Corridor of Uncertainty - Muscle Shoals Special - April 2014 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud
1.
Boz Scaggs - I'll Be Long Gone -
Boz Scaggs
was backed by the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, given the nickname
The Swampers by a certain Leon Russell who also recorded with them.
2.
Leon Russell - Lady Blue
Roger
Hawkins, David Hood, and Barry Beckett from the Swampers, toured for a while
with Traffic. Winwood vocals - never a bad thing.
3.
Traffic
- Dear Mr. Fantasy
The drummer
from Traffic then with a bit of blue-eyed disco...
4.
Jim
Capaldi – Shoe Shine
Jim Capaldi
wrote the film soundtrack to The Contender , his last ever recording with the
Muscle Shoals Rhythm section. One of the
huge number of artists they recorded with was Johnnie Taylor a.k.a. The
Philosopher Of Soul....this was his great song that was sampled for Lola's
theme by The Shapeshifters in 2004...
5.
Johnnie
Taylor (What About My Love)
From the
album "brothers" recorded at Muscle Shoals, comes the Black Keys'
cover of the Jerry Butler track, "Never gonna give you up". Jerry
Butler was in the same church choir, as Curtis Mayfield. The Staple Singers,
who began recording at MS, then later Stax, ended up on Curtis' label, after
Stax went bankrupt.
6.
Black
Keys - Never Gonna Give You Up
from Black
Keys to......
7.
Alicia
Keys - Pressing On
Alicia Keys
song is a cover of the Bob Dylan choon from his album Stranded. Playing
keyboards on that album was Spooner Oldham from the Swampers (Muscle Shoals
Rhythm section). Spooner Oldham also co
wrote songs with the legendary Dan Penn , who was a regular at FAME studios as
a performer , writer & producer.
one of the first songs Dan Penn wrote was arguably one of the greatest
soul songs put on record.....
8.
James
Carr - At the dark end of the street
Dan Penn
also wrote, "the letter" by the box tops.
Here's a
live cover version by Joe Cocker, great horn section & backing singers
9.
Joe
Cocker "The Letter" live 1970
Dan Penn
wrote The Letter, who also wrote 'Cry Like a Baby' recorded by Lulu, who
recorded at Muscle Shoals this one, also covered by Joe Cocker
10.
Lulu-Feelin'
Alright
Backing
singers on the Lulu lp were the legendary Sweet Inspirations (who could have a
mix all of their own of people they've sung with) It wouldn't be a Muscle Shoals mix without
the Queen Of Soul and from one of her many recordings on Atlantic, on which the
Sweet Inspirations sang backing vocals , comes this... The lp was called Spirit In The Dark from
1970 and featured many of the Muscle Shoals session players...
11.
Aretha
Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (Live)
Muscle
Shoals recording
12.
The
Osmonds – One Bad Apple
