willie mitchell - that driving beat

[majorsoulfan]

This is the biz......what a groove ...drivin' beat indeed

[SuperHowie2]

54 still gets me,wow

[hawkhulk]

That song was the bomb. They just don't make songs like that anymore.

[Multi1628]

I play it and people dance to it and I am Stateside...DAVEDJ

[drwhatson]

Timeless.

[Del3162]

brill stomping tune

[Multi1628]

Thank you for posting this NorthernSoul classic from the 1965-66 LP "That Driving Beat." Trivia 101: which came first, this song or "Shake and Fingerpop" by Jr. Walker & the Allstars? R.I.P. Mitchell/DeWalt! Love this timeless music!! DAVEDJ

[davepguitarservices]

@Multi1628 good question - very similar riff. Do people listen to this tune in the states, US youtubers?

[beatricekiddo67]

cant believe sum1 disliked it

[sewitt60]

Brilliant driving dance tune, partly nicked by the Rolling Stones later that year. Listen to "Can't Get No Satisfaction".

[dogsbreath101]

Why not....class.............

[JOHNNYSOUL66]

the best soul record ever?????

amazing.

[tincHadra1gH]

This is one of the all time classics –remembered with veneration of a great and happy past and continuing future.

[mullahmugumby]

KTF.. a classic

[damngrooveman]

One more year was passing by and my record still plays that nice funky dance tune for breakfast and at the evening.Which song ever will be a heritage like this to us?

May Willie Mitchell rest in peace - this way I do he never leaves us and will be as long I live with me an my children, which are also drivin by his beat...

[hawkhulk]

This jam goes way back for me, when music was really great.

[no1canbmii]

wow this is drakes uncle...

[Mongo76]

@no1canbmii Although Joking, drake does have a famous uncle. Larry Graham, of Graham Central Station ... and the song One In a Million You .... Larry also played with sly and the family stone in the 60's

[spadge321]

costello's PUMP IT UP came from this ,,,

[SOULINTEGRITY]

Classic and a nice vid

John

[johnmock17]

cheers Colin, great taste as always,

RIP

[LesbianVampireLover]

RIP, Willie. You were a man much-overlooked and should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for your work with Al Green, if no other reason (and there are many others).

[JuiCeBoX19]

Colin send me here

[nyvbyay]

SO TRUE!

[tylerhahn]

ditto. thanks colin, and RIP

[reCupcake]

RIP,

and thanks Colin

[radeon110]

Thanks Collin!!!

[nidumite]

What a sound he produced, pure Southern SOUL

[6402680]

RIP "Papa Willie". Your Memphis sound will stand the test of time.......

[slothedog]

R.I.P. Willie, you are a legend!

[KLIINDA]

if i remember rightly willie did not do the vocals for this track, it was don bryant

[sweetiebabesxx]

Oh Yeah!!...cracking tune!!...thanks for share...xx

[damngrooveman]

I'm now 56 and can still hear that nice tune after more than 35 years. The song is so powerful - it really turns on.

I hear this funky tune mainly in the morning during breakfast and later in the evening again and again...It makes my day complete.

Thanks for posting this instead of the crap of today...

[soulfan3]

your dead right m8 ktf

[wimboes50]

@soulfan3

The word 'classic' is often overused but In That Driving Beat you have a genuine cCLASSIC. Record promoters at the time never pushed too hard owing to comparisons to the Stones 'satisfaction'

[JohnBWFC1955]

@damngrooveman I know exactly what you mean. I'm 56 in April 2011.

[MILKYASAKJ]

LEDGENDARY !!!!!!!!!!

[Johnnytonerub]

Willie Mitchell is "The Man" for Memphis music!

[velvelette]

This is one of my all time favourites and although I doubt if any anyone could do it better I am surprised that there has never been an updated version. I suppose I am thinkingTom Jones who likes to sing soul and think he could do an execellent rendition.

[paultwebster]

Trythe version by red beans and rice its excellent

[velvelette]

Thanks Paul. Yes I like red beans rendition but I think its the sax that I particularly like in willie mitchell's version

[the6tssoulman]

tom jones goes to memphis usa &brazil issued parrot or london records for the abum and single issues

[ElPolloDelLoco]

I am sooooo sampling this!!!!!

[prinia]

just heard this guy on allmemphismusic :P

[leedsbulldog]

Willie Was My Man - So to Speak - Simone from Leeds

[chillumgrill]

dope!

[anancara]

When I WAS 15 OR 16 USED TO GO TO THE BROKEN WHEEL IN RETFORD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.  mAM WOULDN'T LET ME COME TO MANCHESTER. USED TO BREAK MY HEART. WE ROCKED TO THIS TOO IN THE MIDLANDS. DID ANYONE ELSE GO THERE.

[justlayingback]

Went to the broken wheel at Retford for a couple of all dayers on Sundays until we got into bother with a great big bouncer on the door cos we were spaced out returning from the Wheel, memories of great times, friends and music, still got my original sounds in the loft, my wife has never understood any of this.

[dogsbreath101]

Used to go to Nottingham/ Leicester and Derby Clubs from London specifically to see certain artists ...Charlie & Inez Fox, Ike & Tina etc; also Manchester 'The Twisted Wheel' great club Lucas and the Mike Cotton Sound awesome....

[alkanite8989]

twisted wheel is still going...every 2nd Saturday

[champagne5high]

Where Where

[ImUnionjack]

What can I say ~ the mans my hero ~ LOL @ nearly as good as Junior Walker!

[maniachris]

This bloke was also popular in the south of England, at the time (1966) he was almost as good as Junior Walker.

[theokehkid]

Hey, I was at the Twisted Wheel 2 weeks ago , this track still blowing them (and me) away.

Great to hear tracks like this & other Wheel classics in the original Club.

[rictic2]

The only Willie Mitchell vocal I have ever heard, use to blow them away at the Twisted Wheel....great memories.

[BobbyBlueBeat]

A great allnight dance track.

[tellit2]

BELTER.

[NorthernsoulDJ]

BRILL MATE KTF

[heartofsoul23]

love willie mitchell, cheers G x Di

[razelma]

Smokin G!