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Songs of the Week: Memphis Soul Stew

King Curtis
Memphis Soul Stew

I’ve never really liked stew very much – it’s just a boring soupy mix of off-cuts and left-overs as far as I’m concerned.

Except when it comes to King Curtis’ Memphis Soul Stew that is.

So that’s a half a teacup of bass, a pound of fat-back drums, 4 tablespoons of boiling Memphis guitars, a pinch of organ, and of course, half a pint of Curtis’ own ripper horn playing.

‘Memphis Soul Stew’, King Curtis, 1967*

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*with extra poor sound quality, sorry.

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3 Responses to “Songs of the Week: Memphis Soul Stew”

  1. bltp Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    nice one it’s a corker isn’t it. Do you cut the rind of your fat back bass and is it smoked …….

  2. Planet Mondo Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Yeah – always loved this one, have you heard his version of Whole Lotta Love (you can find it on PM somewhere), and Paul Nero is like a variation on the same theme well worth digging out.

  3. Cocktails Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 9:53 am

    BLTP, Of course it’s smokin’!!

    PM, Is that the version off Live at the Filmore West/East? I’ll have to track it down.

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