― Voodoo Child, Thursday, 25 August 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 25 August 2005 04:37 (twenty years ago)
(Although that MG's album from '73 - no Booker T. and no Steve Cropper - is a dud. I've never heard the two reunion albums...)
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 25 August 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 25 August 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)
I saw the reunion-ed Booker T. in Memphis back in '93 or so. Amazing. Actually, though, for my instrumental puttering around the house thang, I usually end up putting on early Meters stuff, and I never get as much done because I'm too busy doing the white-man jerk.
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)
― deej.., Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)
Searcb: Melting Pot.
I've gotta get that Bobby Purify record.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 13:45 (eighteen years ago)
Thanks for the heads-up y'all, I think I'll break out Hip Hug-Her for some of my house-cleaning this week...
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 14:46 (eighteen years ago)
You should also get a hold of Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story and watch it. Then get a hold of Soulsville, USA by Rob Bowman and read it.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 17:04 (eighteen years ago)
Soul Men, an exhumation of 25 cover versions that originally went into the vault, is great if you want more.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 01:15 (eighteen years ago)
when I listen to Green Onions while driving I feel like a secret agent. even when driving to get groceries it's like my life is directed by quentin tarantino. not sure why i've never dug deeper into their catalog but i'll give the greatest hits album a try - it's on spotify.
― musically, Friday, 13 April 2012 04:43 (fourteen years ago)
Their version of "Summertime" is bleak and hypnotic. It sounds like a dreary night in some dive cafe downtown. The sound of a low blue mood. It's fantastic.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Friday, 5 July 2013 01:04 (twelve years ago)
A few years back I decided that Zony Mash (Wayne Horvitz's late 1990's quartet) was the most versatile background music. I could see Booker T. filling that slot, though.
― Emerson, Hendricks, and Nash (SlimAndSlam), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:36 (twelve years ago)
I've lost my copy of this CD, but it is a really really great compilation and I'm thinking of getting a lovely vinyl copy so I can admire that cover art. I'd still rep for "Summertime" as being their greatest achievement (outside of their Stax house band work of course).
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Monday, 20 January 2014 03:20 (twelve years ago)
I saw them at an outdoor blues festival once where their lengthy, dreamy, floaty version of "Summertime" seemed like the most perfect music ever.
― German Disco Songsmith (Dan Peterson), Monday, 20 January 2014 16:52 (twelve years ago)
Never knew until today that Booker T. Jones had been married to Rita Coolidge's sister and hence was her and perhaps Kris Kristofferson's brother-in-law
― We Shield Millions Now Living Who Will Never Die (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 24 March 2014 01:01 (twelve years ago)
That would have been an interesting album maybe (all of them together)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 19:11 (twelve years ago)
I just picked up a worn but cheap copy of Melting Pot and this record is a total jammer.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 6 October 2018 22:33 (seven years ago)