King Curtis - Instant Groove (1969)

For your listening pleasure, a great rare track from the legendary King Curtis, the famed saxophone player best remembered for his high octane solo on The Coasters hit "Yakety Yak" who then went on to front his own R&B unit, The Kingpins, scoring hits like "Memphis Soul Stew" and cultivating great session players like Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott and Bernard Purdie. He then became Aretha Franklin's musical director before a glorious career came to a tragic end when he was murdered in August of 1971. Curtis has not been forgotten however, he was nominated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Here is "Instant Groove", which showcases the burning R&B Curtis was best known for. That's him doing the speaking on the track too.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• KING
• CURTIS
• ATCO
• RECORDS
• 1969
• R&B
• SAXOPHONE
• JERRY
• JEMMOTT
• FUNK
• SOUL
• BLUES
• JAZZ
• MEMPHIS
• HORNS
• ATLANTIC

[olliedotkid]

zero dislikes says it all really

[StooGP]

@olliedotkid That's a GREAT comment!!! One of the best here among great comments...

[mrslideinsideu2]

Aretha Franklin has a song that starts off with the same guitar riff

[StooGP]

@mrslideinsideu2 Well, that's probably because she had the same line up on her late 60s-early 70s records as here...King Curtis became her musical director in 1971, right before he was murdered... :(

[ontonz]

King Curtis had more balls in his pinky than Kenny G has in his entire scrotum.

[Wally773MTG]

I say goddamn!

[saucy05]

@olliedotkid I'm feeling like a douche bag today so thumbs down. The song is actually groovy lol.

[dngcat]

@mymotobikers haha fuuuunk that!! i remember that tune from the 90's like a house tune

[Nycter1]

Well it wasn't instant, only really starting at 0:41 , but it definitely was groovy!

[diamondog99]

jam it out jimi ...yea

[Totoyogo1]

@mrslideinsideu2 Hendrix is playing the guitarra bro!

[ArtiztikAA]

shut the funk up and listen!

[MrNeeceGuy]

damn thats some killer shit!

[6motion6]

Someone pointed out that the guitar riff sounds the same as an Aretha song. I might add that it also has the same riff as Nina Simone's "Save Me." Also, the riff reminds me of the garage classic "Gloria."

This is one fine song!