#Booker T & The M.G.'s

[lisamarie-vee]

[musickickztoo]

Booker T. Jones *November 12, 1944

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Frank Zappa - “Khaki Sack”

Previously unreleased and “composed and played by the Mothers before 1970,” Frank Zappa’s latest sprung-from-the-vault release reveals a rarely heard side of the multi-faceted composer and musician.

Following “Work With Me Annie/Annie Had a Baby” From the forthcoming (June 30) Funky Nothingness, “Khaki Sack” is a bluesy shuffle running eight instrumental minutes and sounds more like a studio jam than an actual composition. Heavy on Ian Underwood’s organ and with Zappa playing guitar in a mostly unfamiliar style and tone, it has a Booker T & the M.G.’s-kind of feel.

In the end, “Khaki Sack” is most interesting because it’s been gathering dust for nearly 55 years. But bushing it off reveals costume jewelry rather than an actual gem.

Grade card: Frank Zappa - “Khaki Sack” - C+

6/6/23

[omegaplus]

# 4,334

Otis Redding & Carla Thomas: “Tramp” German 7″ (1967)

Omega WUSB spun Otis Redding & Carla Thomas’ lead-off single from their duet covers album King & Queen (1967) for one of last Summer’s bonus one-hour shows. We can’t think of a nastier song from the Sixties and Thomas really took Redding to the trash in a take from Lowell Fulsom’s 1967 original (which was originally a solo). Putting more chips on the stack were producer Isaac Hayes and The Booker T & The M.G.’s who became the backing band for this #2 single on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles and #26 out of the Hot 100. This was one of ten songs that comprised King & Queen which took only six days to record and that album hit #5 on Billboards Hot R&B Albums chart.

[altamontpt]

Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green Onions (1962)

A estreia dos Booker T. & the M.G.s, Green Onions, não é só um grande disco de southern soul instrumental. É a Stax a encontrar uma identidade, o chamado Memphis Sound.

A estreia dos Booker T. & the M.G.s, Green Onions, não é só um grande disco de southern soul instrumental. É a Stax a encontrar uma identidade, o chamado Memphis Sound. No início dos anos 60, em Memphis, a Stax ainda andava perdida, às apalpadelas no escuro, sem um rumo estético definido. Um feliz acidente, no Verão de 1961, iria dar-lhe um mapa e uma direcção. É essa história bonita que queremos…

[onarangel]

Green Onions-Booker T. & the M.G.`s

Green onions is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962.

One of the most popular instrumental rock and soul songs ever

[mywifeleftme]

295: Booker T. & the M.G.'s // Melting Pot

Melting Pot Booker T. & the M.G.'s 1970, Stax

Generally thought to be the best LP by the legendary instrumental soul combo Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Melting Pot has the pros and cons of any record of its ilk. On the good side: You have the opportunity to hear the band behind some of the greatest soul singers of all time truly get their teeth into a groove and work it out like nobody’s business, resulting in a clearing house of deeply funky breakbeats, keyboard vamps, chicken scratch licks, and smoky vibes that put a strut into, like, filing your taxes or drying the dishes. Both sides open with eight-minute jams that showcase the fourpiece’s earthy chemistry and pack more fireworks than a ponderous Zeppelin voyage of twice the duration. The title track is the obvious classic here, but don’t sleep on the “Frankenstein”-esque “Chicken Pox” or the peculiar shake of “Fuquawi.”

The downside is that, great as the band is, unless you are an aspiring soul musician this does feel more like (extremely cool) mood music than something you’re going to listen to intently for a full forty minutes. The titles of the songs sound like the names you give to riff ideas (“L.A. Jazz Song”; “Hi Ride”), and without a vocalist to lend singalong hooks or sweatbucket emotion, the songs frequently have a meandering quality. On my first listens to songs like “Back Home” and “Chicken Pox” I could’ve sworn I was listening to instrumental takes on familiar Stax singles whose titles hung teasingly out of reach. The album also ends with the peculiar “Sunny Monday,” a bit of orchestrated Procul Harum-esque pseudo prog complete with strummy Ren Faire acoustic guitar that reminds you there were white guys in this band from the beginning.

On balance though, Melting Pot catches one of the greatest R&B bands to ever do it chopping it up at a sizzling temperature. It’s a very-nice-to-have for appreciators of the classic Stax sound, and an essential for real heads.

295/365

[lisamarie-vee]

[musickickztoo]

Donald "Duck" Dunn  † May 13, 2012

[duffertube]

▶️ Booker T. & The M.G.’s - Jingle Bells (1966)

Source: Rising Storm

[krispyweiss]

Trailer for “Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90” Names Names

- Film culled from Nelson’s birthday bash hits theaters June 11-14

A Dead man, a Stone, a Dogg, a New Bohemian, a Highwayman, a Particle of the Real and half of CSNY are among those who made the cut for “Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90.”

Previously announced for a short run - June 11-14 - in theaters, “Long Story” now has a trailer. And the trailer names names; they include: Billy Strings, Bob Weir, Booker T. Jones, Keith Richards, Margo Price, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Edie Brickell, Gary Clark Jr., Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, the Avett Brothers, Rosanne Cash, Lyle Lovett, Stephen Stills, Neil Young and, of course, Willie, Lukas and Micah (Particle Kid) Nelson, among others.

All of these and more will appear in the two-hour-plus film.

Nelson was feted for his 90th over two six-hour nights - April 29 and 30 - in California and so many guests came to the party, some inevitably remained on the cutting-room floor.

6/2/23

[agoodsongeveryday]

Day Seven Hundred and Ninety Five

[60s-music-tourney]

Here are all 72 songs we are entering in the tournament

Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles

Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane

Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues

Sweet Caroline By Neil Diamond

All along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix

Pinball Wizard by The Who

House of the Rising Sun by the Animals

California Dreamin’ by The Mama's and the Papa's

People are strange by the Doors

Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones

Mrs. Robinson By Simon and Garfunkel

Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Good vibrations by the Beach Boys

What a wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

21st Century Schizoid Man By King Crimson

Space Oddity by David Bowie

You really got me by the Kinks

Spirit in the Sky By Norman Greenbaum

Respect by Aretha Franklin

Feeling Good by Nina Simone

I'm a Believer by The Monkees

White Room by Cream

Piece of my Heart By Big Brother and the Holding Company

Season of the Witch by Donovan

Like a rolling stone by Bob Dylan

Be my Baby by the Ronettes

Son of a Preacher man by Dusty Springfield

She's not there by the Zombies

Complication by the Monks

Heroin by the Velvet Underground

Ain't Too Proud for Beggin by the Temptations

I want you back by The Jackson 5

Alice's Restaurant Massacree by Arlo Guthrie

Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

Eight Miles High by the Byrds

Come A little bit Closer by Jay and the Americans

So Long Mom (A song for World War III) by Tom Lehrer

Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Cosby, Stills and Nash

Change is gonna come by Sam Cooke

You Can't Hurry Love by the Supremes

Happy Together by the Turtles

Tainted Love by Gloria Jones

Dream a Little Dream of Me by Mama Cass

Maybe This Time by Liza Minnelli

Don't Rain on My Parade by Barbra Streisand

Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary

Good Times, Bad Times by Led Zeppelin

Ain't no mountain high enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

This boots are made for walking by Nancy Sinatra

Sitting by the dock of the bay by Otis Redmond

Cactus tree by Joni Mitchell

Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells

I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown

Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles

River Deep Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner

My Way by Frank Sinatra

For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield

Fire by Arthur Brown

Blackberry Way by the move

The Girl From Ipanema by Stan Getz And Joāo Gilberto

Can't take my eyes off you - Frankie valli

Green onions by Booker T. & The M.G.’s

Stand by Me by Ben E. King

Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows By Lesley Gore

Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett

Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell

I Say a Little Prayer by Dionne Warwick

Aquarius (Let the Sunshine In) by the 5th Dimension

The Impossible Dream by Jim Nabors

Return to sender by Elvis Presley

It's not Unusual by Tom Jones

[undergroundrockpress]

Atlanta International Pop Festival, July 4–5, 1969.

Lineup :

Blood, Sweat & Tears / Booker T. & the M.G.'s / The Butterfield Blues Band / Canned Heat / Chicago Transit Authority / Joe Cocker / Creedence Clearwater Revival / The Dave Brubeck Trio w/ Gerry Mulligan / Delaney and Bonnie and Friends / Grand Funk Railroad / Ian & Sylvia / Tommy James and the Shondells / Janis Joplin / Al Kooper / Led Zeppelin / Pacific Gas & Electric / Johnny Rivers / Spirit / The Staple Singers / Sweetwater / Ten Wheel Drive / Johnny Winter.