I am starting something new tonight and it's called Random Record Friday. Every Friday I will go downstairs to my +250 record collection and pull out a random record. I will then play it and talk about it on this blog. It is important to note that both bands on this record have had a member die this year bass player Donald Duck Dunn of Booker T. and The MG'S and tenor saxophone player Andrew Love of The Mar-Keys. Booker T. and The MG'S also turn 50 years old this year as does their hit song Green Onions. The group of musicians on this recording were the main backing musicians for Stax artists like Albert King, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam and Dave. Another thing to remember is that in the year of this recording Stax would lose one one of it's biggest stars Otis Redding in a plane crash.
The record being from 1967 and having come from my grandma's basement may be scratched but it still sounds good. The album is all live material from the Stax/Volt 1966 tour of Europe. When you listen to the first track which is Green Onions you will then know why Donald Dunn is one of the best bass players in all of music. Up to this point you have probably never heard the names of most of these musicians only their sound. This album is all instrumentals. I have never actually heard Jones sing and don't need to because his organ does the singing for him. Not only did they play the music but Booker T. and The MG'S also wrote most of the songs on this album with the exception of Gimme Some Lovin", "Philly Dog" which was written by another Stax artist Rufus Thomas and Last Night written by The Mar-Keys. The Mar-Keys and their other horn section The Memphis horns are in my opinion the greatest horn sections in the history of music. If you want an album with groove and feeling then you should listen to Back To Back.
I am starting something new tonight and it's called Random Record Friday. Every Friday I will go downstairs to my +250 record collection and pull out a random record. I will then play it and talk about it on this blog. It is important to note that both bands on this record have had a member die this year bass player Donald Duck Dunn of Booker T. and The MG'S and tenor saxophone player Andrew Love of The Mar-Keys. Booker T. and The MG'S also turn 50 years old this year as does their hit song Green Onions. The group of musicians on this recording were the main backing musicians for Stax artists like Albert King, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam and Dave. Another thing to remember is that in the year of this recording Stax would lose one one of it's biggest stars Otis Redding in a plane crash. 
The record being from 1967 and having come from my grandma's basement may be scratched but it still sounds good. The album is all live material from the Stax/Volt 1966 tour of Europe. When you listen to the first track which is Green Onions you will then know why Donald Dunn is one of the best bass players in all of music. Up to this point you have probably never heard the names of most of these musicians only their sound. This album is all instrumentals. I have never actually heard Jones sing and don't need to because his organ does the singing for him. Not only did they play the music but Booker T. and The MG'S also wrote most of the songs on this album with the exception of Gimme Some Lovin", "Philly Dog" which was written by another Stax artist Rufus Thomas and Last Night written by The Mar-Keys. The Mar-Keys and their other horn section The Memphis horns are in my opinion the greatest horn sections in the history of music. If you want an album with groove and feeling then you should listen to Back To Back.
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