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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Not really a competition, but any help would be nice.

Only 76k!

Well, it seems that Crosswinds now xooms out files...let's see what my fortunecities account does...

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

AHHHHHHH!
Now I'll be plauged by that all day.

I'm thinking;
something off the Blues Brothers
The Doors
an advertisement of some sort
Van Morrison

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Stone: Services?
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Brimstone. May it rest in syndication.

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

The song is "On The Road Again" by Canned Heat. Or at least a cover thereof. Which as I recall is featured in that less than calssic movie Roadhouse.

You can listen to a snippet and maybe even buy the album on Amazon

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Can anyone identify the cover artist? When I search for the song, I get WIllie nelson's song as well as the people who covered that song...

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Erm... Perhaps the files have gotten crossed or something... But, all I'm getting is the very beginning of "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MG's.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Fascinating. I'm not sure who came first but I'd bet that Booker T had the tune first and that Canned Heat put lyrics to it. The tune is the same for both songs.
I would suspect that Canned Heat did the cover of Booker T's song as that "Green Onions" appears on the Best Of Booker T. & The MG's (Rhino) with a 1968 release date.

Well done TSN.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Thanks guys! You've made my day.

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"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."
Woody Allen

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Actually, "Green Onions" was orignally released in 1962. "On the Road Again" was from 1969. I found it listed as being by Jones and Wilson. Wilson is the guy from Canned Heat, so Jones is probably Booker T. Jones. I've never actually heard "On the Road Again", but this leads me to believe that you're probably right about its using the music from "Green Onions" (which was merely instrumental to begin with).

And, unless CH actually used the original recording of "Green Onions", I would say that the WAV file there is it, and not "On the Road Again".

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Jay Leno: "In the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk', what did the goose lay?"
"Bosco": "Everybody."
-The Tonight Show, "Jaywalking"