" The Soul Of Stax " Sky Tv Programme Sat. 14/10

[Guest]

" The Soul Of Stax " - Sky ' Community Channel ' broadcast Saturday 14/10 @ 3.45 PM

Did anyone else see this gem of a programme ?

I was flicking ( steady ..... it is Sunday morning ) through the documentary channels yesterday afternoon in the attempt to find something decent to watch , when I had to do a double take - were my eyes deceiving me ? no - the documentary channel was to show

" The Soul Of Stax " , starting at 3.45 PM .

I looked at the info blurb for the programme , and by the description it gave , It was not one I had seen before . 3.45 PM duly arrived and the programme did not dissappoint . The opening credits did throw me somewhat , as they were in french , except for the title of the programme .

Chronicling the rise and fall of the Stax empire , the programme ( sadly only an hour long ) had interviews with Jim Stewart and Estell Axton ; Rufus Thomas , William Bell - plus an great clip of him singing " You Don't Miss Your Water " with Rufus' son Marshall on piano ; Jerry Wexler talking about the tie-in with Atlantic ; Booker T & The MGs playing " Green Onions " ; Booker T , Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn discussing Otis Redding ; Andrew Love and Wayne Jackson of The Memphis Horns ; showed how the racial aspect in the States affected Stax ; Isaac Hayes discussing Sam & Dave and how he ' adapted ' " You Don't Know Like I Know " from it being a gospel song ( followed by a clip of a gospel choir in church singing the ' original ' ! ) ; The Watts riots of 1965 ; Al Bell ; Jesse Jackson ; footage of the 1967 Stax / Volt tour in England , showing Otis singing " Try A Little Tenderness " ; Otis at the Monterey Pop Concert in 1967 ; the death of Otis in December 1967 , and the effect it had on Stax ; Mavis & The Staple Singers ; WattStax ( with Rufus Thomas telling the crowd to come on down to the front of the stage - which they did in their 100's and " Do The Funky Chicken " ! ) ; and finishing with the eventual decline of Stax .

As I said , the whole programme was a gem ; if you did not see it , and have access to the ' Community Channel ' on Sky , keep an eye out for it , as no doubt it will be shown again in the near future . You will not be disappointed .

Malc Burton

Edited October 15, 2006 by Malc Burton

[Pete S]

Malc, it's discussed every time it's shown - which is a lot, last time around 6 weeks ago - and I've been circulating it on video and dvd's for over a decade. I prefer my copy to the one shown at the moment though as it's still got the original adverts in including one for the KFC Barbecur fillet which was only on sale for a konth but was the best thing they ever did.

[Guest]

Malc, it's discussed every time it's shown - which is a lot, last time around 6 weeks ago - and I've been circulating it on video and dvd's for over a decade. I prefer my copy to the one shown at the moment though as it's still got the original adverts in including one for the KFC Barbecur fillet which was only on sale for a konth but was the best thing they ever did.

Hi Pete ....

Thanks for the reply . I must have been leading a more sheltered life than I thought ; Much to my chagrin , I was sure - now I am not so certain following your reply - that I had not seen the programme before . Come to think of it , on recollection , several parts of it were very familiar ; when mentioning your reply to my good lady , said she had seen it before .

My defence , your honour , is that , due to a very large " senior moment " , I had cast the memory of it into the canyons of my mind ......

More shameful is that I had not noticed that it has been discussed before ...... apologies for this !!

I will write out 200 times " I must take more notice " as punishment .

Malc Burton

Edited October 15, 2006 by Malc Burton

[Pete S]

Hi Pete ....

Thanks for the reply . I must have been leading a more sheltered life than I thought ; Much to my chagrin , I was sure - now I am not so certain following your reply - that I had not seen the programme before . Come to think of it , on recollection , several parts of it were very familiar ; when mentioning your reply to my good lady , said she had seen it before .

My defence , your honour , is that , due to a very large " senior moment " , I had cast the memory of it into the canyons of my mind ......

More shameful is that I had not noticed that it has been discussed before ...... apologies for this !!

I will write out 200 times " I must take more notice " as punishment .

Malc Burton

I would point out the last one when it was discussed but only Rachel seems to know how to find lost topics!