Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions (Stax,Volt Tour 1967)

[julyarchives]

What a great tune .One of those that changed things then

[Bluesnowman101]

...yeah way cool! And deceptively tricky to play it right (keys). Great to see so many people still feelin it, keep the fire burning Booker T and MGs!

[Sten2012]

that music are in American DaD whan steve make the plan

[ChevKen]

I hear this tune a lot when I go to car shows during the summer

[SeniorMojo]

i NEVER get tired of this concert.....wasn´t there a documentary planned on Booker T & The MG's ? someone told me the same guys behind the stax doc would do it.

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[wesselklooster]

Cropper (l)

[sandrochatlos1]

Donald Duck and George Benson are the best bass players in the whole world!

[emmettk]

@sandrochatlos1 When did George Benson EVER play bass?

[mssusan1961]

I totally agree Donald Dunn is one of the best Bassists, brilliant simplicity. Love those songs where the Bass really drives the song.

[gabbardi]

DUCK DUNN COLONEL CROPPER THE BEST

[sillyboy10]

i think simplisity is sometimes better in a bass line cus this is amazing :)

[208005278]

They were hottttttt!!!!!!!! Back in the day

Just Great!!!!!!!

[PTRguitar]

Donald "Duck" Dunn is absolutely one of the best bassplayers in the world. Just because of his simplicity. He ain't playing one note too many. Amazing!

[dedmoroz2]

This was recorded at Njårdhallen in Oslo, Norway on 7 April 1967. Also performing that night: the Mar-Kays, Albert Conley, Sam and Dave and Otis Redding. Enjoy/god fornøyelse

[kesh21000000]

i am speech less.

[erdavis7]

This live recording is as good if not better than the LP version!

Too cool...

[canadianirishpride]

One of the best instrumental tunes of all time. The organ player is golden. Just Brilliant

[carribean40]

You guys can see the love! These guys really enjoy jamming! Nothing more beautiful than music! No hate,no racism when guys jam like this. Music is the food of love baby!

[PARRAvliss]

omg all off this music is so COOL!!

its friday 11.30 in the morning but iam getting my beer .

[group4taker]

it's 2 am i've had a few beers and this is heaven

[jw13303]

Its 9 pm here, and Im right there with you!!!

[Poontiger]

..........MOD.

[asbelvis]

I wish if there is a slowly version on youtube.

I love this song, amazing.

[sevina123]

This one sounds better than the original :e)

[stOOpid68]

asb, if u get the LP/CD there's a track called "Mo Onions" on it, it's like a slower sleazier meaner moodier version of this!

[AXISOFHENDRIX]

Personification of "COOL"

[waffen2]

best pocket player ever

[azulo65]

Green onions is mighty tasty :D

[gerretl]

Just great music. God I wish I was at this concert. If I had a time mchine.....

[yumalation]

Agree! One of the concerts I wish I've seen. Those norwegians must remember this all their lives.

[kinkladze07]

Hammond organ rocks, Mr D. Dunn aint too shabby either !!!

[gangerollo]

This pure great!!!

[buffspringfield]

Rocked me when I was young still rocks me now that I am old GOOD STUFF

[Bluesbarri]

Heard it when I was a kid and it still kicks ASS !

[Psycho208]

this song brings back memories

[moccasin11]

the bass player looks exactly like dylan thomas

[keytag33]

It's donald "duck" Dunn I believe. i know for sure it's the colonel Steve Crooper on guitar

[frank47hammer]

@moccasin11 lol you now that you mention it, you are right...only he was a little thinner.

[Frank12391NL]

nice

[benderpedals]

long live Booker T!!!!!!! This has the best lower register organ tone I have ever heard!

[loekiedepo]

aah, love this song!

[xxshep25xx]

motown smotown stax rules!!!!

[MasterClipEditor]

word up

[janeythebrit]

soooo FUNKeee

[dogsbreath101]

Cropper

[leedsbulldog]

Is that Manfred Mann at 1.24 ?

[dohertykaki]

This is the rue to the gravy..........ba-ba do-baah!

[problem49]

Perfect. Just absolutely perfect. Sends chills up my spine.

[graffiti676]

THERE IS NO GOD

[TheKidStayz]

Yes, there is !

May 21  2008

Remember.

[jojoblow01]

a classic ! nuff said

[fothgt]

As "great" as that generation was, many loved their music more than they loved God! What shall it profit a man.....

[30millioncrabs]

GOD is forever. Booker T and the MG's was for a while. Your a PRICK if you cant see the differance. GOD and Jesus like Booker T and the MG's. You hate them because they dont play "The old rugged Cross". Get over it.

[den65bm]

one of my all-time favorite tracks, love the energy on the vid, thanks

[jdoncbus]

Long live Stax and Booker T; an American classic.

[RabiesAngentleman]

Once again, closeup on the geeky bass player during Cropper's solo!! Whaaat! (Actually Donald Dunn rules)

[30millioncrabs]

I bet Your father was one of the kids that beat ELVIS up at Central High School Who is laughing from the Grave NOW?

[RabiesAngentleman]

I was kidding :-) Though I really did want to spy Cropper's licks, Duck's probably more entertaining to watch. What a great band, and if the MGs weren't enough on their own we even get to hear 'em backing the likes of Redding and Pickett. Just icing.

[inforata]

aguante booker t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!saludos

[benabz]

hammond b30 organ - one should be preserved in a cryogenetic(?) tank and preserved for eternity

[twinklepop82]

now thats a thought......

[Phantomsbreath]

You gotta respect Willie Hall on this one. Yes, he was with Stax. And yes, he did play on this one.

[alexk3lly]

awsomeness

[railcar123]

LOL! Thats a GREAT word!

[jolandasterbloem]

great music

[HakanEhn]

Check out my harmonica version of this great song. It´s quite powerful harmonica. I hope you like it.

Hakan

[lucaskarq]

soooooo cool

[hfdlsrjie]

I love this song, makes me groove like a good 'ol woman. Haha.

[Deadfreeeak]

The bombay.

[Joff19]

Brings me to tears hearing this one.

[leejoliver]

Great sounds from all 4 MGs, but small point of order: Donald Duck Dunn didn't play on teh original single. Still, I won't hold that against him.

[Phantomsbreath]

Yes he did. I have it from someone who was around when it was recorded. He did.

[leejoliver]

It was Louis Steinberg who played bass on the record

[Phantomsbreath]

Willy Too Big Hall played drums, dude. And a mean drums to boot.

[Scottishguy5]

Yeh mate and Donald dunn! Watch soothe me by sam and dave and the whole band might look familiar!

[vannaxle]

is that steve cropper on guitar?

[caoimhainotreasaigh]

Yes. The one and only.

[mckinnons3]

Steve Cropper, the man who inspired me to learn to bend strings on guitar!

[SMITHFRANK]

You can take your synthesizers,computerized Pro-tools,plugin sampler-pitch correcting modules and shove 'em up your ass ! Put a group like Booker T and the Boys in a cramped little steamy studio down Memphis way and let the music cook baby....LIVE ! the way it's supposed to be.....

[GrahamSimons]

I was in London in '67 and saw this live! (gawd I feel old! Music today aint the same any more!)

[xantakis]

Dear Graham, we love You because You have seen Brooker T. and we also love Old Music. All the best from us. Yvonne and Achim, Dresden, East Germany.

[alooterinariot]

CONTINUED *** Here is a place to probably inspire those who are new to this sound to go out and get their recordings.. There is nothing like owning a part of history holding it in your hands and putting the needle to the record.. Or pushing that cd in and pressing play. RIGHT ON MAN!!

[djrobbligidy]

You jokers all need to go to college and mclemore streets in Memphis and check out the stax museum. its amazing.

[Psoodoekko]

why lift them you nits! BUY the music, god it sux when you rob the musicans. go listen to real class like this on that allmemphismusic streaming

[cividownsid]

Duck and The Colonel!!!!!

[Phantomsbreath]

Best after Hendrix, Steve is. And as for Donald, well, I've never heard anything like him

[stOOpid68]

dont know how many versions of this killer Ive lifted offa youtube! :)

a Mod classsic! CLASSIC.

[gunsanddrugs]

i have a couple of bootlegs and they sound like fuckin motorhead lol, bass is way heavier than the rest! just awesome intro this!

[caddyshack108]

this song is so cool

[deckape1956]

Being a guitarist, sometimes the tempo speeds up live, don't know why it just happens, it's live baby!!

[bol316]

adreneline. thats why

[flandersfails]

coke. that's why ;)

[wildbilltexas]

Probably with these guys, that meant Coca-a-Cola..

[rexferal]

more like bennies and black bombers.

[roytico74]

Well performed, a little faster than the record though.

[mattoox]

they're so into it.  awesome.

[tajto]

holy shit... since when does al jackson jr play fills? awesome.

[BVBeige]

hahaha

[elsapucai]

he also played a solo in the original studio version...

[Skysport22]

Now that's cool. And that was back when cool was really, really cool.

[regalrob]

The best part of this performance is the variation that Jones and Jackson play that is not on the album version. Unfortunately this video cuts off before that part.

[005davidragon]

i can play green onions, but it never sounds as good as when booker t and the mgs do it... and i guess that's the way it should be.

[zeebious]

they were so ahead of there time people in the crowd don't know how to act

[djnarcotic]

same here mate i think it was on master sounds :):)

what a tune :):) what a game

[OKKOKA]

One of the best workin bands in music history Dunn is a human metronome together with jackson they are the real powerbeat!

[Ultima770]

LOL i first heard this song on grand theft auto san andreas i love it.

[mynkNX]

cooooool, thats real gangsta music. whenever I hear it, I thik of Joe Pesci, ray Liotta and everythig else thats "gansta" lol

[spot1mike]

the bass player is donald "duck" dunn

you arent even worthy to see him play

[Toeskus]

Totally agree Duck dunn is fantastic!

love this vid

[leatherman7553]

still just as cool today as it was then

[simplyTHEdoors]

i love that song!!! classic evergreen!!!!!

[Andist]

The bass player looks like he's on base