Donald 'Duck' Dunn has died

[The Large One]

Bassist with booker T & The MGs.

BBC News - Booker T bassist Donald Dunn dies in Tokyo aged 70

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[Horton's halftime iceberg]

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A subdued rendition for today, I shall continue to dance to those lovely base lines....

 

[Acker79]

He was also in the band for the Blues Brothers. I will be listening to some blues brothers this afternoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTJeT2i9QU

 

[Superphil]

Sad day

 

[Dover]

Very sad day. Another music icon no longer here.

 

[Boroseagull]

Very sad day. Another music icon no longer here.

Here here......just luuv Booker T. And thank you for all that great music over so many decades.

 

[Dave Armstrong's Hare]

As someone rightfully pointed out in the BBC comments, he didn't play or contribute to "Green Onions", but joined the group in 1964 tp replace Louis Steinberg. But that small point alone does not diminish the many 64-75 Stax redcordings he did play on as a member of the MG's, from Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Rufus & Carla Thomas, Sam & Dave, William Bell,Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Little Milton and many, many more all relied on his driving Bass playing. Soul music has lost one of it's founding engine room members. A sad day for Southern Soul.

 

[Norman Potting]

After my (still under construction) time machine has whizzed me back to 1974 to see the original Dr Feelgood line up play live it is off to Memphis mid '60's to witness from a safe distance the wondrous output from Stax being created by the MG's. An era when dues were paid by being able to play live before even thinking of committing to vinyl, probably wouldn't even get past the auditions for X factor if they were around today.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

After my (still under construction) time machine has whizzed me back to 1974 to see the original Dr Feelgood line up play live it is off to Memphis mid '60's to witness from a safe distance the wondrous output from Stax being created by the MG's. An era when dues were paid by being able to play live before even thinking of committing to vinyl, probably wouldn't even get past the auditions for X factor if they were around today.

Can I come with you?

On another thread not too long ago I proposed Time is Tight as the best instrumental ever.

 

[scooter1]

I saw him and Steve Cropper play at a club in London last year, and he didn't look so well. I think he probably needed a chair that night as he spent any moment he wasn't playing leant up against the piano

 

[Fef]

That's sad. Another musical legend passes away.