It is difficult to play simple(yeah I know it sounds paradox). But in fact, the simple includes the beauty(and this can apply to everything). Have a good day!
I worked at Fantasy RECORDS studios and my first day there my boss says to me go to the keyboard room and help Booker ! I knock on the door and here is Booker T Jones and he was the nicest man on the face of the earth I helped him hook up some gear and headed back to the tech shop and thought man what a trip I work with Booker T Jones!
I really like this version of Green Onions. It some how makes the song even cooler. The lo-fi sound quality with it being a 60s live recording just gives it something. Also, the way they played it faster and extended it with more improvisation. Not to mention how cool they look playing it and of course that sound of the hammond organ. Awesome.
Yes love this version and agree with the other comments. Makes me so envious of those who witnessed them live. One of the greatest grooves made even greater. A funky monster jam accented by the intensifying pace of Jackson/ Dunn, freedom to improvise and Booker’s staccato intro & majestic phrasing, Cropper’s soloing. Legendary.
The vid finished - I scrolled down reading the comments and suddenly became aware that my foot was still tapping in time to AJ's drum beat . Music gets inside your mind and body . I don't know how , it just does . Otherwise , well - as already said , you have cold water .....
Wow, yes, I hear it so clearly now that you mention it. Ray no doubt listened to his share of Booker T.. John his share of Duck, and Robbie his share of Steve. Great ear and observation, man.
I'm born in 1940. You figure age out. A cousin owned a Chicago joint called The Blue Note. I saw so many great jazz groups in the 50's {yes I liked jazz in my teens} and 60's
Everything about this is so cool, the bass players intensity, the bewilderment on some of the audiences faces, that gorgeous Tele, massive Marshalls and that Hammond riding on top. Doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious.
Instrumentally, this song stuck out from anything else to those who actually listened to the music back in 62. This is thinly disguised jazz presented as rock and roll, and no one at that time was putting out popular music with more integrity. I was grovin on this a a 16 year old in 62, learning to play the drums, it hooked me on blues jazz forever, and at the time I didn't know what I was listening to, I just knew it was good.
Yeah I'm of a similar age, and I remember hearing it on the radio over here in the UK then, I'd never heard anything like it, all the kids at school were raving about the Beatles (they were good - hahah) but I kept going on about Green Onions which they'd never heard, to the point where they got sick of me talking about it. And it was difficult to buy obscure records from the US in those days, had to order it from my local record shop - still got that 45 to this day - and the B-side, Behave Yourself, is a masterclass in Hammond organ playing, real bluesy.
Same here. How lucky was I to see both Cropper and Dunn here in Toronto at a jazz festival about 12?years ago in a field venue downtown.. a free event and people strolling casually in the warm night air chatting and sipping drinks. I went around saying do you know who these musicians are? Lots of tourists etc from USA . When I told them they sat up straight and went to reverent mode pretty quick. Anyway my grandson looks exactly like Booker T. So there!
@@albundy643 There are ways and there are ways, I personally listen and watch with absolute focus on the stage when I'm at a live gig, don't want to miss anything. Now some folks have said I need to get more into it, but what do they know? (Btw I sing in a band - although not professionally - and I know perfectly well how much effort it takes from everyone involved to get a band to really work as an entity, but also how great it is when we're really in the zone. But I don't need to dance to feel that. Just different ways of enjoying music.)
Even if was a kid growing up in Memphis, still one of favorite songs of any genre. Now, I'm a Methodist minister and still in my top 5 of any genre. Planning on it being played at my funeral.
This is pure gold, one of those rare times that you see any 4 musicians at their very best, all at the same time, all in mental tune with themselves and the others, so so sharp and perfect. A very rare thing.
I saw them live in 1968, but was already a fan well before that. They were so tight! Very versatile as well; backing up so many performers both live, and in the studio.
1967. The audience realizes that they are witnessing the future. The look of shock on their faces says it all. They are looking at a band that time traveled back from the future to deliver the news. And here it is.
As good a song as this is, I dunno if it's exactly 'the future' in 1967. It definitely inspired a ton of great music to come, but in '67 you had psychadelia and avant garde firmly gripping their influence on rock, and the first seeds of what would become prog rock, heavy metal, punk, and even electronica were being planted in '66 and '67, so I wouldn't exactly call an instrumental 12 bar blues vamp, however influential it was, 'the future'.
Duck was basically a self taught bassist, which means he didn't copy anyone else. He laid down lines that other bass players are still copying today because they were so good.
Donald Duck.. He's in the movie the blues brothers.. his appearance is different, tho because at that point in his career he grew out his beard that he would continue to wear for the rest of his life. He's the guy smoking his pipe while playing bass in the concert scenes. So is Steve Cropper, the guitarist. They both played in the Blues Brothers band and were in the movie.
For the record: Personnel Booker T. & the M.G.s Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ Steve Cropper - guitar Donald Dunn - bass guitar Al Jackson Jr. - drums This is from an April 7 1967 Norwegian TV recording of the legendary Stax/Volt Revue European tour of that year. Other audio-only live recordings have popped up (England & France), but this is the sole studio video recording. Booker T and The M.G.'s opened and stood as the backing band for the entire show, augmented by The Mar-Keys on horns for the singers: Arthur Conley, Eddie Floyd, Sam & Dave and, fittingly last, Otis Redding. While back in '09 PBS ran a shortened version of the full-length DVD of the show (via the Stax/Volt Museum), neither have been uploaded to YT in their entirety. So, individual performances are out there, but you're gonna have to dig. Here's a taste w Otis n Sam & Dave. th-cam.com/video/kUk1WTAReyE/w-d-xo.html Also, if you come upon vids w screaming audiences, that's likely the London show (lower quality - but rewarding nevertheless). Good luck & ENJOY!
This clip from same concert shows how many were really digging it but agree in this version they are ether dead or in shock th-cam.com/video/_N8iF2vQlxw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vR_-Snl3GPAjYYKI Not 1962 as stated in heading I get the Back to The Future ref
When they started showing thae audience, I thought, "Ah, this is in Europe!" European fans, and jazz fans in general, listen to the music; they don't scream over it.
@@dluttrell78It’s disturbing how weirdos like you can make an event with a completely integrated band where nobody was even paying attention to race about race.
In 63 I was playing in what we called "garage bands". ( just a bunch of kids banging around in the garage) Down the street from me in Ottawa Ontario Canada…. one saturday.. on top of the garage ( flat roof). I heard this sound.. it was green onions and they were "ELECTRIFIED". wow.. How was I to know that when I saw the blues brothers.. Steve and the Duck were part of my past.. wow.. Rock and roll never dies.
A Gift for Melissa "Absolute Perfect 500 late 50's early 60's" INME. INME has all music ever recorded on trillions of lists. Dive into the 500 which lasts seemingly eternal and then listen to other lists and get lost in the music. Enjoy!!!!!
Just read that BT & MGs appeared at the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival. Did not know that. 50 years ago on 6/17/67. And they backed Otis Redding during his incredible performance at the Festival. Another interesting tidbit ... Green Onions was a hit in 1962, when Booker was only 17 or 18 years old.
@@kathcordingley215 Al Jackson was Like a Buddy Rich who plays for the music, not to just show off his speed and amazing single and double-stroke rolls. All the same, they didn't call him "The Human Timekeeper" for nothing. Buddy Rich was amazing of course, but he was at his best soloing by himself.
@@thierryaugustine546 Yeah absolutely, goes half time, looks like he thought I'll just do something different for a change! Brilliant from start to finish.
bassist was going HAM, this oh so sublime - one of those "wish I was there moments" ... Marty McFly at his parent's 🏫 dance... rocking out! Faaaaar out, man.
OMG!!! FFS!!!! What's with these boring fucks in the crowds from these days gone past it's like if they were banned from dancing or have no soul something, geeeeeeez lol
I believe this was the first or second song of the evening "revue" which Otis headlined with Lee Dorsey, Sam and Dave, Arthur Conley and Booker T (who played with everyone). Man, Al Jackson Jr was such a crazy tight drummer!
This song brings back so many memories of my mama......dancing......I was 2 yrs old when it came out and I remember standing up against the wall just moving my little legs to the beat
I have loved this song for nearly 50 years I love the song I grew up with the song and it is the most perfect best instrumental ever recorded in the history of recorded music I love this song it is so perfect
people still are listening to this song almost 60 years later why? well because it was real music that really hits your soul and that can change your mood from being down to feeling something excited inside you. long live real music.
I was 8 years old when this song dropped in 1962. Now I’m 67 and this song still sounds good. I just heard this song last night during a Lakers@Spurs NBA game (10-27-21). And lately I just discovered that Booker T (Alpha Chapter) and I (Gamma Chi Chapter) are members of the same fraternity (Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.). 🙏🏿👌🏾♦️👌🏾✊🏿
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This song is the DEFINITION of cool.
I could not agree more.
Cool times.
😂.❤❤❤@@carolynforge8586
agree 100%
How can something be so simple, yet so perfect
It's the little stops and starts, changes in tone, licks... They knew how to make a riff "breathe"... So good!
It is difficult to play simple(yeah I know it sounds paradox). But in fact, the simple includes the beauty(and this can apply to everything). Have a good day!
Easy. 10 hours a day practice for a long, long time.
It is simply but think about the construction
@@dimipartcaster7770 with that level of coordination? That makes it even harder
I worked at Fantasy RECORDS studios and my first day there my boss says to me go to the keyboard room and help Booker !
I knock on the door and here is Booker T Jones and he was the nicest man on the face of the earth I helped him hook up some gear and headed back to the tech shop and thought man what a trip I work with Booker T Jones!
Legend
Nice!!
Did you meet the guys in CCR too.....? 🤔
@@gus473 no they were long gone when I worked there
if you don't have any pictures it didn't happen.
Al Jackson’s drumming on this tune is phenomenal. He keeps time like a metronome
He was the clock.
Oh Yes!
He is one of my alltime favorit drummer, he was outstanding, greetings from Germany.
He's solid!
lmao. thats the idea
Turned around one day and the 60's were gone...come back..all is forgiven!
Thank U from an old hippie
hahahaha I am 71... I know what you mean!
You Tube lets me see the music videos from my youth. 😏
I'll take the 80s at this point lol
I really like this version of Green Onions. It some how makes the song even cooler. The lo-fi sound quality with it being a 60s live recording just gives it something. Also, the way they played it faster and extended it with more improvisation. Not to mention how cool they look playing it and of course that sound of the hammond organ. Awesome.
Absolutely. They rock this version a lot harder than the studio recording.
Yes love this version and agree with the other comments. Makes me so envious of those who witnessed them live. One of the greatest grooves made even greater. A funky monster jam accented by the intensifying pace of Jackson/ Dunn, freedom to improvise and Booker’s staccato intro & majestic phrasing, Cropper’s soloing. Legendary.
Yep totally agree, it has so much tude! I love how the audience are just stunned mullets! Probably 420!
they do thefirst Otis song real fast, too. best band. crowd sucks...future neo cons for sure.
Absolutely it's normally shorter it's great having a longer the version
just about the greatest rhythm section there is
The Colonel and Booker T don't suck on this either.
What is the best if this isn't
Steve Cropper loved Duck and Al. They always had his back
Absolutely. All perfect.
A band powerful enough, to turn goat piss into gasoline.
Loved this song back then and still do!
agree 100%
If this song doesn't automatically put you in a better mood, then you have cold water running through your veins...
The vid finished - I scrolled down reading the comments and suddenly became aware that my foot was still tapping in time to AJ's drum beat . Music gets inside your mind and body . I don't know how , it just does . Otherwise , well - as already said , you have cold water .....
You Mean like Most Of The People In The Crowd?
I like the studio version better
nah. they love it, they just aren't showing emotions @@MrTamiya89
dont know how i never noticed it before but The Doors clearly took inspiration from this!
Oh good observation!
Every band with an organist took inspiration from Booker T. and the MG's.
Wow, yes, I hear it so clearly now that you mention it. Ray no doubt listened to his share of Booker T.. John his share of Duck, and Robbie his share of Steve. Great ear and observation, man.
I can hear Jim on this 🔥
Especially Robbie Krieger...similar guitar licks
Fantastic video and sound. I'm 68 years of age and this never gets old.😁🤗
I’m 75. And their sound is still cool!
I'm born in 1940. You figure age out. A cousin owned a Chicago joint called The Blue Note. I saw so many great jazz groups in the 50's {yes I liked jazz in my teens} and 60's
DUCK DUNN ON BASS MEAN-LOVE IT
With Steve Cropper, on guitar !!!
How about the camera on him while Steve solos?
no way it’s them???? i would never have guessed
he looks very young
"Why not! If the shit fits, wear it!" "Scooch over God damn it!"
Everything about this is so cool, the bass players intensity, the bewilderment on some of the audiences faces, that gorgeous Tele, massive Marshalls and that Hammond riding on top. Doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious.
Those Marshalls are just standard 4x12 sloped cabs
Donald Duck Dunn
Donald "Duck" Dunn, "Soul Fingers", on the bass. Such an awesome bassist!
And the groovy drummer holding it all together
@@MultiGoulash zaa t⁵ 2:31 0😅
Instrumentally, this song stuck out from anything else to those who actually listened to the music back in 62. This is thinly disguised jazz presented as rock and roll, and no one at that time was putting out popular music with more integrity. I was grovin on this a a 16 year old in 62, learning to play the drums, it hooked me on blues jazz forever, and at the time I didn't know what I was listening to, I just knew it was good.
Yeah I'm of a similar age, and I remember hearing it on the radio over here in the UK then, I'd never heard anything like it, all the kids at school were raving about the Beatles (they were good - hahah) but I kept going on about Green Onions which they'd never heard, to the point where they got sick of me talking about it. And it was difficult to buy obscure records from the US in those days, had to order it from my local record shop - still got that 45 to this day - and the B-side, Behave Yourself, is a masterclass in Hammond organ playing, real bluesy.
Same here. How lucky was I to see both Cropper and Dunn here in Toronto at a jazz festival about 12?years ago in a field venue downtown.. a free event and people strolling casually in the warm
night air chatting and sipping drinks. I went around saying do you know who these musicians are? Lots of tourists etc from USA . When I told them they sat up
straight and went to reverent mode pretty quick. Anyway my grandson looks exactly like Booker T. So there!
I love this. I feel like I'm living your history. Beautiful stuff.
In the 60s bands could experiment and the public would accept it
It does have a fair bit of Moanin' in it but just taken to a different sphere altogether
I don't know how it's physically possible to NOT bob your head to this super phat groove.
Oh my God exactly 🤣🤣🤣
@aaronackiss3424 the audience is dead, but no one has told them 😂
@aaronackiss3424 the audience is dead, but no one has told them 😂
@@albundy643 There are ways and there are ways, I personally listen and watch with absolute focus on the stage when I'm at a live gig, don't want to miss anything. Now some folks have said I need to get more into it, but what do they know?
(Btw I sing in a band - although not professionally - and I know perfectly well how much effort it takes from everyone involved to get a band to really work as an entity, but also how great it is when we're really in the zone. But I don't need to dance to feel that. Just different ways of enjoying music.)
This music will never be out of date.
That drummer is a madman
Al Jackson. One of the best ever!
Now plays with the Rolling Stones
@@bernocreely4601 🙃
Some of the people have no idea what they were witnessing.
two of these guy would go on to fame in the _Blues Brothers Band_
Some still don't, today
Audience doesn’t look like they are into the beat.
Not one person in the crowd or on stage could know we’d be listening to this 59 years later. Especially the band.
@@jen5714 it seems to me they are in shock
Even if was a kid growing up in Memphis, still one of favorite songs of any genre. Now, I'm a Methodist minister and still in my top 5 of any genre. Planning on it being played at my funeral.
Have the choir do ot,write some words
Very cool, some had no idea of what was going on, others were hip to it, instant classic,
This is pure gold, one of those rare times that you see any 4 musicians at their very best, all at the same time, all in mental tune with themselves and the others, so so sharp and perfect. A very rare thing.
Booker T Jones & Mgs was definitely 20 steps ahead of the music of 1967.
What a cool sound! I’m 62 and have always liked this tune!
I saw them live in 1968, but was already a fan well before that. They were so tight! Very versatile as well; backing up so many performers both live, and in the studio.
Have to say it, I envy you.
Absolutely one of the greatest tunes of all time
1967. The audience realizes that they are witnessing the future. The look of shock on their faces says it all. They are looking at a band that time traveled back from the future to deliver the news. And here it is.
Scarsdale NY Marty Mcfly vibes lmao
Some picked up on that early funk rhythm
As good a song as this is, I dunno if it's exactly 'the future' in 1967. It definitely inspired a ton of great music to come, but in '67 you had psychadelia and avant garde firmly gripping their influence on rock, and the first seeds of what would become prog rock, heavy metal, punk, and even electronica were being planted in '66 and '67, so I wouldn't exactly call an instrumental 12 bar blues vamp, however influential it was, 'the future'.
Simply wonderful... Booker T. & The MG's...
Dang, this sounds killer the way they sped it up
I dunno, I kinda want to adjust the speed
This is great sped up
@@suzannewinz1099 so i'm not the only one who thinks this too fast
This the coolest song ever made!
Damn that’s awesome. Really melted some of the audiences brains too lol
Undoubtedly one of greatest songs from the 1960's. It still sounds as heavy today in 2024 as when it came out. Unreal.
One of the greatest songs ever written! Timeless!
Love that bass player really getting into the music LOL
Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn
He looks so happy that he will explode! WOW!
Duck was basically a self taught bassist, which means he didn't copy anyone else. He laid down lines that other bass players are still copying today because they were so good.
Donald Duck.. He's in the movie the blues brothers.. his appearance is different, tho because at that point in his career he grew out his beard that he would continue to wear for the rest of his life. He's the guy smoking his pipe while playing bass in the concert scenes. So is Steve Cropper, the guitarist. They both played in the Blues Brothers band and were in the movie.
@@eldiablo3794 They had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline. LOL
Duck holding the line like a boss 😎
For the record:
Personnel
Booker T. & the M.G.s
Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ
Steve Cropper - guitar
Donald Dunn - bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. - drums
This is from an April 7 1967 Norwegian TV recording of the legendary Stax/Volt Revue European tour of that year. Other audio-only live recordings have popped up (England & France), but this is the sole studio video recording. Booker T and The M.G.'s opened and stood as the backing band for the entire show, augmented by The Mar-Keys on horns for the singers: Arthur Conley, Eddie Floyd, Sam & Dave and, fittingly last, Otis Redding.
While back in '09 PBS ran a shortened version of the full-length DVD of the show (via the Stax/Volt Museum), neither have been uploaded to YT in their entirety. So, individual performances are out there, but you're gonna have to dig.
Here's a taste w Otis n Sam & Dave.
th-cam.com/video/kUk1WTAReyE/w-d-xo.html
Also, if you come upon vids w screaming audiences, that's likely the London show (lower quality - but rewarding nevertheless).
Good luck & ENJOY!
These guys sounded as good live as they did in studio recordings. Amazing band, the REAL "Blues Brothers".
That’s Steve Cropper on bass, so… yeah.
@@FredeCoverawl Nope...That's Steve Cropper on guitar.
. . . and Donald 'Duck' Dunn on bass. Both were in the Blues Brothers band.
@@chrislenczycki6980 realy ???? i had a feeling i know them from somewhere
I agree with you there❤️
I wanna say "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet" to the audience
This clip from same concert shows how many were really digging it but agree in this version they are ether dead or in shock
th-cam.com/video/_N8iF2vQlxw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vR_-Snl3GPAjYYKI
Not 1962 as stated in heading
I get the Back to The Future ref
Scandinavians were much less demonstrative than Americans were in public back then.
A few were barely breathing.
When they started showing thae audience, I thought, "Ah, this is in Europe!" European fans, and jazz fans in general, listen to the music; they don't scream over it.
Am I the only one that got the Back to the Future reference? Well played, either way.
I love the stunned faces of the audience 🤣🤣🤣
They were having their brains re-wired to a new definition of cool. The smiles came later.
I mean .. look at the majority of the crowd.. that's your answer why😅
@@dluttrell78It’s disturbing how weirdos like you can make an event with a completely integrated band where nobody was even paying attention to race about race.
I was 6 yrs old when this came out!!!!
Throw down boys!!!!
"Sex is temporary but instrumental jam is eternal"
-Lao Tzu
HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY
BOOKER T. JONES
(NOVEMBER 12, 2020)
This made multiple timelines possible. It might have saved the world.
In 63 I was playing in what we called "garage bands". ( just a bunch of kids banging around in the garage) Down the street from me in Ottawa Ontario Canada…. one saturday.. on top of the garage ( flat roof). I heard this sound.. it was green onions and they were "ELECTRIFIED". wow.. How was I to know that when I saw the blues brothers.. Steve and the Duck were part of my past.. wow.. Rock and roll never dies.
What a tune! What a band! So tight.
This is really what diversity and universality of music is all about young cats blending jazz and surf music doing innovating and doing they thang
Such a great classic has been on my play list forever
A Gift for Melissa "Absolute Perfect 500 late 50's early 60's" INME. INME has all music ever recorded on trillions of lists. Dive into the 500 which lasts seemingly eternal and then listen to other lists and get lost in the music. Enjoy!!!!!
Just read that BT & MGs appeared at the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival. Did not know that. 50 years ago on 6/17/67. And they backed Otis Redding during his incredible performance at the Festival. Another interesting tidbit ... Green Onions was a hit in 1962, when Booker was only 17 or 18 years old.
yep they were the backing band
Cropper helped Redding finish Dock of the Bay......
Well, shit…
I never knew that.
That’s awesome!
Thanks for making me aware of that…
Can't find any footage of that Monterey performance on TH-cam.
@@richardolson5638 th-cam.com/video/HIoQDG-iRn4/w-d-xo.html
Donald duck dunns bass playing is awesome ❤
One of the very best, and he played with practically everybody that was anybody.
@@stephenrush1590 Absolutely mate👍🏼👍🏼
That was him. No pipe and young.
The best groove on planet earth! The people are simply hypnotized as the music opens space up in their minds.
Al Jackson Jr. THE GREATEST drummer, OMG he's swinging this
wilburevans - Reminds me of Buddy Rich,
the ONLY drummer for the MG's
@@kathcordingley215 Al Jackson was Like a Buddy Rich who plays for the music, not to just show off his speed and amazing single and double-stroke rolls. All the same, they didn't call him "The Human Timekeeper" for nothing. Buddy Rich was amazing of course, but he was at his best soloing by himself.
at 2'47'' SurpriiiIIIiiise :)
@@thierryaugustine546 Yeah absolutely, goes half time, looks like he thought I'll just do something different for a change! Brilliant from start to finish.
The coolest drummer ever.
The grooviest groove in music!
bassist was going HAM, this oh so sublime - one of those "wish I was there moments" ... Marty McFly at his parent's 🏫 dance... rocking out! Faaaaar out, man.
AWillisGuitar Marty McFly you a real one for saying that 😂😂💯💯
OMG IS THIS THE BEST EVER? For all time.
This is a genius piece of music.
Proper music played by proper musicians.
The whole crowd ist trying to figure out what they are listening too.😂
OMG!!! FFS!!!! What's with these boring fucks in the crowds from these days gone past it's like if they were banned from dancing or have no soul something, geeeeeeez lol
Probably trying to figure out why two white guys are hanging out with two black guys.
@@David.L291 yeah, go look up a concert from nowadays...hmm, same thing. at least they aren't looking into a screen so they can watch it later?
I believe this was the first or second song of the evening "revue" which Otis headlined with Lee Dorsey, Sam and Dave, Arthur Conley and Booker T (who played with everyone). Man, Al Jackson Jr was such a crazy tight drummer!
@@David.L291 You're boring too.
I love crowds that listen and appreciate, instead of screaming like morons. This crowd is awesome.
Thank you for pointing this out. It's a respectful, mind-blown European-type of crowd.
Except they need to be getting down! This is heat! 🕺💃
I disagree, they just stare
@@elChafaholix because they listen with their ears.
B@@Dave-bo8ry b'cos this performance was recorded in Oslo, Norway
It would be a hit today~sounds even better, too! 😎
Expletetive AMAZING!!
Four genius musicians , in the same place, all in sync, having a ball, at the same time.
Out of control good.
It gets no better.
Crowd has no clue how historic this group and their music will become.
As you say - the crowd has no means to look into the future - the audience react well to what they have seen - the sound is excellent.
Wow!! Enjoyed watching both guitarist..Booker was just kool..& the drummer was exceptional.💖
It was a sound check
First real concert I ever went to.....Booker T in Coventry about 1969. Music doesn't get better than this.
A masterpiece right here. Some of those audience members know this song goes hard.
Al Jackson Jr and Duck Dunn were one of the absolute best rhythm sections ever!!!
This was Truly one of the Best Era's.for Music
This song brings back so many memories of my mama......dancing......I was 2 yrs old when it came out and I remember standing up against the wall just moving my little legs to the beat
THIS was the TUNE back in those Days...My group did this one👍
The audience is in shock of how great this is. I don't think they were ready for this kind of music back then.
This band was the basis for nearly an entire record label.
My Sunday AM go to Tune! These guys cook!
One of the best live performances ever!! Just brilliant!!
The best instrumental jam ever!!!
I was 17 in '67 and I liked this new sound. Alot going on back than: Dione Warwick, Hendrick, & 'Lay Lady Lay's. Sorry, a memory lapse at my age.
What about Janis tho? Gotta love her voice
Booker T & The MG's music always never gets old. Appreciate their music while you still can!!
I love the audience's reaction. "ahh.. this might be way too cool for me." LOL
Some of the greatest masters of blues ever
One of the all time greatest instrumental arrangements of the 20th century!
I have loved this song for nearly 50 years I love the song I grew up with the song and it is the most perfect best instrumental ever recorded in the history of recorded music I love this song it is so perfect
And ALL using Marshalls! Amazing!
people still are listening to this song almost 60 years later why? well because it was real music that really hits your soul and that can change your mood from being down to feeling something excited inside you. long live real music.
I agree..... Jorge from Buenos Aires Argentina
These boys got the groove
Have played this song many times whilst cruising in my MGB GT car. Right car right sound.
Great ride on the Mood Elevator!
alltime instrumental track No. 1 !! ;-)
This show nuff grown foke music, pure funky soul, all the way uncut!👈😎👍🇺🇲
Steve Copper & his White Telecaster.10 yrs. later he would become a Blues Brother! 🎸
I think the audience just didn't realise what a classic they were witnessing. Awesome number
This group has some of the very best rhythm ever! Love to listen even this many years later!!!
Great extended version of this classic!
This version is just Amazing 😁👍
This is freakin amazing. Hang on while I retrieve my jaw.
The greatest instrumental song ever made even today is still stands outstanding
Al Jackson playing is high level
I love this. And the bass player and the way they get all of them in 1 shot is great
Band: Booker T Jones (organ), Al Jackson Jr. (drums), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass) and Steve Cropper (guitar). Amazing!
Danced to this at 15 still great
This is so good brings tears to my eyes!
I went to the Stax Records museum in Memphis a few weeks ago - what a legacy these four left behind
We were in Memphis for about an hour in February. We drove by the Stax Museum and I didn't have time to stop by. I cried.
elegant, tight, flawless work no wasted energy or bad notes
I was 8 years old when this song dropped in 1962. Now I’m 67 and this song still sounds good. I just heard this song last night during a Lakers@Spurs NBA game (10-27-21). And lately I just discovered that Booker T (Alpha Chapter) and I (Gamma Chi Chapter) are members of the same fraternity (Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.).
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