Booker T. & the MG’s — Green Onions (Live)
Album: The Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
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Released: 1996
Length: 5:10
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Length: 5:10
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When they first laid this track down they were improvising and did not know that they were being recorded.
Oh good lawd... the guitar tone and phrasing are perfection.
That's Booker T. Jones seated in the photo.
Get yer dance on.
Saw them open for Creedence Clearwater Revival in Toronto 1972 Maple Leaf Gardens kind of an odd bill really but I liked it
For anyone who has spent time in Ithaca… you may well remember that for many years Green Onions was the background track to WVBR’s Concert Calendar.
perfect
Goosebumps!!
So much meatier than the old studio version.
WonderLizard wrote:
How 'bout that Booker was seventeen years old when this was recorded?
If just one Gen Z kid were to make something like this instead of endless shitty TikTok dances I'd have a rosier view of our future....
Hard to fathom that this song, one of the eternals of rock'n'roll, is 52 years old. Amazing.
How 'bout that Booker was seventeen years old when this was recorded?
If just one Gen Z kid were to make something like this instead of endless shitty TikTok dances I'd have a rosier view of our future....
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Let's not let this just lie here. Duck Dunn plays bass. Guitar is Steve Cropper.
had the pleasure of meeting Steve Cropper back in 2009 at a non-profit event i assisted with in lexington, ky. it was amazing.
Let's not let this just lie here. Duck Dunn plays bass. Guitar is Steve Cropper.
had the pleasure of meeting Steve Cropper back in 2009 at a non-profit event i assisted with in lexington, ky. it was amazing.
If you don't like this, please have someone take your pulse, just to make sure you're alive.
uksminas wrote:
Hells yeah......
Hells yeah......
Love It
I love RP for exposing me to new artists and playing my favorites oldsters
Some old favorites I never hear here:
King Sunny Ade
The original Penguin Cafe Orchestra
David Grisman
What about them, Bill?
Some old favorites I never hear here:
King Sunny Ade
The original Penguin Cafe Orchestra
David Grisman
What about them, Bill?
This just rocks ass in the best way possible.
Automatically induces bopping
This can only be a 10. Absolutely a brilliant, iconic piece of music. Wicked organ. Awesome guitar tone. Fabulous rhythm section.
EXCELLENT!! I love both, this version & the original studio version! Don't ask me to pick a favorite!
to see him play on the bbc... even now such a credit we can still see that skill. https://youtu.be/NcaIiyIJGso
If this song didn't influence Deep Purple's Machine Head album then I don't know what did.
mrselfdestruct wrote:
Yes that organ is organic.
Grass-fed & cage-free, too! :D
Yes that organ is organic.
Grass-fed & cage-free, too! :D
MERCY!!!
Steve Cropper!
nomnol wrote:
meatmike wrote:
Let's not let this just lie here. Duck Dunn plays bass. Guitar is Steve Cropper.
Who plays that lead guitar on this?
meatmike wrote:
Donald “Duck” Dunn plays guitar for Booker T.
Let's not let this just lie here. Duck Dunn plays bass. Guitar is Steve Cropper.
uksminas wrote:
I will never understand the type of people who choose to down-vote this kind of quality content.
I will never understand the type of people who choose to down-vote this kind of quality content.
My 9th Christmas, Dad gave me my first (portable!) record player, and this 45 was on the turntable. Never, ever, gets old.
msbolton wrote:
I agree. The studio album Green Onions was the first record I ever bought and I still play it. Thank you, John Peel, for introducing me to it.
Sorry, scrub the reference to John Peel - I bought Green Onions three or four years before he started playing it on British radio.
I agree. The studio album Green Onions was the first record I ever bought and I still play it. Thank you, John Peel, for introducing me to it.
Sorry, scrub the reference to John Peel - I bought Green Onions three or four years before he started playing it on British radio.
VH1 wrote:
I agree. The studio album Green Onions was the first record I ever bought and I still play it. Thank you, John Peel, for introducing me to it.
This is, was and always will be one of THE best sounds from the 60ties ever made!
I agree. The studio album Green Onions was the first record I ever bought and I still play it. Thank you, John Peel, for introducing me to it.
Steely_D wrote:
I believe the technical term is BADASSSS
Love the tone on that organ. Mean, organic.
I believe the technical term is BADASSSS
I have played a few notes on that Hammond !
it's a 10 for me
Donald “Duck” Dunn plays guitar for Booker T.
Who plays that lead guitar on this?
raga wrote:
Yes, and a keyboard player too...
Yes, and a keyboard player too...
uksminas wrote:
Just OOZES "Vintage!" Love it.
Just OOZES "Vintage!" Love it.
MERCY!!!!!
So rad. Arguably my favorite version.
This is a classic of classics!
Play it, Steve!
Yes, Sir; great things can come out of Memphis.
Steely_D wrote:
Yes that organ is organic.
Love the tone on that organ. Mean, organic.
Yes that organ is organic.
Shipp wrote: crank it up to 1. that's 1 above 12
But if this one is a 13 what do you give the live version from the 2013 Crossroads Festival?
This is everything music should be.
This is, was and always will be one of THE best sounds from the 60ties ever made!
Best take since 1962! I've never tried of this hit from the first time I heard it in teen club. I'm might be old but I'm still rocking!
Don't like to swear but this fn amazing, right?
crank it up to 1. that's 1 above 12
Wow! First time hearing this. Rock on!
Powerful classic. Even better live as the band lets loose. It's like Cropper is bending every note in the solo.
Absolute top stuff!
Wow, better than the always sweet original.
Love the tone on that organ. Mean, organic.
kingart wrote:
So as this is playing I went to iTunes to see if they have dissolved my pet peeve and put this LIVE version up there. NO.
How is it that RP has the good sense to share this red hot live track but iTunes is dumber than dirt?
Living proof, YEA, I SAY ***PROOF*** BROTHERS*** AND***SISTERS*** that billions of dollars only make you STUPID! How is it that RP has the good sense to share this red hot live track but iTunes is dumber than dirt?
Love this live version!
exellent blues!
So as this is playing I went to iTunes to see if they have dissolved my pet peeve and put this LIVE version up there. NO.
How is it that RP has the good sense to share this red hot live track but iTunes is dumber than dirt?
How is it that RP has the good sense to share this red hot live track but iTunes is dumber than dirt?
Great Friday afternoon tune.
So I cranked it to 11
So I cranked it to 11
mojcamojca77 wrote:
it fits in every day!
You are absolutely right !
it fits in every day!
You are absolutely right !
Azrica wrote:
not bad even for Monday afternoon :)
it fits in every day!
not bad even for Monday afternoon :)
it fits in every day!
It doesn't get better than this as I wind down my Friday at the office. Thanks, RP.
Dig it daddyoh
where's the 11 setting!?
Iconic. Heard them live in the sixties. Sweet memory!
Timeless perfection.
mojcamojca77 wrote:
not bad even for Monday afternoon :)
Great song for Friday morning:-).
not bad even for Monday afternoon :)
Great song for Friday morning:-).
maxvonevil wrote:
- Wow, and someone is manning the Strat as well? Mindblowing..
It's probably a Telecaster - Steve Cropper's weapon of choice.
- Wow, and someone is manning the Strat as well? Mindblowing..
It's probably a Telecaster - Steve Cropper's weapon of choice.
Would have loved to catch this live.
raga wrote:
Yes, and a keyboard player too...
- Wow, and someone is manning the Strat as well? Mindblowing..
Yes, and a keyboard player too...
- Wow, and someone is manning the Strat as well? Mindblowing..
SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
I have developed a business plan to open rest homes for old hippies. To be honest I just want to make sure my kids put me in one that allows sex, drugs and rock and roll until I can't do it any more.
Where does one sign up? ...deep down we're all hippies who need our pills
:-)
I have developed a business plan to open rest homes for old hippies. To be honest I just want to make sure my kids put me in one that allows sex, drugs and rock and roll until I can't do it any more.
Where does one sign up? ...deep down we're all hippies who need our pills
:-)
maxvonevil wrote:
Yes, and a keyboard player too...
That's a Hammond with a Leslie, right?
Yes, and a keyboard player too...
That's a Hammond with a Leslie, right?
OH YEAH
buddy wrote:
Hell Yeah!
Yer thinkin' too much. This is the cool you were looking for, my Padawan. Is cool, was cool, and ever shall be cool. It surrounds us, goes through us, and binds us together with the force of everlasting cool-cattiness. Ya dig?
Hell Yeah!
This really smokes.
Ahhh... thanks, I needed that.
mo Memphis pleeezzz
surley y'all got a Staxx compliation cd laying around somewhere
load it and hit play
surley y'all got a Staxx compliation cd laying around somewhere
load it and hit play
kingart wrote:
really...
It's 20 minutes too short!
really...
pixiep wrote:
yeah! hell yeah!!
Say no to Adeleeeeeeeeeeee eeeee eeeee
kurtster wrote:
Had the good fortune to be there. One of the best shows I've ever attended. Over 7 hours long and the weather was perfect for an outdoor show that wonderful evening.
So I think that the main question is this:
How was Snoop Dog?
Had the good fortune to be there. One of the best shows I've ever attended. Over 7 hours long and the weather was perfect for an outdoor show that wonderful evening.
So I think that the main question is this:
How was Snoop Dog?
yeah! hell yeah!!
Heck yes!
One of my pet peeves: this live version is not on iTunes. Eat me!
Man, listen to that B3 groan.
Bill! You keep playing interesting new (to me) artists (Slainte Mhaith, Leftover Cuties), but before I can go find a full album of theirs to listen to, you've already hooked me back in! I can't leave!
PopKombo wrote:
Had the good fortune to be there. One of the best shows I've ever attended. Over 7 hours long and the weather was perfect for an outdoor show that wonderful evening.
check the line up on the album cover what a concert!
Had the good fortune to be there. One of the best shows I've ever attended. Over 7 hours long and the weather was perfect for an outdoor show that wonderful evening.
It's 20 minutes too short!
He played NPR's Tiny Desk not that long ago. He still plays it with real feeling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh9KDzNkpSI
Great stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh9KDzNkpSI
Great stuff!
And only the studio, not this smokin' hot live track, to be found on iTunes. Suckers. Rhymes with....
Krakus wrote:
Totally agree! Listening to the outro - it sounds like nobody wanted it to end!
If this song does not turn your crappy day into awesome, I don't know what will.
Totally agree! Listening to the outro - it sounds like nobody wanted it to end!
If this song does not turn your crappy day into awesome, I don't know what will.
Hard to fathom that this song, one of the eternals of rock'n'roll, is 52 years old. Amazing.
Carl wrote:
Keep counting, Carl, if that's what turns you on, Bro'!
Hate to be one, but isn't this the second time that "Green Onions" played on RP today? It was OK in the day, but seriously…
Keep counting, Carl, if that's what turns you on, Bro'!
check the line up on the album cover what a concert!
Poacher wrote:
I have developed a business plan to open rest homes for old hippies. To be honest I just want to make sure my kids put me in one that allows sex, drugs and rock and roll until I can't do it any more.
Is there anywhere I can vote for you?
I have developed a business plan to open rest homes for old hippies. To be honest I just want to make sure my kids put me in one that allows sex, drugs and rock and roll until I can't do it any more.
Is there anywhere I can vote for you?
God bless you, Duck Dunn, wherever you are!
jhorton wrote:
Hmmm. Maybe you will grow up some day and learn to appreciate music from all eras. (Should those of us who love classical music be rotting in our graves?) This is a classic of its time, and truly wonderful for those of us who appreciate it.
Aren't all you people who think this kind of music is cool, living in rest homes yet?
Mute button!
Mute button!
Hmmm. Maybe you will grow up some day and learn to appreciate music from all eras. (Should those of us who love classical music be rotting in our graves?) This is a classic of its time, and truly wonderful for those of us who appreciate it.
Hate to be one, but isn't this the second time that "Green Onions" played on RP today? It was OK in the day, but seriously…
nagsheadlocal wrote:
Surely you mean Michael.
vivakitty wrote:
Agreed 100%. This sounds like a bar band, a really great bar band but still, reworking the classic original.
You probably couldn't pay these guys any amount of money to play it like the original single again. A classic but if you have to play it on command over and over again, a song like this becomes a noose.
Suffers from the lack of Al Jackson, but still a welcome sound this morning.
Surely you mean Michael.
vivakitty wrote:
Agreed 100%. This sounds like a bar band, a really great bar band but still, reworking the classic original.
You probably couldn't pay these guys any amount of money to play it like the original single again. A classic but if you have to play it on command over and over again, a song like this becomes a noose.
Far and away the best version I've heard. When they weren't busy doing backing work these guys could play. Damn near God-like.
Nice
I saw Booker T. play live with the Drive-By Truckers at Coachella in 2009. One of the single best musical memories of my life.
I rated this an 8? WTH? 10! And I'm not nearly old enough to be thinking about a retirement home yet.
JrzyTmata wrote:
I have developed a business plan to open rest homes for old hippies. To be honest I just want to make sure my kids put me in one that allows sex, drugs and rock and roll until I can't do it any more.
Those retirement homes are gonna rock!
I have developed a business plan to open rest homes for old hippies. To be honest I just want to make sure my kids put me in one that allows sex, drugs and rock and roll until I can't do it any more.
Everyone within earshot of my classroom is dancing.
What a superb version. A real blast from my yoof.
idiot_wind wrote:
Yup!
Wow! What is that? lead guitar that sounds cool and has some soul?
Is that Steve Cropper?
Is that Steve Cropper?
Yup!
To hell with a measly 9!
Wow! What is that? lead guitar that sounds cool and has some soul?
Is that Steve Cropper?
Is that Steve Cropper?
That is some groove! Love it!
Suffers from the lack of Al Jackson, but still a welcome sound this morning.
Yup, still got the EP on this, well nominally, it is my wife's.
BTW, well said Proclivity
BTW, well said Proclivity
Yer thinkin' too much. This is the cool you were looking for, my Padawan. Is cool, was cool, and ever shall be cool. It surrounds us, goes through us, and binds us together with the force of everlasting cool-cattiness. Ya dig?
rdo wrote:
But is it good? Cool or not, it's too stuffy for me. It all sounds so much the same to me. I could also say that about classical music. My relationship with classical is sifting through hundreds upon hundreds of songs before I find one or two I like. But when I find that one I like, it makes it all worth the time. So much classical sounds the same though. Music must be free from any rules, dogma, constraints, styles, theories, etc... When it is constricted by these dominant modes, it suffers into stagnation. We are right now in the greatest age of musical creativity, and I seriously mean that.
Well, you know that "good" is still a subjective judgment, but I'm not sure I've ever heard R&B called "stuffy" before. I know what you're getting at about stagnation of creativity, which can be true, particularly within specific genres of music (such as R&B, or chamber music), but all music is not constricted by styles and theories - it is often structured and defined by them, sort of like grammar or color theory - where even defying or altering traditional conventions is still acknowledging them. Just about every song that you (or anyone) have rated a "10" is still based on very old concepts of music theory and melodic and harmonic principals, unless John Cage's "4' 33" ", or something like that, is on the playlist. Obviously, rules and dogma could be called "constrictive" though. It could, potentially, be "the greatest age of musical creativity" in some ways, but I guess it depends on who one asks, and one wouldn't really know until the future.
But is it good? Cool or not, it's too stuffy for me. It all sounds so much the same to me. I could also say that about classical music. My relationship with classical is sifting through hundreds upon hundreds of songs before I find one or two I like. But when I find that one I like, it makes it all worth the time. So much classical sounds the same though. Music must be free from any rules, dogma, constraints, styles, theories, etc... When it is constricted by these dominant modes, it suffers into stagnation. We are right now in the greatest age of musical creativity, and I seriously mean that.
Well, you know that "good" is still a subjective judgment, but I'm not sure I've ever heard R&B called "stuffy" before. I know what you're getting at about stagnation of creativity, which can be true, particularly within specific genres of music (such as R&B, or chamber music), but all music is not constricted by styles and theories - it is often structured and defined by them, sort of like grammar or color theory - where even defying or altering traditional conventions is still acknowledging them. Just about every song that you (or anyone) have rated a "10" is still based on very old concepts of music theory and melodic and harmonic principals, unless John Cage's "4' 33" ", or something like that, is on the playlist. Obviously, rules and dogma could be called "constrictive" though. It could, potentially, be "the greatest age of musical creativity" in some ways, but I guess it depends on who one asks, and one wouldn't really know until the future.
When they first laid this track down they were improvising and did not know that they were being recorded.
Sounds like Ray Charles 'What'd I Say'.