My sister and I and friends would go to Collinsville Park ballroom to listen to Johnny Kaye and the Runaways.
The two songs were two of their best songs. The bands back then always had a horn section. So between the guitar rifs driving these songs they had great horns that were as up front as the singer. I don't really listen to the words of a song. The voice is just another instrument to me. If I start paying attention to the words I've listened to the song a few to many times.
The first best song? J.J. Jackson, But It's Alright. (Great horn finish)
The next best song? Otis Redding, I Can't Turn You Loose.
The original I Can't Turn You Loose has a slower beat than the more familiar Blues Brothers version. But after you listen to the original 10 to 15 times it will sound more normal.
I could drive to the coast and back with these two songs. One song there, the other back.
 
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I've never heard that Otis Redding song before, Mike. Thanks.
Great songs!
I quite enjoyed those.
Geez, you're old!
Boy we're old aren't we Mike?!
I love that JJ Jackson song!!
Thx - that's going to be in my head all day!
I love Otis Redding!
Those are both good songs, but the two best ever? Maybe, right after "Convoy" by C.W. McCall.
Jay
Fans of Otis Redding continued to multiply even after his death.
EPT - You learned one new thing today. Take the rest of the day off. And tomorrow!
BKE - Yes they are.
A - I'm glad.
J - Yes I am.
MPP - Stuck as it should be.
D - Especially that song.
J - I see a music fight coming.
BKE - Yes they do.
Great songs. Can I have tomorrow off?
BO - Yes you can have tomorrow off. Tell whomever I said it was OK.
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