tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post2539916231906862433..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Chips Moman, the Memphis Boys and the American Sound Studio hit factory - ten magical recordingsScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-40402688150386080582018-06-30T11:25:37.497+01:002018-06-30T11:25:37.497+01:00For about five years my sense of taste and smell w...For about five years my sense of taste and smell went AWOL most likely <br />due to a head injury. It eventually returned probably due to another head injury!<br />Sorry to use your excellent post to highlight the travails of us poor sods. southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-58085143718777013632018-06-30T03:59:24.125+01:002018-06-30T03:59:24.125+01:00It was Carter's rich deep voice when he finall...It was Carter's rich deep voice when he finally broke into song that did it for me. As for SB it was never about the taste.southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-52441283662632894482018-06-29T15:30:36.190+01:002018-06-29T15:30:36.190+01:00The Clarence Carter version contains too much chat...The Clarence Carter version contains too much chat for my liking, and he doesn't actually sound all that upset or guilty - but each to his own. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals, so the backing is terrific. <br /><br />As for Special Brew, did you ever reach that point where the cloying sweetness - which made it so appealing to start with - suddenly made you feel queasy? I reached that stage after a few years of quite enjoying it, and found I couldn't bear the thought of drinking it again. In any case, it tended to make me need a wee every ten minutes, which got a bit tedious. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-56742240771162917202018-06-28T06:30:47.569+01:002018-06-28T06:30:47.569+01:00Good job pulling all these byzantine threads toget...Good job pulling all these byzantine threads together.<br />Takes me back to an evening in a labyrinthine flat in sarf London. Fire crackling in the grate, the JB's on the turntable, only one white collar job to contend with instead of two blue collar ones - in the same bleedin' day! And the place awash in Special Brew. Bliss.<br /> <br />James Carr's version is good, Clarence Carter's cover is sublime. <br />southern mannoreply@blogger.com