Booker T & The MGs - Boot-Leg

[ModGirl1967]

Steve Cropper is so fucking cool.

[MichaelCasanovaMusic]

@ModGirl1967

you've got that right

[lewars1912]

Funky Funk. Great.

[valnaples]

Best ever...this is great...STAX was on the forefront of integration...you can just see how the musicians all liked playing together, didn't matter what color you were.

[riotofdablood]

Sting, shut the fuck up.

[ModGirl1967]

@riotofdablood Thank you for saying it for me.

[riotofdablood]

@ModGirl1967 anytime..

[TheNorthernSoulKing]

This was music love it

[MrCFCarePOO]

Can anyone tell me where/how  I can access/view the whole of what looks like an outstanding 'John Lennon;s Jukebox' documentary?

[pillroller88]

Who gives a fuck what Sting thinks? We got a video here glorifying a great era in blues music in Memphis and along comes this English fuck to tell us it was great. Go back to the UK and take that Bono fuck with you.

[fnkdrmmr]

I love Stax's studio work - especially with Booker T & the MG's playing.

[bluesboydude]

john lennon i love you!

[verbusen]

How do i see the other 13 parts of whatever this was?

[verbusen]

@verbusen Never mind I figured it out you didnt label the parts where its easy to find in order, thanks for posting though.

[wannawatchu66]

Hey, good to see a close-up of Duck's face at 1:38! Duck Dunn was one of the most underrated bassists there was. I don't think he got the all the attention and acclaim he deserved.

[AcePilot101]

I was the onion in the Green Onions.

It was a great band and their tribute to the immortal Booker T. Washington is a classic often played at college night clubs in Toronto.

[sangell3]

I was a bigot back then. I liked Booker T. but I couldn't admit it. When asked what I didn't like about them I remember saying it was their guitar player! My friend said he was a white man! Didn't have an answer for that. Silly but true. Favorite tune Hip Hug Her and, of course, Green Onions with that horrible white man on guitar.

[Monstermack40]

This was the Blues brother's band.

[mikeemon44]

@Monstermack40 no it wasnt

[Monstermack40]

@mikeemon44 Yes Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve "the colonal"Cropper

[Mordichator]

what's the song name pleaaaaaaaaaase ?

[ioriorioriorio]

GOT INTO BOOKER T. IN THE MIDS 1970'S AFTER jon fogerty's first solo album came out...totally influenced by the booker t. sound...loved fogerty but wanted to hear the real thing...THANG!!!

[titanfan458]

I ate lunch today at the Arcade restaurant (see 0:15 in the clip). It's a rainy day today in Memphis, just like in the video. After lunch I caught Green Onions on the radio and had to drive down to McLemore and cruise past the Stax studio. It gave me goose bumps, I swear it. This music is timeless!

[kalolawaihene]

I wasn't even born yet when ya'll hit the scene, but I was blessed enough to have been "in the works" LOL!

[JohnnyMonstro]

O que eu quero é Sossego!!!!! TIM MAIA

[CharmedQuarkZ99]

Thanks for sharing....think I saw a vid you did on Wilson Pickett....Midnight Hour

[thumpah808]

I was about 14 or 15 when I was in a band that opened for Booker T & the MGs. Which was all the original guys. And although I was (and still am a bassist) and a big fan of Duck. I was blown away by Al! He put the "P" in "pocket" and it was effortless. The combination of him and Duck was sheer magic and something else to consider. Sound reinforcement was in it's infancy. So, the band was TIGHT because they had to LISTEN to each other! monitors? What's a monitor? :) LOL :) GREAT BAND! :)

[tomthefunky]

Where did you see Booker T and the MG's ? When?

[andross61]

Thumpah808,

You were lucky to open up for the Mgs, coolest band out there. One thing, though. Al Jackson did not put the ''P'' in pocket, he put the P-O-C-K-E-T in Pocket!

[thumpah808]

AMEN :)

[bluzjamer]

Steve Cropper God Bless you man! You've aged like I have, suks don't it!

[lindapopcorn]

Anymore laid back and it would be laying on the floor

[lucaskarq]

this is perfect!

[nrobnas43]

I have been playing Midnight Special for a while on guitar, getting the groovy rhythm down, no back, just me. But lately I've been getting more and more into listening to drummers like Tony Williams, Ringo, Chad Wackerman, Terry Bozzio, and one day the drums in MH just jumped in my head. I thought that the drumming was amazing. No credits on my cd from Pickett. Someone from YT told me it was al jackson. His drumming is amazing. I am also a Who fan and I like Kieth Moon a lot too. Thanks!

[RobbyKrieger92]

Yeah, and of course,let me guess...you like Al Foster and Al Jackson too...they are great drummers!

[tomthefunky]

Don't forget Al's

tick tock

beat in " Tenderness" or the knock! knock! knock! in "Knock on Wood"

[beachborrel]

its amazing,great.

[waffen2]

cropper said it best- al jackson was a great drummer and timekeeper, no one better

[StuartWade1]

thats right.  no one will ever imitate al jackson's pistol shot snare sound.

[thurmanoliver]

steven seagal played with booker t?

[musikfanat]

That's Steve Cropper, not Steven Seagall...

[MIoldtimer]

lol.............

[howardstern666]

now THAT'S funny!

[TypicalJoe1900]

How?

[howardstern666]

Who are you, Joe Pesci?

If you must know, I was replying to someone's comment about Steve Cropper resembling Steven Seagal. Why YouTube didn't put my comment underneath the one I replied to is beyond my control.

[mysticmaverick1]

Great interview with spectacular guitarist "Play It Steve" Cropper. I was standing five feet away from him and his flying fingers last night at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. What a show! What a band! To finally see Booker T @the MGs after 40 years was a dream come true. And Steve you are one hunk of a man!

[bill3979]

You are lucky. Congrats after 40 years. Living in Memphis, I first saw the MG's for free at an outdoor show when I was 12 and was so overwhelmed by what I heard I ran up like a dumb kid and thanked Steve. Have seen them a bunch of times since, and the last time I was lucky enough to have bought the sheet music for Time is Tight at a memorabilia store. Got it autographed and it hangs framed on my bedroom wall. Cropper tried to buy it from me. No way! Come visit the Stax Museum and feel history.

[mugsymalon]

Try also their cover of green onions - Fatboy stomp and the starsky and hutch theme here on utube

[mugsymalon]

deathroe try some James Taylor Quartet on acid jazz lable 1990's - Lots of hammond really cool! Lots of covers in this style for example the themes to 'Blow up' etc.

[deathroe]

i wish there was more music like this today. either there isnt any or i just havent found it yet

[SJI13]

what is the title of this documentary??

[losttouchwithreality]

I believe it's called John Lennon's Jukebox. I saw it on PBS once.

[killdestroyfilms]

It was on a UK TV show called the Southbank Show a few years ago.

[rudeboyfoodboy]

woah i want to see the rest of this documentary!!!!

[005davidragon]

the mg's are great. i can't even play piano but i learned the organ part for green onions.

(it took forever)

[bloodybill007]

I love the MG's man there cool. these brothers are the finest musicians in the world

[luggo]

Priceless. Look at them ol' Marshalls! Musta been in England. I'll bet Duck and Steve had a burnin' yearnin' fer some Fender amps right about then....

[mstern18]

actually I recognize this footage from a performance in Norway, during the tour of Europe in '67. theres a dvd of it, "Stax Volt Revue." according to the booklet that came with the dvd the amps (and drum set) were on loan from a local rock band. yeah, it probably would make more sense for them to be using fenders...but they still sound great of course..

[galan98]

It makes me mad when I think how much more music this group could've made had Al Jackson not been murdered. What a loss. He left his mark, though. They all did.

[john683011]

Spare, deceptively simple. Duck Dunn is my other favorite bassist.

[DelMkVI]

Such a tight band! Ultimate funk sound. Simple riffs played to perfection.

[aBlackbelt]

With an intro by John Lennon, how sweet:)

[funkberto]

The British Invasion with his groovie beat was DIRECTELY INSPIRED IN THE PRIMARY SOUL AND SUBURBAN AMERICAN SOUTHERN RHYTM & BLUES (Chess Records, Stax)

[61LPSG]

Excellent! Steve Cropper has been such a huge influence as a writer, musician, and

gentleman,my first Hero.

Thanks for the memories!

[Zepster77]

What a man, that Steve Cropper... a real southern gentleman.

[Ashwin42]

lovin the stax sound

[Hilton1949]

I've uploaded 2

Stax documentaries on 'veoh'

[teensmum]

Check out the documentries I've loaded. Steve Cropper has just done an Album with Guy Sebastian & came down to tour with him. Donald "Duck" Dunn was there, also Lester Snell & Steve Potts. Brilliant stuff. There's a couple of short doco's on Steve & The Guys making the album

[herseyb]

@Hilton1949 link?

[MrCFCarePOO]

@Hilton1949 Why not on Youtube?

[surfocaster]

Excellent - thanks!

[TECHKLEC]

I think this clip is off a PBS special on Stax Records? This is a good video and that whole special oughta be posted too!

[coolwafferman]

Now this is some Tough Music,Boot-Leg, I like that. What year did it come out?

[loda38]

1965

[coolwafferman]

I didn't notice they had it up there.Boot-Leg sounds like Junior Walker and the All-Stars music,Which is also good.

[kalcom2]

A very interesting clip on the stax sound.

[vidpop]

Thanks for the upload, nice to see this footage