The sleeve of paul is live was adapted by cgi artist erwin keustermans. Steve cropper and duck dunn if the names are familiar, they were core members of the blues brothers, and the late al jackson jr. Booker t and mgs classic tribute to the beatles part of the latest batch of stax remasters is mclemore avenue, the booker t and the mgs album inspired by the beatles abbey road with the cover showing thegroup walking across the memphis location in a manner echoing the beatles on the cover of abbey road. Performing on over 600 of that labels releases, they virtually defined classic soul music as we know it today. Booker t and the mg s mclemore avenue on lp released in january 1970, mclemore avenue is a tribute to abbey road, the landmark recording released by the beatles the prior summer. Stax house band, who famously reinterpreted the beatles abbey road. Booker t and the mgs mclemore avenue vinyl lp shop. See more ideas about booker t, booker t jones and steve cropper.
In 1970, they released mclemore avenue, an allinstrumental album covering the beatles abbey road. Stax records is so revered today that its hard to believe it began in such modest surroundings. Because this song is by the beatles and appears on the album abbey road 1969, on the compilation album anthology 3 1996, on the event soundtrack love 2006. Booker t and the mgs mclemoreavenue album cover web optimised 820. Frank sinatra, meanwhile, made something a feature of his concerts for years, recording it twice and calling it the greatest love song of the. Michael ochs archivesgetty images we released mclemore avenue, our tribute to abbey road, the same month the beatles. I want you, and the rest of the original lp, youll hear their groovy takes on eleanor rigby. This twodisc, 30track release documents the key years of one of the most important instrumental groups in the history of pop, booker t. Abbey road in the late 60s, the mgs really hit their stride with hip hugher, groovin, soullimbo, hang em high, and time is tight, all of which were top 40 charters between 1967 and 1969. Paul actually ditched his shoes because it was a hot summers day. Booker t and the mgs mclemore avenue album cover web optimised 820.
Golden slumbers carry that weight the end here comes the sun come together booker t. I heard a few of these songs but didn t realize that they did the whole album. Michael ochs archivesgetty we released mclemore avenue, our tribute to abbey road, the same month the beatles split. This wasn t just a group trying to cash in on a good thing.
The beatles released abbey road october 1, 1969 in the united states. Mar 08, 2009 booker t and the mgs mclemore avenue booker t and the mgs, most known as the stax house band that brought the world green onions, were no stranger to cover songs. Along with their hit spin on something and medleys comprising here comes the sun. Since the presence of black and white musicians made them a biracial band, the mgs set a somewhat under. Abbey road is the eleventh studio album by the english rock band the beatles, released on 26 september 1969 by apple records. The worlds greatest and tightest backing band, booker t and the mg s began as the inhouse band for stax records. I was shattered paul weller, booker t and more on the day. Booker t and the mg s recorded and released an instrumental cover of the album mclemore avenue within a year, featuring themselves crossing the road outside their own stax studios. In 1960, jones started working as a session man for stax, where he met cropper.
More significantly, in 1993 they served as the backup band for a neil young tour, one which brought both them and young high critical marks. He immediately had jackson and dunn lay down the rhythm tracks with cropper adding his guitar parts a couple of weeks later. Beatles tribute album track by track by herbyesterday. Jul 29, 2018 provided to youtube by universal music group medley.
Named after the location of emi studios in london, the cover features the group walking across the streets zebra crossing, an image that became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music. Jones organ, piano, steve cropper guitar, lewie steinberg bass, and al jackson, jr. She didn t wear jack boots and kilts, i just sort of elaborated. I love booker t and abbey road is probably my favorite beatles album whom i also love. My pure fascination and admiration of the works that the beatles had done. Golden slumberscarry that weightthe end the stax house band were so enamoured with abbey road that they decided to cover pretty much the whole thing. Listen to this while high get high and cruise down mclemore avenue booker t. Jones orgel, piano, steve cropper gitar, lewie steinberg bass og al jackson jr. His keyboards are creative and concise, bringing out a visceral response to this music. In spring of 1970, mere months after the beatles released abbey road, the stax labels elite house band booker t. The worlds greatest and tightest backing band, booker t and the mgs began as the inhouse band for stax records. Booker t and the mgs mclemore avenue on lp released in january 1970, mclemore avenue is a tribute to abbey road, the landmark recording released by the beatles the prior summer. Formed in 1962 in memphis, tennessee, booker t and the mgs mg officially stood for memphis group, and is usually punctuated correctly on lp covers as m.
See more ideas about abbey road, beatles abbey road, the beatles. The artwork has been muchmimicked and parodied in the years since abbey roads release, by musicians including booker t and the mgs, kanye west, and red hot chili peppers. They also copied the originals iconic album cover and even named the platter, mclemore avenue, after the street that was home to their recording studio, just like the beatles did for their classic. The record consisted entirely of mostly instrumental covers of songs from the beatles album abbey road released only months earlier. They became the core of a shifting alignment of musicians that acted as the house band for stax records.
Jones bought the album shortly afterward and decided to issue a soulful and instrumental interpretation of the music. Golden slumberscarry that weightthe endhere comes the suncome together, 2 something, 3 medley. Stax pay tribute to the fab four with this album of covers from the abbey road album complete with spoof cover shot outside the stax studio. It wouldnt be entirely accurate to call mclemore avenue a tribute record, but perhaps it is the ultimate tribute in that it. Til booker t and the mgs covered the beatles abbey road. Beatles parody tribute imitation inspiration by tusovski.
Interestingly enough, at about the same time george benson recorded the other side of abbey road, booker t. He said she dressed up in polythene, which she did. Booker t and the mgs time is tight box set universal this week, universal music are finally giving a uk release to the booker t. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. Noted lefty paul having a cigarette in his right hand was seen as evidence it wasn t. This album is an albeit shuffled fullalbum cover of the beatles abbey road, down to the album cover. Medley golden slumbers, carry that weight, the end, here comes the sun, come together 2. The mgs got back into the spotlight in early 1992, when they were the house band for an extravagant bob dylan tribute at madison square garden. In 1993 paul mccartney even adapted the original artwork for his album paul is live. Nov 12, 2018 the albums front cover is a parody of the front cover of abbey road. Jones was so taken with the beatles abbey road, he claims he had to respond, just to say thanks. Jones himself, who provided much of the groove with his floating organ lines. The albums front cover is a parody of the front cover of abbey road. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery for the beatles, as most famous album cover inspires dozens of imitations.
Booker t and the mgs take the beatles to stax when the beatles released abbey road, on 26 september 1969, it was not met with. The beatles abbey road album played by the grooviest cats on the planet,and at a wonderful price as well. In 1970 they managed an entire album dedicated to covers of songs from the beatles abbey road. Jones began working at stax records in memphis as a saxophonist in 1960. Their bestknown songs included green onions, bootleg, and time is tight. Green onions historical background facing history and. This song is by the beatles and appears on the album abbey road 1969 and on the compilation album anthology 3 1996. A lot of you probably guessed as much, but mclemore avenue was the memphis street on which staxs studios resided, just as abbey road was the street on which the emi studio where the beatles recorded was. Brilliant stuff by booker t jones, al jackson, donald duck dunn and steve cropper. Booker t and the mg s recorded and released an instrumental cover of the album mclemore avenue within a year, featuring themselves crossing the road. Jones remains my favorite hammond player and an inspiration to my hacking, middle aged attempts to learn to play. If anything has symbolic value, its the fact that the cover depicts the beatles walking away from abbey road studios. Abbey road 1969 anthology 3 1996 demo notable covers.