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Mustang Sally: Wilson Pickett

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  2. sblake's avatar sblake Says:

    August 15, 2010 at 12:55 am

    According to Rolling Stone magazine’s Top 500 Songs, “Mustang Sally nearly ended up on the studio floor – literally. After Pickett finished his final take at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the tape suddenly flew off the reel and broke into pieces. But the session engineer, the legendary Tom Dowd, calmly cleared the room and told everyone to come back in half an hour. Dowd pieced the tape back together and saved what became one of the funkiest soul anthems of the ’60s.”
    This was written by Bonny Rice, also known as Sir Mack Rice. Bonny started singing with the Five Scalders in 1955 and joined The Falcons in 1957, remaining with them until 1963. Eddie Floyd was also in The Falcons, and Mack later wrote songs for him when he went solo. In 1962, Wilson Pickett joined The Falcons and sang lead on their hit “I Found A Love.Sir Mack Rice states that this song was originally titled “Mustang Mama” but was changed to “Mustang Sally” at the behest of Aretha Franklin.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      August 15, 2010 at 10:05 am

      sblake,
      I went looking to find the Sir Mack Rice version of this song but couldn’t find it. It was out of curiosity only as I love this song by Pickett.

      Great story about the broken reel!

  3. Christer.'s avatar olof1 Says:

    August 15, 2010 at 2:39 am

    This is actually the first time I hear this version. I´ve only heard it from that movie The Commitments wasn´t it? Anyway love it in any version 🙂

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      August 15, 2010 at 10:06 am

      Christer,
      I don’t think I know the version you mean, not sure I’ve ever heard it. Glad you like this one!

  4. Fred's avatar Fred Says:

    August 15, 2010 at 8:44 am

    Dear SBLAKE,

    Thanks for this note and your many other interesting and informative contributions. (And, as always, thanks, Katry, for the wonderful music.)


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