For Duck Dunn: Serving Up Some More Green Onions

Donald "Duck" Dunn left us yesterday.  On tour and doing what he loved, he went to sleep and never woke up. Another sad note on the list of musicians who are gone. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work as the bass player for Booker T & the MGs, he is also remembered for playing himself in The Blues Brothers movie.

In February, one post was devoted to Roy Buchanan doing a cover version of  "Green Onions."
Enjoy again that great rendition and for Duck, have a taste of the original.

Booker T & the MGs "Green Onions"

Easy Journey Duck

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Got It Covered Today: Serving Up Green Onions

Had a question on twitter today from musician Andrew Boyd as to what I thought were some of the great cover songs ever recorded. While I'm still working on that list, a few that came to mind were the Robert Plant-Alison Krauss version of "Black Dog", Heart wailing on "Rock & Roll" and basically any song that Joe Cocker has covered.

So I thought today's lick should be a classic cover.  Roy Buchanan was the son of a sharecropper and he could play the blues like nobody's business.  Mostly using a 1953 Fender Telecaster, Roy could make you see its soul fly out.  A true guitar picker in every sense of the word, today's tasty treat is a cover of the classic Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions."

Gonna make you cry.