{"id":2259,"date":"2012-02-02T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T21:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2012-02-21T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T19:26:36","slug":"booker-t-and-the-mgs-plum-nellie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2259","title":{"rendered":"Booker T and the MGs – Plum Nellie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download -Booker T and the MGs – Plum Nellie <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The end of another week is finally upon us.<\/p>\n

Things are so busy\/topsy turvy these days that the end of the week has lost almost all meaning (other than the fact that the boys get the weekend off).<\/p>\n

It seems sometimes as if we\u2019re lost in a blur marked by the analog \u201chospital\/no hospital\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that that my wife\u2019s health situation has gotten worse, because it hasn\u2019t, but rather that the grind of treatment and the ensuing disruption of what little routine we could depend on tends to leave us in a fog of sorts, composed of equal parts confusion, boredom and angst.<\/p>\n

That said, one of the things you can depend on is that if Friday is here, so is the latest episode of the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>. We have a very special episode this week, composed entirely of a tribute to Etta James<\/strong> and Johnny Otis<\/strong>. It will hit the airwaves of the interwebs this Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. If you can\u2019t make it at airtime, you can always fall by this very spot over the weekend when and where I post a downloadable MP3 of every week\u2019s show (see the Radio Show tab in the header).<\/p>\n

The tune I have chosen to close out the week this time is a veritable audio grease fire from the Memphis law firm of Jones, Cropper, Jackson and Dunn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not ashamed to admit that the first time I heard the song \u2018Plum Nellie\u2019 is was on a Small Faces<\/strong> record, since Messrs Marriott, Jones, McGlagan and Lane<\/strong> were a big part of my ear-filling during the Mod\/garage days of the 80s.<\/p>\n

Though the Small Faces version (released in 67, but a part of their repertoire prior) of the tune is a killer, there is simply no getting past the fact that when Booker T and the MGs set foot in the Stax studio in 1963 they were gunning for bear.<\/p>\n

Though \u2013 like every other largely instrumental unit of the day<\/em> \u2013 the MGs recorded their share of filler (though even that was soulful) when they were at their best they were very, very heavy, and \u2018Plum Nellie\u2019 is a great example of that very heaviosity.<\/p>\n

Opening with some whipcrack guitar from Steve Cropper<\/strong>, the tune settles into a \u2018Green Onion\u2019-y pace, but with a much grittier overall vibe. The horn arrangement is inspired, boiling up menacingly when needed. There\u2019s a particularly inspired moment (at around 1:20) when the horns rise up and seemingly morph into Cropper\u2019s guitar which then opens up into a raging solo.<\/p>\n

The whole affair comes to a close at around the two-minute mark, and my thought is, had they taken it any further, they may have burned the studio down.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that hot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you all next week.<\/p>\n

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Also, make sure that you check out the POAC link below (click on the logo). It’s a fantastic organization that provides services to our local autism community, with education and recreational events, and any contribution you could make would be greatly appreciated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you want one of the new Funky16Corners stickers (free, of course) click here for info.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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