R.I.P. Chips Moman

[Rocker]

The great Chips Moman has passed away.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC3AXQ8dPJM


James Carr - The Dark End of the Street




Music titan ‘Chips’ Moman is dead at 79

http://www.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/music/music-titan-chips-moman-is-dead-at-79-35315a2e-5feb-5bbe-e053-0100007f82f0-382850711.html

[JK]

Very sad. I see Chips was involved in The Mar-Keys' "Last Night", one of my early favourites. Love that organ!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5T9GvSnbY

Rest in peace, sir. 

[Rocker]

Very sad. I see Chips was involved in The Mar-Keys' "Last Night", one of my early favourites. Love that organ!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5T9GvSnbY

Rest in peace, sir.  

People don't realize how many hits Chips was involved in (not only as producer but as songwriter, session musician). He worked at/for Stax in their beginning, had his own American Studios of course which produced uncountable hits and afterwards he went to Nashville to produce hit after hit as well. Willie Nelson's "Always on my mind", Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas", B. J. Thomas' "Somebody done somebody wrong song" (which he co-wrote)....
He produced the first two Highwaymen albums, a couple of Willie Nelson solo albums, the Clas Of '55 album and lots of other stuff. I don't think there are many people who have had as many hits as Chips Moman.



EDIT:


Here's an 2012 interview:

Chips Moman: The Cream Interview

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2012/08/17/chips-moman-the-cream-interview


and from 2008:

LaGrange Native Chips Moman Talks About His Life in Music

http://www.georgiamusic.info/2008/11/lagrange-native-chips-moman-talks-about.html

[JK]

People don't realize how many hits Chips was involved in (not only as producer but as songwriter, session musician). He worked at/for Stax in their beginning, had his own American Studios of course which produced uncountable hits and afterwards he went to Nashville to produce hit after hit as well. Willie Nelson's "Always on my mind", Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas", B. J. Thomas' "Somebody done somebody wrong song" (which he co-wrote)....
He produced the first two Highwaymen albums, a couple of Willie Nelson solo albums, the Clas Of '55 album and lots of other stuff. I don't think there are many people who have had as many hits as Chips Moman.

EDIT:

Here's an 2012 interview:

Chips Moman: The Cream Interview

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2012/08/17/chips-moman-the-cream-interview

and from 2008:

LaGrange Native Chips Moman Talks About His Life in Music

http://www.georgiamusic.info/2008/11/lagrange-native-chips-moman-talks-about.html

Thanks for those two fascinating interviews. What a career he had!

[feelsflow]

Sad news.  Another Great Man is gone.  He had a good long life though.  I don't remember when I first understood just who he was, probably the late 60's.  But I had been listening to music he was involved in since I was a kid.  His name is on a lot of record jackets.   Like Rocker is saying, Stax, American Sound Studios, and the Nashville stuff.  Stax was known for Soul, but was also the label that gave Delaney and Bonnie their first exposure.  He was so much of what was good in Memphis.  Rocker is being modest by not mentioning his involvement in Elvis' career.  He knows all about that. 

American Sound Studios and The Memphis Boys, the studio's House Band, will live on in my heart, then and forever.  "Cry Like a Baby" (February 1968) was recorded there, with the great Reggie Young on electric sitar.  Another big one for me, recorded in January 1968, "Angel of the Morning" - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts, nope, it was the House Band on the single and the album.  We know about this now, but didn't back then.  It was like the Wrecking Crew, always on the records, never in the liner notes.  Bobby Womack got his start there as a session musician.  Dusty became a major star in America after recording "Son of A Preacher Man" there.

off-topic note:  I saw P.R. and The Raiders several times in the 60's, one of those times was on a package tour that featured the Raiders, and had The Turnarounds as one of the opening acts.  That was the first time I heard "Angel of the Morning," it wasn't a hit yet, or she might have gotten billing over the Raiders.  As many of you know, I am from Monroe, Louisiana, not far from Memphis.  Both Merrilee and The Raiders were recording at American Sound in early 1968.  There wasn't much left of the Raiders.  Goin' to Memphis, the album they were recording, was basically Mark Lindsey's band now.  They were still a really good live show, playing the old hits, but hardly the Garage band they had been.  After "Let Me!" I wasn't paying attention any longer.

Thank You Chips, for all the good times. -Will

[Moon Dawg]

  Sad news. From Elvis in Memphis and Back in Memphis are among the greatest Elvis Presley recordings.

[Rocker]

Sad news.  Another Great Man is gone.  He had a good long life though.  I don't remember when I first understood just who he was, probably the late 60's.  But I had been listening to music he was involved in since I was a kid.  His name is on a lot of record jackets.   Like Rocker is saying, Stax, American Sound Studios, and the Nashville stuff.  Stax was known for Soul, but was also the label that gave Delaney and Bonnie their first exposure.  He was so much of what was good in Memphis.  Rocker is being modest by not mentioning his involvement in Elvis' career.  He knows all about that. 

Yeah, of course Elvis' recordings with Chips are great. I just have a feeling that there's a tendency to overemphasize them in disadvantage of each's other work. The Presley recordings certainly are a highlight, yet both Presley and Moman did other stuff that's just as good imo.

Anyway here's a mournful tune from those sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54iD9Dqy1Xo



Did anybody read this book? I haven't yet but I think I need to.


https://www.amazon.com/Memphis-Boys-Story-American-Studios/dp/1617031992?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0