around 1965, 66, with a guy named johnny hardsmith. I was a guitar player and organ player and flute player. He wanted to expand his band. He only had saxophone and drums, and wanted to add instruments. He had heard about me, i guess, and one night i came and sat in with his band and i guess i did okay. So he hired me. And we were playing at this place called the showcase. This is many moons ago. And he decided he didnt want to be a band leader, so the three of us that were left, we got together and formed our own little organ trio. I went and bought me an organ and we got busy. When did the trumpet come in . You can do that, tr
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Grammy nominee Jonathan Butler has always used music to bring people together, performing first in his native south africa during the height of apartheid, and a move to the u. K. Began his international career. His last cd is called merry you. Mas to im pleased to say in just a few minutes, i will stop talking. He is going to perform not one, but two songs from the new project, oh, holy night and little drummer boy. Always an honor to have you on the set. Always good to see you. Tavis have you been to south africa lately . Tavis, i have been home so much. It has been incredible. I have hosted safaris. I take americans to see my country. I enlighten them about south africa. I launched my foundation, Jonathan Butler foundation, while i was out there. It has been a crazy time of traveling. Tavis the work of the foundation is focused on what specifically . Is focused on music education, Music Therapy, and also drug
Ridiculist. That was a good one. Tune in next week to see the top five. That does it for now. Time for piers morgan tonight. Piers morgans interview with tyler perry begins in just a minute. Im Candy Crowley in washington with the latest on the fiscal cliff negotiations. There was a big meeting at the white house today between the president and the four leaders, two republicans and two democrats on capitol hill. Senator harry reid told reporters afterwards that the next 24 hours would be very important, as he and republican leader Mitch Mcconnell try to put together something that would pass both of their caucuses, that republicans in the senate would vote for and that democrats in the senate would vote for. And then, of course, it would have to go to the house. Now, the majority leader senator reid said hes readying a bill for a vote on monday to prevent a tax hike on incomes up to 250,000. Senator reid said his bill will include all of the additional provisions that the president out
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Remember is i did not punch the guy. Superstars. You have this amazing job. Show up and be prepared. Scandals. Any excuse i make, whether it was a rough time in my life or the people that were there are my friends and they kind of baited me to it, none of that matters. I love maria. She has been truly the only love that ive ever had. The laughs. Youre not pronouncing it correctly. Its 50 shades of chartreuse. You look fantastic. That mean i looked terrible before. And those that shocked us. You want to get out, you will get out. Heavyweights. I dont want to beat them up. The fastest human alive. Fans are one of the biggest things to me. And without a doubt the most explosive and dangerous interview of my entire life. Where are you going . Im interested in what happened. No, youre not interested. What are you doing . What the hell are you doing . People are still talking about. Tonight well see why. Piers morgan the entertainers starts now. Good evening, this year ive talked to in of th