CLASSIC ROCK

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:38 pm

In Memphis, Al Jackson, the drummer for Booker T. and the MG's, Stax's house rhythm section, molded the Bar-Key into a tight-knit, funky instrumental combo much like his own

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:30 am

1967

Otis Redding,too, thought so much of the Bar-Kays tht he groomed them to be his regular backing band on live gigs. A dance instrumental with added party noises,Soul Finger remains the greatest hit of Stax's second house band.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:44 am

1967

In Memphis, while home for the Christmas holiday in 1966, Carla Thomas, Stax's ranking female artist, recorded an album with Otis Redding called King and Queen. Album concepts were then in vogue, and Stax's owner, Jim Stewart, had the idea of pairing his leading vocalists. Thomas was apprehesive about the project, but as she recalled. "I just talked with Otis and he just said, "Well, hey you from Memphis, you from Tennessee, you can hang.' We just ad-libbed and it came off great.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:47 am

Isley Brothers............ Shout

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:59 am

Byrds................. Eight Miles High

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:20 am

1967

Tramp, a No.5 R & B song for Lowell Fulsom in 1966,was the first session cut,and it was Otis' idea to cover the song.Fueled by the singers' good hearted exchange of insults, Tramp is wild and downhome, a soulful duel between two friends.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:07 pm

Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:09 pm

I'm a Man---The Spencer Davis Group

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:16 pm

Ain't No Mountain High Enough--Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrll

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:16 am

1967

Carla Thomas remembers that there were plans to record a duet album with Otis Redding each subsequent Christmas. But these plans were never realized. On December 10,1967, the light aircraft carrying Redding and most of the Bar-Kays crashed into frozen Lake Monono in Wisconsin. Suddenly, the pop events of 1967 seemed as though they had occurred years ago.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:34 pm

I Was Made To Love Her

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:15 pm

In the summer of 1967, Tammi Terrell fainted into the arms of Marvin Gaye on a concert stage in Virginia during their performance of Your Precious Love.Terrell's collapes marked the beginning of the end for perhaps the most scintillating male-female vocal duo in pop history. She was diagnosed as suffering from a brain tumor and died in 1970 at the age of 24. Before her death, she recorded a number of sumptuosly romantic duets with Gaye in which the two achieved such a passionate rapport that listeners could only conclude they were lovers.Actually, Terrell was involved with David Ruffin of the Temptations, not Gaye.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:27 pm

Gimme little Sign

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:09 am

Peter Gabriel............ Solsbury Hill

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:47 am

The Beatles....................... Strawberry Fields Forever

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:20 pm

Lets live for today

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:29 pm

1967

Tammi Terrell (then Montgomery) began recording in 1961 and by 1963 was a member of James Brown's soul revue. In 1965, after her marriage to heavyweight boxing contender Ernie Terrell, she signed with Motown.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:45 pm

I was made to love her

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:19 pm

Gimme Little Sign

Brenton Wood

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm

1967

When Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell were first paired on the devotional Ain't No Mountain High Enough, it was apparent that her kittenish sexuality and husky timbre were perfect foils for Gaye's eroctic image and voice.