William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Soul Street ; Year: 1974; Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Still have a great deal of Stax Record's music on my mind, so I'm picking one from an artist that I like from their roster. Eddie Floyd is probably most known for his monumental hit Knock on Wood, but had many other great hit tracks, like this one.   Hear Soul Street on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Black Sabbath - Changes     My song pick 2 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Susie Q     My song pick 3 years ago today: Lakeside - U Got It Goin' On   My song pick 4 years ago today: Genesis - Counting Out Time   My song pick 5 years ago today: Asia - Never Again   My song pick 6 years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Go Robot   My song pick 7 years ago today: What Made Milwaukee Famous - Trying to Never Catch Up My song pick 8 years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims My song pick 9 years ago today: Pink Floyd - I...

1117 Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood Yesterday, I was in a discussion with one of my friends about some of the Soul artists from the '60s, especially those with Stax Records. For those unaware Stax was somewhat similar to Motown Records in that they were a hit machine that had a house band to back their talent. Where Motown had The Funk Brothers, Stax had Booker T & the M.G.s; they were the band that backed many of Stax artists' recordings and also had some hits to their name, one of which is Green Onions , which can be heard here on YouTube. Anyway, this one was co-written by both Eddie Floyd and Booker T & the M.G.s' guitarist Steve Cropper. An interesting factoid about this song was that the main riff and intro of this song were borrowed from Wilson Pickett's song In the Midnight Hour , which can be found here on YouTube. It is another track that Steve Cropper co-wrote; in fact the intro is almost exactly the same, just played in reverse. Here is t...