RUFUS THOMAS STAX PROFILES Label Fantasy Orig Year 2006
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The fact that ex-vaudeville entertainer and 1960s soul star Rufus Thomas is a direct link to the minstrel shows of the late-19th and early-20th century is perhaps best displayed in this entry in the Stax Profiles series by his hit "Do the Funky Chicken," a dazzling blend of 19th century showmanship and late-'60s street funk. As well as perhaps his most famous hit, "Walking the Dog," other songs that illustrate Thomas's deep roots in R&B's distant past include the faux-Indian chants of his version of "Sixty Minute Man," and the rolling '50s R&B of "Strolling Beale Number 1."
Tracklist 1Walking the Dog - (alternate) 2:35 2Ride Your Pony2: 3Jump Back 2:21 4Strolling Beale No. 1 2:25 5Do the Funky Chicken 3:18 6Funky Hot Grits5:28 7Memphis Train '754:57 8Bear Cat (A.K.A. Hound Dog)2: 9Funky Robot4:25 10Sixty Minute Man3:32 11Do the Double Bump5:13 12Breakdown, The - live 4:06
Personnel: Rufus Thomas (vocals); The Memphis Horns (horns); Marvell Thomas, Booker T. Jones (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass guitar); Ollie & the Nightingales (background vocals).
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