Friday, June 29, 2012
Thee Midniters - Love Special Delivery
Not only have we finally and at long last found footage of Thee Midniters, but it's also our favorite song, and it's being introduced by a young Casey Kasem. Talk about a red letter day.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
FINALLY
We've been waiting so long for footage of the Rotary Connection that even them miming and lip synching with this terrible hack of a host will do.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Serge Gainsbourg - Love On The Beat
From Gainsbourg's 1984 album of the same name. Great song and video
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Bar-Kays (Mark I)
This is rare footage of the teenagers that had a hit with Soul Finger a few months prior, and would become Otis Redding's backing band, as well as STAX's second-string house band. Apparently this TV show appearance was taped the day before Redding and most of the band died in a plane crash.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Donald “Duck” Dunn 11/24/41 – 5/13/2012
One of soul music's greatest bass players, Duck Dunn, died last Sunday. Besides being the bassist for Booker T and the MGs, he also played on countless sessions as part of the Stax/Volt house band. Here he is on one of our favorite MGs songs, "Over Easy".
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