Blues Brothers Band & Rufus Thomas - Walking the dog

[farcio79]

pistoiaaaa bluesssssssss

[urahore1]

Great cover,.....check out Jackie Shane 1965 walking the dog ,......

[17Hexe]

the good " old blues brothers boys band" :-)))

[MagickMusic1]

This was a huge hit for Rufus. I still perform it solo on piano. The tune is strong

enough to get people off their butts even w/o a big band. This Blues Bros. Band is

the best all around blues band ever created.

[Archerjr1]

The horn players are from The Blues Brothers...Bones, Blue Lou & Mr. Fabulous. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Cropper played on the original version.

[coltgrabber2]

In case nobody noticed, that is Duck Dunn (Bass) & Steve Cropper (Guitar) of Booker T. & the MGs backing him. Probably the Memphis Horns too but I don't know them.

[fedchov1997]

@ANNACASAREZ really???

[pillroller88]

The Duck just laying down the best bass line as always...Memphis licks just for kicks

[TheROEL1967]

I really am sorry not to in the version of the Belgian group Tjens Couter pn U Tube !

That is really just an amazing version !

[glasman857]

Man, I saw Rufus at a gig in Memphis, TN coat & tie--everything head to toe bright green, just'a walkin' the dog

[reefrunner9]

It's not about the money....it's all about Pain and Joy, Yin Yang.....from Memphis to Chicago to the rest of the world....sort of..

[kc5tng]

@reefrunner9

Wanna bet it aint bout the Money? Try getting any of these singers and musicians to sing and play for free while the House makes tha Money~! We do what we do cause we Love it~, but gettin Paid Money for it ..thats a big part of why "We Love It".

We get paid to do what we love doing~! As it Should Be~!

[CarlSchwamberger]

A lot of these R&B musicians were badly off financially in the 1970s. I wonder if they were paid enough for these Blues Brothers covers & apperances.

[tomthefunky]

@CarlSchwamberger: Actually none of them were badly off in the seventies. Steve Cropper was a millionaire and Duck Dunn was close to it. The horn section were the best in the business (still are). Today they are worth a fortune. Duck Dunn owned the record company that released the Clapton Unplugged album. It sold ten million copies in a year. Only superstars (Neil Young, Dylan,Clapton) can afford to hire them. Cropper gets publishing royalties for writing some of the biggest songs of the 60's.

[CarlSchwamberger]

@tomthefunky Tom..I was thinking of the artists making the guest apperances, like Thomas. Some were still very well off, but others were a bit down & out. From reading their bios you get the impression the Blues Bro gigs would make a real difference in their bank accounts. Sorry I did not make that clear in the earlier post here. I work part time in a organization that deals with a lot of older musicians & its common to see some high quality artisits just scraping by as they age.

[bluedaddy23]

love the music, but what the hell is he wearing? seen better looking legs in a bucket of Kentucky Fried.

Better legs on a saw horse.....

[Tiny1bme]

bluedaddy23 you funny...love me some Rufus Thomas

[DRESTA12345678910]

@bluedaddy23 duuuuude you best not be hatin on rufus thomas' style yo

he looked way too gangst in this

not as intense as his wattstax performance but still pretty legit

[BOOstories]

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[MsMarciBlues]

WOW...Look at that outfit Rufus is wearing, OMG! with Mat Murphy and all! BTW, does anyone out there know what is happening w/ Matt? Haven't heard anything since his stroke. Heard he was pretty bad off. I used to jam w/him but lost touch.

Ms Marci

[123jigga]

His nephew floyd murphy jr. said they just did a gig in florida and he's doing well. He still plays like he used to but has to sit down instead of standing...thanks for asking.

[Sointula2]

Man needs a tailor.

[RockyRaccoon31]

Putting the FUNK in funky!

[ThierryCipiere]

British band Dr Feelgood also released a really good version

[MangoMawn]

This is great to see ... I also really his "Funky Chicken" in the movie - "Wattstax" ... he's in a pink suit and it is the definition of  funky.

[ftjax]

What happened to Carla Thomas ?

[B3Rock]

MEMPHIS!

[tbanksy]

who is the tenor man?

[tomthefunky]

"Blue" Lou Marini. In the movie, he played the dishwasher in Aretha's restaurant and Matt Murphy was the cook.

[rontenn]

The original "Walking The Dog" guy R.T. & the original of this song by him is the best version of hundreds out there!!!!  Ron

[pmf598]

class . . . 100% . . X

[shelbyjax]

Im surprised that I never knew about this guy....He's great

[aldokantarutti]

questo video è mitico

ciè guarda la rai cosa avrebbe...che stronzi...

[Tigerbabysob]

AWESOME! Thanks for posting!

[mdfu]

My HERO!!

[kentrelleboy]

Rufus is just pure soul you gotta feel it

[buckwheat39]

kicking sound  man

[olstuff]

Wow. Great performance by Rufus backed by a great band with outstanding horn section.

Thank you for posting.

[surfocaster]

Thanks for this, a classic STAX star with the steller Blues Brothers band.

A+, thanks again!