"Soul Serenade" (live) King Curtis & The Kingpins

[neiandra]

Grandes ícones da musica nos anos 70!!!

[likeriver]

I type in King Curtis and all I see is this loud fat kid running around. What the hell.

[TheLuLuGirl57]

Hail to the King..!!! Yes, this is the man, that I grew up listening to. I'm a child born in the late 60's, and this song was one of the songs I had to listen to every weekend...ALL weekend. I probably knew about "King Curtis" before I knew my own name. Now that I am older and wiser...this song, I now listen respectfully and enjoyingly. Truly, he was a talented and gifted man. Although he lost his life tragically, may he rest in peace.

[wazzzit]

where did 40 years go?

but the man's music is still the best!

[screeningmimi]

@joelbeblue They did it as a tribute to King Curtis who was a great friend of Duane's

[jcbluefunk]

man, that is one sweeeeet! soundin' soprano. thx mc garvision

[thechewydude]

What an ending for such a great man..

[skipp22]

I have never heard of King Curtis until tonight, but as soon as I heard him play the first note from the sax I got chills that lasted through the entire song.

Thank you McGarVision for sharing this.

[Keepsu]

2 people have no souls to serenade.

[Uzzman27]

RIP Cornell Dupree!

[A1MaxJones]

Across the internet tonight is RIP. Cornell Dupree. God loves him

[blindrunkwilly]

@A1MaxJones Amen brother. Cornell was the best.

[amd77j]

What a great musician King Curtis was. This is a classic. Thanks for posting!!!!

[ioriorioriorio]

At 1;00 curtis the soul snake charmer hoodoo man...leadin all us white hippies back through the blues era....right at the ol crossroads

[dogcat126]

oh how i love this!!! i had the original record but this live version is soso good. thanks so much for posting. i thank you and all the other people who post these great old soul singers and groups. now i can listen to them anytime and they help me so much when i get down in the dumps. i have cancer and you just don't know how much you help me by posting these great songs!! thankx again!!!

[icehouse1112]

I can't believe , well I can, this is UTube. LOL! I am so glad I found this video. My husband Is a jazz musican here in town, and I PROMISE my husband sound just like King Curtis. After all these years I finally hear who my husband idolized. I've heard him talk about 'King Curtis, and how he got to play with him, but I never realized how much he copied his style . DAMN! that's deep

[Richie979]

I just can't stop listening to the live album? My missus keeps steeling to listen to it in the car? What a Fucking collection of wonderful musicians.! Thanks for converting me. I think I've found god or bod or mod or something? Cooler Than Cooooool !

Cheer's Bri! X.

[Bamaboompa]

I'm just an old white guy - I get goose bumps everytime I listen to this song.

Turn the lights off, and play it again.

[ZebFAN2010]

On the Live in Filmore West Album with Aretha Franklin, Aretha said that this was just their first engagement and had hoped for many, many more to come. Unfortunately, King Curtis would die later that year and they only did a few more concerts together. A true GIANT of the soul music! May he forever rest in peace

[crayrail]

I didn't want it to be over!

[SuperBreakwater]

Maxine Brown also did a version of Soul Serenade. I'd love if someone could post that one.

[mickhutchinson]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT BRILLIANT

[dandamagetoo]

all you young players take of note.. You can be very laid back and still simmer and cook at the same time. it's not all about how many notes..it's about the flavor and taste of the notes you play..and these guys have it down

[Syzygy60]

I have an album need to look

[Talesofspace8]

@Syzygy60 man what album?

[busterbrot]

Has become my new favorite song!

Any guitar players?... Starting around 2:26, anyone know the three chords he's hitting and anything about the technique (sliding, etc.) I'm an apprentice player and would love to be able to hammer out that progression. Thanks and enjoy guys!

[0belvedere]

@busterbrot

you are listening to cornell dupree, one of the finest rhythm guitarists ever. it's not about the chords, it's the way in which they are played. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE and come back in 6 months, and you'll be able to figure it out for yourself. Check the Memphis Soul Stew clip for more tasty Cornell Dupree.

[househeadhoward]

now this is truly music for your soul

[spencer688]

This is the first time I heard of King Curtis, thanks for the honor.

[piltdonn1]

Thanks! Sure helps knowing there's someone out there trying to help!!!

[Diddleywah]

Any of you know which bass player this is - Jerry Jermott?? and Keyboards??

'Presume that is Cornell Dupree playin guitar.. would like to know- thanks!

[lukagerm]

See McGarVision's video of memphis soul stew where King Curtis names his band members.

[guitarnut58]

Truman Thomas, on organ , Bernard Purdie on drums, and yes, CL Dupree on guitar and Jerry Jemott on bass. The Kingpins were simply awesome and King Curtis' untimely death was an obscenity.

[Diddleywah]

Thanks Guitarnut58 - you are so right about the way King Curtis was lost to us - I remeber listening to that sweet saxophone playing on my first KC album 'Live at Small's Paradise' and then reading my way through the sleeve notes and then stumbling across that dreadful paragraph saying how he died in such a violent way - probably over an argument that could have been sorted out somehow - An apalling waste and I think of it every time I watch the vid's. Your guitar playing going well??

[bjoyc]

I remember it well. His death was shocking and made absolutely no sense at all. I do Miss King C. GVKing

[Markgr122]

@guitarnut58 -One of the best bands ever.No question

[raceywalrus]

@Diddleywah Ya, that's Jermott, Dupree, Purdie on drums, Truman Thomas on organ.

[Diddleywah]

Thanks Raceywalrus!

[piltdonn1]

I loved the tenor version that was recorded 40 years ago on vinyl and lost it. Anybody know where I can get another copy?

[McGarVision]

use the search engine known as "google"

[mackiejw]

I got it on a remixed CD. Have to look tomorrow where i got it from. Will let you know soon

King Curtis is the greatest ever. Too bad some punk took his live for no reason.

[mndean01]

@piltdonn1

I believe, but am not sure that version was on the Atco The Best of King Curtis album.

[saxman8666]

@piltdonn1 the original was on alto

[Syzygy60]

@piltdonn1 i have one,not 4 sale thou

[luxomni]

Not quite as good as the single, but I loved it 45 years ago and I love it now.

[lizardking3]

the allman brothers do a small cover of this in the middle of you dont love me and i learned it, what a great song

[McGarVision]

that's becaise they asked King Curtis to tour with them and love his work. There are some bootlegs of King Curtis appearing in concert with the Allmans

[3107197000]

hi mc garvision what a real treat to hear and see the great king curtis play such a great song. Iam a king curtis nut and i thought i had most of his stuff could you post the name of theses booth legs please and i;ll hunt them down. king curtis what a sax player.

[McGarVision]

One bootleg is King Curtis live with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends and also Duane and Greg Allman. A 1971 NY radio concert broadcast

[blockhead93]

That was the WPLJ radio broadcast...D and B & Friends played the Shaefer Music Festival in Central Park the same week w/ Duane sitting in.

[pretorious700]

@McGarVision I saw the Allman Brothers live in concert the day after King Curtis died in Richmond, Va. and they declined to play an encore because they were so bummed out about it.

[psyne000]

I remember hearing the Live at the Filmore west album and being so moved....dang....Soul Brother...!!!...What a terrible thing to happen to our brother King. A great voice in the Blues world, a real Gentleman.

[galan98]

What a genius What a loss.

The guy who stabbed him is out now, going on with his life and trying to pretend he lives in a world where he didn't do what he did. I wonder sometimes if he knows what he took from us all.

[wilburcolemanjr]

No he will not! and that is only one of saddest things about his senseless killing! It falls upon us,those who love and enjoy his music and talent! to keep his memory alive!  THE KING LIVES!!!!!!!!!

[Kdees]

I'm dying to watch/hear the pieces played in his funeral heard it was a WONDER..everyone was there Brook Benton , Duane Allman,Aretha, Wonder and ofcourse the Kingpins! Does anyone have an access to that please?

[McGarVision]

Of course not. No one filmed the funeral. That only happens for presidents and heads of state.

[wilburcolemanjr]

King! They did not call you King for nothing,no one

can or ever do it better than you- King! Play with the Angels,i dar say that they will have to step up!

[Danjd1]

best cover of this has to be the one with duane allman where they play you don't love me , then into soul serenade, duane played it so beautifully.

[Kdees]

Killed for a fucking A/C!. What a fine musican he was, Bless his soul.

[McGarVision]

Not entirely correct. He was killed while trying to move an A/C into his home. A vagrant was sitting on his front steps and wouldnt move. Words were exchanged, and the vagrant pulled a knife.

[wilburcolemanjr]

Not really,it was a hot day in NYC,he was carrying an AC unit into his apartment,two junkies sitting in the door way blocked him as they were shooting junk,they argued,one stab him in the heart but his light will never go out as long as we remember him!!

[cysublime]

I really want to see a video of Sweet Inspiration by King Curtis and the group..

[McGarVision]

doesnt exist

[GreenOnions1967]

King Curtis did a truly great version of "whiter shade of pale" I wonder if there is video of that somewhere. Give's me chills every time I hear it.

[wilburcolemanjr]

For a time it was here on the Tube but the owner

removed it,i feel the same as you,it is AWESOME!!!!

[coltrain210]

That is a groove

[originrecordlabel]

My father was one of his best friends... He has every recording ever made and some never released... He was with him the night he was murdered..Morning actually... They had just finished breakfast after a show... I am thrilled to see this posting. It brought tears to my father..who never knew this existed..many thanks..

[McGarVision]

would love to chat with you about your dad..can you send me a mailbox message here?

[wisesatyr72]

God, when he blow the horn in the beginning it sounded like BB king's guitar vibrato..I can dig this.

[GameOverNYC]

King Curtis Was my Moms favorite...I was nine at the time. What memories!

[zorbazig]

Simply awesome...

[LonesomeSuzie]

Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Thanks my friend for post it!

[xrb13]

awesome!! I agree with dbrenee you have to hear

Aretha singing this song !

[adremoid]

fantastic rhythm

[dbrenee]

Have you heard Aretha Franklin's version of this song? It's Verrrry Good.

[murph2112]

Yeah I love the Duane Allman version. I actually heard that first and then went out and bought King Curtis Live at Fillmore West. Money well spent.

[Oldskoolmusiclvr62]

One of my favorite songs,Thank God that I could play this song on electric Guitar just like the Record,a great song to learn.

[mqblues]

The Allman Brothers covered this song at the end of "You Don't Love Me" jam. Great stuff!

[alderaforall]

I know what you are talking about. By far one of the best jams. I usually have a huge ear to ear grin after listening to it. It just makes you feel good.

[dragoneyes8888]

i love this on all the altissimo stuff and all that and he accually messes up sometimes

[jayjem22]

It sounds like you don't know the difference between mess us and step up. King Curtis and the other great masters rarely play songs the same way every time; especially over the years. Long live live performances!

[dragoneyes8888]

i meant that he plays so good that it puts down other players and when he messes up it tell me that i have a chance to do something like that

[jayjem22]

I can only hope to assume that what you refer to as messing up is what we call re thinking and re phrasing,in a split second, faster than the speed of light.

[dragoneyes8888]

he is one of the best players don't get me wrong i listen to him all the time but he is so good that i was suprised to see him mess up

[9maripoza9]

LOVE IT! just what i needed-- we all need! LOVE.

[olewichita]

it doesn't get any better than this... thanks for sharing! tj

[kloppedeklop]

Goosebumps...

[RadioReporter01]

RIP and Thanks for playing Shea Stadium with the Beatles

[greenysfleetwoodmac]

ohh my good i get the creeps! it so god damn good

[Kdees]

heavenly music...

[JohnnyCat77]

cry baby!

[theundisputed7]

GODDAMN! Makes me cry every time