Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'

Xander ,'Selfless'


Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


Daisy Jane - Mar 16, 2004 9:06:08 am PST #1637 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

That's the client. Ok...

They're from Sam Phillips recording studio (signed by Moore too)for 2 45 masters

# is V-1120, and nothing is coming up on Google.


amych - Mar 16, 2004 9:07:08 am PST #1638 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

That's the client. Ok... They're from Sam Phillips recording studio (signed by Moore too)for 2 45 masters

t whimper


DavidS - Mar 16, 2004 9:08:57 am PST #1639 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

They're from Sam Phillips recording studio (signed by Moore too)for 2 45 masters

Scotty Moore?

# is V-1120, and nothing is coming up on Google.

Have you googled by artist name and song title?


Daisy Jane - Mar 16, 2004 9:11:48 am PST #1640 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Theres no name or title listed just descripton and #, well and the rate.

Yeah, Scotty Moore.

I have to go to lunch. I can't work on this thing all day. You'd think somebody would have had a record though.


joe boucher - Mar 16, 2004 9:39:09 am PST #1641 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

Scotty Moore & Steve Cropper recorded together? My first thought was Sam Moore of Sam and Dave. Scotty Moore, huh? Is this pre-Stax? Now that I think about it, though... Steve Cropper... Volt, the Stax subsidiary?


joe boucher - Mar 16, 2004 9:47:42 am PST #1642 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

Jesus, it could be "Green Onions"! (No label number, but it gives us the Cropper/Moore/Phillips nexus.) Pertinent part:

The next morning Steve Cropper took the song down to the nearby Sun Studios on Union Avenue....former home to Elvis’s early recordings.

There he asked former Elvis guitarist Scotty Moore to dub him off a quick copy. Scotty’s exact words were “Wow that’s funky!” and Steve obviously thought so too because he immediately raced down to local radio station WLOK. The DJ on air there immediately played it......four times in a row.

The phones went mad with people asking about this great dance track they’d just heard. Steve Cropper called producer Jim Stewart who still worked at the local bank and told him to get down there as quick as he could since it looked like they had a big potential hit on their hands.

One problem remained however...it still had no title. The band’s original bassist Lewis Steinberg came swiftly to the rescue. If the song’s funky, he reckoned then the title should be funky too. Now it’s important to note the word “funky” meant at the time “stinky” or “dirty” so reasoned Steinberg to call it green onions cause that was the stinkiest thing he knew!


DavidS - Mar 16, 2004 10:19:33 am PST #1643 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yeah, Scotty Moore.

For those of you discinclined to Google, this is Elvis' guitarist and one of the most influential in rock history. Though probably not as influential as Steve Cropper. Anyway, these are legendary names.

Now it’s important to note the word “funky” meant at the time “stinky” or “dirty” so reasoned Steinberg to call it green onions cause that was the stinkiest thing he knew!

It still means stanky and dirty. Though it's a pretty specific smell. Earthy though, so I can see why they'd go with "Green Onions."


Daisy Jane - Mar 16, 2004 10:22:15 am PST #1644 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Moore's the engineer, don't know if he was on the recording.

The date's December of 63 and not 62.

I have 2 singles from Volt around that time that I think could be they, but again, the numbers. AAAARRRRRRGH!

I give up.


Jesse - Mar 16, 2004 10:22:42 am PST #1645 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Heather's job is cool....

Hey, is there anywhere to get streaming Stax/Volt music? The old R&B station on launch.com tried to play me "Come See About Me," and that's just not what I'm in the mood for.


DavidS - Mar 16, 2004 10:25:53 am PST #1646 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hey, is there anywhere to get streaming Stax/Volt music?

Hmmm. I suppose you could just have a Memphis soul only station on Launch.

WWOZ is a great radio station out of New Orleans, but they obviously slant towards their own local brand. There's a great show on Tuesdays though, of NOLA soul 50s R&B with Jivin' Gene. 7-10 EST.

Records From the Crypt is also really cool.