By Gold | Published: February 22, 2010
I just can’t get over losin’ you And so if I seem, broken and blue Walk on by, walk on by Foolish pride, that’s all that I have left Thanks to a wonderful teacher in high school, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to the entire Stax singles catalog almost immediately upon becoming interested [...]
Posted in mp3s | Also tagged Al Bell, Al Jackson Jr., Arthur Conley, Bar-Kays, Booker T, Carla Thomas, Charles "Skip" Pitts, Eddie Floyd, Harold Beane, Harvey Joe Henderson, Hot Buttered Soul, Jeanne and the Darlings, Johnny Taylor, Macy Skipper, Marvell Thomas, Mel Stuart, Memphis Horns, Michael Toles, Otis Redding, Peter Guralnick, Sam and Dave, Shaft, Staples Singers, Stax Records, Steve Cropper, The Happy Song (Dum Dum), WattStax, William Bell, Willie Hall
By Gold | Published: February 26, 2008
This is really the heart of it. Songs without pretense. Fun, beautifully arranged, and staffed by the world’s greatest backing band. There is this infectious quality to the Stax sound, and by the end of the song you don’t just like it, you hope for it’s success. Each of these songs was recorded around the [...]
Walk On By Part 2