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    I really dig Sonny Red and his fiery blues vibe.

    Do my ears deceive me, is Sonny Red playing Lady Madonna in 1962, listen from 1:20 to 1:27


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    I don't hear it.

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    Friday night arrives without a suit case ...

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    I do not think so.

    Lady Madonna - Wikipedia
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    "Lady Madonna" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. In March 1968, it was released ...

    Recorded?: ?3 and 6 February 1968
    B-side?: ?"?The Inner Light?"
    Released?: ?15 March 1968
    Genre?: ?Rock and roll?; ?R&B?; ?boogie-woogie?;




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    Quote Originally Posted by gggomez
    Friday night arrives without a suit case ...
    Not really, that Lady Madonna line has some repeated notes then a descending note. Sonny's line at 1.22 has some repeated notes then some ascending notes.

    There's only 12 notes, you are always going to hear some similar phrases in music, hence all those daft plagiarism legal cases that keep hitting the headlines (X has a massive hit, then Y crawls out of obscurity to claim X stole the handclaps/cowbell/3 notes of a guitar solo from Y’s record ten years previously which no-one bought).

    What Sonny IS copying is Charlie Parker - he is using a ton of Bird's phrases here.
    Last edited by grahambop; 03-03-2020 at 08:08 AM.

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    Remi Harris does a jazz version:


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    What I hear in "The Rhythm Thing" is Sonny Red's take on rhythm changes. Straight up, Bb, changes. I enjoy playing Cotton Tail or Oleo when I want to call out a "changes" tune in Bb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gggomez
    Do my ears deceive me, is Sonny Red playing Lady Madonna in 1962?
    No, but Humphrey Lyttleton's band was playing it in 1956: