When Clapton played his next show, he made a point of playing with a mostly black backing band.

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With a small backing band, Jakob Dylan came to Newport with not only songs from his solo debut, Seeing Things, but also music from throughout the Wallflowers catalog.

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The prolific musician, who died in 1993, formed the Mothers' final line up in 1973, releasing his final album Bongo Fury with them as a backing band in 1975, before going solo.

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Backing Robert Randolph and the Family Band on that track is drummer Jim Keltner, who's played on crucial albums by everyone from Eric Clapton to Bob Dylan.

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In 1969, Yes recorded their eponymous debut album, to be followed by Time And A Word, on which his band mates Jon Anderson and Chris Squire wanted the backing of an orchestra.

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The band includes musicians from the U.S., the Netherlands and Germany, as well as talented backing singers and MCs Maimouna Yousef and Tanja Daese.

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