recommend me some rufus/carla thomas

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I've been going through the _Beg, Scream & Shout_ box set, and am absolutely transfixed by Rufus Thomas' "Memphis Train" (it can cheer up even my worst day) and daughter Carla's "B-A-B-Y." What should I hear next?

― mike a (mike a), Friday, 21 November 2003 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Check out Carla & Otis's King & Queen record, it's great.

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 21 November 2003 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Rufus Thomas - Do the Funky Chicken. "This is the kind of stuff that makes you want to do something crazy. Like waste some chicken gravy on a clean white shirt. Right down the front." Or Tiger Man, from back earlier in his career.

Lots of good stuff from both of them on the Stax box set, but it's pretty expensive.

― pauls00, Friday, 21 November 2003 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

ALL OF IT!

Check out the 7 or 8 minute version of "Sixty Minute Man" from the Funky Chicken Album

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I have come to appreciate Rufus' "Dog" songs - like "Do the Dog", "Can Your Monkey Do The Dog", etc. I also love "Sophisticated Sissy". Rufus rules the "dance called _" genre.

My favorite Carla (just haven't glommed onto her like I did Rufus) is her and Otis doing "Tramp."

― Erik Tripper, Friday, 21 November 2003 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Gee Whiz!"

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Erik, have you heard "Stop Kicking My Dog Around"?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

no I haven't. Is it worth tracking down?

Unrelated: A favorite non-Rufus dog song is Dylan's "Don't Know Why They Kick My Dog".

― Erik Tripper (Erik Tripper), Friday, 21 November 2003 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, it's on Can't Get Away From This Dog, which is a collection of outtakes, rarites and alternates that came out in the early 90s. It's not great stuff, but that particular song is brilliant.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 November 2003 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks for the heads up. Another song to hunt down...

― Erik Tripper (Erik Tripper), Friday, 21 November 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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