Greatest song with clavinet.

[Beware the Beast Man]

I make an arguement for "Outta Space" by Billy Preston, but the Band's "Up on Cripple Creek" has a pretty badass clav part.


http://www.gti.net/junebug/clavinet/sounds.html

[TheBaldyMan]

1. IMO Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition' is good

[Squeech]

3. Superstition

But whatever: Stevie Wonder decidedly outclasses Billy Preston.

[kwassa]

2. Memphis Slim, though I can't recall the song title, a blues song

[XNASA]

4. "Trampled Under Foot" nt

[bbernardini]

5. Pretty much anything performed by Stevie Wonder, but here's a few others.

A Taste Of Honey - "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - There's some really cool clav licks in the left channel.

Chef - "Chocolate Salty Balls" - 'Nuff said.

Kevin Gilbert - "Certifiable #1 Smash"

The Tubes - "Mondo Bondage" - The clav/guitar intro is classic.

[no name no slogan]

6. I used to own one of those

I gotta go with "Superstition" though. The definitive clavinet song.

[AngryAmish]

7. Walk This Way by Run-DMC

[wildhorses]

8. always did like that "up on cripple creek"

When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
Straight down the mississippi river, to the gulf of mexico
To lake charles, louisiana, little bessie, girl that I once knew
She told me just to come on by, if there’s anything she could do




Up on cripple creek she sends me
If I spring a leak she mends me
I don’t have to speak, she defends me
A drunkard’s dream if I ever did see one

Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go
She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show
The odds were in my favor, I had ’em five to one
When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won


I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little bessie half
And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh
Now there’s one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see
That’s when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea



Now me and my mate were back at the shack, we had spike jones on the box
She said, I can’t take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk
Now that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet
And I swore and I took another pull, my bessie can’t be beat



Now there’s a flood out in california and up north it’s freezing cold
And this living on the road is getting pretty old
So I guess I’ll call up my big mama, tell her I’ll be rolling in
But you know, deep down, I’m kind of tempted
To go and see my bessie again.

[jpgray]

9. I think "Evil Woman" has a bit--always liked that track

[FredScuttle]

10. Superstition

with the Commodores' "Machine Gun" running a close second

[B3Nut]

11. Outa Space.

Billy Preston *rocks*. Great Hammond player, too. Though Superstition is a kickass cut, and as you mentioned Up On Cripple Creek indeed has a neat Clav part.

I'd love to have a D6 or E7 Clav...would go great with my B-3 and beat-to-heck yard-sale Rhodes. :)

Todd in Beerbratistan