Johnny Jones and the King Casuals were a Nashville, Tennessee, rhythm and blues group active in the 1960s. They were regular performers at the North Nashville club district, Printer's Alley clubs, as well as often serving as the house band for the local television program, Night Train. The band, which was originally named 'The King Kasuals', was founded in 1962 by Jimi Hendrix and bassist Billy Cox in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States, after the two were discharged from the adjacent Fort Campbell Army post, and eventually relocated to Nashville. Johnny Jones (born John Albert Jones, August 17, 1936, Eads, Tennessee) moved to Chicago where he practised the blues with Junior Wells and others. He moved back to Nashville in the early 1960s to become a session musician, and eventually assumed leadership of the King Casuals, circa 1964, replacing Hendrix.
Whoop whoop top tune got it for £45 at queens hall Bradford all nighter years ago, it's strange how you can remember things like that , but I can't remember why I went upstairs lol CRAZY ✊😜💃
Wow, sounds like Otis' Satisfaction to the Stones ... Like you gonna ask yourself, could it be Jimi found an obscure original, and just nicked it.. (No I know, Jimi never did such thing, but Mick & Keith ... just to out and find the Staple Singers "Last Time" (the old version with Pops on vibrato guitar :) That will be the last time you have listened to the Stones doing that song ;)
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Johnny Jones and the King Casuals were a Nashville, Tennessee, rhythm and blues group active in the 1960s. They were regular performers at the North Nashville club district, Printer's Alley clubs, as well as often serving as the house band for the local television program, Night Train.
The band, which was originally named 'The King Kasuals', was founded in 1962 by Jimi Hendrix and bassist Billy Cox in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States, after the two were discharged from the adjacent Fort Campbell Army post, and eventually relocated to Nashville.
Johnny Jones (born John Albert Jones, August 17, 1936, Eads, Tennessee) moved to Chicago where he practised the blues with Junior Wells and others. He moved back to Nashville in the early 1960s to become a session musician, and eventually assumed leadership of the King Casuals, circa 1964, replacing Hendrix.
Thankyou!
Thanks John what a great insight, I was aware of links to Hendrix but you have made the story complete, many thanks to you sir. Top man. X
Thanks for sharing...
Never heard this cover version before, excellent.👍😎
Cut his teeth with these bands, dimensions baby. Northeen soul fan, love blues, rock too. Music is life!
This is great. I've never heard this or heard of Johnny Jones and the King Casuals before. Still sounds like 'kiss this guy' though. All the best.
Massive youth club sound! Hello to all Worcester soulies….
Just remembered this - the floor used to bounce at the casino to this tune!
Jill Harrison Didn't it just.
love this toon so much
brilliant....first heard it in Great Yarmouth circa 1975...off then a UK release with Baby Boy on the flip.....
Whoop whoop top tune got it for £45 at queens hall Bradford all nighter years ago, it's strange how you can remember things like that , but I can't remember why I went upstairs lol CRAZY ✊😜💃
Tazz Houghton I went to Queens Hall niters, never knew bout 2nd room, was probably trying to contend with the one I was in, used to overindulge
Excellent
That nice, real nice.
Brilliant used to have this but lost this on my many travels
Been re- issued .
Made my day-thanks for uploading this.
love this tune - exllent wee stomper-- ktf
Pretty cool. A touch of soul added to Jimi"s original. You still know it's a Hendrix track.
Close My Eyes & I'm Back in Wigan 😑 KTF X ❤
Old school stomper, if i ever did.
Oldies room Fleet 78 KTF
Bonkers but brilliant!
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Bonkers bloke made the right call on this one. Got this on a Northern compo' CD somewhere.
Meanwhile in a alternate universe
WHOA-
Wow, sounds like Otis' Satisfaction to the Stones ... Like you gonna ask yourself, could it be Jimi found an obscure original, and just nicked it..
(No I know, Jimi never did such thing, but Mick & Keith ... just to out and find the Staple Singers "Last Time" (the old version with Pops on vibrato guitar :)
That will be the last time you have listened to the Stones doing that song ;)
If you look at the label, you can see that Hendrix is credited as the composer.
It was Jimi on the track that's his older band
Cool Version !!
Jimi's original band. Jones took over after he left.
Yes he was...and for all we know Hendrix could be playing on it...it does sound like him playing..
brilliant
Cool version produced by William Bell.
sweet
Never heard this cover version before
Too cool!!! not Jimi, but if it inspired him, so cool!!!
This song was recorded years after Hendrix left the King Kasuals. They did a cover of Hendrix's song, not the other way around.
Mablethorpe waltzers summer 1976
cool as a pool just heard this version on the morning show wfmu
Tune !
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'Kiss the sky' or Kiss this guy'?
Kiss the sky, it took me years to unhear kiss this guy tho haha