Rufus Thomas

The Breakdown

1971 · Soul · Stax

US · STA-0098

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Credits

Producer
Tom Nixon
Arranged by
Tom Nixon
Written by
Eddie Floyd, 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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