Dmitry Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 A certain gentleman who sometimes posts here is Booker T's cousin. He is kinda shy; I wonder if he will chime in this discussion. Green Onions video Another Green Onions video Yet another Green Onions video This tune is prominently featured in the Get Shorty film, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) Booker T & the MGs was an important band in the early '60s, not just a good one. "Green onions" is a tune that no one ever does badly (try Henry Mancini's big band version). The world has to be grateful just for that. And "Behave yourself"; the beautiful groove to "Comin' home baby" and "Lonely avenue" are real standouts from the first album. But it's the second that really shows the importance of the band. The B side of "Jelly bread" was imediately MUCH more attractive and interesting to me when it came out. "Aw mercy", recorded 18 months before James Brown brought out "Out of sight", moves the world towards that kind of funk with a beautiful Latin groove and preaching organ. Al Jackson, for me, is the star of the show, but only slightly. "Home grown", Plum Nellie", "Chinese checkers" and "Can't be still" all have that funk groove going on - in slightly different ways. "Can't be still" was the only one to have been recorded after "Out of sight". So "Soul dressing" is my favourite album. I don't think the band ever approached this total groove as a quartet - though The Mar-Keys did with "Honey pot", "Grab this thing", "Hummingbird" and "Angel dust". To what extent BT&MG were involved in those recordings (particularly the later ones) I don't know. But I agree with NOJ - my favourite individual track of theirs is "Summertime". MG Edited August 26, 2006 by The Magnificent Goldberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Nice piece about what Booker is doing these days. He’s a Soulful Survivor With New Music to Make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 (edited) Nice piece about what Booker is doing these days. Hes a Soulful Survivor With New Music to Make Saw him last year with his band at the Bath Festival and it was a thoroughly excellent evening - great atmosphere. Edited August 7, 2011 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 He's going to be playing here in the upcoming SF Jazz Festival Fall Season. I should probably get tix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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