Green Onions - BT & the MG's

seanm · #1 03-03-2004, 09:23 PM

I have been practicing along to the original '62 recording of Green Onions by Booker T. & the MG's (recorded without Donald "Duck" Dunn). The recording is in F. If you play this song, do you start on the 8th fret of the A string or the 1st fret of the E?

One musician I asked said they just drop to E (obviously they do not have a tenor sax in the band). Anybody else do this?

Stingraymund · #2 03-04-2004, 01:05 PM

This was recorded with organ bass, right?
Just let the organ player do the bassline

I'd do the first fret of the E.

ONYX · #3 03-04-2004, 01:31 PM

I've always played it in F, at first fret.

seanm · #4 03-04-2004, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stingraymund

This was recorded with organ bass, right?

I don't think so... The liner notes credit Lewis Steinberg on bass.