Your Top Ten 60's Instrumentals?

[marmite7]

No easy feat, as usual when it comes to lists

In no particular order:

1: Earl Van Dyke - All For You
2: Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions (Obvious but you can't keep a good tune down)
3: Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water (Sublime!)
4: Willie Mitchell - The Champion
5: Andre Brasseur - The Kid
6: George Rene - Smokey Jo's La La
7: Herbie Hancock - Bring Down The Birds
8: Righteous Brothers Band - Rat Race
9: Freddie Young - Monkey Business
10: Spencer Davis Group - Trampoline


That Hammond Organ sound just gets me everytime

[tony98]

These are just off the top of my head.
Nat Adderley - "Work Song"
Billy Preston - "Billys Bag"
Phil Upchurch - "You Can't Sit Down"
Jimmy McGriff - All About My Gir"
Cal Tjader - "Soul Sauce"
The Packers - "Hole In The Wall"
Herbie Mann - "Philly Dog"
Barkays - "Soul Finger"
Soulful Strings - "Burning Spear"

[marmite7]

Originally Posted by tony98

These are just off the top of my head.
Nat Adderley - "Work Song"
Billy Preston - "Billys Bag"
Phil Upchurch - "You Can't Sit Down"
Jimmy McGriff - All About My Gir"
Cal Tjader - "Soul Sauce"
The Packers - "Hole In The Wall"
Herbie Mann - "Philly Dog"
Barkays - "Soul Finger"
Soulful Strings - "Burning Spear"

Only 9?

Love Phil Upchurch & Jimmy McGriff. (also recommend Jimmy's The Last Minute Pts 1 & 2)

How many versions of Hole In The Wall were there? I know The Packers & George Stone, but wasn't there a third?

[marmite7]

JJ Barnes! Knew there was another.

Gotta agree with you tho, The Packers is the superior.

[tony98]

There's a version of "Hole In The Wall" on the "Soul Finger" LP which is o.k.
I have thought of a few more favourites'
Junior Walker - "Tune Up"
Herbie Hancock - "Canteloupe Island"
Lee Morgan - "The Sidewinder"
Al Kent - You've Got To Pay The Price"
Markeys - "Last Night"
Hank Jacobs - "So Far Away"
Jimmy Smith - "Any Number Can Win"
San Remo Strings - "Festival Time"
Ray Barretto - "El Watusi"
Young Holt Trio - "Wack Wack"

[Simon White]

Originally Posted by marmite7

JJ Barnes! Knew there was another.

Gotta agree with you tho, The Packers is the superior.

J.J.'s is a different tune I think tho?

[djsonic]

The Horse/Cliff Nobles...Awsome song!

thats was the 60's right?

[Keith RS]

Young Holt Unlimited..........Soulful Strut
Ramsey Lewis.........The In Crowd
Hugh Masakela........Grazin' in the Grass
The Ventures..........Hawaii Five-O
The Markettes.........Out of Limits
The Sandals..........Endless SUmmer
Mason Williams..........Classical Gas
Jimi Hendrix..........Third Stone From the Sun
Mongo Santamaria........Watermelon Man
Dick Dale.................Miserlou
Ray Charles..........One Mint Julep

[marmite7]

May I just add a non "dance orientated" tune?

Them from Midnight Cowboy - love it to death

[Nano]

That's a nice one -I have it with Toots Thielemans playing the harmonica (don't know if it's really the original take, but it sounds pretty close).

Dance-oriented, I remember something called "Tequila", but I forgot the name of the band. Awesome.

More rock-oriented, but kinda groovey, anything by guitar master Link Wray

[marmite7]

[quote=Nano;121944]That's a nice one -I have it with Toots Thielemans playing the harmonica (don't know if it's really the original take, but it sounds pretty close).

Dance-oriented, I remember something called "Tequila", but I forgot the name of the band. Awesome.

The Champs did it first in 1958, but there's a very good cover version by No Way Jose from 1984/5. Quality funk re-working

[efunk_adelic]

no particular order...


Hip-Hug-Her - Booker T. & The MG's
Soul Finger - Bar-Kays
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
The Horse - Cliff Nobles
Harlem Nocturne - The Viscounts
Out Of Limits - The Ventures
Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria
Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited
Grazing In The Grass - Hugo Masakela
Ram-Bunk-Shush - The Ventures