Rufus Thomas

Do The Funky Penguin

1971 · Soul · Stax

US · STA-0112

Tracklist

Credits

Producer
Tom Nixon
Written by
Tom Nixon, Jo Bridges, Rufus Thomas, Sir Mack Rice
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Where it leads

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.

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