Green Onions only came about because the Mar-keys horn section were taking a break, leaving the rhythm section, 15 year old Booker T Jones on Hammond, Steve Cropper guitar, Lewis Steinberg bass, Al Jackson Jr drums, filling the free time with an impromptu jam session. A walking bassline, fat-back drumming, a twelve bar Hammond organ riff, all punctuated by brittle Telecaster licks make Green Onions the simplest of tunes yet vitally important in defining the sound of soul music. The title Green Onions arose when someone said the track was funky so needed a funky title and bass player Steinberg replied 'funkiest thing I know of is green onions'.
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