This song is the reason Eric Clapton had Duane play on Layla. The ending riff blew him away. Wilson said to Duane “we can’t cover this song. It’s number #1”. Duane said, “That’s why we can”.❤
I love the story of EC hearing this on the radio while driving and immediately found a phone to find out who was playing the guitar. He said he had to know "right now"!
In the pantheon of great Beatles’ covers, Wilson Picketts version of Hey Jude is astounding in both emotional depth and musical execution. Canonical. Stands alone.
Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman just proved that blacks and whites can make beautiful music together. They've also proven that we can work together for a better world. Just look at what you're typing on, a white empty background that says absolutely nothing without the black letters that make up the words. Now you have something. These 2 men are truly gifted and I thank them for this beautiful music that I can enjoy for as long as I live.
+Jennifer King before that was all the guys at the Stax studios Booker T & the Mg's with Otis & Pickett so it happens alround us thankfull but yeah very well put
Oh and yes you are correct...we've been working together a long time but there are parties on both sides that don't want us to work together. Spit on them.
This song was suggested to Wilson by Duane while everyone was away from the studio at a white only restaurant in Muscle Shoals. They didn't allow blacks or long haired hippies. Some say it was the birth of southern rock. All I know is that it was magic
Hj Dd if you really want your life to change check out Jessi Colter’s mrs. Waylon Jennings..version from about the same time wow talk about bad country karaoke
Wilson Pickett's vocals are second to none, AMEN! And right there in the studio that fateful day, little known Duane Allman gave birth to "southern rock". Goddamn if that don't blow your skirt up not much will.
Paul McCartney is being disrespected in this comments section. I adore Wilson and Duane, but some folks are flat out disrespectful to the amazing musician and man Paul McCartney. If you don't know how brilliant of a singer/songwriter/and insanely gifted musician he is, than you should do some research. He's arguably as gifted as anyone who's made music in the last 100 years.
Folks-this is pure magic. No pitch control, auto-tune, no nothin’-just God given talent. With Wilson wailing with his voice and Duane ‘wailing’ with his guitar, we are blessed to have this. Thanks guys-we miss ya! ❤😇👍 4:00
You made me think of this; did you know, it's said that Ray Charles' voice had a rare perfect pitch? That's' so true, they had no help from electronics as today. When I play guitar with music, like the old Rolling Stones, they weren't always in tune. Back then to tune a guitar you used a piano, and hoped it was in tune😆. I used a metel tuning fork for E and we had tuning pipe, ( I think it was called ) you blew into to it, like a whistle and it played each note. I'm such a dinosaur 🤭~
Would be better if they didn't use any microphones. No electricity. No fancy recording gear. No instruments at all. Just 100% pure Gregorian chants. Aka - real music.
Wilson didn't want record this song, but, finally, he did it because Duane. When Barry Goldberg listened to the song in a room hotel in Muscle Shoals said that he almost passed out and he started shaking, while Wilson and Duane were jumping up and down on the bed like little kids.
@@davidfilipini4064 A tie between Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Aretha as favourites but really loved all of them - so much that I missed Stairway to Heaven when it was on the charts!!
The Beatles are, in my opinion, the best band ever. But Pickett, Duane, and the Muscle Shoals people, put so much heart and soul into this... When they hit that groove...! This is my favorite version.
This song, just like many other Beatles covers that have been made, is only further proofs to how the Fab Four were as much the greatest composers of their and of all time as arid and mechanical performers of their own songs. This song is quite simply better than original, not just "different". Just pour a soulful fluid into their irreproachable pop engine and you'll dramatically increase the song value.
absolutely. I write and record lots and loads of original tunes... like Percy Sledge and Ray Charles. Have you heard the latest Stones single, "Scarlet", with Jimmy Page on guitar solo?
It's not "soul" thats missing. Today's music is autotuned and quantized which takes the humanity out of the music, everything is exactly on pitch and on time.
@@UmVtCg This is why I write and record my own music, letting the reverb of the drums bleed into the vocal mix and I refuse to use a click beat too. (it's just GAY!!)
Part of what we've been hearing for at least the past twenty years is the overlordship of a few A&R men and producers, putting a big emphasis on maximizing profit over quality of product, because the CEO's that run all the big labels now insist on it, if they want to keep their paychecks. Sad state of affairs, indeed.
Love the whole thing, but at around 2:40 I get goosebumps every time. Scream from Pickett. Horns from the Swampers. Then the incredible guitar solo by Allman. A perfect combination.
That scream was a much needed break from the rather sedate Beatles version. The brassy horns screaming on top filled in nicely. I only wish Skydog would have lit it up right then, also. Imagine a slide solo that took front stage as the horns blared and Wilson screamed as filler for a blistering slide solo.
Was at the Apollo theater when he got booed for doing this, and he told the audience that they were a bunch of assholes and left the stage. Good for him, and RIP Wilson, you are sorely missed
Julia - can you provide more info on the concert you saw at the Apollo? What year? Love to hear more details. Love Wilson - killer voice and he died way too soon. Thanks.
This single was literally the first record I ever purchased. I was 10 years old. I wanted the Beatles version, couldn't find it and bought this even though I'd never heard Wilson Pickett and had no idea who he was. I haven't heard it in more than 50 years. It's really great. That man could really sing. Duane was spot on choosing this song.
I heard this song for the first time last week and I’ve had it on repeat ever since. How come I’ve never heard of Wilson Pickett? Now that’s all I’m listening to. What a voice!
Crazy that such a beautiful song, reproduced by legends who are long gone now, black and white can't be thrown out there for all of us to hear more often. The message is UNITY and OUR world needs more of this. RIP Duane and Wilson, amazing talents and good will ambassadors
Hands down the best cover version of the Beatles or any other cover song. Gives me chills everytime I listen to it. The musical arrangements on behalf of the Swampers is awesome. These guys are top notch and never got the true recognition they deserve. The rest is history with Duane and Wilson. Two fantastic musicians who left their music til the end of time!
I propose Joe Cocker with 'A Little Help' for the title. He clearly improved on the song and is famous for it. Other did great Covers, but none came close to exceeding the Original as Joe did.
A short while back I was sitting with some friends, all around 50 and talking about past R&B singers. I mentioned Wilson Picket and they brushed me off. I played this song and they were blown away. I never found out about until maybe 10 years ago and that was only because of a Duane Allman bio. This song and man is a hidden treasure.
This literally gives me chills. So great on every level. One of the best covers of a Beatles song and definitely the best cover of Hey Jude I’ve ever heard. ❤❤❤❤
I was named after this song. I thought I loved the Beatles version but I think I like this one even more. Lately I've felt lost listening to this song somehow just makes me feel better and helps me solve my problems. Music is a powerful thing. it can change life's and change ones approach on life. Keep rockin :)
Check out Wilson Pickett singing this live with the Bee Gees. You'll be blown away.... the energy and fun they're having... as emotional as this recording is the live is even better. (Tho without Allman)
I didn’t exactly name my son after this song but I love the Beatles and I loved the name so… lol but what’s interesting is I’ve never heard of Wilson Pickett until I moved to Prattville Alabama. I’ve went to the Wilson Pickett festival multiple times. But today just got curious enough to look him up after seeing a play they are putting on about his life and stumbled upon this cover. It’s the little things in life. Haha
Very easily. Please tell me what you like about it. Serious question. The reason I don't like this version is that Paul McCartney wrote it for Julian Lennon to help Julian get through his dad's divorce and the Yoko invasion. It was a ballad for a sad little boy and was not intended to be a Wilson Pickett scream fest.
Simply poignant. And as a die-hard Beatle fan, I have to admit that Wilson Pickett completely nailed the song. Both are great, but the "soulness" that Pickett added to this gem is incredible.
maristela1968 this isn't the first Beatles song that has been covered into a great soul tune. I just remember "with a little help from my friends" by Joe cocker, but there might be more
I think this version is better than the beatles’s one. And I’m a die hard fan too. When you take Beatles songs and mix them with other genres and with the right artist. They can become even better
Nothing beats the original. I must not be used to this genre that he plays in. I feel like he screams where the na na bit is. The original I find is slower and calmer. This version is alright but definitely not better.
It was Duane Allmans idea to record this song when he told Wilson his idea, Wilson thought he said hey Jew. Story always cracks me up. Amazing vocals and guitar playing.
Thank you Mr.El. I grew up in the 60's and was already a Wilson Pickett fan. He had a unique voice. I didn't learn about Duane til' the mid 80's. THIS is what a collabaration should sound like.
Radio had a strict three minutes or less if you wanted to get your record on the air. However the Muscle Shoals players had a habit of jamming on long after the cut mark. Boz Scaggs said Duane and the Swampers went into overdrive while recording Somebody Loan Me A Dime at the former casket factory, better known as Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. He said somewhere in Sheffield, Alabama, there's a can with about 45 minutes of Loan. Can you imagine? Duane, Eddie Hinton and Boz were own fire. Esteemed drummer Roger Hawkins was leading the group everywhere, one of the best session keyboard wizards ever, Barry Becket was on top and Duane, due to the tiny size of the studio, was locked in a 3 foot by 3 foot toilet with his amp, blowing shingles off the building! Of course that wasn't a first. A few months earlier, the Rolling Stones showed up for a secret recording session. They were to record three songs. The first was an old blues tune called You Gotta Move. Next up was a song that wasn't finished. Keith Richards went to Florence for some Minie Pearl's Fried chicken, came back to the studio and locked himself in the John and finished writing..... Wild Horses. The toilet seat has been replaced by a new one but, not to worry. If you make the trip to tour the studios and thousands come every year since they've been opened to the public, the original toilet seat hangs on a studio wall. During the sessions for a song called Brown Sugar, they were revved and ready. The Stones record with every thing cranked to high! I think it was Swamper David Hood who was standing outside whenthey let it fly. He said he had never seen a building shake like that! Keith said they had intended to come back the following year to record Exile on Main street but they had been barred from coming into the country for obvious reasons. Oh well.
For some reason I needed to hear this version of "Hey Jude". Just so much negative energy in the air and this song how Mr. Pickett did it kind of puts me a settle down mood.
Seen the muscle shoals doc few times but missed looking up this song an hearing Wilson just get it at end an know Dawayne had that in mind an thank goodness this was shared as pre almond brothers history let alone wilson picket etc an covering beatles jude. Yeah!!!!
My FIRST time hearing this was about 5 a.m. in the morning, while in the ghetto, walking to the bus stop. Almost missed the bus. NEARLY FAINTED. JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!
This was recorded in Mussle Shoals Alabama. When the recording engineers went to lunch Dwayne Allman set up and recorded this song. this was a time when the South was still pretty much segregatedand Duane Allman did not want Wilson Pickett to fill out of place at some place to eat. When the engineers got back to the office and they saw what he had done they were dumbfounded at how good it sounded.
@@iMagdog1 this statement is more true of my earlier memories of how hippies were viewed by everyday society......they weren't romanticized until decades later.??........were considered filthy
When you are nonchalantly scrolling through RUclips and an incredible GEM like this catches your eye............ Wilson Pickett.........singing Hey, Jude............. with Duane Allman playing guitar....... every ounce of my soul said oh, I’ll be having ME some of THAT. And, it was even better than I imagined it could be. Thank you, sir. That was good
What made this such an unusual recording was Duanes guitar solo. Soul solos were mostly reserved for the saxophone. Duanes underlying solo with Picketts voice at the end.. was inspiring. Duane had a feel for accompanying a voice with his guitar that doesnt intrude on the singer. He would add just enough to round out the sound and raw emotion. Check out his work on Aretha Franklin's "It ain't fair". Another perfect example.
My buddy Dave Panzer was Wilson Pickett's guitar player before he died. They ended every show with this song. Also Listen to Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa do a incredibly passionate I'd rather go blind boy. The Etta James song
Just finished watching the documentary called Muscle Shoals about a couple music studios in Alabama that made history producing great music and they said that from these sessions between Wilson Picket and Duane Allman was born the southern rock style.
Check out Candi Staton's "Sure As Sin." One of the best of the best soul singers. A gritty, Hanceville, Alabama girl who can take you to the depths with that powerful voice!
As much as I love and respect the Beatles, two of The Beatles songs were taken away from them by men who did them better. Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman with Hey Jude and Joe Cocker with I get by with a little help from my friends. Just no denying that they own those songs now!
Recorded at Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals. Picket, Allman, Wexler, Hall and the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. A bunch of geniuses gathered in one place.
No Wexler in this case. The first he ever heard of Duane was when Rick Hall played the song for him over the phone. He bought Duane's contract right then!
I can listen to this song all day long. ❤
Hi Martha. Me too. I probably will for the next few weeks.
God Bless.
Anyone still listening in 2024? RIP this double dynamic duo. Both taken way too soon. They don't make music like this anymore 😪.
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June 2024. Beautiful
Juli 2024
Paul McCartney must stand in awe of where Wilson and Duane took it. They blew the roof off this song! What a document of musical greatness.
Hello. I agree with you. Till now, this is the version I listen to.
Best regards. 🎵🎼🎶🎸
Haha guys this is the original
Was in Africa when this came out. Giving Black power and white power to this music any time.
They both must be remembered to the music industry. Rest In Peace, both. 😊
Fantastic!
This song is the reason Eric Clapton had Duane play on Layla. The ending riff blew him away. Wilson said to Duane “we can’t cover this song. It’s number #1”. Duane said, “That’s why we can”.❤
I thought Wilson was reputed to have said he wouldn't sing a song with the refrain "Hey Jew"
Wow! I didn't know Duane played on Layla! I love everything I've heard Duane play.
I love the story of EC hearing this on the radio while driving and immediately found a phone to find out who was playing the guitar. He said he had to know "right now"!
@@stevedavis4513He did say that, Duane had to explain it was about John's son and for musical reasons they changed it from Hey Jules to Hey Jude.
@ronaldolaquidara64Skydog will always be Duane Allman.😎
In the pantheon of great Beatles’ covers, Wilson Picketts version of Hey Jude is astounding in both emotional depth and musical execution. Canonical. Stands alone.
Side by side.with Cocker's version of "With a little help.from my friends"
yes indeed! ❤️ love this cover, Wilson Pickett rocks:)
Birth of southern rock personifyed
Say it son!
ERIC Clapton reached out to find out who was playing the guitar. Wilson's strong vocals make this so special
Wilson Pickett is so underrated it's a crime... Seriously
Nah! Just the media. More folks than you know feel he got his due. Ask around.
And you are an ignorant fool.
To the modern drone everything they just discovered is underrated.
@@sgt.thundercok4704 Sarge, you ain't never lied!
It is a crime❤
Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman just proved that blacks and whites can make beautiful music together. They've also proven that we can work together for a better world. Just look at what you're typing on, a white empty background that says absolutely nothing without the black letters that make up the words. Now you have something. These 2 men are truly gifted and I thank them for this beautiful music that I can enjoy for as long as I live.
Beautifully put
+Jennifer King before that was all the guys at the Stax studios Booker T & the Mg's with Otis & Pickett so it happens alround us thankfull but yeah very well put
I'm sorry but this is so much better than beatles. Sky Dog Duane Allman on guitar and the soulful incredible vocals of Wilson Pickett.
Oh and yes you are correct...we've been working together a long time but there are parties on both sides that don't want us to work together. Spit on them.
+Jennifer King What about Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson
Rest in peace Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman, Blessings and hugs 🤗💞💓😊❤️💕☺️🙏🙏!
This song was suggested to Wilson by Duane while everyone was away from the studio at a white only restaurant in Muscle Shoals. They didn't allow blacks or long haired hippies. Some say it was the birth of southern rock. All I know is that it was magic
recorded at muscle shoals. this recording is considered the birth of southern rock.
Just close your eyes.
INCREDIBLE !!!!!
Nobody can sing this song this way. It’s insanely perfect. I’ve blown many minds by playing this for friends. My favorite.
Yes, Paul McCartney
Yeah man! That dude put all three of his balls into it when he sang!
@@eltakatan1173 no
What about this guy
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No one will ever match Wilson Pickett on this…. Ever
This version of Hey Jude is the finest cut ever pressed to vinyl, ever. A min out when Pickett screams and Duane let's hus guitar fly..... just wow.
Hj Dd if you really want your life to change check out Jessi Colter’s mrs. Waylon Jennings..version from about the same time wow talk about bad country karaoke
Fantastic 😅😅😅😊
Fantastic 😊😊
Wilson Pickett's vocals are second to none, AMEN! And right there in the studio that fateful day, little known Duane Allman gave birth to "southern rock". Goddamn if that don't blow your skirt up not much will.
Amen!
That pic of Wilson, laughing, and Duane hangs from my wall - I nicked it off the Net. Didn't know about Jude though - dear me so good.
R.I.P. to both musical geniuses: to Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman who lost his life at only 24 years old.
Gone waaaaay too soon😢
Really?? I didn’t know that. 🙄
The last minute and a half where Wilson goes wild and Duane plays crazy too gave me some chills all over !
he he he yeah, very warming isn't it..at least for me!
Seems like they were dueling each other at one point and the background singers came in to aide them both lol
I love the song up till that point but I didn't appreciate the screaming during the solo
Should of turned his guitar up :(
Duane and Wilson did indeed take a sad song and make it better. Made it perfect in fact.
Nice
Exactly right
Kills me
perfect comment
Paul McCartney is being disrespected in this comments section. I adore Wilson and Duane, but some folks are flat out disrespectful to the amazing musician and man Paul McCartney. If you don't know how brilliant of a singer/songwriter/and insanely gifted musician he is, than you should do some research. He's arguably as gifted as anyone who's made music in the last 100 years.
I genuinely cannot think of a better cover version than this. Ever.
I like this one better than the original one by the Beatles. Wilson Pickett’s voice Duane’s guitar playing is an incredible combination.
Right up there with Willie Nelson's Always on my mind and Springsteens Chimes of Freedom for me.
Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower
* better version
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Two men with tons of soul.
Two tones
And one lady.
Sky dog and the wicked Wilson picket
Anybody else get goosebumps listening to this? Wow!
every time
Yep
No! It is a shit version!
It's NOT ! Opinions are like dump holes everybody's got one and they are all S_i_ky. EXCEPT M I N E !
Sorry honey it is nothing more than cheap wedding singing.
This is powerful as Hell. Wilson Pickett knocked it out of the ballpark.
👍🏿❤
Folks-this is pure magic. No pitch control, auto-tune, no nothin’-just God given talent. With Wilson wailing with his voice and Duane ‘wailing’ with his guitar, we are blessed to have this. Thanks guys-we miss ya! ❤😇👍 4:00
You made me think of this; did you know, it's said that Ray Charles' voice had a rare perfect pitch? That's' so true, they had no help from electronics as today. When I play guitar with music, like the old Rolling Stones, they weren't always in tune. Back then to tune a guitar you used a piano, and hoped it was in tune😆. I used a metel tuning fork for E and we had tuning pipe, ( I think it was called ) you blew into to it, like a whistle and it played each note. I'm such a dinosaur 🤭~
Lady. Just stop. Such a tired old boomer comment.
Would be better if they didn't use any microphones. No electricity. No fancy recording gear. No instruments at all. Just 100% pure Gregorian chants. Aka - real music.
Wilson didn't want record this song, but, finally, he did it because Duane. When Barry Goldberg listened to the song in a room hotel in Muscle Shoals said that he almost passed out and he started shaking, while Wilson and Duane were jumping up and down on the bed like little kids.
When it comes to singing, Wilson Pickett really rocks the house.
not my house
@@davidfilipini4064 A tie between Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Aretha as favourites but really loved all of them - so much that I missed Stairway to Heaven when it was on the charts!!
The Beatles are, in my opinion, the best band ever. But Pickett, Duane, and the Muscle Shoals people, put so much heart and soul into this... When they hit that groove...! This is my favorite version.
Those horns really complete the cycle!
This song, just like many other Beatles covers that have been made, is only further proofs to how the Fab Four were as much the greatest composers of their and of all time as arid and mechanical performers of their own songs. This song is quite simply better than original, not just "different". Just pour a soulful fluid into their irreproachable pop engine and you'll dramatically increase the song value.
They were known as the SWAMPERS
Jerrymylitus
Damn right!
We need soul, that's missing in today's music. The pure emotion from strong men. Today it's like that's taboo, very sad state.
absolutely. I write and record lots and loads of original tunes... like Percy Sledge and Ray Charles. Have you heard the latest Stones single, "Scarlet", with Jimmy Page on guitar solo?
It's not "soul" thats missing. Today's music is autotuned and quantized which takes the humanity out of the music, everything is exactly on pitch and on time.
@@UmVtCg This is why I write and record my own music, letting the reverb of the drums bleed into the vocal mix and I refuse to use a click beat too. (it's just GAY!!)
Remko It seems you’re not looking into the burgeoning independent scene available from the internet. I’d really recommend it.
Part of what we've been hearing for at least the past twenty years is the overlordship of a few A&R men and producers, putting a big emphasis on maximizing profit over quality of product, because the CEO's that run all the big labels now insist on it, if they want to keep their paychecks. Sad state of affairs, indeed.
Whose listening in 2021? We need this more than ever. Black and White Ebony and Ivory.
Such a tired and hackneyed cliché. Who thinks, in 2021, we can come up with something better than that??
2024 listening.
2024. ❤
2024, my friend. I'm 63.
That gospel scream is one of a kind.
right
Best I ever heard
Prince's scream is pretty great also
That man answering with his guitar is one of a kind also
I've heard of James Brown scream, Joe Cocker scream, but gospel scream tops it all.
There's nothing that makes me more goosebumps, than a fantastic singer who screams the hell out of his voice. Just amazing!!
That scream is called "singing it like you feel it" its the soul in soul music.
Best cover ever of a song that was #1 on the charts at the time. Gave birth to Southern Rock
Love the whole thing, but at around 2:40 I get goosebumps every time.
Scream from Pickett. Horns from the Swampers. Then the incredible guitar solo by Allman. A perfect combination.
That Muscle Shoals sound at its best. For sure
It don't get no better
That scream was a much needed break from the rather sedate Beatles version. The brassy horns screaming on top filled in nicely. I only wish Skydog would have lit it up right then, also. Imagine a slide solo that took front stage as the horns blared and Wilson screamed as filler for a blistering slide solo.
It really was one of those golden shining moments in musical history, wasn't it?
@@garlandmoney9310, sedate? Really? Paul screams all over the last 4 minutes of the Beatles’ version.
Was at the Apollo theater when he got booed for doing this, and he told the audience that they were a bunch of assholes and left the stage. Good for him, and RIP Wilson, you are sorely missed
Did he really have a rack of shotguns on stage with him? Keith Richards said in his autobiography that Wilson did
Didn't see them, but was towards the back.
Didn't see any, but was back enough that it was hard to see the stage well enough
Wilson Pickett always had guns around.
Julia - can you provide more info on the concert you saw at the Apollo? What year? Love to hear more details. Love Wilson - killer voice and he died way too soon. Thanks.
This single was literally the first record I ever purchased. I was 10 years old. I wanted the Beatles version, couldn't find it and bought this even though I'd never heard Wilson Pickett and had no idea who he was. I haven't heard it in more than 50 years. It's really great. That man could really sing. Duane was spot on choosing this song.
My UBER driver was playing Wilson Pickett and right as I was getting dropped off this song comes on.. I stayed in the van right until it was over!
I bet Mr. Uber enjoyed it as much as you did.
Awesome about the music. But Uber is bad lol. Take a taxi!
I just choked up and utter "damn"...lol
The story behind this masterpiece is incredible
Feel, you can't montage through the entire life of someone trying to find themselves only to walk out the door when climax arrives!
"Take a sad song, and make it better" And so they did.
Bro 🍻
I heard this song for the first time last week and I’ve had it on repeat ever since. How come I’ve never heard of Wilson Pickett? Now that’s all I’m listening to. What a voice!
Um he's one one the greats. Mustang Sally, In the Midnight Hour, Land of a 1000 Dances, and more.
Crazy that such a beautiful song, reproduced by legends who are long gone now, black and white can't be thrown out there for all of us to hear more often. The message is UNITY and OUR world needs more of this. RIP Duane and Wilson, amazing talents and good will ambassadors
All we need is love
Hands down the best cover version of the Beatles or any other cover song. Gives me chills everytime I listen to it. The musical arrangements on behalf of the Swampers is awesome. These guys are top notch and never got the true recognition they deserve. The rest is history with Duane and Wilson. Two fantastic musicians who left their music til the end of time!
Taxman by Stevie Ray Vaughan is also a brilliant cover
I propose Joe Cocker with 'A Little Help' for the title. He clearly improved on the song and is famous for it. Other did great Covers, but none came close to exceeding the Original as Joe did.
A short while back I was sitting with some friends, all around 50 and talking about past R&B singers. I mentioned Wilson Picket and they brushed me off. I played this song and they were blown away. I never found out about until maybe 10 years ago and that was only because of a Duane Allman bio. This song and man is a hidden treasure.
The mighty Wicked Wilson Pickett! Damn! That brotha is badd! Where has the music gone?
It's evolved into shit, Mr Gregory C.... and still creeping forward
You'll have to ask lil uzi vert and Katy Perry..
who are they
Exactly.@@juanrodriguez-ry6yt
Gregory C they don’t produce real music today.
This literally gives me chills. So great on every level. One of the best covers of a Beatles song and definitely the best cover of Hey Jude I’ve ever heard. ❤❤❤❤
Βeatles put no heart in `Hey Jude. Picket kicks it to heaven`
I was named after this song. I thought I loved the Beatles version but I think I like this one even more. Lately I've felt lost listening to this song somehow just makes me feel better and helps me solve my problems. Music is a powerful thing. it can change life's and change ones approach on life.
Keep rockin :)
hey jude, don't me down.
no pressure
Check out Wilson Pickett singing this live with the Bee Gees. You'll be blown away.... the energy and fun they're having... as emotional as this recording is the live is even better. (Tho without Allman)
I love the Beatles but I prefer this version as well.
Named my boy after this song too 👍
I didn’t exactly name my son after this song but I love the Beatles and I loved the name so… lol but what’s interesting is I’ve never heard of Wilson Pickett until I moved to Prattville Alabama. I’ve went to the Wilson Pickett festival multiple times. But today just got curious enough to look him up after seeing a play they are putting on about his life and stumbled upon this cover. It’s the little things in life. Haha
Duane just had the touch!!!!!! Amazing guitar playing.
Tom Howland This was THE BIRTH of Southern Rock!!!!
it's amazing he was so young when he died....he was going to get much better
I get cancer everytime i hear that, so much overused phrase.
Yes, Skydog will always be my favorite guitar player!
Mine too, without a doubt., So, does "overstating" the truth, change it? Nah, don't think so!
How can anyone not like this rendition of this great song?
Very easily. Please tell me what you like about it. Serious question. The reason I don't like this version is that Paul McCartney wrote it for Julian Lennon to help Julian get through his dad's divorce and the Yoko invasion. It was a ballad for a sad little boy and was not intended to be a Wilson Pickett scream fest.
@@gingerhughes7976 Cope harder. He only screams in the latter part of the song.
I did not forget about you Duane!
Simply poignant. And as a die-hard Beatle fan, I have to admit that Wilson Pickett completely nailed the song. Both are great, but the "soulness" that Pickett added to this gem is incredible.
maristela1968 this isn't the first Beatles song that has been covered into a great soul tune. I just remember "with a little help from my friends" by Joe cocker, but there might be more
I think this version is better than the beatles’s one. And I’m a die hard fan too. When you take Beatles songs and mix them with other genres and with the right artist. They can become even better
Ya Wilson stole it...but he OWNED IT!
Nothing beats the original. I must not be used to this genre that he plays in. I feel like he screams where the na na bit is. The original I find is slower and calmer. This version is alright but definitely not better.
It was Duane Allmans idea to record this song when he told Wilson his idea, Wilson thought he said hey Jew. Story always cracks me up. Amazing vocals and guitar playing.
This song is incredible! Wilson Picket, the man, and Duane Allman, who left us way too early! And when Duane starts jamming, the song changes. Wow!
Holy Hell! Is that not a voice?!?! Pure talent, no tricks, no correction, no bullshit.
Thank you Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman for your sweet, soulful "Hey Jude.' RIP
Duane's vibe is untouchable
🙏
This version by far exceeds anything even original. Wilson’s powerful voice and Duane’s guitar so sweet and full of soul and emotion. Goosebumps!!
This arrangement was so powerful it brought me to tears hit straight in my heart.
2019 and this version is still as strong today as the day they recorded it on tape. God bless Wilson, Duane and the Muscle Shoals sound.
That Muscle Shoals sound changed the music world.
Thank you Mr.El.
I grew up in the 60's and was already a Wilson Pickett fan.
He had a unique voice.
I didn't learn about Duane til' the mid 80's.
THIS is what a collabaration should sound like.
Wow!! Beautiful Beautiful music. Love it..
I wish this was longer..... I could listen to Duane and Wilson wail for ever!
ha! i wonder if he would have held out for a longer version ..damn did he wail!
I feel the same. That mix of voice and guitar is beautiful. It can't really be put into words how good it sounds
Radio had a strict three minutes or less if you wanted to get your record on the air. However the Muscle Shoals players had a habit of jamming on long after the cut mark. Boz Scaggs said Duane and the Swampers went into overdrive while recording Somebody Loan Me A Dime at the former casket factory, better known as Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
He said somewhere in Sheffield, Alabama, there's a can with about 45 minutes of Loan. Can you imagine? Duane, Eddie Hinton and Boz were own fire. Esteemed drummer Roger Hawkins was leading the group everywhere, one of the best session keyboard wizards ever, Barry Becket was on top and Duane, due to the tiny size of the studio, was locked in a 3 foot by 3 foot toilet with his amp, blowing shingles off the building!
Of course that wasn't a first. A few months earlier, the Rolling Stones showed up for a secret recording session.
They were to record three songs. The first was an old blues tune called You Gotta Move. Next up was a song that wasn't finished. Keith Richards went to Florence for some Minie Pearl's Fried chicken, came back to the studio and locked himself in the John and finished writing..... Wild Horses.
The toilet seat has been replaced by a new one but, not to worry. If you make the trip to tour the studios and thousands come every year since they've been opened to the public, the original toilet seat hangs on a studio wall.
During the sessions for a song called Brown Sugar, they were revved and ready. The Stones record with every thing cranked to high! I think it was Swamper David Hood who was standing outside whenthey let it fly. He said he had never seen a building shake like that!
Keith said they had intended to come back the following year to
record Exile on Main street but they had been barred from coming into the country for obvious reasons.
Oh well.
OMG, I am old as dirt n never heard this before, two of my favorite people, both underrated and overtalled. Who ever posted, THANKS
For some reason I needed to hear this version of "Hey Jude". Just so much negative energy in the air and this song how Mr. Pickett did it kind of puts me a settle down mood.
Hey Roger, Wilson brings it up to a hair raising level, don't he?
I hear, brother, the world needs more of this.
Exactly! It sound like "the times, too.....Ahh, the 70's!!
Roger you get a chance watch muscle shoals documentary, my world growing up in the hills of Tennessee
Roger James right it has more feeling in it
One of the greatest vocalists together with one of the greatest guitarists - doesn't get any better than this.
From one of the greatest song writers.
You got that right
The great Wilson Pickett and the great Duane Allman!! Love this version of Hey Jude!!
no u don't
Where has this been all my life?! It's magic!
Welcome! 😮
Muscle Shoals baby!
Yeah!
Seen the muscle shoals doc few times but missed looking up this song an hearing Wilson just get it at end an know Dawayne had that in mind an thank goodness this was shared as pre almond brothers history let alone wilson picket etc an covering beatles jude. Yeah!!!!
My FIRST time hearing this was about 5 a.m. in the morning, while in the ghetto, walking to the bus stop. Almost missed the bus. NEARLY FAINTED. JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!
there's probably no greater compliment than having these two legends cover your song
I loved Wilson Pickett and his music. What a voice!
My man!
This man is truly a legend! He is also what a true soul singer should be. Rest in peace brother Pickett
One of the best tracks of the 1960s. The Wicked Pickett meets the Skydog, Duane Allman, and they do up a Beatles tune right!
Wow, first time heard song in this manner. Amazing. Thank you for sharing
This entire Song Embodies the Beauty of American Music.. Great Vocals, Guitars, Horns and Percussion.
This was recorded in Mussle Shoals Alabama. When the recording engineers went to lunch Dwayne Allman set up and recorded this song. this was a time when the South was still pretty much segregatedand Duane Allman did not want Wilson Pickett to fill out of place at some place to eat. When the engineers got back to the office and they saw what he had done they were dumbfounded at how good it sounded.
They weren’t going to let a hairy hippy have a seat any sooner than they would have let Wilson.
@@iMagdog1 this statement is more true of my earlier memories of how hippies were viewed by everyday society......they weren't romanticized until decades later.??........were considered filthy
B.S. Rick Hall tells the story how it came about, here: ruclips.net/video/k9nfwPd6Bcw/видео.html
Long haired hippies were less welcome in Alabama than Wilson Pickett in those days.
No one comes close to igniting the true passion in this song than Wilson Pickett
Wilson picket and Duane Allman in Muscle Shoals- what an amazing joy to hear.
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Paul McCartney wrote this song for Julian Lennon ( John’s son.)
Truly the birth of Southern Rock.🎸
Great Duane, been such a long time now. ☝
When you are nonchalantly scrolling through RUclips and an incredible GEM like this catches your eye............ Wilson Pickett.........singing Hey, Jude............. with Duane Allman playing guitar.......
every ounce of my soul said oh, I’ll be having ME some of THAT.
And, it was even better than I imagined it could be.
Thank you, sir. That was good
What made this such an unusual recording was Duanes guitar solo. Soul solos were mostly reserved for the saxophone. Duanes underlying solo with Picketts voice at the end.. was inspiring.
Duane had a feel for accompanying a voice with his guitar that doesnt intrude on the singer. He would add just enough to round out the sound and raw emotion. Check out his work on Aretha Franklin's "It ain't fair". Another perfect example.
Such great music to encourage a sad world. I have always loved people, including Duane and Wilson. Stay strong. Old Hippy from Cape Town.
Wilson Pickett absolutely nails this
HELL YEAH HE DOES!
The sad part, no videos back then. A classic rock guitarist with a classic soul singer. I would have loved to have seen this session. Wow!
Wow!! how good is this...Amazing...thank you ..
I wish there was a video of this performance. The world missed out on a gem.
There's a clip of him duetting this with Tom Jones somewhere on RUclips.
They both new how to lay it down this is a master piece !
This is absolutely epic!
This song is just pure, pedal to medal power. It’s a force!!
So so sad that we'll never hear such soulful sounds ever again.
18winsagin yea we will, it’s called the repeat button on this song !!!!!
@@TheGuitarMan71 Hasaaaaa that is so right I've been doing it for years, just didn't realize it my man
My buddy Dave Panzer was Wilson Pickett's guitar player before he died. They ended every show with this song. Also Listen to Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa do a incredibly passionate I'd rather go blind boy. The Etta James song
Never say never
Just finished watching the documentary called Muscle Shoals about a couple music studios in Alabama that made history producing great music and they said that from these sessions between Wilson Picket and Duane Allman was born the southern rock style.
Wow!!!! I Can't believe my ears. Wilson Pickett, Duan Allman and the incredible studio band Muscle Shoals. Fame???
Absolutely 💯
The voice and sound that drags you back into the late 60s and early 70s.......
Check out Candi Staton's "Sure As Sin." One of the best of the best soul singers. A gritty, Hanceville, Alabama girl who can take you to the depths with that powerful voice!
And I’ve been blessed richly today Thank you 🙏
Truly blessed.
That voice & the guitar phrasing bought tears to my eyes. WoW !
Wilson and Duane made terrific team, wow!! The Beatles wrote it, but darn it, Wilson owns it. He made sure that no one could ever do it better.
It don’t get any better. ❤
As much as I love and respect the Beatles, two of The Beatles songs were taken away from them by men who did them better. Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman with Hey Jude and Joe Cocker with I get by with a little help from my friends. Just no denying that they own those songs now!
Elton John's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was great also. He took it to number 1.
Also: "Help" by Tina Turner. This is the way it's meant to be. John Farnham did a great redention of this song too.
Great? Yes. Different? Yes. Better? No. I'll take The Beatles' version of those songs any day.
By far the best version of Hey Jude I have ever heard and yes Jay Jackson, goosebumps all over!!!!
Take a look at a live version with Wilson Pickett and Tom Jones from the 70's.
@@ruthbumbar8142 Thank you I love me some Wilson Pickett.
Thank you for sharing the song and the story. So very priceless to my Soul
southern rock was born in this Muscle Shoals, AL sessions
Recorded at Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals. Picket, Allman, Wexler, Hall and the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. A bunch of geniuses gathered in one place.
A must see doc imo!!
No Wexler in this case. The first he ever heard of Duane was when Rick Hall played the song for him over the phone. He bought Duane's contract right then!
Ain’t nothing to say other than, that’s some good $h!t!!! Thank You Wilson and Duane!!
This is a great version of Hey Jude! I will go out on a limb and say it matches the original in greatness
WAY better than the original.
@@hiltonjacobs8910 uhm ok.
@@hiltonjacobs8910 nah this is good but not nearly as good as the origianl
@@hiltonjacobs8910 fact
@@jedahdomah6798 in my opinion this one is better than the Beatles