Ike and Tina used to perform this song in their live show, and included it on the 1965 live album, The Ike and Tina Turner Show, Vol. 1. “I Can’t Stop Loving You” is a country song that was popularized by Ray Charles in the ’50s and subsequently covered by all sorts of people. [...]
Very excellent discovery today: Ian Svenonius, one of my favorite musician/writers, wrote a piece on Ike Turner. Read it here.
Today is a lovely spring day, full of robins and sunshine. I’m feeling so happy that I’m going to treat you to “Ain’t Nobody’s Business.” Pretend it’s 1968 and you’ve just bought the So Fine album. The first song on side 1 is the infectious “Betcha Can’t Kiss Me (Just One Time),” and [...]
Thursday, February 28, 2008
As promised, here is another song from the excellent Cussin’, Cryin’ and Carryin’ On album. “You Got What You Wanted” is one of my favorite Ike-penned songs ever.
This is a real cool bluesy rock song, and it is nuts that (as far as I can tell) no one has covered it. Bands of the [...]
Monday, February 25, 2008
This is the title track from another LP they released in 1969. I love this album, and it was hard to choose which song to write about first. “Cussin’, Cryin’ and Carryin’ On” is a knockout song title, so it won.
Ike has a nice, laid-back guitar part and the Kings of Rhythm rock [...]
Saturday, February 23, 2008
There was one song on The Hunter LP that was not a cover: “Bold Soul Sister,” written by Ike and Tina and sounding like a James Brown cut. It was a modest hit single for Ike and Tina, getting to #59 on the pop charts in 1970.
This is a hot number, with Ike getting [...]
Thursday, February 21, 2008
This is the title track from a 1969 album. . .one of six LPs they released that year. Of those six, two of them were released on Blue Thumb Records: The Hunter and Outta Season. The Blue Thumb releases were almost entirely blues covers, and Ike is really in his element on these [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
It’s not as much fun listening to the tired-out Tina of the 1970s, so I’m going back to the early Ike and Tina shows for today’s song. “All I Can Do Is Cry” appeared on Live! The Ike and Tina Show, Volume 2, an album they released in 1965.
I don’t have this album, so [...]
Sunday, February 17, 2008
“I Love Baby” is from the album ‘Nuff Said. This is one of the four albums they released in 1971. ‘Nuff Said didn’t produce any hit singles, but it must have sold OK because I always see this LP in used record stores.
In any case, I enjoy this album–it’s funky and features [...]
Thursday, February 14, 2008
“Contact High” appeared on the album Come Together. I happen to have this on vinyl (thanks Willie!) and so I get the full experience of the trippy album cover design to complement the track.
As you may have guessed, this song was written by Ike, whose drug habit was still hip in 1970. It [...]