Get a taste of Belleruche 's new sound at London's Scala on May 31st. The turntable soul group has gone a bit darker on new LP Rollerchain , which is out now on Tru Thoughts Records. Check out our exclusive mix from the band, and grab tickets to the show (which also features Py and KidKanevil ) here . Belleruche - Train Tracks: A tour mixtape by DJ Modest 1. Blue Train, John Coltrane 2. Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train, Louis Armstrong 3. Take the "A" Train, Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald 4. All Aboard, Muddy Waters 5. The Rock Island Line ...

Imprégné du blues et du gospel des terres d’Alabama, influencé par le rock’n'roll de Little Richard, Wilson Pickett est une des figures emblématiques de la grande famille des chanteurs southern soul. Cadet d’une famille de 11 enfants, il commence à chanter le gospel dans l’église de la petite bourgade de Prattville avant de rejoindre son [...]

As a member of Booker T. And The MGs, Donald "Duck" Dunn played with one of the best bands in rock, soul, and plain old human history. As the band's bassist, he was buried way down deep in a groove made famous by singers like Otis Redding, Sam And Dave, Wilson Pickett, and countless other greats of the '60s and '70s. Dunn was the one who made songs, and then millions of people, move. This perpetual forward motion was eloquent, undeniable, and sexy, but it was not inexhaustible. After playing two shows at the Blue Note Night Club in ...

Legendary Stax Records session man and Booker T. & the M.G.'s bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn has died at the age of 70. The musician played with several influential artists over the years including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and the Blues Brothers with Dan Akyroyd and John Belushi. http://www.hitfix.com

The Associated Press reports that Donald "Duck" Dunn  (pictured above far right), the legendary bassist for Booker T. & the MGs , the Blues Brothers band, and several others, has died. He passed in his sleep in Tokyo, where he was touring with longtime collaborator and friend Steve Cropper. He was 70. Dunn was a mainstay of Memphis's soul scene. In 1961 at the age of 20, he became a member of the Mar-Keys, an early all-instrumental Stax band. In 1965, he joined Cropper, Al Jackson, and Booker T. Jones to become the bassist for Booker T. & the MGs, Stax's ...

Booker T. & the M.G.’s : Green Onions (Live) [ purchase ] I woke up early this morning to two pieces of news—first, that our theme for the week was “The Plant Kingdom,” and second, that Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bass player who was a member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s, had died. I naturally thought of posting “Green Onions.” Then, I found out that Dunn joined the band after the song was released. On the other hand, having been a member since 1964, I have to assume that he played the song maybe a million times, so I ...

Bass player and songwriter Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers as well as a studio musician for the legendary Stax studios who played with countless musicians including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Jerry Lee Lewis and later in Los Angeles Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and others, has died in Tokyo. He was 70.

From Billboard : R&B;, soul and funk guitar architect and Bo-Keys member Charles “Skip” Pitts-whose signature riffs are forever immortalized in the Isley Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing” and the wah-wah on Isaac Hayes’ “Theme From Shaft”-died yesterday (May 1) in Memphis. He was 65 and had suffered from lung cancer. Pitts’ pioneering skill with the wah-wah pedal is one of the focal points in the 2011 documentary “Cry Baby: the Pedal That Rocks the World,” alongside Buddy Guy, Slash and Eddie Van Halen. In addition to his collaborations with the Isleys and Hayes, Pitts performed and recorded with several ...

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Scott Bomar Charles "Skip" Pitts, a member of Isaac Hayes ' group and Stax studio musician, died yesterday from lung cancer in Memphis. He was 65. According to BBC , Pitts was best known for his unique "wah-wah" guitar pedal sound which left an indelible mark on the Isaac Hayes theme to the 1971 motion picture Shaft . After growing up in Washington, D.C., Pitts started his musical career as a teenager with a credible mentor in neighbor Bo Diddley . From there Pitts found himself performing on Gene Chandler's "Rainbow '65" before stints with soul ...

Just minutes ago Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band finished off the first weekend of action at the fairgrounds for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with a barn-burning, curfew-busting 24-song set. Along the way, the ensemble debuted a few originals from the Seeger Sessions days and welcomed a Crescent City legend to the stage – Dr. John  - in front of a massive crowd. [Photo by @kbeninato ] Dr. John came out in the middle of the set for a rendition of Something You Got by Chris Kenner, a song that was thought to be played by the E Street Band ...

Tom Waits : Medley: Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come [ purchase ] Sometimes you don't have to be in the gutter to be looking at the stars.  And sometimes, when you look at the stars it's only because you're winking at them as you give the moon the finger. Beautiful losers making the ultimate road trip, New York to California.  Searching for something.  God, maybe, or maybe just a good time.  Cigarettes, cheap booze, benzedrine and girls who want all of those things, and are happy to share. You dream of Bird, even though Wilson Pickett's voice tells ...

Some things just happen by accident. Releasing music for years now – and making it for even longer – Damien DeRose has entered fans’ lives in the most unexpected of ways. A chance encounter on the radio, an unexpected support slot or a eulogising blog (hello!) has all helped spread his Peasant project across the globe. Somehow, by hook or by crooke, Peasant have built themselves a solid fan-base. Sweet, lilting acoustic songsmithery, the band are too pop to be labelled folk – but then, when did pop ever come in such tender batches? New album ‘Glory">Bound For Glory’ is a case ...

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