The Bar-Kays - She Talks To Me With Her Body (Petko Turner West Coast Body Funk Edit)

The Bar-Kays - She Talks To Me With Her Body (Petko Turner Edit)
The Bar-Kays began in Memphis, Tennessee, as a studio session
group, backing major artists at Stax Records. In 1967 they were
chosen by Otis Redding to play as his backing band and were tutored
for that role by Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones, and the other
members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s.[1] Their first single, "Soul
Finger", was issued on April 14, 1967, reaching number 3 on the US
Billboard R&B Singles chart and number 17 on the Billboard Hot
100. On December 10, 1967, Redding and four members of the
band—Jimmie King (born June 8, 1949; guitar), Ronnie Caldwell (born
December 27, 1948; electric organ), Phalon Jones (born 1948;
saxophone), and Carl Cunningham (born 1948; drums)—and their
partner, Matthew Kelly, died when their airplane crashed into Lake
Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, while attempting to land at Truax
Field. Redding and the band were scheduled to play their next
concerts in Madison. Trumpeter Ben Cauley was the only survivor of
the crash. Bassist James Alexander was on another plane, as the
plane carrying Redding held only seven passengers. Cauley and
Alexander rebuilt the group. The re-formed band consisted of
Cauley; Alexander; Harvey Henderson, saxophone; Michael Toles,
guitar; Ronnie Gorden, organ; Willie Hall, drums; and later Larry
Dodson (formerly of fellow Stax act the Temprees), lead vocals. The
group backed dozens of major Stax artists on recordings, including
Isaac Hayes on his album Hot Buttered Soul. Cauley left the group
in 1971, leaving Alexander, Dodson (vocals, vibes), Barry Wilkins
(guitar), Winston Stewart (keyboards), Henderson (tenor sax,
flute), Charles "Scoops" Allen (trumpet), and Alvin Hunter (drums)
to create the album Black Rock.[2] Lloyd Smith joined in 1973, and
the band changed musical direction during the 1970s, forging a
successful career in funk music. With the Stax/Volt label folding
in 1975, the group signed with Mercury Records.[3] In 1976, Dodson
(vocals), Alexander (bass), Lloyd Smith (guitar), Allen (trumpet),
Henderson (saxophone), Frank Thompson (trombone), Stewart
(keyboards), and Mike Beard (drums) brought their "Shake Your Rump
to the Funk" track into the R&B Top Five.[3] In autumn 1977,
the group came out with Flying High on Your Love, an album that
featured "Shut the Funk Up", a "near-perfect disco song punctuated
by the funky horn triumvirate of Charles 'Scoop' Allen, Harvey
'Joe' Henderson, and Frank 'Captain Disaster' Thompson and
dominated by vocalist Larry 'D' Dodson's call to 'get on up or just
shut the funk up.'"[4] In 1983, Sherman Guy left the group, and
Larry (LJ) Johnson took his place on vocals and percussion. Charles
Allen left the group just before it took a more commercial
direction.[5] The Bar-Kays continued to have hits on R&B charts
well into the 1980s. Guitarist Marcus Price, a member of the band,
was murdered after leaving a rehearsal in 1984; the crime has never
been solved by the Memphis police. The band took an extended break
in the late 1980s but regrouped in 1991, with Alexander once again
being the only original member. Since 1991, Larry Dodson, Archie
Love, Bryan Smith, and Tony Gentry have been added to the group.
Alexander's son is the award-winning rapper and record producer
Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander, named after Phalon Jones, who died in
the 1967 plane crash. Jazze Pha produced the most recent effort by
the group, "Grown Folks", released in 2012.[citation needed] In
2013, the group was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of
Fame.[6] On June 6, 2015, the Bar-Kays were inducted into the
Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame in Clarksdale,
Mississippi. Trumpeter Ben Cauley died in Memphis on September 21,
2015, at the age of 67.[7] Download for free on The Artist Union