Monday, December 17, 2007
Donald Fagen on Ike Turner
Ike Turner passed away last week. He was 76.
Donald Fagen writes a fine obituary in Slate magazine. You can read it here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2180162/
And why not give Ike's Rocket 88 a spin while you're at it:
And here's Roscoe Gordon's No More Doggin' mentioned by Donald in the obituary:
And, believe it or not, but Donald's favorite is up on YouTube to hear as well!
Quote:
"My favorite from this period, though, is "I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song)" by the Ikettes, with Dolores Johnson singing the lead vocal."
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