Soul Finger (Bar-Kays album)

Soul Finger

Released

July 10, 1967

Recorded

June 23, 1967

Length

29.29

Soul Finger
(1967)

Gotta Groove
(1969)

Soul Finger is the debut album of the Bar-Kays, issued three months after the single of the same name. It was recorded by Tom Dowd and Chris Huston on Friday, June 23, 1967, at the Stax studio in Memphis. Though all but one member of the group were black (Ronnie Caldwell being the only white member), the album cover art, by Loring Eutemey, suggests an interracial pop music party feeling. The instrumental band, after being signed in early 1967, was tutored by Al Jackson, Jr. and the other members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which shows in the tightness of the rhythm section. That summer they also were selected by Otis Redding as his new backup band.^[1]

Trivia

The cover shows an early example of a t-shirt displaying a logo. The artwork was credited to Loring Eutemey.

"Soul Finger" (Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander), 2:18
"Knucklehead" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones), 2:25
"With a Child's Heart" (Vicky Basemore, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby), 2:56
"Bar-Kay's Boogaloo" (Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander), 2:16
"Theme from Hell's Angels" (composer unknown), 2:46

"You Can't Sit Down" (Dee Clark, Kal Mann, Cornell Muldrow), 3:05
"House Shoes" (Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander), 2:45
"Pearl High" (Al Jackson, Jr., Isaac Hayes) , 2:32
"I Want Someone" (Estelle Axton, Deanie Parker), 3:08
"Hole in the Wall" (Nathaniel Nathan, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones), 2:31
"Don't Do That" (Jimmy King, Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Ben Cauley, Ronnie Caldwell, James Alexander), 2:47

The Bar-Kays

James Alexander Larry Dodson Vernon Burch Ronnie Caldwell Ben Cauley Carl Cunningham Ronnie Gorden Willie Hall Harvey Henderson Phalon Jones Larry Smith Charles "Scoops" Allen Jimmie King Lloyd Smith Michael Toles Marcus Price Angelo Earl Winston Stewart Frank Thompson

Studio albums	Soul Finger (1967) Coldblooded (1974) Too Hot to Stop (1976) Flying High on Your Love (1977) Money Talks (1978) Light of Life (1978) Injoy (1979) As One (1980) Nightcruising (1981) Propositions (1982) Dangerous (1984)

Singles	"Soul Finger" "Boogie Body Land"

Related albums	Hot Buttered Soul (1969)

Stax/Volt Records

Major figures	Jim Stewart Estelle Axton Al Bell Steve Cropper Booker T. Jones Donald "Duck" Dunn Al Jackson Jr. Isaac Hayes David Porter Jerry Wexler Clive Davis

Major artists (Atlantic years)	Otis Redding Sam & Dave Carla Thomas Rufus Thomas The Mar-Keys Booker T. & The MG's William Bell Eddie Floyd Johnnie Taylor Albert King The Bar-Kays

Major artists (post-Atlantic)	Isaac Hayes David Porter Eddie Floyd Johnnie Taylor The Rance Allen Group The Soul Children The Staple Singers The Temprees The Emotions The Dramatics Mel & Tim The Bar-Kays Linda Lyndell Richard Pryor Bill Cosby William Bell Little Milton Jesse Jackson Big Star

Modern Stax artists	Soulive Angie Stone Lalah Hathaway Leela James Isaac Hayes Leon Ware N'dambi Nikka Costa Teena Marie

Related articles	Memphis soul Wattstax Stax Museum of American Soul Music Atlantic Records Union Planters Bank CBS Records Fantasy Records Concord Records Soulsville

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