Rufus Thomas
11 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages audio, 1985
Rufus Thomas, between mouthfuls, talks about his youth in segregated Memphis, Minstrelsy, Ike and Tina Turner and his long involvement with Stax Records.
File format: mp3; file size: 73.4meg, interview length: 1h 16' 25" sound quality: **
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On Disc: Singles Reviewed By John E. Abbey
Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 29 March 1970
RECORD OF THE FORTNIGHT ...
Rufus Thomas: The Dog... The Funky Chicken... now for The Push & Pull
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 4 December 1970
DURING RUFUS Thomas' 20 years recording career, he has directly started two dance crazes in the States. In the early '60s he was responsible for ...
Rufus Thomas: Push and Pull That Funky Dog
Interview by Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 1971
REHEARSALS at Top of the Pops. A man who looks close to 50 years old goes up to a taller, younger man in dark glasses. ...
Report by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 23 January 1971
Richard Williams in the Soul capital of America ...
Al Green, Bloodstone, Tami Lynn, Rufus Thomas, Phillip Mitchell: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Phil Symes, Disc and Music Echo, 11 December 1971
RAINBOW SOUL ...
Rufus Thomas: Rufus and The Funky Penguin
Report and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 1 January 1972
RUFUS THOMAS was half-way through a busy tour the last time we met. This time round I caught up with him just two days before ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 7 January 1972
BRITAIN HAS always been a happy hunting ground for Rufus Thomas, right back to his first tour in 1967, not so long after notching up ...
Wattstax 72: Seven Hours of Soul
Live Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 8 September 1972
THE whole idea of WATTSTAX '72 was splendid. It enabled more than 100,000 people to attend a seven hour concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum ...
Wattstax (dir. Mel Stuart, Stax)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 10 February 1973
ISAAC HAYES, ROD STEWART and assorted FACES were at the preview of a new soul film. So was MM's RICHARD WILLIAMS... ...
Retrospective by Richie Unterberger, MOJO, July 2004
THE BIGGEST soul concert ever was about to end in a riot. ...
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