Lee Dorsey - Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky

[thewillismon]

I was shocked to see this only charted at #95 on the pop charts, cause I remember hearing this a whole lot in the summer of 69

[feinstein1]

The Treme cover is Dr. John fronting Dirty Dozon, but this is the original with The Meters!

[RainBeauRhyder]

I heard this on Treme on HBO this week when Davis was DJ'ing and I had to find it! Thanks for posting! Lee Dorsey has always been great!

[ChipHugger]

@RainBeauRhyder It's awesome, but I think Treme played the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's version.

[AresCassell]

Did this version come before the Lou Donaldson version?

[Multi1628]

@vinegaroon1  You are right - Toussaint wrote and produced (along with Marshall Sehorn), almost all of Dorsey's biggest hits - I have all his 45s and Allen Toussaint's name is on almost all of them. Both great New Orleans artists! ***DAVE♫♫♫♫DJ***

[squingy]

YA-HOOOOO

[Multi1628]

I grew up in New Orleans, and this wasn't on the radio in summer of 1968. 1969 was the great year for this song - Lee Dorsey and New Orleans are the best!

Trivia 101 - who sings the intro?

DAVEDJ

[vinegaroon1]

@Multi1628 Allen Toussaint was doing this song in the late Sixties as well. I was living in NOLA at the time also. I'm not sure, but Toussaint might have written it.

[professor501]

@Multi1628

Allen Toussaint

[micrumg]

great gogamoga! geton down wit yo bad self

[robgilmo]

AND THIS GUY-

[mconionhead]

This is the shit man. I salute this type of shit. I know mad folks put this one on repeat. its too infetious.

[JoeBobaRebob]

Toni Price of Austin also has a great version. Doesnt top Lee though, fo sho.

[MURPHNSPUD]

verrrrrrrrrrrrry nice

cant beleive someone voted a dislike of this song

ace stuff

[cradloff]

Love the bassline... 

[paulthepill]

woooo well funky.........

[MrCudaddy]

Poncho Sanchez quotes it too on the live cd with "Cold Duck Time" on it. Check out his Latin-funk version.

[FaustyFob]

I feel so proud to be a portlander right now, he was born in new orleans and moved to my city at a young age, ive got myself a funk band, and we do it in his wake!

[freqazoidiac]

Dorsey, one of the greats! Have been collecting vinyl for 20 years and still have never found an original full length on LP by this man, well nothing in good shape under a hundred dollars. haha. It's worth it! Just don't have the dough. This cut has been on many comps for good reason, as I understand, that's the METERS playing under this cat? Or just partial? Toussaint's in the house here, right? Cheers..do you quickcapture too? I do similar posts of vinyl!

[SOULINTEGRITY]

CLASS

[BlackMesaLoop]

I heard this sung by Michael Doucet and his violin on our university radio station recently. Doucet's recording came out a couple of years ago. Can't find it on youtube--wish I could.

[lifeformlifeform]

Classic!

[GuitarMike1]

Great groove and harmonies!

[wedge4hire]

You gotta love that reset, "Everything I do Gon' Be funky from now on"!! Summer of 1968 was so special.

[telemachos73]

i cant wait for pop music to have this kind of heart again

[DJSnafu]

Dorsey, mad mad genious. I think Lou Donaldon's verison of this is a little better musically though

[KROMLIVES]

I wish I could rate this 1000 stars but I guess I'll settle for 5...they just don't make great music like this anymore! Makes me wish I would have grown up back then when funk was funk and soul was soul...

[jancrisprols]

I love this cool funky song

[Oshunlife]

Yesss! I get it!! This is the ish! So, funky, so smooth, so....

[Flaviovic]

One of Lee Drseys best !Gets it !!I was grooving with it when i was in School

[wedge4hire]

This was the cut, in the summer of 1968. That is, unless you had your nose in the air, thinking a country boy like Lee Dorsey couldn't handle his business. My boys and I knew better!!!!! Lee was all that!!

Great posting

[Falcons66]

The BEastie Boys had a lyric in one song that said 'Everything I do is Funky like Lee Dorsey'. I always knew who Lee was, but somehow never knew this track and that the lyrics was a direct reference to a Dorsey SONG. Outstanding. i love it! Ya-Ya! ;)

[ickyraytrojan]

yes sir ..the beasties paid homage ...this song has the funk any one who likes to move in a nice kinda manner ( or is it nasty) can dig !!!!

[GregoryGraveyard]

@Falcons66.... "like The Black Birds I'm A Do It Fluid"

[ROYHEAD]

this ia a very UNDERESTIMATED singer ,northern soulies please take note

[mekonfear]

@ROYHEAD

I can pretty much vouch for the fact that most northern soulers know who Lee Dorsey is; he's not a rare artist after all

[northerngirl72]

Thanks Lee lol yes I spotted this one, excellent and funky..