*Booker T. & The MG's opened this Creedence Clearwater Revival concert at the Oakland Coliseum, 1/31/70.* CCR can be seen waiting off stage.

again I grew up in the same neighborhood as al Jackson jr. Also I went to elementary,and junior high school with his four childrens,and I would talk to him often whenever he was off the road and came home back to our neighborhood,he would give me advice on what to do in order to be in the music business,it was you have to pay your dues to the business,my cousin is charley pride the only successfull black country singer in this united state,who al acknowledged and love as well little al Jackson jr. as we called him was one best drummers in the world,we love you al rest in peace as we lost you too soon.

I was there... My friends took me to the concert knowing Creedence was my favorite band. Booker T and the MGs were the icing on the cake. Still the best concert I've ever been to.

Simple instruments. No jazzy light. No dancing half naked. Pure music

I come back to this often. A rare human embodiment of “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

My wife once asked me whom I would like to meet since I'm not overly impressed by celebrities. Without hesitation, I said that if I ever saw Booker T. Jones, you better get the smelling salt because I would pass out. The man is amazing. My hero.

Al wasn’t just a drummer , he was an absolute machine just churning out rhythm

GROWN FOLKS MUSIC....These kids don't know what REAL MUSIC IS.

I am 72. After all these years, this is one of the best damn songs I ever heard. Looks like the guys from CCR really liked it too. They had quite a few songs that are all time favorites. I am grateful that I grew up when this music was made. I don't think younger generations will ever experience a similar time.

There exists nothing on this planet like the unmistakable sound of a Hammond B3 Organ, especially with Booker T & The MG's banging out Time is Tight.

Booker T Jones, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper and Al Jackson Jnr. What a band

These guys were at the forefront of racial equality in the 60's as much as MLK and Malcolm X. They didn't care about the colour of someone's skin or where they were born or what god they worshipped. All they cared about was the making of brilliant music as a mankind and then spreading that word. All four members should be remembered forever, they're music will be.

Booker T. & The MG's showed us a very long time ago that yes, we can all get along.

Gotta love Creedence watching from the wings!

Steve Cropper's face: 'I'm so glad I'm in this band mate; don't let this ever stop'

I had just my future wife in 1970.We used to go to a club called Take 5 in Leeds and this was one of our favourite songs.We hot married the following year are still together 52 years later.We still listen to this song,a classic.

I thank god that I grew up through the 5's, 60's and 70's for sheer musical heaven.

This is so tight, soulful and KILLER! The CCR guys backstage with their minds blown 😉

I remember when this came out in 1969. I was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wa. just before leaving for Vietnam. This song, and 'Love Is Blue' were top instrumentals that year. 'Time is Tight' and 'Green Onions' are American classics.

The VERY finest! No one can even come close to Booker T and the MGs

The look between Cropper and Booker T. when the guitar first comes in is priceless.

Just finished watching several drum covers of this. It really is Al Jackson, Jr. and then everyone else when it comes to drummers for me. No drummer I’ve ever heard holds a candle once you start digging in to the stuff he played on. Booker T. Jones is a genius which is a word I don’t toss around lightly & Steve Cropper & Duck Dunn play exactly how I would if I could play guitar & bass, but everyone looked up to Al Jackson.

Love me some Booker T. and the M.G s with Creedance Clearwater Revival looking at them in Awe, the same way I am .....😮

I just keep revisiting the live music of the late 60s and early 70s. Music was never better.

I love how Booker T puts some funk into every chord, always messing with tones, never taking the easy way through a melody. And what a backup band. Pure joy!

My dad, born 1930, loved Booker T and the MG’s just as I do! I’m 68 and remain thankful for the great music from our youth and the taste my old dad had for music that wasn’t big with his generation!

Thank god my dad gifted me with love of this music he passed away in 2005 at 55 and I’m 45 now. He’s here with me jamming right now

This is so outta sight! Booker & the MG's jammin' while CCR is backstage catchin' the grove!

The organ wash at the end is simply sublime. Nothing beats a Hammond B3 at full chat.

Black and White making the world a better place 👍

LoL! The drummer he get so overcome by the music he just got to get up and take a walk for a minute! Booker T Jones -- long time favorite

Year before I got married. In sophomore year I listened to the radio every night and called radio station every night to get this played. After several months the DJ brought me the record!!!!

You don't just hear this music ,you FEEL IT !

You’ve got to hand it to 60s and 70s we had the best music 🎶🎼🎶

Been listening to this song for 48 years and I still get chills every time I hear it.

Two black guys and two white guys playing the coolest of music.A lot to like.

It makes me wish that people didn't get old.

My mate said this was the music that they play in the entrance hall for heaven, so you know it’s all good from here. Hope they played it for him when he got there.

I watched this concert when it was broadcast on national TV. As a 10 year old listening to am pop radio, CCR and Booker T. & the MG's had hit songs on the radio and were very popular. I watched this on a 26" black and white TV at that time. This rare video is a treasure since this concert footage was never released commercially and is only available from home video. When you watch this, you realize it is all about the music. No glitz, no glamour, just the music. This is a must listen and watch to all music fans. The CCR concert was a classic show too!!! Very up front and in your face with the cameras.

The best part about this song is the huge smiles on their faces as they played. They truly enjoyed playing and it showed.

My last request is to have this blasting in the funeral during my service. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it's happened.

One of the greatest pieces of music ever.

The greatest players of all time. Unbelievable to watch every single viewing. I just love it and keep coming back to it. I can't dance and I am coloured like a pint of milk, but this makes me feel like I have SOUL 😊

Sad that we lost ace drummer so tragically, plus Donald "Duck' Dunn more recently. Booker T and Steve Cropper are still with us, still making good soul music...

I saw Steve Cropper and Dave Mason recently at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. He is a great storyteller as well as a great musician. He played in multi-racial bands in the Jim Crow South which wasn't an easy thing to do.

Fantastic....and look at Steve's Rosewood Telecaster....perfection ...and Booker's Hammond.....and the whole thing being held together by Duck and Al ...plus another thing watching this , two blacks , two whites... beautiful music...the world could take a lesson from these guys...

No pyrotechnics. No light show. No backup dancers. Just Cool.

I was lucky enough to be at that concert, my first. I was 13 years old, and my dad and stepmom took me.

Time is Tight was a Top 5 hit on AM pop-rock radio in May -June 1969. Music that swings.

"Like" is not a strong enough word to express how I feel about this video. So Exhilarating!

One of the coolest grooves of all time!!

This recording , Time is Tight, was played over and over at an all night party in Lincoln in 1969, Ther party started at midnight, we all gathered in the grounds of the Usher Art Gallery, then walked to the house on Monks Road. Everyone had forgotten to bring any records, but someone brought Booker T and the MG;s "Time is Tight" and it was played all night, stayed with me ever since.

What a difference 3 years make. At Monterey Pop they were all clean shaven and wearing matching Green suits backing up Otis Redding

The Hammond B-3, the rocket engines of rock and soul!

One of my favourite videos of all time. I love the look on Steve "The Man" Cropper's face - he just loves this moment!!!

What a rhythm section utterly beyond superlatives.

Duck and the vastly underrated Al gone way too soon.

sometime in 1971 i was driving in san francisco...came over a hill and there was a huge panoramic view of the city and the ocean....this tune came on at that moment and i floated through the universe in perfect beat to all the instruments....thought i would never return to earth....totally righteous

Saw this when CCR played Cobo Hall in Detroit...except the intro was even cooler (I think): Dunn walked on stage, plugged his bass into the amp, and started that cool bass line. After a few seconds or so of just repeating that groove... Cropper walks on, plugs in his guitar, and plays his rhythm part of the riff, repeating over and over... Then Jackson comes out and sits at his kit, I think he adjusted a few things, then blends into the jam of that hypnotic riff... and everybody in the hall is really into this groove, then... Booker T walks out, goes to the organ, sits, gets settled, then plays that first chord. Goose bumps. This is the way I remember it, I may or may not have embellished it over the years, I may have been high at the time. And since. But either way, I went out and bought Greatest Hits album. the next day. And, yeah, Creedence was good, too, but I already had all their albums. I just couldn't get over Booker T.

My first concert, 1970, Booker T. opening for CCR at MSG.

Where is that time capsule take me back I can still picture my father dancing in the Palor with my mother to this song

This makes me cry I don't know why but it does I think I know life is over as I once new it makes me cry ❤

I posted this to my Facebook account last fall in 2020. My friend who had been battling breast cancer for 30 years - it started when she was 18 - sent me a private message "Thank you for lifting up my soul." She died after a very long fight in March of 2021. Now every time I hear this song, I think of her, and I am glad that she was able to hear this song.

When music was music. A piece of genius music. You can tell by how happy each instrumentalist is while performing.

Back when everyone got along...☮

Damn, these guys were good!!!

O to be young again in 1970 and have my days and nights flooded, stacked, filled, infused and saturated with such great, great music that I took it for granted and thought it would never end. Magic days, magic!

CCR in the house. Love this tune all these years.

Al Jackson Jr RIP. - a huge influence on my development as a drummer since 1969.

i wish we could go back to these times

Great interaction between lead guitarist and the keyboard player.

Only Booker T & Steve Cropper still with us. I'd do or give anything to be able to go back in time, & see all the legends performing, before they became legends!❤

My dearly departed younger brother bought this for me on vinyl 30 years ago. Thanks Jeff. You still the man.

One word…..Perfection

The Hammond organ sound has withstood the test of time.

This clip takes me back 50 years ago when I was 20. It still sounds fresh and gives me a high!

When CCR is side stage, grinning, tappin toes, and groovin to your music....

Oooooh, the intro. Make us wait... it is worth the wait!

I was a 60s kid. Thought this was the coolest song ever. It's still right up there!

Guys and Girls...it doesn't get better than this.

Oh god,my man loved this tune,so many memories.

It's really cool that at the beginning of the 60's when this band was started and jim crow was still around that a couple white men and a couple black men could get together and just make great music.

I was in high school when I first heard this song it’s one of those songs that you never forget

Wish I could give it a thousand more thumbs up. They are the best.

One of the greatest bands ever, all fantastic musicians.

And that's the king on drums; Al Jackson Jr.

These guys have more music talent in their little finger than most of the "so called musicians" in today's industry.

Brilliant music by brilliant musicians , I am a life long fan of booker T and the MGs.

Time is Tight, takes me back to an all night party in 1969, at Monks Road, Lincoln. This was on the turntable all night, cos' everyone forgot to bring any records !! Hank at Lincoln remembers it well.

...what's cool these days? Nothing!, and Nobody. These brothers born to other Mother's were interplanetary Cool, and transcended racism to give the world some relief in as turbulent times as we live today. You couldn't turn on an AM rock radio dial in the 60's and 70's without getting a fix of Booker! The music has lasted when all else crumbles beneath humanity's feet.

For a Live Version it's as tight as a Camel's Backside in a Sandstorm. CCR watching from the 'wings' thinking how on earth do we top this, just epic.

Systemic racism my ass, this is music the way it should be, playing together and enjoying it. I have listened to a number of mixed race bands over the years and music is where race and art truly combine.

Love this song, love this Band, CCR looks on with Awe at this amazing group of Gentlemen

One of the greatest instrumentals ever, if not THE greatest.

Happy Birthday Steve Cropper! 80 years ♥ Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941) ♥

I saw Booker T Jones live in 2018, and met him and his son Ted, right after the show. This is great. RIP Al Jackson Jr. and Duck Dunn.

How great to watch this and know that Steve Cropper is still with us at 78, (79 on 10/21/20) and Booker T. is here, too, at 75 (DOB 11/12/44). We used to use this one on a cartridge at our radio station, if the live sports broadcast was somehow disconnected. That's one heck of a vest on Cropper, here.

Hit that freaking snare drum, Al! Hit it hard!! World-Class Musicians one and all.. The Soaring organ of Booker ,Al's rock solid drumming, Duck supplying a fat bottom, and Stevie Cropper being the funkiest of all funky guitar players

In the mid 1960s, I was at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, and we had Booker T. and the MGs play for one of our big dances. That was a real experience. Watching them play and hearing their music was so much fun. Those were the days. Amen to that!

Best organ playing I've ever heard.