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PFA - Once You Get Started/Knock on Wood
Nov. 29th, 2008 07:01 amHere's Philadelphia Funk Authority with the Rufus and Chaka Khan's Once You Get Started
(MP3), which can be found on the album The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
.
From there, PFA segues into a tune co-written by Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd, Knock On Wood
(MP3), which can be found on the album Knock on Wood: Best of Eddie Floyd
:
Knock On Wood is probably one of my favorite tunes, and Cropper is one of my favorite guitarists and songwriters. If you're thinking you heard of Steve Cropper before, it just may be on account of him acting the role of Steve "The Colonel" Cropper in The Blues Brothers
. Not much of a stretch for him to be playing tunes like Soul Man (which some sources list him as writing, others don't; my take on it: listen to the guitar riff: he co-wrote the tune and that's that! =).
If you really can't get enough of "The Colonel", check out his instrumental performance of Knock On Wood
(MP3) from the album Jammed Together
with Albert King and Pops Staples. Seriously good stuff.
If you can't part from the vocals, give a listen to the album Raise Your Hand
by percussionist Pancho Sanchez. Not only does Cropper play guitar on Knock On Wood
(MP3), but he jumps in on at least one other tune, and the whole album is an excellent blend of Latin rhythms with R&B.
(MP3), which can be found on the album The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan.From there, PFA segues into a tune co-written by Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd, Knock On Wood
(MP3), which can be found on the album Knock on Wood: Best of Eddie Floyd:Knock On Wood is probably one of my favorite tunes, and Cropper is one of my favorite guitarists and songwriters. If you're thinking you heard of Steve Cropper before, it just may be on account of him acting the role of Steve "The Colonel" Cropper in The Blues Brothers
. Not much of a stretch for him to be playing tunes like Soul Man (which some sources list him as writing, others don't; my take on it: listen to the guitar riff: he co-wrote the tune and that's that! =).If you really can't get enough of "The Colonel", check out his instrumental performance of Knock On Wood
(MP3) from the album Jammed Together with Albert King and Pops Staples. Seriously good stuff.If you can't part from the vocals, give a listen to the album Raise Your Hand
by percussionist Pancho Sanchez. Not only does Cropper play guitar on Knock On Wood (MP3), but he jumps in on at least one other tune, and the whole album is an excellent blend of Latin rhythms with R&B.
