George Massenburg wrote on Sun, 06 February 2005 07:32 |
Hey Terry,
I'm a HUGE fan of "Trashy Dog". I would appear that you engineered that as well as played everything that Cropper and Pop Staples didn't. And, in fact, you don't have alot of engineering credits. What did you do back then?
George
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Hey George,
Sorry to be so long in answering this post, but for some reason, I just now saw it, and that was almost by accident!
Thanks for the nice comments regarding "Trashy Dog." I originally recorded that track for a solo album that was released by me as artist on Stax's Enterprise label. On that version, it had a (very tongue-in-cheek) "vocal" which delineated the dance known in my head as the Trashy Dog. Obviously the version you're referring to was the one by Steve Cropper, Albert King, and Pop Staples, on the "Jammed Together" album. When Stax was preparing that album, they were looking for tracks for one or all of those guys to play on. They liked the "Trashy Dog" track, and we decided to use it for Albert. Steve Cropper often got credit for playing on that, but it was actually me. I played everything except the drums (Steve Rhea) and the overdubs by Albert. Of course, I engineered and mixed it.
"Back then," I guess I did a lot of everything, from writing to playing to engineering to mixing to producing; really, the same as today...sad that I haven't progressed, at least to the A&R stage as yet...but you're correct, credits weren't dished out "back then" like they are today, so often none of us were credited for tasks such as engineering, or perhaps even producing!
Sorry I missed seeing you at AES...I came to one of the playbacks, but you'd already started. Next time, I hope!
Best wishes,
Terry