"Green Onions" may have been their big hit, but "Melting Pot" was, in my estimation, Booker T. & the MG's' masterpiece. They were hitting on all cylinders here.
The best organ player ever, without a doubt, without a discussion, without so much as a word against it. Booker T Jones. If there ever was a COLOR better than what Mr Jones got out of the instrument it was by the gods on Olympus on a really good day.
Excellent music , excellent sound ! Just goes to show that Booker T & The MGs were more than Green Onions and Soul Limbo - great that those tracks are ! Long Live Vinyl !!
hilarious backscratch. i wasnt watching the video when it happened (reading something) and i was totally confused for a second until i remembered it was being video'd from a turntable. :)
I've definitely found a new favorite band, i'm only on number 14/100 but they are ssik. My favorite band is the doors, They kind of sound like the doors without Jim, more focused on jammin' instead of poetry. I love Jim but this sounds fantastic as well.
@salsera59 Can you tell me where i can download some albums from this band. I discover it somes years ago and i dont know it got something i cant express I apologies for my bad english Greetings from another place in the earth
Great song. Back in '71, before there was disco, this was often played at discos in NY. I can still see a sea of people moving to this music at 4am as if time had stood still.
Yep Memphis was the origin of all that good ole' stuff. My Dad was a DJ at WHBQ when I was a kid, got to listen to it all the time. This one of my favs.
this brings back lots of old memories good and bad , like the video, great listening music and dance. I been working out to this by dancing. I'm but not dead.
Love this song, but i hate your upload ! Don't you hear the false reverb due to your "live" recording , and the too much mid compared to the original mix ???
Ok. Late to this party, but what starts as an OMG BT & MGs go Weather Report/Herbie transforms into a (very) proto-house record. Stunning in execution & prescience. Thanks for the education!
Besides his influential work with the MGs, Cropper co-wrote "Knock On Wood" with Eddie Floyd, "In the Midnight Hour" with Wilson Pickett, and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Otis Redding. His partnership with Redding was particularly fruitful. "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of the Bay", alone, has been played over six million times, making it the sixth most played song of all time (and the ASCAP catalog's second most).
HI, FOOL, I'm still able to get out and party, have a goodtime and jamming listening to great music sober and don't do drugs. Songs like this brings out the very best in a person, easy listening too. Also I'm not DEAD, neither if thats what your meaning. Learn too appreciate good music and enjoy life, who needs sex when you have great music.
i used to have the pulp fusion series on cd until someone nicked em, the first track on one of them was amazing, it was dead funky, real clean production, and a real clean rock guitar solo, any idea what i'm on about? its been ten years since i've heard it, would love to find out what it was!
@sixtiesforever1966 Hey,"Our memories are the time machine,sweetheart. And the generous people whom lend tribute to the past by posting these songs on youtube,such as yourself...Thank you. Sixties forever indeed! "Did someone just say,"Babyboomers?! ;)
ups, sorry. It seems to be Al Jackson of course :-) Thanks for this vid. That's music, that's hand made, that's groove and soul. BTW: How long did you stay in position to make the DJ 'scatch'? :-) (just kidding).
@steevestuff Rocking vintage technics gear myself, friend, with a kenwood subwoofer shaking the floor joists. All is well in the world when this one is turning.
1971 a great year for me, R. COTTEN E-4 USMC 1967-1971, discharged April 23, 1971 we use to listen this music all night long. I won't forget those, WELCOME HOME
LOFT / GALLERY in NYC back in the early 70's....a classic played in the underground(gay) forerunners of discos (look up Love Saves the Day/the birth of Disco)
"Green Onions" may have been their big hit, but "Melting Pot" was, in my estimation, Booker T. & the MG's' masterpiece. They were hitting on all cylinders here.
very nice listening music and dancing,
Awesome! Thanks for posting.
My favorite guitarist, Steve Cropper
You don't have to play fast to be good
Albert Johnson said the same thing when referring to "SRV's" greatness.
Until now, I only knew this song from one of The Roots's live jams. This is some pretty hot shit right here.
The best organ player ever, without a doubt, without a discussion, without so much as a word against it.
Booker T Jones.
If there ever was a COLOR better than what Mr Jones got out of the instrument it was by the gods on Olympus on a really good day.
When that guitar kicks in, man it's euphoric! This vid is the best I've heard this tune sound. Thank you for sharing :)
I love Booker T.
Very impressive system you've got there, what's your turn table?
love this track.I dont know why it remembers me to death and loathing las vegas :D thanks for posting
Excellent music , excellent sound ! Just goes to show that Booker T & The MGs were more than Green Onions and Soul Limbo - great that those tracks are ! Long Live Vinyl !!
hilarious backscratch. i wasnt watching the video when it happened (reading something) and i was totally confused for a second until i remembered it was being video'd from a turntable. :)
I've definitely found a new favorite band, i'm only on number 14/100 but they are ssik. My favorite band is the doors, They kind of sound like the doors without Jim, more focused on jammin' instead of poetry. I love Jim but this sounds fantastic as well.
right on!
im just glad i took a chance
@salsera59 Can you tell me where i can download some albums from this band.
I discover it somes years ago and i dont know it got something i cant express
I apologies for my bad english
Greetings from another place in the earth
whaooo, i am gonna dig out this vinyl, its somewhere i hope :-)
Thanks!
Al Jackson Jr and Duck Dunn. Don't get no better.
WOW MUSIC.
Big Daddy Kane - Another Victory
@skillygilly101 Agreed>>>at least mix your ambient mic sound with a line feed from the amp...be nice to hear those hits with some less reverb.
Yeah, anyone can tell it's 4 grooves off to the inside.
You have the best setup but you could have wired it up direct.so it didn't suck so bad...just saying...
RWH
I like the way you've done the visual track up like the video to "Groovin'"
The kind of music that puts meat on your bones
yeah man i was blessed to see a lot of groups live before they made it big earth wind and fire, chuka khan etc
Great song. Back in '71, before there was disco, this was often played at discos in NY. I can still see a sea of people moving to this music at 4am as if time had stood still.
as always this is a great song to sit around and listen to and think about the goodtimes we've been blessed with. have a safe day to all.
Roseland ballroom up rocking music Olympic breakers was there real live.
Yep Memphis was the origin of all that good ole' stuff. My Dad was a DJ at WHBQ when I was a kid, got to listen to it all the time. This one of my favs.
Beat those drums, Al Jackson Jr
Father Time
i love how they can all completely hold down on the solos but they make so much room for each other, too. less is more.
R.I.P Duck, a true legend, I dont think we will get any more great bassists like him! :(
Awesome, this soul music reminds me of my golden seventies of German disco. Thank you people very..............much.............
this brings back lots of old memories good and bad , like the video, great listening music and dance. I been working out to this by dancing. I'm but not dead.
my brother came from Thailand and turn me on to this by the mid 70's the fellas was rockin to this music
This was a sure to get you up on the dance floor cut at house parties back in the day!!!!
Rapture is today apparantely, I'm going to be listening to this record on my way to heaven/hell !
That's the magic of vinyl!
haha i never noticed until i watched it, i thought it was actually part of the recording
Mister Cee did this track justice on BDK's "Another Victory"
Bless the "human timekeeper" on the drums. Al Jackson Jr.
yes right on
Love this song, but i hate your upload ! Don't you hear the false reverb due to your "live" recording , and the too much mid compared to the original mix ???
Ok. Late to this party, but what starts as an OMG BT & MGs go Weather Report/Herbie transforms into a (very) proto-house record. Stunning in execution & prescience. Thanks for the education!
They sampled this song for a track called Charlie's by Skulturisme but that is a rare track so you could be thinking of another
Esta era la sintonia del informativo "Murcia Actualidad" durante los años 70 en la emisora Radio Juventud de Murcia. Excelente ;)
4:27 Well done good sir!
60 yrs old and I'm still getting it on. R. COTTEN E-4 USMC 1967-1971. GREAT SONGS
nothing like the days when u can go to work , get high and be
Besides his influential work with the MGs, Cropper co-wrote "Knock On Wood" with Eddie Floyd, "In the Midnight Hour" with Wilson Pickett, and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Otis Redding. His partnership with Redding was particularly fruitful. "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of the Bay", alone, has been played over six million times, making it the sixth most played song of all time (and the ASCAP catalog's second most).
HI, FOOL, I'm still able to get out and party, have a goodtime and jamming listening to great music sober and don't do drugs. Songs like this brings out the very best in a person, easy listening too. Also I'm not DEAD, neither if thats what your meaning. Learn too appreciate good music and enjoy life, who needs sex when you have great music.
i used to have the pulp fusion series on cd until someone nicked em, the first track on one of them was amazing, it was dead funky, real clean production, and a real clean rock guitar solo, any idea what i'm on about? its been ten years since i've heard it, would love to find out what it was!
@sixtiesforever1966 Hey,"Our memories are the time machine,sweetheart. And the generous people whom lend tribute to the past by posting these songs on youtube,such as yourself...Thank you. Sixties forever indeed! "Did someone just say,"Babyboomers?! ;)
ups, sorry. It seems to be Al Jackson of course :-)
Thanks for this vid.
That's music, that's hand made, that's groove and soul.
BTW: How long did you stay in position to make the DJ 'scatch'? :-) (just kidding).
A PARADISE GARAGE CLASSIC, LONG LIVE 84 KING STREET!!!!!!!!!!!
@steevestuff Rocking vintage technics gear myself, friend, with a kenwood subwoofer shaking the floor joists. All is well in the world when this one is turning.
1971 a great year for me, R. COTTEN E-4 USMC 1967-1971, discharged April 23, 1971 we use to listen this music all night long. I won't forget those, WELCOME HOME
LOFT / GALLERY in NYC back in the early 70's....a classic played in the underground(gay) forerunners of discos (look up Love Saves the Day/the birth of Disco)
I wanted more songs of booker T en the MG-s
and thanks to you I can finally listen to real music
not justin bieber or miley cyrus
GREAT THANKS!! :P
Con madres....rolon....supera al padre nuestro y todo lo demas que exisa en el mundo!!!!
This is the first song I learned on the bass :)
nice touch the way you left the camera rolling with the record. and oh yeah what a song. I love when the tension breaks and the keys kick in
Music like this brings peolpe together....especically on TH-cam to share thoughts, opinions and expirences! Thx 4 upoload! X-D
One love Family. The Frankie Paradise Network. NYC
Just. epic.
yaaa budy,,Dave use to rock this in the Loft,,Prince and Mercer NY awesome post thank you..love saves the day
Grew up listening to this my Mom has the orignal vinyl found her the cds the best Booker T and The Mg'S
And don't forget the Sanctuary where they cranked this up and the same to you goodtotheend1!!!!!!!
wow, i still have most of my records!!! you remember the Garage, Townhouse 48, buttermilk bottoms?
does anyone know the name of the name of the house tune they used the same bass line on
please
lower east side throwback for real wow great dancing memories off this one good God Ya'll
yeh but duck keeps it solid - no fancy stuff needed for this kind of stuff - less is best!
Green Onions is way better i think Booker T and MGs were better in the 60s then the 70s
Lovely stuff -- only needs Albert King and the Memphis Horns and we're on another level.
this clip sounds so much better than those hd 720p ones. it needs a little dirt
was that meant to be funny? because it is in poor taste,and no funny at all
....and that's Donald "Duck" Dunn laying the funky foundation on bass.
Back in the days of the freestyle or breaking as it was known NYC
from france i remember listening this great !!!
yea this was their in-a-gadda-da-vida!!!!!!!!!
very modern music for 1971
R.I.P now. he absolutely killed this song.
@INHeadKay let s hope for you it s gonna be heaven
A favorite from my wild youth. (Mid 30's)
-- Shot.
ADOROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@mrknow74 TH-cam is my time machine. :)
Booker T and the MGs Tight Onions
excuse my ignorance :-), but who was the drummer?
that back scratch was awesome!!!!!!!!!
in memory of UNN rest in peacey brother
I used to have this record....
Wow, I'm old..
is that a peavey grind bass in the background?
da werden erinnerungen wach. die 70er waren die geilste zeit überhaupt
the jam of all jams..thank you so much dude
vom ALLERFEINSTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JONES CROPPER DUNN & JACKSON
The Roots did an awesome cover of this.
8mn 27 de bonheur!!!