tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150875769383039529.post3992808999713495236..comments2023-12-02T02:12:13.583-08:00Comments on TOTAL MUSIC GEEK by Drew Kerr: Steppenwolf -- "Sookie, Sookie" (1968)Drew Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02291800396452691675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150875769383039529.post-9309021265074349002012-01-14T21:09:59.359-08:002012-01-14T21:09:59.359-08:00It was written by Don Covay and Steve Cropper and ...It was written by Don Covay and Steve Cropper and originally recorded by Don Covay. IMHO, however, the Grant Green version (1970)trumps them all. Detils at:<br />http://www.secondhandsongs.com/performance/5080Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351268491713745588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150875769383039529.post-64769212864296614482011-06-26T19:51:19.914-07:002011-06-26T19:51:19.914-07:00Thanks John Arevalo, for being someone on "to...Thanks John Arevalo, for being someone on "today's" internet to know vast difference between an M7th and a Maj7th chord! I was boiling when I first started reading what that person had written. You asked if Steppenwolf was the first to record this. I found that Bluenotejazz guitarist Grant Green also did a recording of it. I don't have the recording, but everything I see of it credits it as his song. To note, they do it as a 12-bar form, too. I hope this helps. Hit me anytime at sjrobert221@yahoo.com.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869943332114510547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150875769383039529.post-57484556714588773522010-08-10T00:28:02.301-07:002010-08-10T00:28:02.301-07:00First of all its not a shuffle. Secondly it's ...First of all its not a shuffle. Secondly it's not a "major 7th" chord. It's a dominant 7th chord. The two are drastically different chords. It doesn't "go up a key", it goes up a step in the key it's in.<br />I was hoping to find out if Steppenwolf was the first to record this song.John Arevalohttp://johnarevalo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150875769383039529.post-28735023987151730132009-11-12T18:37:49.287-08:002009-11-12T18:37:49.287-08:00the party is Hugh Hefner's...the party is Hugh Hefner's...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150875769383039529.post-58211603662920539492009-02-15T18:46:00.000-08:002009-02-15T18:46:00.000-08:00I'm probably wrong, but the man in the light jacke...I'm probably wrong, but the man in the light jacket dancing in the second part of the video looks a lot like Jesse Jackson. <BR/><BR/>Looks like he's having fun, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com