iPod shuffling this morning, on came the incredible cover of "Hey Jude" by Wilson Pickett featuring Duane Allman on guitar. Had to play this a few more times and then found this sweet video montage. Apparently this was the song that Eric Clapton heard which made him immediately seek out Duane, who was only 22 at the time this track was recorded in 1969. We all know what happened next.
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Dude, don't even front. I put you on to this the other day on youtube...lol...paging through your ipod my a$$. You want to hear something REALLY f*cking bada$$ed, get on I-Tunes and download Kurtis King and Duane Allman's version of "Hey Joe". TIGHT! I reckon I'll have to send it to you.
I meant King Kurtis...NOT "Kurtis King.
Oh yeah, and that Wikipedia hyperlink to the Layla info is wrong. Tom Dowd produced the "Layla" track, and in the documentary on Tom Dowd, "Tom Dowd & The Language of Music", Dowd reflects on how Clapton had basically developed 'writer's block', for lack of a better term, while piecing Layla together, and had basically stalled out. Skydog walks in and comes up with the infamous hook almost instantly. I have that copy of the Tom Dowd DVD for you.....been procrastinating on actually getting it in the mail.
Solid info JB. The ipod shuffle however started the whole conversation and it was I who sent you the ipod link after talking some Derek Trucks. No matter, solid discourse and thanks for the King Kurtis recommendation. Also the wiki does say that Dowd mixed the track. Great movie, should be the topic of another post.
Oh, my comment re: Wiki was not to point out Dowd as the producer, but rather to refute the info that Clapton and someone else (I don't recall without going back to the link the other guy Wiki references as the collaborator) as writing the common "hook" in Layla. That is incorrect, and my reference to Dowd and the documentary was brought up to corroborate my assertion. Wiki is a solid resource, but remember that it is driven by public info, and anyone, at any given time, can supplement info, correct or not.
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