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BOOKER T & MG'S APPRECIATION

kennykenny 1,024 Posts
edited September 2007 in Strut Central
damn I was just listening to Meltin Pot againChicken Pox is so DEADLY of a tune!!is it on a 45 ?hip me to your favourite MG's tune/ LP

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  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    the whole "Soul Dressing" LP is amazing....my favorite of theirs at the moment is their cover of "Harlem Shuffle", pity it was never on vinyl...wish someone would do a vinyl pressing of the CD comp of all previously unreleased covers, "Soul Men:Hip Hits", there is some heat on that thing...Also another favorite as of late is the lve version of "red beans and rice" on the Bokker T/Mar Keys "Back to back" Live LP...rough son.
  • kennykenny 1,024 Posts
    how could i forget Soul Dressing!!!

    ESSENTIAL!!!
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    This has got to be a pretty raer thing, Al Jackson's autograph...lucked out and grabbed this LP, autographed by the whole band for 10 bucks:
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    damn I was just listening to Meltin Pot again

    Chicken Pox is so DEADLY of a tune!!

    is it on a 45 ?

    hip me to your favourite MG's tune/ LP

    Man, Booker T.'s band was so consistent that it would probably be easier to hip you to my least-favorite BT/MG album!*** Damn near everything they did had the mark of Memphis excellence, and that even includes their Christmas album!. Can't go wrong with most of their records, although Melting Pot stands out for being so experimental - no covers, all originals, longer songs, easily one of the band's better moments. Even the jazzy vocal chorus sounds good.

    Has anybody heard that mid-seventies reunion album they did for Elektra, Universal Language? Willie Hall replaced Al Jackson on that one.

    [color:red]***Okay, I'll fess up...the one BT/MG album I heard that didn't move me was McLemore Avenue, their album of Beatles tunes. But even then, I heard it in the background at a party - maybe a close relisten is in order.[/color]
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts

    [color:red]***Okay, I'll fess up...the one BT/MG album I heard that didn't move me was McLemore Avenue, their album of Beatles tunes. But even then, I heard it in the background at a party - maybe a close relisten is in order.[/color]

    yes, "Come Together" and "Shes So Heavy" are top shelf..."shes so heavy" has the same effect on me as their version of "summertime", that hammond just simmering under everything then it just boils over...goosebump time
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts

    [color:red]***Okay, I'll fess up...the one BT/MG album I heard that didn't move me was McLemore Avenue, their album of Beatles tunes. But even then, I heard it in the background at a party - maybe a close relisten is in order.[/color]

    yes, "Come Together" and "Shes So Heavy" are top shelf..."shes so heavy" has the same effect on me as their version of "summertime", that hammond just simmering under everything then it just boils over...goosebump time

    Ha - one of the requests I had for that Indian wedding in Memphis last was the entire MCLEMORE AVENUE album.

    I wish we had a "connected" graemlin for the bride & groom.

  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts


    Has anybody heard that mid-seventies reunion album they did for Elektra, Universal Language? Willie Hall replaced Al Jackson on that one.


    classic
  • choleracholera 101 Posts


    I just randomly pulled this one out last night to listen to, and forgot how good it is.
  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts

    Man, Booker T.'s band was so consistent

    cosine!! BT&theMGS has gotta rank among the greatest acts ever just due to their consistency. Not as funky as the classic Meters but in my mind comparable in terms of the quality of their music.
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts

    Has anybody heard that mid-seventies reunion album they did for Elektra, Universal Language? Willie Hall replaced Al Jackson on that one.



    ..and for the record...BT&MGs were the greatest band in the world.

    Stax/Volt Revue Live in London is
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    Man, Booker T.'s band was so consistent

    cosine!! BT&theMGS has gotta rank among the greatest acts ever just due to their consistency. Not as funky as the classic Meters

    ...no, not quite as funky, but then again I don't think funk was the point with BT & the MG's. Funk wasn't their angle. But as far as plain ol' instrumental soul, both bands are on the same high level.
  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts

    Man, Booker T.'s band was so consistent

    cosine!! BT&theMGS has gotta rank among the greatest acts ever just due to their consistency. Not as funky as the classic Meters

    ...no, not quite as funky, but then again I don't think funk was the point with BT & the MG's. Funk wasn't their angle. But as far as plain ol' instrumental soul, both bands are on the same high level.

    i thought this was a website about beats

    of course you're right, funk wasn't the point, although they WERE funky. It's just fun to compare/contrast their differing approaches to the same instrumentation and format.
  • hendravishendravis 689 Posts
    i like wen the velvet play Booker T!

    Soul Clap 69
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    Man, Booker T.'s band was so consistent

    cosine!! BT&theMGS has gotta rank among the greatest acts ever just due to their consistency. Not as funky as the classic Meters

    ...no, not quite as funky, but then again I don't think funk was the point with BT & the MG's. Funk wasn't their angle. But as far as plain ol' instrumental soul, both bands are on the same high level.

    of course you're right, funk wasn't the point, although they WERE funky. It's just fun to compare/contrast their differing approaches to the same instrumentation and format.

    yeah, sure, otherwise i agree.

    instrumental soul wasnt always easy to pull off. one wrong turn and all of a sudden you'd have undistiguished dance music that fades in the background (dennis coffey! paul humphrey & the cool-aid chemists!). the meters and booker t.'s MG's were hipper than that.
  • erewhonerewhon 1,123 Posts
    man, even as overexposed as it is, "Green Onions" still blows me away in it's raw funkiness.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    [color:red]man, even as overexposed as it is, "Green Onions" still blows me away in it's raw funkiness. [/color]

    "Green Onions" is one of those "oldies" I can never get tired of. I've heard it so much that I always anticipate that moment right before the guitar solo when somebody hollers off-mike, "HEY!".
  • UMADUMAD 187 Posts


    I think this is the most listened to record in my collection. "No Matter What Shape" is the jam. One of the best nights of my life was when the club I worked at threw a Booker T and the MG??s jam. My boss let me sit backstage next to the Leslie cabinet or whatever, and I just smoked joinnts all night and soaked up the soul. Good times.
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts


    It took a long time for me to find this on vinyl, but I did eventually and mint too. And 'No Matter What Shape' is one of my favorite songs ever.

    Also, on Green Onions. That song is forever cool.
    Always reminds me of the drag race scene from 'American Graffiti' too.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Also, on Green Onions. That song is forever cool.
    Always reminds me of the drag race scene from 'American Graffiti' too.


    I still have the MP3 up if anyone needs to hear it right now (and why not?)...
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts


    I think this is the most listened to record in my collection. "No Matter What Shape" is the jam. One of the best nights of my life was when the club I worked at threw a Booker T and the MG??s jam. My boss let me sit backstage next to the Leslie cabinet or whatever, and I just smoked joinnts all night and soaked up the soul. Good times.

    I went to see Booker T about 15 years ago and I was druuuuunnk, as they were selling quart draft beers at the show. It was outside and about 97 degrees, so I was putting away beer in a big way .Anyway, that LP was my shit at the moment and I was in front yelling out songs my drunk ass wanted to hear. Steve Cropper got amused by my requests and by the time I got to "Jeruhkoooooo" He was crackin' up whenever I opened my loud drunk mouth...I had a ball.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts


    I think this is the most listened to record in my collection. "No Matter What Shape" is the jam. One of the best nights of my life was when the club I worked at threw a Booker T and the MG??s jam. My boss let me sit backstage next to the Leslie cabinet or whatever, and I just smoked joinnts all night and soaked up the soul. Good times.

    I went to see Booker T about 15 years ago and I was druuuuunnk, as they were selling quart draft beers at the show. It was outside and about 97 degrees, so I was putting away beer in a big way .Anyway, that LP was my shit at the moment and I was in front yelling out songs my drunk ass wanted to hear. Steve Cropper got amused by my requests and by the time I got to "Jeruhkoooooo" He was crackin' up whenever I opened my loud drunk mouth...I had a ball.

    The one time I saw BT & the MG's live, it was a year ago at an outdoor festival in Memphis and Eddie Floyd was in attendance...like the R&B freaks that we were, me and my friend Tom definitely played the tourist role and got our pictures snapped with the man...
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts


    I think this is the most listened to record in my collection. "No Matter What Shape" is the jam. One of the best nights of my life was when the club I worked at threw a Booker T and the MG??s jam. My boss let me sit backstage next to the Leslie cabinet or whatever, and I just smoked joinnts all night and soaked up the soul. Good times.

    I went to see Booker T about 15 years ago and I was druuuuunnk, as they were selling quart draft beers at the show. It was outside and about 97 degrees, so I was putting away beer in a big way .Anyway, that LP was my shit at the moment and I was in front yelling out songs my drunk ass wanted to hear. Steve Cropper got amused by my requests and by the time I got to "Jeruhkoooooo" He was crackin' up whenever I opened my loud drunk mouth...I had a ball.

    The one time I saw BT & the MG's live, it was a year ago at an outdoor festival in Memphis and Eddie Floyd was in attendance...like the R&B freaks that we were, me and my friend Tom definitely played the tourist role and got our pictures snapped with the man...

    Who did they have on the drums?
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    If you like the classic BT/MG sound, seek out With A Little Help From My Friends, the solo album Steve Cropper did while still in the band (never heard the two LP's he did in the eighties).

    That 1973 album that the MG's did (without Booker T. and Steve Cropper) is best forgotten!
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts


    I think this is the most listened to record in my collection. "No Matter What Shape" is the jam. One of the best nights of my life was when the club I worked at threw a Booker T and the MG??s jam. My boss let me sit backstage next to the Leslie cabinet or whatever, and I just smoked joinnts all night and soaked up the soul. Good times.

    I went to see Booker T about 15 years ago and I was druuuuunnk, as they were selling quart draft beers at the show. It was outside and about 97 degrees, so I was putting away beer in a big way .Anyway, that LP was my shit at the moment and I was in front yelling out songs my drunk ass wanted to hear. Steve Cropper got amused by my requests and by the time I got to "Jeruhkoooooo" He was crackin' up whenever I opened my loud drunk mouth...I had a ball.

    The one time I saw BT & the MG's live, it was a year ago at an outdoor festival in Memphis and Eddie Floyd was in attendance...like the R&B freaks that we were, me and my friend Tom definitely played the tourist role and got our pictures snapped with the man...

    Who did they have on the drums?

    I don't remember - I don't think it was Willie Hall or Anton Fig, who filled Al Jackson's shoes in the past.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts


    I think this is the most listened to record in my collection. "No Matter What Shape" is the jam. One of the best nights of my life was when the club I worked at threw a Booker T and the MG??s jam. My boss let me sit backstage next to the Leslie cabinet or whatever, and I just smoked joinnts all night and soaked up the soul. Good times.

    I went to see Booker T about 15 years ago and I was druuuuunnk, as they were selling quart draft beers at the show. It was outside and about 97 degrees, so I was putting away beer in a big way .Anyway, that LP was my shit at the moment and I was in front yelling out songs my drunk ass wanted to hear. Steve Cropper got amused by my requests and by the time I got to "Jeruhkoooooo" He was crackin' up whenever I opened my loud drunk mouth...I had a ball.

    The one time I saw BT & the MG's live, it was a year ago at an outdoor festival in Memphis and Eddie Floyd was in attendance...like the R&B freaks that we were, me and my friend Tom definitely played the tourist role and got our pictures snapped with the man...

    Who did they have on the drums?

    I don't remember - I don't think it was Willie Hall or Anton Fig, who filled Al Jackson's shoes in the past.

    Those are some big ass shoes...
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    Not MG related, but there are some really good songs on this album.

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Not MG related, but there are some really good songs on this album.


    ive been wondering about this lp.

    whats the general sound? ive kinda gotten the drift that its got a bill withers funk-folk thing going on...(and yes, i know booker produced withers' 1st LP)
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    Yeah, that's about right. It's been a while since I've listened to it, but I remember it being more of a vocal/acoustic record.
    The song I bought it for was "Flamingo" which sounds a lot like his earlier work. It's an instrumental, summertime sounding cut. I'll try to record it and post it up tomorrow.
  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,419 Posts
    "hip hug-her" was officially the first "old" song that i loved and love to this day. i fucking love booker t and the mgs.

    green onions is classic. one of the few great great songs that still gets played on oldies stations.
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