TWO FROM THEM

Here's a couple from the Bo-Keys. Don't know the Bo-Keys? They were a Memphis band with a Memphis sound, for good reason. The band included session players from both Stax and Hi Records including, until his death in 2012, Charles "Skip" Pitts, who was the guitarist on Isaac Hayes's "Shaft", Rufus Thomas's "The Breakdown" and the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing". Check "Work That Sucker". That's from 2011 and although one would think that at that late date, the wah-wah guitar was a retro thing, someone trying to give it the slinky sound from back in the day, it is not. It is Pitts, who actually was the guitar playing the slinky sound back in the day. Check "Jack and Ginger", that one's a dead ringer for Booker T and the MGs.

I've no idea how long the Bo-Keys soldiered on after Pitts's  death. They seem to have dropped off the map around 2017. Their web site hasn't been updated in years. Oh well, dig these.

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Listen:
The Bo-Keys - Work Than Sucker mp3 at Groove Addict
The Bo-Keys  - Jack and Ginger mp3 at Groove Addict 

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

How have I not gone off about the Bo-Keys? Listen to the songs below and you'll know why that is a huge oversight. I like old soul music, especially when it's new. It may be an age thing, or maybe taste (or both), but anything new around here is scrutinized to death before jumping it. The Bo-Keys survived with flying colors, and I forgot to publicly wig out about them.


Got twelve minutes? It's worth it.

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Listen:
The Bo-Keys - Bling Bling mp3 at Beware of the Blog
The Bo-Keys with Otis Clay - Got to Get Back mp3 at A Chicago Thing
The Bo-Keys with Harvey Scales - Work That Skirt mp3 at Aquarium Drunkard Direct linking may be disabled. If so, go there to get it.
Visit:
The Bo-Keys at Wikipedia
The Bo-Keys at MySpace