Booker T & The MGs "Time is Tight" (live)

[Keyboardman88]

Steve Cropper on Guitar and Donald "Duck" Dunn on Bass. Same guys that were in the "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akroid and John Bulushi

[McGarVision]

@Keyboardman88 Thanks for that.

[Boogie597]

God that STAX family had so many great people who could put out unbelievable sounds. Man it is just so cool!

[wastl700]

Searched for a long time for it... Remembers me on old times ... :)

[chesterarebest]

One word: Legend



[McGarVision]

Yeah man, They are just freakin' ILL--I mean, like intensive care all the way!

[AlohaBay]

Those guys look SOOOO SICK.

[V1r61l1u2]

The Perfect Memphis sound tunes!It was is for sure an openig act - for what even the members of CCR admired in waiting!! More I listen, more I love it!!!

[GingerPhilG]

Vote of thanks goes to my dad for playing this (and other Booker T tracks) when I was a nipper- Cheers Dad :)

[gokolink]

Love it, the clash cover is also worth checking out.

[teletdf]

This footage appears to be from a show taped in Oakland that featured CCR; the MGs were the opening act. It was kind of a documentary done by the local PBS station.

[eldercurt53]

Got my young groove on with this song. R.I P. Al Jackson, Jr.

[markuskiner]

that bending at 1.20 is awesome....

[TheEmmington]

@Allanoster YES :)

[Allanoster]

I can see the Blues Brothers' car right now!

[Niller1955]

How lucky we are that such a clip is still availiable. Thank you for uploading..  :-)

[McGarVision]

King Curtis and the Kingpins. Had Just as many top 40 hits as Booker T

[Okpolosi]

This stuff just grabbed your attn, when it came on the radio, RnB jazz groovin' for the masses.If anyone knows of anyone similar from this era please refresh my memory.

[PogoMorgan]

Al Jackson 'in the pocket"

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Re: "Duck was John's bass player in the early eighties." Duck toured and recorded with Eric Clapton around the same time, on the "Money and Cigarettes" LP and tour. The record was released on the "Duck" label, in fact, a play on Dunn's nickname. An awesome bassist and great human being.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

As long as I live, I'll never how excited I used to be when Booker T. and the MGs come on the radio unexpectedly... no iTunes or such in those days, you were depedent on the DJ to play your favorite stuff. These guys are still one of my desert island picks for best R&B musicians of all time. There's no one to compare to these guys in their prime, with the possible exception of the Meters in their heyday. I still love listening to these guys in the car, turned up loud.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Mickrussom, re: "No musical talent exists today. Its unreal how bad things have been the last 30 years in music." I agree that it has been pretty bad these last few decades in popular music, but there is still talent out there - it is simply that we no longer have a culture of live music like we once did, clubs, the chitlin and honky tonk circuit, etc. Young musicians need places to hone their art, and most of those types of place are gone now. It's feast or famine now, nothing in between.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

You can only develop this kind of interplay and musical communication by playing together... which is what these guys did for years on end, as the studio band for Stax records. No less than the Beatles idolized these guys... that's pretty rarified company, but Booker and the guys took it in stride. It was the fulfillment of one of my life's ambitions to see these guys live back in the 1990s. They were amazing, absolutely stunning, in person and as nice as could be.

[aeandyevans9]

man this sounds awesome please post more like this i love it.

[timmyh13]

12 people would rather listen to Chris Cross....

[PalaverTwist]

These guys didn't keep going like I wish they would have. They rocked the sixties and early seventies! Interesting how far we've come from reel to reel to DVD now. Thanks for sharing!

[McGarVision]

@PalaverTwist Not true. They backed Neil Young on a world tour a few years back and were the backing band for 2 of the greatest concerts in Rock N' Roll Hhstory--The Bob Dylan Tribute Concert at MSG (known in rock legend simply as "Bobfest") and also the All star epic "Concert for the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame." They also still tour semi-regularly. In between, Booker T produced a few mega platinum albums, including Willie Nelson's "Stardust." I'll stop there--there's too much to type.

[tycer18]

@McGarVision Maybe PalaverTwist was reffering to the fact that not all of the original members still played...

[freethequeen]

WOW !!!

don't get much better than this, thank you.

[CrozetBob]

Manna from Heaven!

[Phallafets]

stunning

[chicon111]

did someone say something about musical talent around today? perhaps? but never Booker T and the MG's. gone are the days kiddies.

[DetroiterInAustralia]

not real fast, not very busy,not real loud, no big show off crap, But The GROOVE is SO Fa-KING DEEP !! such a groove ... Im leaving my body !!!, I got goosebumps !!

[McGarVision]

@DetroiterInAustralia ...You have it right...this is a rare example of selfless musicianship. Where band mates are united in the search for the perfect groove and each play a very defined and limited role--sacrificing any desire to demonstrate showy, attention calling displays or solos, etc.

[keiththabass]

@DetroiterInAustralia The essence of soul - real soul...!

[ModGirl1967]

God DAMN is this good...

[mrspivvy]

god that hammond sound is awesome

[kneapoe51]

Thanks for this classic piece history, great post! That organ! Mr. Cropper, D. Dunne, The Untouchable Booker T.!! Not to mention the boys from C.C.R. !! Man.....it doesn't get any better than this! Thanks again! R.I.P. Brother Jackson.

[judyjudyjudy777]

I finally found this tune!!! I waited like 25-30 years...I did not know how to hum this melody to people,so I waited and waited....finally for Mothers Day,my kids and I had a blast,we danced and had a fun time..Thank-you for uploading this!!

[PikPobedy]

):51 & 0:54. Is that Tom Forgerty and Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival?

[walter4092]

@PikPobedy that were stu cook , doug clifford and john fogerty

[PikPobedy]

@walter4092

thanks

[PikPobedy]

@walter4092

thanks.

Doug Clifford, John Fogerty and Stu Cook.

Somehow I got Doug Clifford mixed up with Tom Forgerty. And I did not see John Fogerty because he went by so fast.

[PikPobedy]

0:51 & 0:54. Is that Tom Fogert and Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwatere Revival? Looks like them.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@PikPobedy: The boys in CCR were huge Booker T. and the MGs fans... John Fogerty has talked about his admiration for their sound and musicianship on many occasions since those days.

[fitz987654]

DON'T play this loud at speed on the M5! Got pulled, bugger!

[walter4092]

when i die and they burried me this song must be playing

[judithj1]

Sending out a warm Memphis welcome to a special Memphis visitor tomorrow, the POTUS!

[jonbcaliman]

I met Booker T. last night ......wow

[09jackstraw]

Pop music just doesn't get any better. IMHO one of the best , tightest bands ever to grace a stage. NOONE was in the pocket like Al Jackson--he was simply the best. I had the opportunity to see them in St. Paul mid 90's on a ticket with Wilson Pickett and The Radiators. They are still out there tearing it up. Do yourself a favor no matter your age--go see them!!

[Magielll]

Are the guys from CCR watching from the side of the stage?

[PATTACAT]

Blacks and whites jamming together....Love it!

[jonnyevsky1]

it doesn't get much better than this!

[ibcalif]

See? We can all just get along! At least over music.

[robrusdavies]

One of the best instrumentals ever. Please also check out the new version of Telstar. TELSTAR by THE DUELLING PIANOS. Cracking funny video too.

[Aarodynamicshiphop]

@mickrussom if you were paying any attention to music the past 30 years, you would be in for a quite a shock

[qbul]

what an awful sound. i love it!

[indydrt]

AWSEOME... i know Duck..hes awesome!! John Lennon watching on side PRICELESS!!!

[indydrt]

AWSEOME... i know Duck..hes awesome!!

[peterpterodactyl]

Graham Nash digs this tightness @ 2:35

[MikeBlitzMag]

That was larger than life, to put it mildly.

[igotthatsnowmayn]

fear and loathing

[gezunder]

FUCK I like this

[McGarVision]

@gezunder SHIT I'm happy

[gezunder]

@McGarVision Good Man

[shadowviper311]

@McGarVision DAMN this is good

[organichik]

@gezunder Hey, I like it too. This is about TALENT, not the illusion that is prevalent today with all the chaos crap.

[PERTHWA1955]

Best instrumental record ever made!

[jaywemm]

all i can say is thank you

[akaDJRen]

awesome absolutely love this song & the MG's

[ProduccionesFleko]

0:51 Someone said Creedence Clearwater Revival? :D

[ProduccionesFleko]

@ProduccionesFleko 2:35 Someoen said Creedence Clearwater Revival... AGAIN?! :D

[Apelock]

Great 4 piece band. You can feel the love of the music watching these guys play. Al Jackson kicks ass on drums.

[Apelock]

Great 4 piece band. You can feel the love of the music watching these guys play.

[iamgoinghigher]

right.......can't really get any better than this! Holy crap! Precious stuff!

[Keyboardman88]

Steve Cropper on Guitar and Donald "Duck" Dunn on Bass. It don't get no better than that.

[musikcritik123]

This is so Tight! These guys were one of the best groups to come out of the 60's! How can you listen Slash and Metallica after you've heard this! Can anyone tell me where I can get a Booker T and the Mg's LP containing this song?

[fcatt48]

My favourite tune to dance to at the "Cavern club" in Liverpool , many years ago.

[duncanrs]

this fookin rocks

[paintedpirate]

this is what metalheads listened to before metal existed. Awesome

[bradbradbradbrad]

OH GOD SO AMAZING

[saclrpfrl10]

Very Cool, Now say no more

[bluenosepig]

Cool! Say no more

[JuicyOrganism]

This is so catching,

In the roaring sixties and seventies the Hammond organ became more and more popular with the younger audiences. The atypical sound with all its varieties was often heard in rhythm & blues, also in the pulsing and raw R&B of Booker T. and the MG’s, once the regular band backing the legendary soul singer Otis Redding.

[McHodgebin]

Cropper is the coolest.



[hotdrumchick]

Smokin'!!

(And some of them probably were,lol!)

[robintopping62]

This was my 2nd favourite track in the 60's. Christ how good were groups at that time? This is LIVE with no assistance. HAPPY DAYS. Will they come back? I hope so, but am fearful they won't.

[McGarVision]

@robintopping62 Ummm...use Google a little. The band tours and performs fairly often. Sadly, Drummer Al Jackson has been gone for a long time.

[gezunder]

@McGarVision Yep, and what a drummer he was.

[WeirdD1986]

@robintopping62

credence clearwater revival - bad moon rising

The Day The Music Died - Don McLean on Buddy Holly's crash

prophets of the end of good music =(

[MOONST0MP]

@robintopping62 They wont! That is the sad thing.

[Beadbud5000]

@robintopping62 Long gone.

[GDuBMuSiCk]

@robintopping62 Phish, Umphrey's McGee, Rebelution, Passafire, 311, The Expendables, Streetlight Manifesto, John Brown's Body, Tea Leaf Green, Moe., Railroad Earth, lil wayne...just kidding on the last one btw..that was just naming a few. please youtube all of these bands I just listed and tell me you're not in the HAPPY DAYS.

[robintopping62]

@GDuBMuSiCk Cheers mate. Thanks for the info.

[lewars1912]

@robintopping62 What was your 1st?  Cheer up (:o)

[robintopping62]

@lewars1912 My first choice was Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (etc). My great friend, Mike Connor, told me before he died at 39 years old, that this was his favourite track- I thought he's too young I thought. Nope - he used to play it every night when he shut the HMV store Glasgow. This ritual lasted over two years. It made Mike HAPPY before he went out for the night. That's exactly what it does for me.

Robin Topping 31st October 2011 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland.

[sublime88sublime]

@mickrussom Buckethead

[jonankof]

@mickrussom its not the musical talent thats lost, it's the good pop music, that I will agree is mostly gone, theres a handful of good pop music, but the talent man, its WELL here, just not in mainstream music, like it was in the '60's and '70's

[brice3011]

musical genius

[samthehiggins]

@mickrussom if you want to hear today's musical talent, just listen to anything Dan Auerbach is associated with. YOUR MIND WILL BE BLOWN.

[mutley4851]

At 52, that's Doug Clifford and Stu Cook.

[chrisb1953]

@mutley4851 Yes, the whole lot of CCR and not just Doug.

[motoxbuddy]

@mutley4851 yep and John Fogerty too

[kirkbzzz123]

That's Creedence Clearwater Revival standing backstage @ 2:34

[Dicedrum]

That looked like members of CCR looking on and smiling. Am I right? This rocked!

[NilezII]

Yes this is from a TV special of CCR in concert. BT/MGS were the opening band/

[Rockape593]

Just Brilliant

[dematka]

I've heard a few different versions of this song and this is by far the best... they were good...

[Rockape593]

Raw music, no special effects. Brilliant, thanks for shearing it with us

[fuzzynormal]

Dig this tune. It was the first bass line I ever learned. Easy and groovy. We used it to play out the band at the end of our show at gigs.

[lomaalta2]

I thought this song was great so I bought the 45 and as it turned out it was the only one I ever bought.

[Exakta66]

How can anyone not like this???

[kansascitycomputers]

@mickrussom aww...there is a lot of good music out there!

[blockpro72]

嫁さんと付き合ってた時、車で始めてかけた曲。いつ歌はじまるん­？って嫁はビックリしてたっけ。　笑

[MicrosoftsourceCode]

Takes me back to the 60's. Wonderful!

[jhill74893]

remember this was used as background music for the new top forty rundown on the johnny walker show on a tuesday lunchtime and was the highlight of the week to see who was number one, It was back in the days of real bands like thin lizzy, slade, mud, queen, t.rex. sweet, alice cooper. Ah those were the days. Great song great band

[McGarVision]

@mickrussom There's plenty of musical talent around today. Maybe not as much as in the 60's and 70's, but it's there.

[iveco321]

@McGarVision your right there is talent out there but its confined to pubs and bars - television and record companies these days only go for cringe factor crap

[MVanthoor]

@McGarVision Today, there is just as much musical talent around as in the 50's, 60's and 70's... only difference is that is it swamped by hordes of crap bands that only exist to make some quick money. Most of today's music (since 1990, IMHO) will be forgotten in 10 years. Most of my friends don't even remember most music from the 90's and they lived through it as young adults...

And me? I just keep collecting old music, and some new stuff from selected artists.

[bobcooper31]

@McGarVision There is latent musical talent around these days that isn't utilised as youngsters have many distractions. Things like the Net, Social networking, PC gaming, Playstations Xboxes Ipods etc. In the 60's you either played music or you listened to it. There was little else around but I had a great time & I only listened to the music. Things like looking at the starry sky as I listened to Bobby Vee sing "The night has a 1000 eyes" as I lay on the beach with my G/F one warm summer night

[junmasuda1972]

WOW! Amazing!

Please check it. BOOKER.T & THE MG'S UNOFFICIAL FAN SITE "souljam" by banana5

[pretorious700]

so simple...but so perfect

[TheMidas360]

cool, 0:51 - 0:55 you can see John Fogerty and the Creedence members

[McGarVision]

@atlantesthermom This classic song is available almost anywhere and not hard to find at all

[atrotroa]

There are Doug Clifford, John Fogerty and Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival in this video. They were fans of Booker T. & The MG's and I think John's composition Side O' The Road (in Willy And The Poor Boys) was inspired by Booker T.'s Green Onions.

[deftoast]

Booker T played this with his band last night... still one of my classic favorites.

[robertleflore]

growing up in riverside sub memphis tn , i never realized my friends father was legendary , there were so many musicians in the hood . to us he was yogi 's and beaver 's daddy , who drove that xj12 jaguar , and he played drums . as i got older ,i realized he wrote music for many artist and groups . my favorite was antisipation , for another group in the hood , the bar-kays . al jackson was the m.g behind booker t , the memphis groove . r.i.p  from benford st.

[svetadvipa22]

I love the interaction of all the guys - and everyone is smiling and you can hear it in the music. Priceless. I wish I had a spec of that groove.

[seannoosa]

The other classic. Since done by The Shadows , The Clash and every club band on the planet. Steve Cropper and Al Jackson excel.

[awkelly]

I saw Booker T & the MG's in 1971 at the Philadelphia Spectrum. They opened for CCR. One of my most memorable concerts.

[denecarlito]

I remember watching this on a CBC special that year.

[myshinywagon]

Steve Cropper is great, but turn the volume down-We wanna hear Duckster do his awesome bass solo!!

[sthcrox]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bostonirishpunk]

frigging awesome - the best of the best (the clash used this as thier dressing room warm up song, and did record it)

[drumsetman19]

why is this tagged as disco!!?!?!?!

[ZLUGGO]

The Clash covered this one.

[Frieker89]

cooler beat :D

[BigKingD]

I just dig the fat sound of that Hammond B3 organ, and Steve Cropper is a Guitar legend. Great Funky old Video!!

[rafagorgoris]

Danke für deine gute Musik!!

That is Greatttt!

[albak1966]

Oh shit what a way to relax JD and coke and the best live band that walked this earth.What a f*8king loss to the world Al Jackson was.

[barthezism]

Very very cool!!!Thanks very much.

[Jeffrey751]

Who coined the expression "Too much of a good thing is wonderfull."

[Indigenousduck]

Bro' upload the better quality one if you have one - it'll soon run up the hits and the favourites! Those were the days, anyone got a time machine?

[doctorcee]

for 2010 you bad mother fuers jam it

[william3231954]

Wow,,,, with CCR looking on no less

[tabo1601]

Good memories :-)

thanks a lot

[ARAMANATHAN]

press the tracking button. that should fix it :P

[MsBHoopingAllure]

Suweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

[putin94]

lol. why dont you simply upload a new video... you know that you can post more then one video, right? :D

[McGarVision]

@putin94 tried that and failed. YouTube technology will not let you post two videos identical in content

[newcinefilo]

Es una rola que me dejo marcado desde los 70s. Saludos desde México, D.F.

[harfuch1]

2:34 to 2:36 CCR

[bigwillhenk]

good fine just great

[danthehun]

The Charlatans ripped it off.

[AstralPlane1951]

Al Jackson, what a great drummer. He left a huge void when we lost him. What a great group..

[mrmike1806]

given all the technology today somebody must be able to spruce this up alittle bit, cos it's the best time is tight ever. can you imagine how much fun they had in those days?

[McGarVision]

@mrmike1806 I have acquired a better quality copy of this performance, but I'm not going to post it-- since so many people have favorited this video...and if I took it down, they would be confused and I'd have to build up a new audience from scratch for the improved video.

[pospisiltheband]

One of my all time favourites. Has been since '75, when I first heard it on a tape a girlfriend gave me. She recorded this off his brother's vinyls. Fond memories..

[aw35746]

You guys remember this!

[hollies65]

Once again...how locked in can a band be????

[watutman]

The late 60's were such good times! May never be such good times again.

[watutman]

Awesome. I notice Creedence guys were right there watching.

[AstralPlane1951]

@watutman They know good music when they hear it. John Forgerty used the MGs when they were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame instead of the original group who were in the audience minus Johns brother.

[ELVINGIO]

SUPER!!!! AL JACKSON POI!!!!!!!!!

[garybrownfie]

This always got me stirring when I was a teen in the 60's.

[ThaGrooveallegiance]

Good stuff right here.

[54Chiavazza]

good shit.. got the original album.. with all the scratches.. ha,ha,ha..

[brr747]

Me too and I love the scratcings. They have become part of my life..

Bart

[roaringwaterbay]

hey, i had this song on 45 (maybe i still do somewhere) and the "B" side had a song called "Johnny I love You" --which, I guess, was from a movie, anyone know what movie? rock on MGs fans.

[McGarVision]

"Uptight"

[ThymeBottle]

I saw Booker T and the MGs along with Wilbert Harrison as one-man band on Work Together, when they opened for Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Sam Houston Coliseum, in the summer of 1970. We had seats above and behind the stage, so close that we could reach down and touch hands with some of the players between tunes. The speakers were mammoth in size and you could feel each bass note and drum beat under your feet. It was an incredible concert by all. The MG's were in excellent form.

[jauntin]

wow this is a freakin powerful song!!. It's a shame the quality is soo poor...

[rockchik409]

Hey, The Clash did a cover of this song. I wondered who was the origonal composer.