Great Rod Stewart story...
Wrecking Crew vs. Muscle Shoals... Who wins?
We do! With all the great music that came out of both places from truly talented individuals.Wrecking Crew vs. Muscle Shoals... Who wins?
No, there doesn’t. Music isn’t a competition. For proof, I point you any of the Idol Got American Factor type shows. Little there is about good music.Booooooooo!!!!! Gotta be a winner other than the listener.. And for added measure Glen C and Jimmy J are still alive for the face off..
I couldnt disagree more Chris... Life is a competition.. At least that is what I tell my kids when I lock them in their room for losing the spelling bee..
You let 'em have a whole room?!?!
My folks had a special closet.
But in any case it ain't a real competition until the Funk Brothers are entered.
Note that would exclude the Jackson 5 stuff.
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Funk brothers??? well that changes the whole game Al!!! Good call excluding the J5 stuff.. I think what made MS so great is that they were on par with Mowtown in a lot of ways ( my opinion ) and they were a group of white boys from Alabamer..
I'd humbly submit the Muscle Shoals guys probably owed a lot to the Stax Records house band, too, even more than Motown:
Green Onions, anybody?
Soul Man?
PS the Funk Brothers didn't actually play on the Jackson 5 hits...
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Very interesting.. No I suppose not since they were recorded in LA and not Detroit.. Never investigated Stax Records..
I have indeed they, like the Muscle Shoals boys, backed Wilson Pickett didn’t they?? Is that correct??You have heard of Booker T & the MG's, right?
Right?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._&_the_M.G.'s
Only 'bout 125 miles away as the crow flies....
A-yup, and even Albert King.I have indeed they, like the Muscle Shoals boys, backed Wilson Pickett didn’t they?? Is that correct??