Comments on: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives http://thenewnixon.org/2009/11/08/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-64/ Sat, 19 May 2012 15:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wouter Pieter Harm Schouten http://thenewnixon.org/2009/11/08/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-64/comment-page-1/#comment-295761 Wouter Pieter Harm Schouten Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:49:49 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=21126#comment-295761 About the album "DUSTY IN MEMPHIS" I read different stories about who is the PRODUCER, I'm American/Dutch, and have since my childhood an interest in black music, but there was one hour a week after the 2e worldwar on the Amewrican Forces Network, and a British D.J. who played music for the british soldiers stationed in Germany, there I listen to my first american hits! (I live in Netherlands) Later I found and listened to Wolfman Jack and Casey Kasem, I have many Atlantic Recordings, Aretha/King Curtis/Joe Tex etc... quite a collection, and always came on the liner notes Muscle Shoals, Stax, American and CHIPS MOMAN, Tom Dowd was beginng as a sound-engineer(I have the DVD's "Language Of Music" and The PBS DVD about Ahmet Ertegun, "THE HOUSE THAT AHMET BUILT" where Tom Domd and Ahmet themselves spoke! And there goesthe story that ARETHA was signed to Atlantic, and Jerry Wexler brought her(and her husband) with Tommy Dowd and Arif Mardin, to MuscleShoalsStudio, and when the come in, her husband was not amused that she was overthundered what he saw (sorry for the nicknames) All rednecks with musical instruments, and Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler in the controlroom, jerry saw the Franklins discussing about this, Aretha is a professional like the rest, and he(Jerry) moved towards Aretha's husband and worked him as diplomat (he could be...) out of the studio, and that Jerry's personal responsability was in the works, and promised this black man that everything would be allright! And he sended him away from that place! Then inside some musicians felt abused, no names called. But I saw video-takes that Spooner Oldham and Tom Dowd were bizzy with Aretha's piano playing to arrange with something, and the Arif took the lead, Let's try: and all of them woked fine together with patience. So if I take some cd's of the Atlantic label, I feel that a lot of work is done as teamwork, Chips Moman may not be credited as producer, i see him on almost every album credited as Guitarplayer/Arranger and without Chips, there woudn't be also Bobby Emmons,Spooner,Tommy Cogbill,Barry Beckett etc... I love his sound from The Box Tops to whatever, The Highwaymen (i'm a countryfan too!) And ofcourse the Sweet Inspirations and King Curtis, Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack and Otis Redding to name a few of the mass! That's why they call me overhere "HarrySoulman" greetings Harry from the Lowlands (Netherlands) P.S. Feb. next year I become 65, count back if you're curious, I don't have all the time to listen all my material on DVD and CD, but I enjoy that Chip's spirit, here it's mostly hardrock or pop. About the album “DUSTY IN MEMPHIS” I read different stories about who is the PRODUCER, I’m American/Dutch, and have since my childhood an interest in black music, but there was one hour a week after the 2e worldwar on the Amewrican Forces Network, and a British D.J. who played music for the british soldiers stationed in Germany, there I listen to my first american hits! (I live in Netherlands) Later I found and listened to Wolfman Jack and Casey Kasem, I have many Atlantic Recordings, Aretha/King Curtis/Joe Tex etc… quite a collection, and always came on the liner notes Muscle Shoals, Stax, American and CHIPS MOMAN, Tom Dowd was beginng as a sound-engineer(I have the DVD’s “Language Of Music” and The PBS DVD about Ahmet Ertegun, “THE HOUSE THAT AHMET BUILT” where Tom Domd and Ahmet themselves spoke!
And there goesthe story that ARETHA was signed to Atlantic, and Jerry Wexler brought her(and her husband) with Tommy Dowd and Arif Mardin, to MuscleShoalsStudio, and when the come in, her husband was not amused that she was overthundered what he saw (sorry for the nicknames) All rednecks with musical instruments, and Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler in the controlroom, jerry saw the Franklins discussing about this, Aretha is a professional like the rest, and he(Jerry) moved towards Aretha’s husband and worked him as diplomat (he could be…) out of the studio, and that Jerry’s personal responsability was in the works, and promised this black man that everything would be allright! And he sended him away from that place!
Then inside some musicians felt abused, no names called. But I saw video-takes that Spooner Oldham and Tom Dowd were bizzy with Aretha’s piano playing to arrange with something, and the Arif took the lead, Let’s try: and all of them woked fine together with patience. So if I take some cd’s of the Atlantic label, I feel that a lot of work is done as teamwork, Chips Moman may not be credited as producer, i see him on almost every album credited as Guitarplayer/Arranger
and without Chips, there woudn’t be also Bobby Emmons,Spooner,Tommy Cogbill,Barry Beckett etc… I love his sound from The Box Tops to whatever, The Highwaymen (i’m a countryfan too!) And ofcourse the Sweet Inspirations and King Curtis, Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack and Otis Redding to name a few of the mass! That’s why they call me overhere “HarrySoulman”
greetings Harry from the Lowlands (Netherlands)

P.S. Feb. next year I become 65, count back if you’re curious, I don’t have all the time to listen all my material on DVD and CD, but I enjoy that Chip’s spirit, here it’s mostly hardrock or pop.

]]> By: Frank Gannon http://thenewnixon.org/2009/11/08/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-64/comment-page-1/#comment-132000 Frank Gannon Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:14:04 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=21126#comment-132000 Well --- what can I say? I could say: I got it right before I got it wrong. Because, <a href="http://thenewnixon.org/2008/08/18/jerry-wexler-rip-and-r-e-s-p-e-c-t/" rel="nofollow">right here on TNN last summer</a>, I listed <em>Dusty in Memphis</em> among the great Jerry Wexler's albums. And I could say: Of course everybody knows that. Especially everybody who (like myself) has read <em><em>Dusty Springfield's<em> Dusty in Memphis</em><em></em></em> (Warren Zanes' contribution to the excellent Thirty Three and a Third series). And sometimes it's just best to make the correction ---as I have done--- and say nothing except thanks for bringing this to my attention. But rest assured that my face is red. And not the red of <em>From Elvis in Memphis</em>. Not even the red from <em>Pot Luck</em>. I'm talking real reddy red --- even redder than Dusty's 1967 <em>Where Am I Going</em> red (which was more pink). PS: Hey Sauter --- what are you, some kind of a detective or something? Well — what can I say?

I could say: I got it right before I got it wrong.

Because, right here on TNN last summer, I listed Dusty in Memphis among the great Jerry Wexler’s albums.

And I could say: Of course everybody knows that. Especially everybody who (like myself) has read Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis (Warren Zanes’ contribution to the excellent Thirty Three and a Third series).

And sometimes it’s just best to make the correction —as I have done— and say nothing except thanks for bringing this to my attention.

But rest assured that my face is red.

And not the red of From Elvis in Memphis. Not even the red from Pot Luck.

I’m talking real reddy red — even redder than Dusty’s 1967 Where Am I Going red (which was more pink).

PS: Hey Sauter — what are you, some kind of a detective or something?

]]> By: Eric Sauter http://thenewnixon.org/2009/11/08/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-64/comment-page-1/#comment-131856 Eric Sauter Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:24:16 +0000 http://thenewnixon.org/?p=21126#comment-131856 You're mostly right about Elvis and entirely wrong about Moman -- he played on Dusty in Memphis but the album was produced by the late great Jerry Wexler, arranged by Arif Mardin and engineered by Tom Dowd -- Atlantic Records at its finest. You’re mostly right about Elvis and entirely wrong about Moman — he played on Dusty in Memphis but the album was produced by the late great Jerry Wexler, arranged by Arif Mardin and engineered by Tom Dowd — Atlantic Records at its finest.

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