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Soul Finger (CD)

By: The Bar-Kays (Artist)

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The Bar-Kays Artist Snapshot:

The Bar-Kays began as a gritty instrumental soul band in the manner of their mentors, Booker T & the MGs. They were employed as Otis Redding's backing band on tour, until a tragic 1967 plane crash took the lives of Redding and four band members. With a revamped line-up, the group reinvented itself as a '70s disco-funk hit machine, continuing in various permutations until 1993.

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DISC 1 for Soul Finger (CD) Album By The Bar-Kays (Artist)
1   Soul Finger
2   Knucklehead
3   With A Child's Heart
4   Bar-Kay's Boogaloo
5   Theme From Hell's Angels
6   You Can't Sit Down
7   House Shoes
8   Pearl High
9   I Want Someone
10   Hole In The Wall
11   Don't Do That
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (7/10/92, p.60) - "...funky horn-driven party jams...rousing..." - Rating: B+

Title Note

The Bar-Kays: Jimmy King (guitar); Phalon Jones (saxophone); Ben Cauley (trumpet); Ronnie Caldwell (organ); James Alexander (bass); Carl Cunningham (drums).

Includes original liner notes by Booker T. of the MG's. This is the Bar-Kays first album and was originally released on July 7, 1967 on Volt (417).

On the Bar-Kays' first album, it's obvious why they were constantly lauded by legends such as Booker T. Jones and Steve Cropper as key soul music innovators. SOUL FINGER, the only release by the original lineup before the tragic December 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding and four of the band (they reformed in 1968), contains 11 instrumental tracks, each of them catchy, danceable and all around attention-grabbing.

SOUL FINGER is marked by Phalon Jones and Ben Cauley's infectious horn riffs and Jimmy King's sparse yet sensitive guitar work. Add Ronnie Caldwell's bluesy organ and Carl Cunningham's rock steady grooves, and you've got a hypnotic recipe for down-home Memphis soul. Songs such as "You Can't Sit Down" and "Bar-Kay's Boogaloo" are ideal party tunes. Energetic and life affirming, this music is simply contagious.

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5 out of 5 stars One of the masters of the original funk sound, November 28, 2008
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Essential listening for any funk aficionados out there. Listen to their signature sound from the 60s with this classic album.

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