King Curtis

The Best Of King Curtis

1969 · Funk / Soul · ATCO Records

US · SD 37-266

Credits

Written by: Tom T. Hall, Bobbie Gentry, Henry Cosby, Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon, Otis Redding, Steve Cropper, Rufus Thomas

Memphis Soul

Horn stabs, dragging backbeat, one take: the sound of a house band cutting hits in a converted cinema.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.