I Thank You

2010-06-05T08:06:00.000-07:00

"I Thank You was Sam Moore and Dave Prater's fourth album for Stax/Atlantic and appeared three years after the first. Known as "Double Dynamite" the ex-gospel singers had an exciting stage act but on record benefited greatly from the galvanising presence of Booker T and the MGs and the Mar-Keys and the songwriting and arranging skills of Isaac Hayes with Dave Porter. A split between Stax and Atlantic later in 1968 meant that, deprived of that luxury, this was the last album before their split in 1970."

This is a great album, especially the title track. It's just some really good 60's R&B stuff that most should enjoy. These are the guys who did the songs "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Coming" which you should know from radio play and from the Blues Brothers movie.....but enough about that...

Track listing:

I Thank You
Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody
These Arms Of Mine
Wrap It Up
If I Didn't Have A Girl Like You
You Don't Know What You Mean To Me
Don't Turn Your Heater On
Talk To The Man
Love Is After Me
Ain't That A Lot Of Love
Don't Waste That Love
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)

Here's the first song, the single "I Thank You" on the Ed Sullivan show:

You can get this album here: http://www.amazon.com/I-Thank-You-Sam-Dave/dp/B000BX8QL6

Hello!

2010-06-04T11:48:00.000-07:00

and welcome to the new blog! I hope to be your guide to the musical world as I spread the word on new bands, and help bring back some of the lost ones. I'll also be suggesting albums and artists to you and who knows what else! I'm open to all possibilities!

The first artist I'd like to talk about, go by the name of The Rutles

(from Wikipedia) The Rutles (also known as the Prefab Four) are a band that are known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of The Beatles. Originally created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes as a fictional band to be featured as part of various 1970s television programming, the group evolved into a real band that recorded and toured, and released two UK chart hits.

Initially created for a short sketch in Idle's UK television comedy series Rutland Weekend Television, The Rutles gained international fame after being the focus of the 1978 mockumentary television film, All You Need Is Cash (often referred to as just The Rutles). Having been encouraged by the reaction to the sketch, featuring Beatles' music pastiches by Neil Innes, the film was written by Idle, who co-directed it with Gary Weis. It featured 20 songs written by Innes, which he performed with three musicians as "The Rutles". A successful soundtrack album in 1978 was, much later, followed in 1996 by Archaeology, which spoofed the Beatles' Anthology series which had recently been released.

Saturday Night Live (1976)

On 2 October 1976 , when Idle appeared on the American NBC show Saturday Night (later Saturday Night Live), he took videotape extracts from Rutland Weekend Television — including the Rutles clip. That led to a suggestion by SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels to extend the skit into a one-hour mock documentary. This proposal led to the 1978 mockumentary All You Need Is Cash, directed by SNL film director Gary Weis (responsible for the programme's short films), though Idle was credited as co-director.

All You Need Is Cash documented the rise and fall of The Rutles, paralleling much of the history of The Beatles.

Innes wrote and produced the music. He relied on his memory of Beatles music, without listening, to create soundalike songs. Innes assembled a band (himself, Halsey, Ollie Halsall, Andy Brown, and Rikki Fataar) and the group played in a London pub to gel. During Rutles performances and studio recordings, Innes took lead on the songs that resembled Lennon's; Halsall sang on most McCartney-esque tunes; Fataar sang the Harrison songs; and Halsey sang a Ringo Starr-type song. Idle mimed to Halsall's singing and Brown's bass playing in the completed film. Halsall appeared in the film as "Leppo", the fifth Rutle who in the earliest years "mainly stood in the back". Brown did not appear in the film.

Though they were a parody band, the soundtrack album that was released in 1978 has some great, Beatle-esque songs on it that could have been hits on their own.

I suggest this album (and if you can get your hands on it, the DVD) to any real Beatles fan.
The movie is hilarious, especially if you are familiar with the Beatles' story. The Rutles are: Ron Nasty (Lennon), Dirk McQuickly (McCartney), Stig O'hara (Harrison), and Barry Womb (Starr).

Highlights: I Must Be In Love, Between Us, Get Up and Go, With A Girl Like You.

Hear: The Rutles - I Must Be In Love

You can purchase the Rutles album here: http://www.amazon.com/Rutles-Neil-Innes/dp/B00000348L
Rutles' webpage: http://www.rutles.org/

I'd love to hear your opinions on how we can improve the blog.

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I Thank You

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