6/1/2023 0 Comments Green onions booker tThis is the last of those flashback episodes, and from next week on we’re moving forward into 1963. Since “Telstar” we’ve been looking at records from 1962 that came out just before “Love Me Do” - we’ve essentially been in an extended flashback. Why not join them?Īnd now we come to the end of the backfilling portion of the story. ![]() This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. It’s out of print physically, but the MP3 edition, while pricey, is worth it. 1: 1959-1968is a nine-CD box set containing much of the rest of the music in this episode. If the Erwin Records tracks here interest you, they’re all available on t his compilation. This is a good cheap compilation of Booker T and the MGs’ music. Two were histories of Stax - Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax by Rob Bowman, and Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion by Robert Gordon.Ĭountry Soul by Charles L Hughes is a more general overview of soul music made in Tennessee and Alabama in the sixties, but is useful as it’s less likely to take statements about racial attitudes entirely at face value. I used three main books when creating this episode. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and ![]() Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “He’s So Fine” by the Chiffons. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on November 24, 2020Įpisode 105 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Green Onions”, and how a company started by a Western Swing fiddle player ended up making the most important soul records of the sixties.
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