Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)

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  • @60s70sVintageRock
    @60s70sVintageRock  4 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    *Booker T. & The MG's opened this Creedence Clearwater Revival concert at the Oakland Coliseum, 1/31/70.* CCR can be seen waiting off stage.

    • @Freakster1970
      @Freakster1970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      That's brave getting one of the best band's in America to open for you or it's madness ! I'm not sure wich.

    • @paulclements7532
      @paulclements7532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Wished I'd been there!! It just gets better every 2 hours I play it.....so tight between all 4 superb musicians. Al even has a break!

    • @paulclements7532
      @paulclements7532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Not really sure it gets any better than this. Jones & Cropper in total unison. CCR looking in and learning!! Majestic.

    • @dacethejackofhearts7209
      @dacethejackofhearts7209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Pendulum is probably my favorite ccr album with willie and it has a huge booker t influence. There are some jans if them together here on TH-cam

    • @chilitoday
      @chilitoday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lucky you. That’s some early legends starting to happen.

  • @bobnorwal
    @bobnorwal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    My dad just passed away yesterday from cancer. In his last few days, he couldn't really speak, but my uncle played some music for him on his phone -- music they both knew and liked from when they were young. He played Beethoven's ninth, he played Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations... But somehow this is the one piece of music he played that sticks with me most.todsy. God bless these performers and God bless anyone reading this. My hope is that, when your time comes, you can go in peace and dignity, the way my dad did. 😥❤️

    • @bengardiner1652
      @bengardiner1652 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Very sorry for the loss of your Dad. Bless His Memory.

    • @TonyMartinChilcott-ke5jg
      @TonyMartinChilcott-ke5jg 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes at least he appreciated it 😢
      It nice way to remember the wonderful man he was to you 😢

    • @andrewchippendale2820
      @andrewchippendale2820 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It will get better in time is tight for all of us ❤❤❤❤god bless ya and sorry for your loss .

  • @robertferguson5301
    @robertferguson5301 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Brilliant music by brilliant musicians , I am a life long fan of booker T and the MGs.

  • @jimdandy5798
    @jimdandy5798 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I was there... My friends took me to the concert knowing Creedence was my favorite band. Booker T and the MGs were the icing on the cake. Still the best concert I've ever been to.

    • @WynandvanZyl-o7z
      @WynandvanZyl-o7z 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You were privileged to have seen this

    • @jerryboswell3849
      @jerryboswell3849 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Just really enjoyed this song over the years, and can't help but jam listening to the music while driving down the road (10-11 years ago)
      Beautiful music with such a beautiful groove and vibes!!

  • @lookslikeasteven
    @lookslikeasteven ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I come back to this often. A rare human embodiment of “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

  • @lookslikeasteven
    @lookslikeasteven ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Al wasn’t just a drummer , he was an absolute machine just churning out rhythm

    • @VandelayIndustries61
      @VandelayIndustries61 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Glad you used the word "machine." Steve Cropper was once asked in an interview, "Did you ever work with a drum machine?" He said "Yeah. Al Jackson."

  • @RafaelSanchez-rx5mt
    @RafaelSanchez-rx5mt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My wife once asked me whom I would like to meet since I'm not overly impressed by celebrities. Without hesitation, I said that if I ever saw Booker T. Jones, you better get the smelling salt because I would pass out. The man is amazing. My hero.

  • @CJD666
    @CJD666 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I thank god that I grew up through the 5's, 60's and 70's for sheer musical heaven.

  • @johngott130
    @johngott130 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I had just my future wife in 1970.We used to go to a club called Take 5 in Leeds and this was one of our favourite songs.We hot married the following year are still together 52 years later.We still listen to this song,a classic.

  • @kennethschneiter8902
    @kennethschneiter8902 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Love me some Booker T. and the M.G s with Creedance Clearwater Revival looking at them in Awe, the same way I am .....😮

  • @craiganderson4838
    @craiganderson4838 9 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    There exists nothing on this planet like the unmistakable sound of a Hammond B3 Organ, especially with Booker T & The MG's banging out Time is Tight.

    • @MyPookah
      @MyPookah 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Craig Anderson Thank you!!!!!!

    • @MyPookah
      @MyPookah 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Craig Anderson The Laurens Hammond/Don Leslie inventions from a long time ago,moved music to a new level.Felix Cavaliere and gene,and eddie,and dino back in 1965 just knew they were on to something.The rest is history.Electric "geetars" are way over ratted!!!! I play and own two Hammond tonewheel spinets,and a 147 from back in the day.Glorious sound!!! I am also a guitar player inspired by Gene Cornish excellence on the Kessel neck...Craig,you sir have an excellent ear for tonality!!! Hey,check out "Hang em High"....AMAZING!!!!

    • @whitlaw2010
      @whitlaw2010 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You got that right brother!

    • @MegaElvisd
      @MegaElvisd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jon Lord from Deep Purple explained why he never switched to synthesizers: "Why mess with perfection?"

    • @theclassicalassassin
      @theclassicalassassin 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes yes yes grreat comment!

  • @bobbypride
    @bobbypride 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    again I grew up in the same neighborhood as al Jackson jr. Also I went to elementary,and junior high school with his four childrens,and I would talk to him often whenever he was off the road and came home back to our neighborhood,he would give me advice on what to do in order to be in the music business,it was you have to pay your dues to the business,my cousin is charley pride the only successfull black country singer in this united state,who al acknowledged and love as well little al Jackson jr. as we called him was one best drummers in the world,we love you al rest in peace as we lost you too soon.

    • @60s70sVintageRock
      @60s70sVintageRock  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +bobby pride Thanks for sharing!

    • @turningpoint9829
      @turningpoint9829 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +bobby pride Nice story Bobby. Me and my 13 month old daughter love this and nearly all the MGs back catalogue. There's a drummer on youtube who also teaches at a drum tech and he states that Al Jackson Jr was the Memphis sound; that it disappeared when died. I agree! RIP

    • @elithepitbulldog2209
      @elithepitbulldog2209 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Big tribute to Al Jackson jr in Memphis this October to benefit stax music. Oct 10th thru 12th. Steve Jordan and Jim Keltner will be here for the event, which will be held at stax and Memphis drum shop and more. Details on sept 12th.

    • @michaele.
      @michaele. 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Turning Point Wow I never heard that but it makes sense. I think I hear him on Al Green's records. I have heard many drummers play "Time Is Tight" but none like Al Jackson, Jr.

    • @FosterBobron
      @FosterBobron 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Michael E. Al was always right in the pocket.

  • @alfaetrin
    @alfaetrin ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I just keep revisiting the live music of the late 60s and early 70s. Music was never better.

    • @savvyvenus
      @savvyvenus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The times were too

  • @craiggrant3690
    @craiggrant3690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Booker T Jones, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper and Al Jackson Jnr. What a band

    • @marcuscross6840
      @marcuscross6840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've been told that MG stands for Memphis Group.

    • @paultreadaway3006
      @paultreadaway3006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Legend blues funk rock band can put them in a few genres thru the instrumentals rare talent even in the 60s.

    • @flatfox70
      @flatfox70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My favourite band ever along with the Meters 💙

    • @MrJett1971
      @MrJett1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Throw in Jake and Elwood, and that would really be something to see.

    • @MrOpodeldok
      @MrOpodeldok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The STAX Studio Band !!!

  • @bruceboyd2132
    @bruceboyd2132 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    One of the top ten most perfect tunes ever written.

  • @jockokrule956
    @jockokrule956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Been listening to this song for 48 years and I still get chills every time I hear it.

  • @monkeyshot74
    @monkeyshot74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank god my dad gifted me with love of this music he passed away in 2005 at 55 and I’m 45 now. He’s here with me jamming right now

  • @markwalker5723
    @markwalker5723 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    One of my favourite videos of all time. I love the look on Steve "The Man" Cropper's face - he just loves this moment!!!

  • @RajivChopra
    @RajivChopra 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Simple instruments. No jazzy light. No dancing half naked.
    Pure music

    • @robertfish4052
      @robertfish4052 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They Just got up on stage and BASHED IT OUT! Righteous

  • @boblynch7348
    @boblynch7348 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I am 72. After all these years, this is one of the best damn songs I ever heard. Looks like the guys from CCR really liked it too. They had quite a few songs that are all time favorites. I am grateful that I grew up when this music was made. I don't think younger generations will ever experience a similar time.

    • @jiggsborah7041
      @jiggsborah7041 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True that , there was so much going on back then and the social scene was vibrant and excting , even the local library was a special "must go" place and the newsagents also sold music

    • @jamessmelcer616
      @jamessmelcer616 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen brother !❤️Booker T & M G’s ❗️our generation was “blessed “ ! I am also 72 .

  • @debrapoe2519
    @debrapoe2519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Year before I got married. In sophomore year I listened to the radio every night and called radio station every night to get this played. After several months the DJ brought me the record!!!!

  • @awabrams
    @awabrams ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love how Booker T puts some funk into every chord, always messing with tones, never taking the easy way through a melody. And what a backup band. Pure joy!

  • @Breakbeats92.5
    @Breakbeats92.5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Booker T. & The MG's showed us a very long time ago that yes, we can all get along.

    • @larryschreiner
      @larryschreiner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Music Power yes we can.

    • @jamespfitz
      @jamespfitz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of COURSE we can get along. We get along just fine except for those among us who profit when we do not and who seem to move mountains to find ways to separate us. All blacks are victims, all whites are privileged, and other lies they tell in school these days.

    • @zachflakerton
      @zachflakerton 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamespfitz nice commen- oh wait you’re one of those, nvm.

  • @reboot_2.00
    @reboot_2.00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My dad, born 1930, loved Booker T and the MG’s just as I do! I’m 68 and remain thankful for the great music from our youth and the taste my old dad had for music that wasn’t big with his generation!

    • @dirkdirkson2546
      @dirkdirkson2546 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same year born as my dad (1930), Berkeley High School (1948), USMC Korean War, etc .... as detailed above, took me to this concert (first one for me!) along with my uncle, and then got the Booker T. and the MGs record .... tried to pay it back by taking him and Mom to see Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band in 1985 in Oakland Stadium, then got a bootleg tape of the show for him, which he used to play in the back yard while he burned, oops barbecued, the chicken summer after summer.... Mom said the concert was too loud ....

  • @TomTimeTraveler
    @TomTimeTraveler 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: When music was music!” And this is a timeless masterpiece that belongs in a “Music Hall of Fame of All-Time Great Songs.”

    • @2000hadamar
      @2000hadamar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes Sir !

    • @2000hadamar
      @2000hadamar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw the guys 67-68 --WIESBADEN !

  • @walterquave8023
    @walterquave8023 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I was in high school when I first heard this song it’s one of those songs that you never forget

  • @DJSteve59
    @DJSteve59 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I watched this concert when it was broadcast on national TV. As a 10 year old listening to am pop radio, CCR and Booker T. & the MG's had hit songs on the radio and were very popular. I watched this on a 26" black and white TV at that time. This rare video is a treasure since this concert footage was never released commercially and is only available from home video. When you watch this, you realize it is all about the music. No glitz, no glamour, just the music. This is a must listen and watch to all music fans. The CCR concert was a classic show too!!! Very up front and in your face with the cameras.

    • @johnpayne6860
      @johnpayne6860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DJ Steve 59 , lucky man if you remember this, it's the Best, not many around now, but still alive in my head!

  • @sharky442
    @sharky442 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    GROWN FOLKS MUSIC....These kids don't know what REAL MUSIC IS.

    • @holidayroad5677
      @holidayroad5677 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is everything! Amazing musicians just having a ball-and CCR watching on-what the actual??🤦‍♀️

    • @60s70sVintageRock
      @60s70sVintageRock  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@holidayroad5677 It was a CCR concert. Booker T & the MGs opened for them.

    • @martyontiveros3648
      @martyontiveros3648 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kids music these days is aweful

    • @ceasarbrown6837
      @ceasarbrown6837 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m a 95 and I know real music 🤣🔥

  • @stevendimmock4791
    @stevendimmock4791 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    These guys were at the forefront of racial equality in the 60's as much as MLK and Malcolm X. They didn't care about the colour of someone's skin or where they were born or what god they worshipped. All they cared about was the making of brilliant music as a mankind and then spreading that word. All four members should be remembered forever, they're music will be.

    • @brerrabbit9585
      @brerrabbit9585 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are soooooo right.

  • @Bez1964
    @Bez1964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Black and White making the world a better place 👍

    • @jonathanrogers6720
      @jonathanrogers6720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Right on!!

    • @James_BAlert
      @James_BAlert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Then colour TV 📺came in...... Followed by remotes! Who controls the TV!? 😀

    • @Phish1995
      @Phish1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, yes!

    • @spongebobsquaretits
      @spongebobsquaretits 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      music making the world a better place

    • @thedancingpostman
      @thedancingpostman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely brilliant

  • @carlcelina5177
    @carlcelina5177 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I never get tired of this!! Probably the 30th time I have watched it!! Incredible music!

  • @greenbeagle13
    @greenbeagle13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Always loved it when this song came on the radio (all we had back then).... Loved it, still do.

  • @robertfish4052
    @robertfish4052 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My dearly departed younger brother bought this for me on vinyl 30 years ago. Thanks Jeff. You still the man.

  • @jonathanchavan6802
    @jonathanchavan6802 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    One of the most soul filled songs ever ... if your having a bad morning listen and your all good

  • @felixmadison5736
    @felixmadison5736 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I remember when this came out in 1969. I was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wa. just before leaving for Vietnam. This song, and 'Love Is Blue' were top instrumentals that year. 'Time is Tight' and 'Green Onions' are American classics.

    • @davegarfinkel5251
      @davegarfinkel5251 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your service.

    • @felixmadison5736
      @felixmadison5736 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davegarfinkel5251 Thank you for the kind words.

    • @emilioeromo2588
      @emilioeromo2588 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are my hero. Thank to you where are a free country.

    • @felixmadison5736
      @felixmadison5736 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you.@@emilioeromo2588

  • @TomTimeTraveler
    @TomTimeTraveler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    When music was music. A piece of genius music. You can tell by how happy each instrumentalist is while performing.

  • @robertbelmonte1058
    @robertbelmonte1058 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    IM STILL LISTENING IN OCT OF 2024. I REMEMBER THIS ONE FROM THE 60S

  • @SvenTviking
    @SvenTviking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My mate said this was the music that they play in the entrance hall for heaven, so you know it’s all good from here. Hope they played it for him when he got there.

  • @steveschofield1133
    @steveschofield1133 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Always makes me smile, you can see the love between them, the world needs more of this today

  • @carlcelina5177
    @carlcelina5177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have to watch this every few weeks. Outstanding song and cool place in time!

  • @patriciafolkes8074
    @patriciafolkes8074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love the music. It took me back to my teen years in the 70's. Made with lots of soul and love.

  • @debhill227
    @debhill227 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Oh god,my man loved this tune,so many memories.

  • @vantaylor7826
    @vantaylor7826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    In the mid 1960s, I was at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, and we had Booker T. and the MGs play for one of our big dances. That was a real experience. Watching them play and hearing their music was so much fun. Those were the days. Amen to that!

  • @promerops
    @promerops 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    In addition to the great music, it's really good to see the band having such a good time.

  • @violet2048
    @violet2048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Wish I could give it a thousand more thumbs up. They are the best.

    • @garys8990
      @garys8990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You got that right!!!!

  • @dvroeg
    @dvroeg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This clip takes me back 50 years ago when I was 20. It still sounds fresh and gives me a high!

    • @Pau1fc
      @Pau1fc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 18 loved it and still do, those guys were just so cool

  • @rickwidlund3512
    @rickwidlund3512 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You don't just hear this music ,you FEEL IT !

  • @ronniebrown2517
    @ronniebrown2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    sometime in 1971 i was driving in san francisco...came over a hill and there was a huge panoramic view of the city and the ocean....this tune came on at that moment and i floated through the universe in perfect beat to all the instruments....thought i would never return to earth....totally righteous

    • @morganbebell9003
      @morganbebell9003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Moments like that are timeless. Sends goosebumps down your spine. I remember once. walking down the street listening to my walkman one day, and 'While my Guitar Gently Weeps' came on just as the sun was about to set. I could have cried tears of joy in that perfect moment. Cheers.

    • @calopes68
      @calopes68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In Nov 2019 a couple of relatives traveled to California. As I don't have the financial means to make trips like this, I sometimes got into Google Street View and looked at San Francisco and its beautiful streets, avenues and port areas. I even found the place where The Filmore West was. I suggested to them to attend a show and remember The Doors, Alman Brother's, Janis Joplin, CCR, Booker T and many many other. But they made other choices, also very good ones, after all they were in California. Peace!

  • @1061andy
    @1061andy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    One of the greatest bands ever, all fantastic musicians.

  • @bobareeniobobareenio2935
    @bobareeniobobareenio2935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    FIFTY YEARS LATER and it STILL gave me goosebumps ~ ~ ~ :-). So sad that Duck is gone, Time is tight and so were they!

  • @Hopeless_and_Forlorn
    @Hopeless_and_Forlorn ปีที่แล้ว +12

    O to be young again in 1970 and have my days and nights flooded, stacked, filled, infused and saturated with such great, great music that I took it for granted and thought it would never end. Magic days, magic!

    • @ModGirl-nu1xk
      @ModGirl-nu1xk ปีที่แล้ว

      Those were the days, my friend...

  • @LADYTRIAXLE
    @LADYTRIAXLE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Where is that time capsule take me back I can still picture my father dancing in the Palor with my mother to this song

    • @larryparis925
      @larryparis925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow. Important times in one’s life . I hear you.

  • @jerryboscia9956
    @jerryboscia9956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Duck and the vastly underrated Al gone way too soon.

    • @hugodulisse3238
      @hugodulisse3238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Duck killing it on this tho’

    • @tollyt7465
      @tollyt7465 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      AJ jr wasn't underrated by those who knew music.. Human metronome..

    • @hardright3759
      @hardright3759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tollyt7465 incredible drummer. Four great musicians...

    • @mrmjb1960
      @mrmjb1960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Donald "Duck" Dunn,excellent Bassist. RIP,Duck.

    • @sheddski2942
      @sheddski2942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When Dan akaroyd and John Baluchi asked if they can use soul man and other songs for their lineup with blues brothers cropper wanted in and of course duck was part of the package mat guitar Murphy was a good friend of there’s so it came together in 1980

  • @sbgroen
    @sbgroen ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was lucky enough to be at that concert, my first. I was 13 years old, and my dad and stepmom took me.

    • @Eagle8
      @Eagle8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good for you! As an eleven year at the time, we could hear them on local radio stations. WDIA!

  • @holidayroad5677
    @holidayroad5677 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Look how HAPPY Booker T is from note #1!! Then it drops & we all go to heaven🙏(loving CCR mooching in backstage loving their heroes) amazing footage thank you

  • @LimitedNewsCorp
    @LimitedNewsCorp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Two black guys and two white guys playing the coolest of music.A lot to like.

    • @boblozaintherealworld3577
      @boblozaintherealworld3577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I heard this song on my parents' stereo back when I was about six. Just a white latino kid from Monterey Park, but was enraptured by that bass-line. Shoot to 2006. Was an accomplished rock/blues bass player and joined a friend's band that played only 60's songs. AND 'Time Is Tight' was on their song list. I didn't even need to practice it....I just said 'let's roll, guys'.
      Gotta be in the top 10 R&B/Rock tunes of all time.

    • @rtaf4206
      @rtaf4206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LimitedNewsCorp : And CCR members watching closely...amazing.

    • @LimitedNewsCorp
      @LimitedNewsCorp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rtaf4206 Indeed!

  • @cagonzal13
    @cagonzal13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Today is October 8,2020 and this song is awesome good music. I love it!!!!

  • @mairsh
    @mairsh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The greatest players of all time. Unbelievable to watch every single viewing. I just love it and keep coming back to it. I can't dance and I am coloured like a pint of milk, but this makes me feel like I have SOUL 😊

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I saw Booker T Jones live in 2018, and met him and his son Ted, right after the show. This is great. RIP Al Jackson Jr. and Duck Dunn.

  • @kennethschneiter8902
    @kennethschneiter8902 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Love this song, love this Band, CCR looks on with Awe at this amazing group of Gentlemen

  • @MrYowen88
    @MrYowen88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Like" is not a strong enough word to express how I feel about this video. So Exhilarating!

  • @sav0505
    @sav0505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The way they look at each other....just having fun. Thanks for posting

  • @ericskivers6643
    @ericskivers6643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Man , do I love watching those talented musicians enjoying their wonderful music while expressing their love for each other at the same time . Just F’in magic , plain and simple

  • @deloreslandeis1008
    @deloreslandeis1008 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The VERY finest! No one can even come close to Booker T and the MGs

  • @WildWing-wl7nj
    @WildWing-wl7nj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One of the greatest pieces of music ever.

    • @TomTimeTraveler
      @TomTimeTraveler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Belongs in the "Music Hall of Fame" of the greatest songs of all time. A masterpiece.

    • @kundendienst171
      @kundendienst171 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TomTimeTraveler Yes, its true.

  • @timothyflyte9443
    @timothyflyte9443 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Fantastic....and look at Steve's Rosewood Telecaster....perfection ...and Booker's Hammond.....and the whole thing being held together by Duck and Al ...plus another thing watching this , two blacks , two whites... beautiful music...the world could take a lesson from these guys...

    • @stixkubwa
      @stixkubwa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Timothy Flyte well said brother.

    • @peteormond3565
      @peteormond3565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you've never seen the Stax Records doc Respect Yourself, do yourself a favour and watch it. Very powerful.

    • @philipjones7372
      @philipjones7372 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Being cool without being politically correct or political for that matter.

    • @paultreadaway3006
      @paultreadaway3006 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blends it all together he is Booker T love his Organ they are a supreme many categories band

  • @howie9751
    @howie9751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My first concert, 1970, Booker T. opening for CCR at MSG.

  • @sharonhill8916
    @sharonhill8916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Time is Tight, takes me back to an all night party in 1969, at Monks Road, Lincoln. This was on the turntable all night, cos' everyone forgot to bring any records !! Hank at Lincoln remembers it well.

  • @vayabroder729
    @vayabroder729 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    This is so tight, soulful and KILLER! The CCR guys backstage with their minds blown 😉

    • @layneannen
      @layneannen 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😂😂😂

    • @robertfish4052
      @robertfish4052 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Creedance, they were grinning , like,... "why didnt we try this."

  • @mikekaatman3194
    @mikekaatman3194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So incredibly good and timeless...four musicians sounding like an inmense orchestra.

  • @Janet-vx9qn
    @Janet-vx9qn หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Steve Cropper is so deep in the pocket it's unbelievable. THIS is rhythm guitar, folks.

  • @sharronaustin2769
    @sharronaustin2769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Who couldn’t like this? It’s a moodbuilder.....taking you higher on each rung of the ladder like composition

  • @agerven
    @agerven ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Epic track.
    Concentration and big smiles all around. Perfect performance.

  • @AussieChris322
    @AussieChris322 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My fave since those days finishing high school in 1970, went to see them in Sydney Australia a few years ago with my son who enjoys this music too. Timeless!

  • @charlescrenshaw3825
    @charlescrenshaw3825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Systemic racism my ass, this is music the way it should be, playing together and enjoying it. I have listened to a number of mixed race bands over the years and music is where race and art truly combine.

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anyone familiar with the old STAX records will already know this is where it's at, NOT in today's race baiting BS they attempt to call "music"!

    • @charlescrenshaw3825
      @charlescrenshaw3825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@richardcline1337 Amen, Brother!

  • @madcitymcflyer
    @madcitymcflyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Sad that we lost ace drummer so tragically, plus Donald "Duck' Dunn more recently. Booker T and Steve Cropper are still with us, still making good soul music...

  • @DanielKirchberg-d6c
    @DanielKirchberg-d6c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The look between Cropper and Booker T. when the guitar first comes in is priceless.

  • @sharonhill8916
    @sharonhill8916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Takes me back to 1969, and an all night party in Lincoln. Everybody forgot to bring records to play, and we had "Time is Tight" by Booker T and the MG's, and we played it all night, what a party, great times and great friends. The Duke and The Viking, (places, not people).

  • @tarynciccarelloo57
    @tarynciccarelloo57 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This makes me cry I don't know why but it does I think I know life is over as I once new it makes me cry ❤

  • @markharrisllb
    @markharrisllb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Has there ever been a musician more underrated than Steve Cropper? The stuff he wrote and produced with Otis Redding was enough to make him a legend. Duck always looked like he was having the time of his life. The world needs a label like Stax now, when they played together all that mattered was the music.
    Thank you for posting such a special video.

  • @stevenoname3175
    @stevenoname3175 10 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    No pyrotechnics.
    No light show.
    No backup dancers.
    Just Cool.

    • @mrmurph5046
      @mrmurph5046 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Them was the days!

    • @Bamaboompa
      @Bamaboompa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where's the color gels & overhead projector?
      Cosmic!

    • @skipdow3
      @skipdow3 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When this came out ,originally, it was the "B" side !
      I always liked it as much as Green onions.

    • @gustavson1984
      @gustavson1984 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Steve NoName When you can simply define Badasss, you need nothing more

    • @TheRomundus
      @TheRomundus 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Steve NoName These guys had the music. That's all they needed. The bums need the gimmicks.

  • @danielstump3204
    @danielstump3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    LoL!
    The drummer he get so overcome by the music
    he just got to get up and take a walk for a minute!
    Booker T Jones -- long time favorite

  • @desert.mantis
    @desert.mantis ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I have not heard this tune is decades and I was blown away to see a live performance! Thanks for this upload.

  • @JohnSmith-op1tc
    @JohnSmith-op1tc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How great to watch this and know that Steve Cropper is still with us at 78, (79 on 10/21/20) and Booker T. is here, too, at 75 (DOB 11/12/44). We used to use this one on a cartridge at our radio station, if the live sports broadcast was somehow disconnected. That's one heck of a vest on Cropper, here.

  • @Mike583
    @Mike583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Only Booker T & Steve Cropper still with us. I'd do or give anything to be able to go back in time, & see all the legends performing, before they became legends!❤

    • @GeneHill
      @GeneHill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Robert M Trolinder can you imagine when some of these guys from various groups got together and played together on stage? George Harrison put together some of those times. Those guys must have been really stoked about that.

  • @philipjohns1502
    @philipjohns1502 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    You’ve got to hand it to 60s and 70s we had the best music 🎶🎼🎶

  • @graham62k
    @graham62k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The organ wash at the end is simply sublime. Nothing beats a Hammond B3 at full chat.

  • @USCG.Brennan
    @USCG.Brennan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Never got tired of this one back in '70.....and still loving it!!

  • @paulinechapman9319
    @paulinechapman9319 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1970....???? Can’t be."..am still alive...so grateful to be able to enjoy this perfection...

  • @johnpiotrowski3108
    @johnpiotrowski3108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When this came out in the '60's, I got the "45" and played it till it was so worn it sounded like static.
    This is my favorite instrumental of all time. So Glad MP3's will never wear out.

  • @detoth67
    @detoth67 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Who are the 44 psychopaths who gave this video a thumbs down?
    When I briefly lived in Memphis, I played this video on the graves of both Al Jackson and Duck. It was a memorable tribute.

    • @jr-xs9tf
      @jr-xs9tf 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      eric toth class move,my man.

  • @hugebartlett1884
    @hugebartlett1884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Any time I hear this sound coming from my radio,I'm right there like a shot! What a tune that was,nothing produced like it today. Nothing much really produced today. How we just listened and soaked it all up in those fantastic times,new,exciting,vibrant,and it could send a shiver down your spine! Couldn't get enough of it back then. Can't get enough of it now!

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was MUSIC, real music, and far beyond anything whatever this is today tries to do. Nothing or no-one today can catch 'em!

  • @davidandrews5422
    @davidandrews5422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I posted this to my Facebook account last fall in 2020. My friend who had been battling breast cancer for 30 years - it started when she was 18 - sent me a private message "Thank you for lifting up my soul." She died after a very long fight in March of 2021. Now every time I hear this song, I think of her, and I am glad that she was able to hear this song.

    • @violet2048
      @violet2048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm so sorry. You're a wonderful friend.

    • @davidandrews5422
      @davidandrews5422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@violet2048 Thank you. My friend Susan was wild and a little crazy and also very caring. In early January of this year, she sent me a message that she was going to be "laying low" for a while. I later found out she was in great pain and knew the end was near and did not want me to worry about her.

    • @violet2048
      @violet2048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidandrews5422 It always amazes me when someone who is going through what she was going through thinks of her friends as not wanting them to have to watch, not for her sake but for our sake.

    • @samburkes7552
      @samburkes7552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry for your loss, Dave..Least you have those great memories!!

    • @TH-sn7mw
      @TH-sn7mw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God bless you

  • @christopherfranklin972
    @christopherfranklin972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bloody marvellous!Starts like a church organ on Sunday morning and ends with that gentle smile ...

  • @dlyons1721
    @dlyons1721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I saw Steve Cropper and Dave Mason recently at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. He is a great storyteller as well as a great musician. He played in multi-racial bands in the Jim Crow South which wasn't an easy thing to do.

  • @superhet7281
    @superhet7281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You cannot possibly hear anything better than this! It’s better than the studio hit version, and that was superb!

  • @kundendienst171
    @kundendienst171 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of the best tracks in MUSIC!!!!!!

  • @davidedwards2607
    @davidedwards2607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My last request is to have this blasting in the funeral during my service.
    Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it's happened.

    • @billblount5955
      @billblount5955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm right there with you brother

    • @davidedwards2607
      @davidedwards2607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell'm Bill!!! We want it blasting and if your not bobbing your head or dancing we don't want you there!!!

  • @NoNotAChance
    @NoNotAChance 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I love the way Creedence is in the wings and really enjoying the music.

    • @keithedmundson2318
      @keithedmundson2318 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thought that was Doug Clifford

    • @NoNotAChance
      @NoNotAChance 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      & Stu Cook

  • @staxmantim
    @staxmantim 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Just finished watching several drum covers of this. It really is Al Jackson, Jr. and then everyone else when it comes to drummers for me. No drummer I’ve ever heard holds a candle once you start digging in to the stuff he played on. Booker T. Jones is a genius which is a word I don’t toss around lightly & Steve Cropper & Duck Dunn play exactly how I would if I could play guitar & bass, but everyone looked up to Al Jackson.

    • @Cap683
      @Cap683 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw a video of Booker T and the MGs doing Green Onions. I didn't who Al Jackson was at the time but it was so obvious that he locked the band down--a human metronome.

    • @bubbasmith3372
      @bubbasmith3372 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I listen to them all day at work. For a long time id been wanting to see them and al in action. I came across this video a few years back man i almost cried. I dont know if theres a bigger fan of Al jackson than i am😂😂😂 i love the whole group. But al was an entirely different beast. This video is gold.

    • @aaarauz1
      @aaarauz1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bubbasmith3372 McLemore Avenue is a fantastic album!!