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- Date Released: April 25, 2006
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul, Soul/R&B, R&B, Funk
- Label: Fantasy / Stax
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If the truth be known, Rufus Thomas wasn't the greatest of singers, but maybe due to his vaudeville background (he started his performing career as a comedian for the Rabbit's Foot Minstrels in the '30s), he knew how to handle a crowd and keep everyone riveted and on their feet from the moment he hit the stage with his assortment of funky songs about dogs, chickens, bear cats, and penguins, for Thomas understood a fundamental fact: it doesn't much matter what you're singing about if everybody's dancing. This concise anthology, Stax Profiles, collects tracks from his lengthy stay with Stax Records, including an alternate take of his signature "Walking the Dog" (it doesn't matter that the original single isn't compiled here; the song works the same in any and all versions that Thomas recorded), the original cut of the ridiculous yet completely and delightfully irresistible "Do the Funky Chicken," and a Stax remake of Thomas' original Sun Records single, "Bear Cat," which is really "Hound Dog" in all but name. There are other Thomas collections out there that cover virtually this same ground, but there is a nice flow to this one, and from the first note of "Walking the Dog," even the most disinterested of listeners will get the point.
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| 01. |  |
Walking the Dog [Alternate] |
2:34 |
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| 02. | |
Ride Your Pony |
2:56 |
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| 03. | |
Jump Back [Alternate] |
2:21 |
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| 04. | |
Strolling Beale No. 1 |
2:25 |
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| 05. | |
Do the Funky Chicken |
3:18 |
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| 06. | |
Funky Hot Grits |
5:28 |
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| 07. | |
Memphis Train '75 |
4:57 |
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| 08. | |
Bear Cat (Hound Dog) |
2:54 |
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| 09. | |
Funky Robot |
4:25 |
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| 10. | |
Sixty Minute Man, Pt. 2 |
3:32 |
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| 11. | |
Do the Double Bump |
5:14 |
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| 12. | |
The Breakdown [Live] |
4:05 |
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12 Total Tracks, 44:09 Total Length
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Credits
- Steve Cropper - Guitar // Rufus Thomas - Vocals // The Memphis Horns - Performer // Roger Armstrong - Liner Notes // Roger Armstrong - Compilation // Al Bell - Producer // Cornell Dupree - Guitar // Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass // Gordon Edwards - Bass // Fred Ford - Saxophone // Fred Ford - Group Member // Karl Fuller - Trumpet // Willie Hall - Drums // Paul Harrell - Saxophone // Wayne Jackson - Trumpet // Wayne Jackson - Group Member // Booker T. Jones - Keyboards // Ed Logan - Saxophone // Ed Logan - Group Member // Andrew Love - Saxophone // Andrew Love - Group Member // Herb Lovelle - Drums // Cedric Martin - Bass // Louis McCall - Drums // Marvell Thomas - Keyboards // Michael Toles - Guitar // Tom Nixon - Producer // Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums // Al Jackson, Jr. - Producer // James Alexander - Bass // Joe Tarantino - Remastering // Jamie Putnam - Art Direction // Felton C. Pilate II - Trombone // Ronnie Williams - Piano
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