This may be the best cover of any song I have ever heard.
8 years ago
Joe Horizon
Eric Clapton was introduced to Duane's playing on this one. It's a historical marker.
8 years ago
John LaStrada
This is what you get when you mix white music and lead guitar with soulful black vocals and horns. A classic from beginning to end. Unbeatable. Yes, The Beatles song is definitive but Wilson in his genius showed us how a song could be reinterpreted into a blistering soul rocker. I applaud all who were involved and I don't care what color, heritage or culture they are. The music they recreated here is absolutely marvelous. And I am sure John Lennon and Paul McCartney would concur. Wilson Pickett -- you will always be respected and cool for doing this.
8 years ago
Heather Herrmann
Soul....
8 years ago
Ray King
Holy shit this is amazing
9 years ago
jimmy surface
Awesome tune with "SKYDOG" on lead guitar! Recorded at FAME Recording Studio Muscle Shoals Alabama... "Eric Clapton’s Favorite Guitar Solo: Duane Allman on Wilson Pickett’s 1968 Cover of the Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’..Allman was known thereafter as “Skydog.”Although Pickett recorded “Hey Jude” against his will, he liked the result so much he made it the title song of his next album. And right about the time the Beatles’ version was coming down after nine weeks at number one on the American charts, Pickett’s version started going up. It peaked at number 15 on the R & B chart and number 23 on the pop chart. When Clapton first heard Allman’s solo on his car radio, he reportedly pulled over to the side of the road to listen. “I drove home and called Atlantic Records immediately,” Clapton said. “I had to know who that was playing guitar and I had to know now.”
9 years ago
Marco Weber
Year: 1971Another sadly forgotten and long-lost song from the Doors' consistently inconsistent catalog; this one a pulsating, throbbing tribute to the border blaster radio stations Jim Morrison used to listen to as a Navy brat during his brief stay in Texas, an experience that would plant the seeds for what turned out to be a lifelong love affair with loud, brawny, muscular music.