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55 years ago today, #KingCurtis [Ousley], American Grammy Award-winning R&B, rock, jazz, and session saxophonist bandleader ("Memphis Soul Stew"; Aretha Franklin; John Lennon), murdered during an argument with a vagrant outside of his NYC home at 37.

Watermelon Man 👴
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1sDV-vqo_8

Watermelon Man 👨
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDgFCyaoUy8

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw

King Curtis:
🎵 Memphis Soul Stew

#KingCurtis

https://djade.bandcamp.com/track/king-curtis-memphis-soul-stew-ade-edit-1968

https://open.spotify.com/track/6MqfTP3OwngywVTOS5OAFt

Soul Twist 🔧
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83qsqBWy_zQ

Watermelon Man 👨‍🔧
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAVZlmSnzFg

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 📅
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL-iG-SAcnc

Watermelon Man 👴
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1sDV-vqo_8

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheCraigCharlesFunkAndSoulShow

King Curtis:
🎵 Memphis Soul Stew

#KingCurtis

https://georget.bandcamp.com/track/king-curtis-memphis-soul-stew-george-t-rework

https://open.spotify.com/track/6MqfTP3OwngywVTOS5OAFt

The Christmas Song 🎶
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjwaK4Dw_0Q

Watermelon Man 👨‍🔧
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAVZlmSnzFg

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #TheFavFiveBand.

Of course, there are lots of great musicians in many different genres, but since you cannot include all of them, I only listed the first five favorite rhythm & blues players that I came up with:

Mickey Baker - guitar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Baker

James Jamerson - bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson

Al Jackson Jr. - drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jackson_Jr.

Paul Griffin - piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Griffin_(musician)

King Curtis - saxophone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Curtis

#music #mickeybaker #jamesjamerson #aljacksonjr #paulgriffin #kingcurtis #rhythmandlkues

Soul Twist 🛟
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Loy55z4GpA

Watermelon Man 🇮🇲
#KingCurtis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAVZlmSnzFg

Now playing: “Don’t Fight the Feeling - The Complete #ArethaFranklin & #KingCurtis #Live At #FillmoreWest”

Absolutely amazing pacing in this #concert from 1971. #Aretha is in top form.

#LiveMusic #music

Herbie Mann - "The Beat Goes On" (1967)

#NowPlaying #HerbieMann #RoyAyers #ReggieWorkman #KingCurtis #ClarkTerry #AtlanticRecords #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZnJmNoR1LepjYVAHftqnZ8x-qg4F3CMs

The answer to today's #ThemeTunePopQuiz is

1 Boston Rag #SteelyDan
2 Memphis Soul Stew #KingCurtis
3 Toledo #ElvisCostello & #BurtBacharach
4 Paris, Texas #RyCooder

Firstly, with the sad news of the maestro's passing I had to do a quiz using one of my favourite Bacharach songs. I love how Costello pairs the city in Ohio with that after which it's named, the Spanish citadel.

So the theme is songs with US Cities that are namesakes:

Boston, England
Memphis, Egypt
Toledo, Spain
Paris, France