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Green Onions (Booker T & The MGs) performed by Root Doctor and Jim Alfredson with Hammond XK3 organ
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Күн бұрынRoot Doctor (www.rootdoctorband.com) performs the classic Memphis soul staple "Green Onions", featuring Jim Alfredson on the Hammond organ.
Jim Alfredson is also the organist for the jazz trio organissimo (www.organissimo.org) and plays the Hammond XK Traditional System with a Hammond XK3 and a Leslie 3300. The front of the video is an interview with Jim about his early years and influences.
Root Doctor is Freddie Cunningham on lead vocals, James Williams on bass and backing vocals, Jim Alfredson on keys and backing vocals, Greg Nagy on guitar and backing vocals, and Bobby Gardner
on drums. More information about Root Doctor and more music can be found at the website (www.rootdoctorband.com). Root Doctor's music can be found at iTunes and Amazon among others.
Root Doctor's latest CD is "Live At The Cadillac Club" which features a cover of another Booker T classic, "Hip Hug Her" (a video is also here on KZfaq). "Live At The Cadillac Club" hit number 8 on the Living Blues charts for October 2008 and won the WYCE Jammie Award for Best Blues Album. Root Doctor's previous CD, "Change Our Ways", got the band nominated for a Blues Music Award and also won a WYCE Jammie Award for Best Blues Album.
@jamescarter8699 5 жыл бұрын
This music was on the radio when I started playing in "67". The next year at Xmas time I was with my older brother and Dad in NYC. We went out to dinner at a club and I didnt understand why we paid to get in to eat. The special was Southern fried Chicken N Waffles. We sat at a long banquet table and behind us an organ player rose up from the stage flood behind us it was JIMMY SMITH. This was one of my best memories. The sound of this Hammond reminds me of that. It was the Jazz sound of that time.
@j.r.arnolli9734 3 жыл бұрын
lucky You
@Davett53 9 ай бұрын
11/2023.........Been following your performances on You Tube for a few years, now. Always a joy. Love your version of "Green Onions". Bravo, sir!
@kavemankarl2588 2 ай бұрын
Arguably one of the two best known instrumentals ever written in the history of rock music, along with YYZ by Rush.
@O0Salmon0O 10 жыл бұрын
Sort of like borrowing a classic car and going for a drive through beautiful country landscapes, this version honors a great song in the process of taking it to new places.
@MaryannaChanteuse 5 жыл бұрын
G E N I A L... ce morceau est d'enfer !! Magnifique, le son du XK3 orgue Hammond et sa cabine Leslie 3300 , mille bravos à Jim Alfredson..
@steelepls 13 жыл бұрын
I used to play Green Onions back in the day with a Beach Music band from NC but I never played it like this. Jim gives his version of this song new meaning with his mastery of the Hammond. Outstanding my friend. May God continue to bless others with your wonderful talent.
@steelepls 13 жыл бұрын
I used to play Green Onions back in the day with a Beach Music band from NC but I never played it like this. Jim gives his version of this song new meaning with his mastery of the Hammond. Outstanding my friend. May God continue to bless others with your wonderful talent. Whoever it was that did not like this either does not like blues or knows nothing about playing a Hammond.
@miikdaniels1439 Жыл бұрын
Im 50 and just starting to get into Hammond's, down the rabbit hole I go, and you are amazing sir!
@chargansmigglesmoo 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely killed it. Seamless. Made that Hammond sing.
@MarkWilliams-dl1no 6 жыл бұрын
Truly inspired. As a drummer I have been wanting to play Hammond organ for 40 odd years now and this guy and his band smokes. They have respected this Hammond classic and carefully applied their own creative layer. The solo is definitely JS inspired and afer hearing Booker T live recently I reckon its a credit to his legacy. Over to the haters! Mark
@bluesatbirth 10 жыл бұрын
MAN JUST FLAT OUT KICK ASS INCREDIBLE ! My squeeze--she plays keys in our band--and I were just glued to the sound system listening to you guys. JUST GREAT !
@ingridlist7018 2 жыл бұрын
ALWAYS a total pleasure to listen to it.. those were the days :-) going down memory lane..:-))))
@dominiquereplogle735 8 жыл бұрын
I think I watch this at least three times a day.
@4EL95 14 жыл бұрын
Wow! Outstanding. Absolutely the best "Green Onions" I have heard. Powerful, beautiful. We really enjoyed it. Thanks!
@Denvermorgan2000 10 жыл бұрын
Jim is one of the Organ greats IMHO.
@mikjoner 11 жыл бұрын
Love it Jim and the boys, you cant beat the Hammond sound
@charlesbrignac7796 4 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! Wish i had that talent.
@djorlando57 6 жыл бұрын
Wow 😯 playin this at sept reunion gig , and hopin to pull off getting xk5, I love booker yet , what and awesome 😎 9 minute version , love all the minor 9ths and tremendous chord changes. Spectacular is all I can say. Rock on bro
@garys8990 8 жыл бұрын
Your playing a song from one of the great's. Booker was and still is great inspiration. You guys sound great. Thanks for posting.
@ladrinski9 12 жыл бұрын
I know for a fact that I'd run right out and buy it! This is just stellar.
@bobisonline 12 жыл бұрын
An absolutely smokin' version!
@tonewheeler1 14 жыл бұрын
The best version of Green Onions----EVER!
11 жыл бұрын
This is an AWESOME cover of Green Onion. Awesome. Thanks for such gorgeous music!
@Alcatus 14 жыл бұрын
Ah, this is the kind of performance that leaves you something to think about. It is so good, it makes me appreciate Green Onions more.
@kwatson8331 5 ай бұрын
Nice interpretation of a great piece of music!
@DuckFarmStudios 10 жыл бұрын
Jim, you are so awesome to watch! Effortless! The Satriani if the B3!
@LMacNeill 6 жыл бұрын
lrblouie Agreed!!! It is the effortlessness of it that makes it so impressive!
@terrylaissy3313 3 жыл бұрын
Super blues 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
@teashea1 7 жыл бұрын
Just figured out why this sounds so good ---- very clean playing ---- so good
@tonewheeler1 13 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST arrangement and performance of Green Onions of all time!
@genewilliams617 2 жыл бұрын
I remember when this first came out. Always enjoyed the shuffle pattern. I was playing drums in a trio, with a B3 player who could run some fierce bass on the peddles, and a screeming blues guitar player. Fun times for sure. And triplets were a great break up to the shuffle. And the bass player here, is sure layin down some solid foundation. The rebar before pouring the cement, if you will.
@andrewmurphy2464 12 жыл бұрын
Best version of Green Onions I've heard. Keep up the good work Jim!!!
@crankycarole 10 жыл бұрын
wow...this is such GOOD music...LOVE IT...
@garyroach2000 5 жыл бұрын
Green Onions is my favorite song and why I wanted to play keyboards.
@user-qu2gj9tl4b 2 жыл бұрын
Большие мастера!
@OllieProphet 8 жыл бұрын
The viking, son of Alfred, sure has soul. The band nailed it, really good stuff. Thanks!
@01murph 5 жыл бұрын
Jim love this performance. This tune couldn’t have been covered any better.
@marothhel Жыл бұрын
just awesome
@JS-tm1gq 3 жыл бұрын
That guitar solo was an absolute face melter
@asbelvis 14 жыл бұрын
OMG I love this song, and your performance is absolutely great! I am very glad to hear someone playing such song with such quality. Best regards from Brazil.
@JimAlfredson 15 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliments. I like a clean organ sound; its just a personal preference. I like the organ to start to grunge up only at the very top of the dynamic range, when you're really pushing it. That's just me.
@BassmanII 3 жыл бұрын
Would've been neat if you asked Steve "The Colonel" Cropper to sit in on this one.
@lqr824 2 жыл бұрын
7:25 'til the end of the song is freaking masterful, Jim!
@georgecarlin5047 7 жыл бұрын
I gotta say, this is probably about the 10th time I've watched this... and I can't believe that it's got less than 500,000 views! It's the best performance I've ever seen of this work, including posts by Booker T. Washington himself. Bravo, Mr. Alfredson, an EXCELLENT performance!
@imuawarriors 4 жыл бұрын
check out the version at 'Live at Daryl's House'....
@Belchmaster41 3 жыл бұрын
@@imuawarriors for that version, change the video speed to 0.50
@imuawarriors 3 жыл бұрын
@@Belchmaster41 this version varies from 124 bpm to 127, and the LaDH version is about 144...
@timothylewis2450 3 жыл бұрын
Booker T Jones.
@bluesbaby8 15 жыл бұрын
Man this is groovin! Awesome! You sound really great on that organ! Wooh yeah!
@JimAlfredson 13 жыл бұрын
@omrixeren I use the Hammond XK3 with the Traditional XK System (lower manual, pedals, and legs) going through a Leslie 3300. I love it.
@stonelenny 5 жыл бұрын
Great version Jim!!
@garyK.45ACP 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent. This has been one of my favorites since it came out (yeah, I'm that old) and this is a really good rendition. I still prefer the original, which no one seems to do anymore. 😕
@genewilliams617 2 жыл бұрын
Myself.
@derekdurant5100 2 жыл бұрын
That’s fantastic Mr Alfredson
@sdbsdb5749 5 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of this video
@tellarjj 3 жыл бұрын
I believe the same still now !
@tjmpiano 13 жыл бұрын
It's only braggin if you can't back it up... and you got it all backed up and then some... A real joyful listening experience.. Thank you
@budziszynek Жыл бұрын
i love it! grete!
@oravia1995 15 жыл бұрын
Great vidieo .....wonderful sound of a Hammond xk3 system with leslie 3300.......sounds absolutely fantastic!!!!
@cynthia6637 12 жыл бұрын
love this... Yes Indeed... Fantastic song for sure...
@Scy 11 жыл бұрын
I love the end solo. Great musicality with few notes!
@Killerdragon397 12 жыл бұрын
BEAST!!! this too awesome
@c3ajeff 15 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Green Onions - One of my fav songs to play. Wish I had the Hammond - I make do with my Yam Motif - nothing like that Hammond sound. Of course your skillful mastery of every lick in the book doesn't hurt one bit! Nice job.
@tyleryesta1 14 жыл бұрын
nice drum kit sound.
@Wahnsinnsr1nd 3 жыл бұрын
awsome!
@Johngalt43 11 жыл бұрын
There is just nothing like that Hammond tonewheel sound. Some things can never be improved.
@ArmaniSArsacaS 8 жыл бұрын
Fantástico!!!!!!!
@cjorg16 13 жыл бұрын
Very nice mood color change at 3:29 - while respecting the attitude. smooooooth.
@gerritveldhuisen7748 7 жыл бұрын
I Start my Day to Play Green Onions - Booker T Jones Endless Respect ;-)
@williamthompson9261 10 ай бұрын
We want them for the Palisade Peachfest next year! Hot B3!
@xavierg.8299 6 жыл бұрын
That was smokin' hot!
@adanreinaldogarcesgallardo6639 7 жыл бұрын
Great! Great! Wonderful! (Temuco, Chile)
@11RICKSTER 3 жыл бұрын
BRAVO !!!!!
@valeriocecchi8492 5 жыл бұрын
siete formidabili grandissimi tutti un saluto valerio
@MegaZeppos 13 жыл бұрын
wonderful!!!!!!
@cod4madass 11 жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@TOM50518 14 жыл бұрын
VERY VERY GOOD LOVE IT.
@waremblem3405 6 жыл бұрын
BRAVO!
@78fenderPbass 13 жыл бұрын
You always know you are in for a real treat when you show up at a show and they is a B3 set up. Rarely would someone go to the trouble lugging it around if they can play the tone wheels out of it!!!! Nice playing!
@threalismaradona9899 Жыл бұрын
Its one of the new digital ones about 10th the weigh I have one they are awesome
@casst346 5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Great Job!
@jeffalten5742 10 жыл бұрын
Jim. Just know that whenever I want to smile from ear to ear, I play this video. The way you build it is truly inspiring to me, a person who's played the organ since I was 4. I get too excited too quickly (ok I know what that sounds like but keep on track:) and I lose focus. So, the focus and control that it takes for you to play this song is what makes me smile. Come to Cleveland! There's an awesome room in which I've seen Brian Auger, called "Night Town" where you'd go over well. In other words, the crowd can appreciate good music. Keep it up bro!
@JimAlfredson 10 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jeff!
@Belchmaster41 9 жыл бұрын
Jim Alfredson I wonder if you guys ever cover songs by The Beatles
@JimAlfredson 9 жыл бұрын
Belchmaster41 Yes, we do. In fact, we're working on an album of Beatles covers right now.
@Belchmaster41 9 жыл бұрын
what about doing a cover of The Dance by Fleetwood Mac? for Tusk, you need to have a Marching band come in at the 2 minute
@alarm340 11 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENTISSIME...
@brookeguttormson808 12 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE AMAZING. Crazy..
@erickrigbaum1398 7 жыл бұрын
This was incredibly awesome! I am a new fan of yours with an SK1 and M100. Will keep an eye out to see if you ever play near Pittsburgh.
@puppetlady1 12 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed every second of this. Thanks.
@phred123 15 жыл бұрын
wow - that was awesome
@genez429 7 жыл бұрын
Sounded great. Caught how the drummer got a little 'sly' around 1:40... and, how the organ player smiled instantly after he picked up on it. In its own right... This is an excellent version of the song!
@dogwood8031 6 жыл бұрын
Funny how you can be a beginner on any instrument and the posts on KZfaq are encouraging and positive. But when you are at the top, there people who just can't handle their own inability and want to bring you down a notch.
@JimAlfredson 6 жыл бұрын
Haha! That's the internet for you. Thanks for the kind words.
@JL-bu8bz 2 ай бұрын
For me this song is Help me - Sonny Boy in 40’.
@marcoballa 14 жыл бұрын
GREAT, Jim! thanks for sharing
@Gminor7 14 жыл бұрын
This is what I'm talking about. I used to listen to this on a 45 rpm record when I was about 10 years old, about 1966.
@JimAlfredson 13 жыл бұрын
@Keyboardman88 The reverb is within the XK3. You can switch it on or off with the push of a button.
@adeeponionbreath 6 жыл бұрын
Nice,, makin that hammond sing.
@jokoappart8513 9 жыл бұрын
If you do not like alternative versions of any tunes, then just replay the original 100 times over. 2.45 mins rendition by Booker T is apt for those green persons with a limited attention span and who do not know their onions!
@TheLinda61 11 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@teashea1 7 жыл бұрын
I like your attention to the details -
@genem9725 Жыл бұрын
B3/Leslie combo is the king
@Bestrafer008 9 жыл бұрын
Sounds great! Well done...
@ftjax 11 жыл бұрын
That B-3 is a "beast" & must be fed.....so is the Fender guitar some mean licks on both !
@jazzkhd 11 жыл бұрын
great groove..
@user-yb8ed8yj9w Жыл бұрын
Браво! Шикарно! Потрясающе! Восторг из России!
@LouisRodrigues 11 жыл бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you :)
@vgerlightningsarason8897 4 жыл бұрын
" WOW ".
@dustypuppy 15 жыл бұрын
wow :) that was awesome !!! Thanks for the goosebumps
@user-fg4hk8lx6k 5 жыл бұрын
Старенькая вещь сильнейшие исполнения супер
@ronniesrocknroll 11 жыл бұрын
Yeah great playin....
@daviddelatorre7574 4 жыл бұрын
Awww you hot dawg .I thoroughly enjoyed that performance .you mentioned Keith Emerson .when my dad worked at rich's piano and organ 1960 to 70s he tuned the concert grand at Atlanta municipal auditorium I think they rented the piano from Rich's not sure ..
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