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!
Ganhou o apelido de "Duck" (Pato) pois assistia muito a desenhos animados da Disney. Com seu amigo de infância e futuro colega de trabalho Steve Cropper começaram a tocar guitarra com um amigo chamado Charlie Freeman. Posteriormente Dunn decidiu estudar baixo e eventualmente o grupo juntou-se ao baterista Terry Johnson, formando a banda Royal Spades. Em 1965, Dunn integrou com Steve Cropper e Booker T. Jones, a banda Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
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.
Fun fact: both of them were the only two members of the band who met and recorded with Elvis Presley at Stax in 1973. Booker and Steve couldn’t make it to the recording sessions because of other circumstances in their lives. Steve Cropper wanted desperately to play music with Elvis but sadly never got the chance. Al and Duck were the lucky ones.
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 .....
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.
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.
@@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.
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!
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.
@@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.)
My oh my doesn't get better than this! Donald 'Duck' Dunn is a beast on bass and so young, no room for his pipe on those bass lines! Hope players take note of Steve Cropper's ability to give the song space, that was his genius, he didn't have to 'shred' to get his point across ~
What a tremendous memorial to the amazing Donald "Duck" Dunn. Best video of him ever. NO wonder Muddy Waters selected him to play on the studio album Fathers and Sons. He know how to lay down a solid bass line.
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.
@@bernocreely4601 Sorry, but unfortunately Al Jackson was murdered in the 70's. You are thinking of Steve Jordan. He was born a lot later than Al was. Jordan has played with Keith Richards on his solo stuff for years. Both great drummers.
@@benmeisner-dr5bbJackson compareceu à exibição com Eddie Floyd e Terry Manning . Após a exibição, ele voltou para casa e encontrou intrusos na casa. Segundo consta, ele foi instruído a se ajoelhar e foi mortalmente baleado cinco vezes nas costas. Por volta das 3 da manhã de 1º de outubro, Barbara Jackson correu para a rua, gritando por socorro. Ela disse à polícia que ladrões a amarraram e atiraram em seu marido quando ele voltou para casa. A polícia não encontrou nada fora do lugar na casa, e a carteira e as joias de Jackson ainda estavam com ele. O homem que se acredita ter puxado o gatilho teria conhecido alguém em Memphis. Depois de roubar um banco na Flórida, essa pessoa disse ao suposto atirador para encontrá-lo na casa de Al Jackson. Rastreado pela Flórida, para Memphis e para Seattle, Washington, o suposto assassino, o namorado da amiga de Barbara Jackson, Denise LaSalle , foi morto por um policial em 15 de julho de 1976, após um tiroteio não relacionado.
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. ruclips.net/video/kUk1WTAReyE/видео.html Also, if you come upon vids w screaming audiences, that's likely the London show (lower quality - but rewarding nevertheless). Good luck & ENJOY!
Booker T has been performing in the UK this year 2024, watched him being interviewed by the BBC, such a lovely humble man.Loved “ Time is Tight” too, bought it in the 60s. Some great instrumentals during that time, Junior Walker and the All Stars were also great.
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.
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.
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.
What people don't realize that Booker T&the MG's were the back-up band on the Stax Revue tours&most of the studio recordings@Stax!What an outstanding group of musicians that can never be copied or matched!
@@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.
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.
This clip from same concert shows how many were really digging it but agree in this version they are ether dead or in shock ruclips.net/video/_N8iF2vQlxw/видео.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.
j'❤ c'était le bon vieux temps des Années 1960 ( en 1967 j'avais 20 Ans 🙆♀ ) c'était mon Époque ADORÉE que de Nostalgie , que c'est bon de réentendre ces bons vieux tubes de cette époque mon époque MERCI !!!!
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
This is why you want to be in a band. Has anything been cooler than this ever? 4 great musicians having fun and looking great. Also, Steve Cropper is the greatest guitarist. He never played a wrong note.
Also a great songwriter, arranger, and producer. Not to mention he could spot talent right away. Just a few notes of listening to Otis Redding in a makeshift audition told Cropper he had found a superstar.
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.
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'.
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!!!!!
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
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.
This song is solid gold. Every time a hear a new version by The MGs it's like confirmation that this is the pinnacle of all music! Never really realised how special the drummer was until this version.
![Booker T & the MG's - Green Onions [12 Minute Loop]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zonWw61kEHo/mqdefault.jpg)
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 agree, also by Jimmy Smith
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
Duck holding the line like a boss 😎
Like a F***** BOSS!
True enough. And totally gooving with it.
driving it
The scource of everything
Loved this song back then and still do!
agree 100%
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.
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.
Ganhou o apelido de "Duck" (Pato) pois assistia muito a desenhos animados da Disney.
Com seu amigo de infância e futuro colega de trabalho Steve Cropper começaram a tocar guitarra com um amigo chamado Charlie Freeman. Posteriormente Dunn decidiu estudar baixo e eventualmente o grupo juntou-se ao baterista Terry Johnson, formando a banda Royal Spades.
Em 1965, Dunn integrou com Steve Cropper e Booker T. Jones, a banda Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
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
Show some love for that bass player though, my guy.
Duck Dunn,Steve cropper and Al Jackson. Wow
This music will never be out of date.
Al Jackson playing is high level
Human metronome!
I still DJ this one I am 68
This song is the DEFINITION of cool.
I could not agree more.
Cool times.
😂.❤❤❤@@carolynforge8586
agree 100%
I would have to agree!
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.
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
Al Jackson Jr and Duck Dunn were one of the absolute best rhythm sections ever!!!
Fun fact: both of them were the only two members of the band who met and recorded with Elvis Presley at Stax in 1973. Booker and Steve couldn’t make it to the recording sessions because of other circumstances in their lives. Steve Cropper wanted desperately to play music with Elvis but sadly never got the chance. Al and Duck were the lucky ones.
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
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
The 60s was the best decade for music
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
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This the coolest song ever made!
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.
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
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!"
Undoubtedly one of greatest songs from the 1960's. It still sounds as heavy today in 2024 as when it came out. Unreal.
The coolest drummer ever.
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
I was 6 yrs old when this came out!!!!
Throw down boys!!!!
HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY
BOOKER T. JONES
(NOVEMBER 12, 2020)
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 is THE only song my nana (98yrs old) will still get up & dance too
98 and still dancing. Good for her.
@ yea God has really blessed her. My ACE
My oh my doesn't get better than this! Donald 'Duck' Dunn is a beast on bass and so young, no room for his pipe on those bass lines! Hope players take note of Steve Cropper's ability to give the song space, that was his genius, he didn't have to 'shred' to get his point across ~
Great ride on the Mood Elevator!
Damn that’s awesome. Really melted some of the audiences brains too lol
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
4 guy’s in total agreement.
What a tremendous memorial to the amazing Donald "Duck" Dunn. Best video of him ever. NO wonder Muddy Waters selected him to play on the studio album Fathers and Sons. He know how to lay down a solid bass line.
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.
That drummer is a madman
Al Jackson. One of the best ever!
Now plays with the Rolling Stones
@@bernocreely4601 🙃
@@bernocreely4601 Sorry, but unfortunately Al Jackson was murdered in the 70's. You are thinking of Steve Jordan. He was born a lot later than Al was. Jordan has played with Keith Richards on his solo stuff for years. Both great drummers.
@@benmeisner-dr5bbJackson compareceu à exibição com Eddie Floyd e Terry Manning . Após a exibição, ele voltou para casa e encontrou intrusos na casa. Segundo consta, ele foi instruído a se ajoelhar e foi mortalmente baleado cinco vezes nas costas. Por volta das 3 da manhã de 1º de outubro, Barbara Jackson correu para a rua, gritando por socorro. Ela disse à polícia que ladrões a amarraram e atiraram em seu marido quando ele voltou para casa. A polícia não encontrou nada fora do lugar na casa, e a carteira e as joias de Jackson ainda estavam com ele.
O homem que se acredita ter puxado o gatilho teria conhecido alguém em Memphis. Depois de roubar um banco na Flórida, essa pessoa disse ao suposto atirador para encontrá-lo na casa de Al Jackson. Rastreado pela Flórida, para Memphis e para Seattle, Washington, o suposto assassino, o namorado da amiga de Barbara Jackson, Denise LaSalle , foi morto por um policial em 15 de julho de 1976, após um tiroteio não relacionado.
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.
ruclips.net/video/kUk1WTAReyE/видео.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 boys got the groove
Booker T has been performing in the UK this year 2024, watched him being interviewed by the BBC, such a lovely humble man.Loved “ Time is Tight” too, bought it in the 60s. Some great instrumentals during that time, Junior Walker and the All Stars were also great.
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.
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
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 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.
Love this song they used to play it late at night on the radio it’s one of those songs that transports you to some where else !
The man can play the drums like nobody's business. I am a sixties child. ☮️
This song is the definition of cool
What people don't realize that Booker T&the MG's were the back-up band on the Stax Revue tours&most of the studio recordings@Stax!What an outstanding group of musicians that can never be copied or matched!
Oh yes!!!
What about the Wrecking Crew based in Los Angeles? Hard to find better studio guys than them. But no need to compare...everyone where great.
The band are so in tune with each other, class outfit , ace tune
A masterpiece right here. Some of those audience members know this song goes hard.
Melting Pot is such a great showcase of the Hammond organ.
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.
Absolutely one of the greatest tunes of all time
alltime instrumental track No. 1 !! ;-)
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
I love playing the bass riff ❤
This song will live on forever!
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
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
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
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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.
One of the greatest songs ever written! Timeless!
The best groove on planet earth! The people are simply hypnotized as the music opens space up in their minds.
Steve Copper & his White Telecaster.10 yrs. later he would become a Blues Brother! 🎸
Isn’t that Steve Cropper?
j'❤ c'était le bon vieux temps des Années 1960 ( en 1967 j'avais 20 Ans 🙆♀ ) c'était mon Époque ADORÉE que de Nostalgie , que c'est bon de réentendre ces bons vieux tubes de cette époque mon époque MERCI !!!!
このアル・ジャクソン凄くかっこいい！
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
BookerT and the MGs , HOLY SHIT!!!!!
This show nuff grown foke music, pure funky soul, all the way uncut!👈😎👍🇺🇲
I was 13 years old when this song came out! Brings back lot of fun memories!!🎶🥰🎸🎹🥁💃🕺🏿
This is why you want to be in a band. Has anything been cooler than this ever? 4 great musicians having fun and looking great. Also, Steve Cropper is the greatest guitarist. He never played a wrong note.
Also a great songwriter, arranger, and producer. Not to mention he could spot talent right away. Just a few notes of listening to Otis Redding in a makeshift audition told Cropper he had found a superstar.
Beyond Cool! Al Jackson was an underrated Drummer!
This band was the basis for nearly an entire record label.
Old Memphis BOY Luv Stax r & b Keep it goin
A very young Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn! Amazing musicians. Just ask the Blues Brothers!
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 Jones & Mgs was definitely 20 steps ahead of the music of 1967.
Band: Booker T Jones (organ), Al Jackson Jr. (drums), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass) and Steve Cropper (guitar). Amazing!
Normally I prefer the recorded original. This jam was the bomb.
What a cool sound! I’m 62 and have always liked this tune!
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 RUclips.
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Now that’s what I call music ❤😊
Some of the greatest masters of blues ever
I like the song the way it is l like it so much
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'.
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
1:38 - tough crowd...
It would be a hit today~sounds even better, too! 😎
Danced to this at 15 still great
Brilliant. This is a good example of a fugue. I will listen again.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES!!!!
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!!!!!
What a tune! What a band! So tight.
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
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 😂😂💯💯
Awesome! I saw Booker T at Ronnie Scott's lastnight, a brilliant set and a brilliant band!
This song is solid gold. Every time a hear a new version by The MGs it's like confirmation that this is the pinnacle of all music! Never really realised how special the drummer was until this version.
The best part is seeing the audience members that get it. That's so awesome.
This is a genius piece of music.
The grooviest groove in music!