This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #TheFavFiveBand.

Of course, there are lots of great musicians in many different genres, but since you cannot include all of them, I only listed the first five favorite rhythm & blues players that I came up with:

Mickey Baker - guitar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Baker

James Jamerson - bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson

Al Jackson Jr. - drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_Jr.

Paul Griffin - piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Griffin_(musician)

King Curtis - saxophone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Curtis

This might have been a pretty good band!

#music #mickeybaker #jamesjamerson #aljacksonjr #paulgriffin #kingcurtis #rhythmandlkues

red-tracksuit, hood-up, / & dark sunglasses on

Watching Willie Hall Keep Time at Rosa’s Lounge
Reed Turchi

#Poetry #ReedTurchi #WilieHall #RosasLounge #Blues #Music #BluesBrothers #IsaacHayes #PopsStaples #AlJacksonJr

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1723453/watching-willie-hall-keep-time-at-rosas-lounge

Johnnie Taylor // #JohnnieTaylor //

Just The One (I've Been Looking For)
[album Rare Stamps, 1969]

//via // #CraftRecordings #ConcordMusicGroup //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #JohnnieTaylor #RareStamps #JustTheOne #JustTheOneIHaveBeenLookingFor #AlBell #EddieFloyd #SteveCropper #DonDavis #AlJacksonJr. #DaleWarren #Stax

link bandcamp: https://johnnietaylor.bandcamp.com/track/just-the-one-ive-been-looking-for

Otis Redding, The Dock Of The Bay, 1968 on Volt.

This was the first posthumous release after Redding died in 1967, and his seventh studio album. It collected some singles, b-sides, and previously released tracks, including the title track “(Sittin’ On) The Doc of the Bay” which was cowritten by Steve Cropper and Redding. Also has a great version of “Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down And Out.”

The band here includes Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes, Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunn, and Al Jackson Jr. Carla Thomas joins on “Tramp.”

My copy is a 1968 pressing via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN – it’s in great shape.

#1960s #1968 #AlJacksonJr #BookerTJones #CarlaThomas #DonaldDunn #ElectricFetus #isaacHayes #MinneapolisMN #OtisRedding #Soul #SteveCropper #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Volt