In my opinion one of the greatest RnB tracks ever, and an opening riff that is in serious competition to be the best ever. Sample used by Dilated Peoples.
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SeasideMan
Pro - 2008-06-16 @ 22:09:09
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SeasideMan
Pro
- 2008-06-16 @ 22:13:51
It was played by Steve Cropper, I just discovered. Great session guitarist for Stax, he played the lead on that HUGE song Green Onions, and lots of other great songs too. I knew it had to be a pretty major guitarist! That explains the Hendrix influence too.
Cheers, Tom.-
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DominicGee
- 2008-06-17 @ 08:41:40
Yeah, Booker T & The MGs, a whole lotta Stax stuff is forgotten it seems, everyone goes on about Motown, but Stax had some seriously talented musicians on side.
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That's a classic RnB track, alright. You might be right that Dilated People's sampled it, but the riff is very VERY post-Hendrix, and I note that original track came out in 1968 a years after Hendrix's first album. Hendrix deserves the credit for that riff, which is so similar to one of his that it's almost astonishing. A touch Castles Made Of Sand, a Hint of Wind Cries Mary and even a smidgin of Little Wing.
Nice to hear that again, thanks for posting it. I wonder who the guitarist is on that track. Do you know, by any chance?
Tom.