Blues Brothers Band & Rufus Thomas - Walking the dog

First Blues Brothers Band reunion tour
Live in Pistoia (Italy) 1988
Steve Cropper-Guitar
Donald Dunn-Bass
Matt Murphy-Guitar
Booker T Jones-Keyboards
Anton Fig-Drums
Lou Marini-Sax
Alan Rubin-Trumpet
Tom Malone-Trombone
Rufus Thomas-Lead Vocals

[@mimmoleonardi8643]

The great Rufus Thomas,soul 😘,soul,y love 💪👌👌❤️

[@jjOnes10mine]

I was very young when this song came out...I don't think I had started school yet....I'm 61 yrs old now, but I remember this way back then...Loved it loved it...

[@bustabass9025]

May be called the Blues Brothers Band, but it is actually three-fourths of Booker T. and the MGs, sans the late Al Jackson Jr on drums, and augmented with a Memphis style horn section. With Al, they formed the nucleus of practically every recording to come out of Stax Records during its golden age. The late Duck Dunn was to the Stax Groove what James Jamerson was to the Motown Sound...its heartbeat. I learned to play the bass nearly 50 years ago copying his infectious bass lines! Steve Cropper is a musical genius who wrote, produced, and played lead guitar on many unforgettable hits along with the Big O. Booker T still grinds away on the organ last I knew. The world of music owes these three gifted and talented musicians so much more than a few minutes on Saturday night Live under a counterfeit moniker. 👑🎸🎵

[@lucagruppioni7028]

Busta Bass hey man the "memphis horns style section", as you called it, includes in this live blue lou, alan rubin and tom bones malone that were formers band of BB band since 1978. There' s Also matt murphy on rhythm guitar

[@TheDeadRastaman]

This song is the epitome of pure fun.

[@glasman857]

Man, I saw Rufus at a gig in Memphis, TN coat & tie--everything head to toe bright green, just'a walkin' the dog

[@massimilianochiaretti5908]

Best version ever!!! Amazing band with an amazing singer!!

[@pillroller88]

The Duck just laying down the best bass line as always...Memphis licks just for kicks

[@mangomawn]

This is great to see ... I also really his "Funky Chicken" in the movie - "Wattstax" ... he's in a pink suit and it is the definition of funky.

[@pmf598]

class . . . 100% . . X

[@zydeco2378]

Thanks for posting this video, I was there in 1988, great concert with the original members of Booker T. & MG's and Blues Brothers Band, a night to remember!

[@funtosee1]

The best of times! 2020 sucks!

[@ladyleesutter]

Rufus Thomas, one of a kind. He rules. And dig the boss threads !

[@Mooser42001]

Ain't he clean?

[@ladyleesutter]

Yeh, but that's what his outfit would be called in this day and age. I'm using, (rather facetiously since I think the clothes are tacky,) "boss threads" as the hip slang of the time, mid 1960s.

[@fredkhumalo3724]

yes, that's the slang we would have used in South Africa too, back in the mid-60s, right to the '70s - threads

[@rontenn]

The original "Walking The Dog" guy R.T. & the original of this song by him is the best version of hundreds out there!!!! Ron

[@lancel.casper9892]

Absolutely the best version of this tune ! SMOKIN'---great horn section and Lou's solo is great!

[@JohnSmith-fj5ee]

Rufus will always be my main man.

[@gunawangodjali8517]

Bravo Rufus Thomas ..... I love it

[@nonesense5536]

what a voice! Black men have the most awesome voices for pop music

[@bluesatbirth]

ABSOLUTELY KICK ASS--the sax solo just blew me away ! GREAT JOB--so glad I found this !

[@richardmansfield3736]

I believe it is "Blue Lou"

[@johntaylor4206]

Mr Rufus was a genius!!!!!!!!

[@pjzelano]

Love that guy! He would play his trumpet for me on Beale in the late 80's when I was a bartender on beale! One of the great blues player!

[@olstuff]

Wow. Great performance by Rufus backed by a great band with outstanding horn section. Thank you for posting.

[@piepelouse]

Un monument de la Soul musique et de la maison Stax un KING 😍😍😍

[@neosneos3680]

RUFUS THOMAS R.I.P.

[@redacted2275]

Man, I love Rufus Thomas, he's the most powerful voice of Stax and the guy oozes charisma. Plus, without him there wouldn't exist Carla Thomas singing "Gee Whiz," my favorite soul tune next to "Cry to Me" with Betty Harris singing.

[@mdfu]

My HERO!!

[@MagickMusic1]

This was a huge hit for Rufus. I still perform it solo on piano. The tune is strong enough to get people off their butts even w/o a big band. This Blues Bros. Band is the best all around blues band ever created.

[@RockyRaccoon31]

Putting the FUNK in funky!

[@tomthefunky]

"Blue" Lou Marini. In the movie, he played the dishwasher in Aretha's restaurant and Matt Murphy was the cook.

[@MrBOBBYGEEWIZ]

rufus is the best.

[@ivannio8519]

Yep! :)

[@franetoblues]

Fantastic

[@georgedoolittle7574]

Here's the inventor of Rock n' Roll right here.

[@ronlawray1563]

Inventor of rock and roll? I respect your pick, but did you ever hear of Little Richard and a few others before Rufus?

[@Tigerbabysob]

AWESOME! Thanks for posting!

[@MrPeterNeedham]

It's great to see some of the original Stax house band (Steve Cropper-Guitar, Donald Dunn-Bass Matt Murphy-Guitar, and Booker T Jones-Keyboards back Rufus on this. I'd need to pull my original LP out to confirm, but my guess they were on the original 60s recording.

[@sgdeluxedoc]

All except Matt Guitar Murphy.. In fact, I don't recall seeing him on *any* of the old Stax recordings.. However, if memory serves correctly ,at the time he was playing in Memphis Slim's touring band.. and also, I think, recording with him. I'm pretty sure it was the MGs and the Mar Keys backing him up on his first album, after that there was just too much work for them to be the only house band so I believe by that time a few members of the Bar Kays did duties as house band too...

[@MrPeterNeedham]

@@sgdeluxedoc Thanks for the correction. I believe you're absolutely correct.

[@thurmanjm]

They nailed it to the wall. I first saw this tune performed by Grateful Dead on 4/8/85. This is by far the best version. The saxophone solo is like a master class.

[@redacted2275]

Yeah, "they nailed it" because that’s the original version with the original musicians from 1963 and original singer, Mr. Rufus Thomas.

[@kb6kgx]

And Matt Murphy!

[@Bluesrainbluesrainbow]

superr!

[@MADMANMUSICINC]

This is only the "blues brothers band" in as much as they were the band for the movie. And way before the "blues brothers" was even an idea. Actually they are is Booker T and the MG's aka Stax Record's session band....they did the backing music for almost every person who walked through the door at Stax. In my opinion they were with out a doubt the main reason that Stax had so many hit records. Of course the fact that they had one of the greatest bass players to ever Fender P-bass, Mr. Donald "Duck" Dunn (R.I.P) that could groove like no other! Not taking anything away from the rest of the band but Duck was one of a kind!

[@drummer17562]

Least to be forgotten, original Stax drummer, Alan (Al) Jackson!

[@pinkpriss]

haaaa, my freakin dawg, what is going on in you avatar pic!? BTW, I was fortunate enough to see the D.A. & J.B. B.B.s at Winterland, New Years eve 1977 (The Dead of course) also had NRPS, Santana, The Band, someone like The Flying Karamazov bros opened it and as I recall Bill Graham rode a giant mock Harley on a wire from the top rear of the balcony to the stage. Me and the bud's had front center balcony. Before show started we were duct taping the microphones to the block in front and some BGP guy came over and said "You have to take those down. You can't light those off in here." and we looked at each other like WTF? Bud said "Uh, those are microphones". Guy said "Okay, thought they were sky rockets." I offered him a spliff for us having caused his diversion but he declined. As always, I fell asleep during Wharf Rat then woke up with Not Fade Away.

[@MADMANMUSICINC]

Brother that must have been freaking AWSOME! I wasn't borne until 73 so I'm what ya might call a late comer..well sort of my Aunt gave me one of those big ass house stereos, the kind with the phonograph and 8trk players and she gave me a bunch of old records like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard and a bunch of old Sun Records and Staxx 45's when I was around 11yrs so by the time I hit Jr high and everyone else was listening to Depeche Mode and that noise I was digging on the GOOD STUFF! I ended up playing bass guitar, like most kids by default because everyone else wanted the glory of playing 6string and be like Jimi or Jimmy or Eddie or but I was happy after discovering the real greats like Duck and Jaco! Long story short I enlisted at 17 back in 1990 and just retired in 2014 and now play in 2 different bands one of which we do originals with some Freddy King thrown in and in the other we do everything from Prince to Allman Bros and all the while I am doing my best to cop what Mr. Dunn did! My avatar? I was playing a gig at the Slippery Noodle Inn and this some what hot chick asked me for my number in between sets and the next thing I know I got this pic texted to me! I figure it was her fat friend who was trying her luck..and no I did not end up taking her home!!!

[@Tampa0123456789]

@ madmanmusicinc Oh hell no are you saying the band during concerts are not the same as on the Records? Didn't know that.

[@elvez1231]

Agree with everything you said - 100%%%%!!! Duck Dunn had that "groove-thang" like no other. Growing up in Memphis in a family of music fans exposed me to literally everything being produced during that time. Not just in Memphis - but Muscle-Shoals, Nashville, etc. American Studios, in Memphis, was another somewhat forgotten gem of the 60's and 70's. Would love to see a documentary on all of the great music produced in Memphis other than - but including the obvious - Elvis, Jerry-Lee, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, etc. So much forgotten and/or under-appreciated talent. They deserve to be honored.

[@kb6kgx]

And Lou Marini on Tenor Sax!

[@marioferreira1175]

Otimo. Quer o que mais da raiz do blues?

[@BuzCzar]

@urahore1 Rufus released 'Walking The Dog" in 1963. Jackie did a cover of Rufus' hit in 1965.

[@riccardobaldazzi8076]

Super! I was there

[@17Hexe]

the good " old blues brothers boys band" :-)))

[@Archerjr1]

The horn players are from The Blues Brothers...Bones, Blue Lou & Mr. Fabulous. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Cropper played on the original version.

[@manoelteixeira4936]

O autor do tema, - o grande Rufus Thomas, descanse em paz pois cumpriu a jornada aqui na terra. maneco Porto Alegre-RS. Brasil.

[@daryllect6659]

_"Play it, Steve"._

[@coltgrabber2]

In case nobody noticed, that is Duck Dunn (Bass) & Steve Cropper (Guitar) of Booker T. & the MGs backing him. Probably the Memphis Horns too but I don't know them.

[@OscarGoldmanomesayin]

Fantastic! Miss belushi though.

[@drivinsouth651]

I didn`t know Rufus was a Bishop or Cardinal in the Roman Catholic church; amazing!

[@xDavyx]

Ratt did a badass rendition of this tune.

[@fabrejulien2862]

LA TETE DU GUITARISTE QU ENTEND LA VOIX DE RUFUS UN VERITABLE INSTRUMENT

[@mariajames2966]

I love the version by Jackie Shane.

[@panzade]

Yeaaaaah...the Duck!

[@tomthefunky]

@CarlSchwamberger: Actually none of them were badly off in the seventies. Steve Cropper was a millionaire and Duck Dunn was close to it. The horn section were the best in the business (still are). Today they are worth a fortune. Duck Dunn owned the record company that released the Clapton Unplugged album. It sold ten million copies in a year. Only superstars (Neil Young, Dylan,Clapton) can afford to hire them. Cropper gets publishing royalties for writing some of the biggest songs of the 60's.

[@MsMarciBlues]

WOW...Look at that outfit Rufus is wearing, OMG! with Mat Murphy and all! BTW, does anyone out there know what is happening w/ Matt? Haven't heard anything since his stroke. Heard he was pretty bad off. I used to jam w/him but lost touch. Ms Marci

[@tomthefunky]

Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper played on the original recording as well.

[@Carlschwamberger1]

Blue Lou Marini. One of the hottest Sax men of the 20th Century.

[@reefrunner9]

It's not about the money....it's all about Pain and Joy, Yin Yang.....from Memphis to Chicago to the rest of the world....sort of..

[@andrewroberts8139]

Something tells me he is referring to something besides exercising a canine.

[@MrJoelyms]

I guess it depends how you define "canine"......but I think you may be on to something.

[@stephaniejane8392]

he's calling down Lucifer-true

[@motivationwithcee333]

U r right was a little girl when this came out. We weren't allowed to hear it or do the dance but used to sneak & peek & watch the grownups do the dance after that liquor hit them. Lol. It was something else!! I'm 66 & remember this was sooo popular. Good memories. Gr8 times to live in!

[@ianbruce-douglas7270]

That's Donald "Duck" Gunn on bass!

[@godsofirelocalcd6321]

The sax player walked that sax.

[@sammysumpter8387]

BOOKED RUFUS THOMAS AT THE TINKER A F B NCO CLUB, LARRY HENDERSON PICKED HIM UP AT THE OKC AIRPORT TO BRING HIM TO TINKER, RUFUS SAID I THOUGHT I JUST GOT OFF THE PLANE, HELL I JUST GOT IN ONE,LARRY YOU TOO FAST, RUFUS TURNED IT OUT, GOT CARLA TO COME TO TINKER THE NEXT MONTH,THE NCO CLUB WAS THE SH-- BACK IN THE DAY

[@TheROEL1967]

I really am sorry not to in the version of the Belgian group Tjens Couter pn U Tube ! That is really just an amazing version !

[@joelmills245]

Is that Blue Lou on sax?

[@Verdillac2]

still trying to figure out the superhero costume he's wearing...or why..."Captain Funky", perhaps?

[@drestaz]

@bluedaddy23 duuuuude you best not be hatin on rufus thomas' style yo he looked way too gangst in this not as intense as his wattstax performance but still pretty legit

[@mrstacyj9496]

c'mon now!, c'mon!

[@fredgien]

In shorts!!

[@ftjax]

What happened to Carla Thomas ?

[@kc5tng]

@reefrunner9 Wanna bet it aint bout the Money? Try getting any of these singers and musicians to sing and play for free while the House makes tha Money~! We do what we do cause we Love it~, but gettin Paid Money for it ..thats a big part of why "We Love It". We get paid to do what we love doing~! As it Should Be~!

[@TheSnookie2050]

u sung Carla thoma

[@kamwrenweathers174]

Why is he wearing boots when those are the Boots he wore for the song breakdown?

[@randyculpepper4290]

Rufus was well known for wearing outlandish costumes. It was his insignia.

[@bobsmith9155]

WHO THE HELL DRESSED HIM ?

[@brownmajic48]

+bob smith ...Superfly Rufus was a bad dude and we loved to dance off his music!

[@maymeclayton1402]

Superfly!!!

[@rippstudwel]

Donald MOTHA FUCKIN' "Duck"

[@benzuckerman]

Looks like Steve Cropper dropped a few pounds. Good for him!

[@georgedoolittle9015]

here's the guy who invented rock and roll. not friggin "i just play guitar" Chuck Berry or worse...Elvis. literally invented "the frontman."

[@bluedaddy23]

love the music, but what the hell is he wearing? seen better looking legs in a bucket of Kentucky Fried. Better legs on a saw horse.....