Pushkin.

Just a quick note here.

You can listen to all of the music mentioned in this episode on our playlist, which you

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For licensing reasons, each time a song is referenced in this episode, you'll hear

this sound effect.

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Few songs hit quite like this.

Green onions was recorded in two takes in 1962 by Booker T and the MGs.

They were the house band for stacks, records, and Memphis.

This song was originally the B side, but once it started making the rounds on radio,

it was quickly re-released as the A side, going down as one of the most recognizable instrumentals ever.

Booker T along with guitarist Steve Cropper, drummer Al Jackson Jr., and bassist Louis Steinberg,

or depending on the year Donald Duck done, went on to record hits like sitting on the

dock of the bay, hold on I'm coming, and soul man.

And then the process defined the sound of Southern Soul, which was way more gritty than

the polished sound coming out of Motown.

Over the last 60 years, Booker T has been writing, producing, arranging, and playing with

some of your favorite artists, like Otis Redding, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Bill Withers.

And of course has been sampled in hip hop like a James Brown drummer, songs by the Roots,

Foo Tain, Clan, and others.

He wrote about it in his memoir Time Is Tight, My Life Note by Note.

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