Tag: You Left The Water Running
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Chess Records’ Forgotten Duo: Maurice & Mac
As we have seen over the last couple of weeks, “You Left The Water Running” is a damn fine tune. Versions by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Fire Dept all sound fab and groovy – and other artists that have covered the song include Sam & Dave, (“Hold On! I’m Comin’”) and Barbara Lynn (The Rolling…
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You Left The Water Running: Another Side of The Wicked Pickett:
Part 2 of a look at various artists who have recorded the song “You Left The Water Running”. Part 1 is here… I am the wicked….I am named the wicked, I got to be the wicked.” “I’d describe my sound as a good piano player, a guitar in tune, a bass in tune, a funky…
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You Left The Water Running: Why This Otis Redding Track Went Unheard For A Decade…
A “vertical tasting” of R&B classic “You Left The Water Running” “You Left The Water Running” is a song with some great mythology around it. It appears in Nick Hornby’s classic tale of record collecting (oh, well, I suppose there were one or two parts about relationships and stuff as well) Hi-Fidelity. You’ll remember the…
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