I have been listening today to a great record by Booker T. Jones called "Potato Hole" which he released last year. He did this album with country rockers The Drive-By Truckers consisting of Patterson Hood on guitar, Mike Cooley on guitar, John Neff on guitar and pedal steel guitar, Shonna Tucker on bass and Brad Morgan on drums. For this record, Booker T. and the DBT's are joined by Neil Young on guitar and Lenny Castro on percussion. This record is full of great instrumentals which Booker T is famous for. He still plays with his band, the MG's as well. I had the pleasure of seeing them play The Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis in summer 2010. Booker T has been playing the Hammond B3 for a long, long time and is also adept (as he proves on this record) as a guitarist. The MG's with Booker T, Steve Cropper on guitar, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass and Steve Potts on drums, were also joined by soul songwriter Eddie Floyd for that concert. Floyd wrote a huge number of songs covered by soul singers on the Stax label including for artists such as Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave, and he sang on all of those songs backed by Booker T and the MG's at that show.
This record with the Drive-By Truckers is very different from the MG's. But it is still musically adventurous, including a wicked take by Booker T on Outkast's song "Hey Ya" which was a hit a few years ago where he plays the entire thing on B3 backed by the band! That's something to listen to. Wow! Check out this record. It's a good one, especially for fans of instrumentals. Track listing:
1. Pound It Out
2. She Breaks
3. Hey Ya
4. Native New Yorker
5. Nan
6. Warped Sister
7. Get Behind The Mule (a Tom Waits cover)
8. Reunion Time
9. Potato Hole
10. Space City
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