For people in the UK this song means only one thing. BBC TV and its cricket coverage. Sound of my youthful summers. Peter West introducing the 2nd day's play in the fourth test match from Headingley or similar.
All it's missing is Tufnell, arm raised, and running mad after an Aussie wicket. Or, Atherton, bat raised, looking shagged after six hours of being battered by Curtly and Courtney
For an old guy like me this is a treat. To see Booker T, Steve, Duck, and Sid, Anton, Paul and very very young looking Will Lee, this really bring back some good memories.
Great to see three-quarters of the MG's still kicking it out at the start of the '90s. And of course it's always a treat when Paul Shaffer is involved in anything that the individual MG's are a part of.
I like cricket nearly as much as i love Booker T, Steve Cropper, Donald "the duck" Dunn & co. Another daily dose of musical righteousness. God bless all!
It is the cricket theme in the UK where I live, but I don't like cricket. I like Mr. Booker T and the MG's much more! A genius piece of music gentlemen for which I thank you.
Original cowbell & piano on the record was none other than Isaac Hayes!!!! So great to see them making it happen - of course Al Jackson Jr is sorely missed (as is Duck now) - seminal music. Basically the Stax/Volt house band for nearly all their classic records.
@@basilmarasco1975 Google inside stax records and you will see a French documentary with Isaac and the whole crew laying it down in the studio.Fantastic!
still totally works. booker, duck, steve, and paul in the moment and making it swing. nearly 30 years later, in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, and watching this puts a smile on my face. thanks for the posting. thumbs up.
Phenomenal! Thanks Mom & Dad playing, promoting and all the instruments you out in our hands. I have no idea how you put up with all the drums, horns, ... piano... accordion, harmonica .... more cow bell!! The 1960, 1970s growing up poor was awesome. The saying 50 years overnight success comes to mind, Get after it baby boomers. Get going. Start Small. Start Now.
Impossible to have on earphones at volume 8, late at night, and not just dance and rock around the room. Hardcore writing, arrangement, and execution!!! These guys are good.......
This song will always remain one of my absolute favs I used to play the 45 of this song over and over 100s of times and to see it here on letterman with the most dangerous band is pure joy ! Thank you Mom for knowing great music and playing this for me when I was 4 . It made me love music and become a serious guitarist.
My 45 is WORN OUT. And it's a good thing digital copies don't, or it'd be worn out too. I have always loved Soul Limbo and to this day when I hear it I have to listen two, three, four or more times in a row.
Best use of a cowbell outside the sound of music! If Id known that when I as a kid id have joined the orchestra. and whoever thought theyd hear the cricket theme on an american late night show.
Soul stirring music. More so, since it brings memories of test cricket and Ritchie Benaud - in India aka Rishi (the holy one) Binod (popular Indian name). Thanks a ton !!
2 years later in 1993 i would see Booker T & The MG's live for the 1st time, when they were the backing band for Niel Young's co-headline tour with Pearl Jam. (with Blind Melon as the opening act)
Soul Limbo, as a cricket fan from England, was a big part in the soundtrack of my youth. As I grew up in the 90's that usually meant punishing defeats. Feeling conflicted
Yes on SNL but not with Booker T. himself. Paul missed out on the original Blues Brothers movie due to performing on Gilda Radner’s broadway show Gilda. Regardless, it was a special thrill to perform with them on Late Night.
Classic very funny, those were great days when the BBC had the cricket. This tune just about sums up summer too. If only Booker and the MG's knew what gates they opened with this one.
OMG I remember this when it was on. Sounds Great! I had a Sony VCR that recorded in Dolby surround sound that cpsy $500 ! that time & this show had the best audio quality on TV. I didn't even know who they were then.
"Good morning and welcome to day 3 of the fourth test between England and The West indies live here from Edgebaston. Where England over night find themselves precariously poised at 54-4"
I'd like to be listening to this while sitting at the outdoor bar at the Holiday Inn in Key Largo....on a nice sunny warm, not hot, day. Panama hat, sipping my second mai tai, Ray Ban's on of course....
G'Day Mark, G'Day everybody. Welcome to Trent Bridge for what I am sure will be an absorbing day's play in this the 2nd test between England and Australia....
For people in the UK this song means only one thing. BBC TV and its cricket coverage. Sound of my youthful summers. Peter West introducing the 2nd day's play in the fourth test match from Headingley or similar.
Where they'd normally be showing old replays because rain had stopped play 😂, bloody English weather
Well I learned something lol I knew nothing about that
Spot on
Great days! As a welsh England cricket fan, what usually preceeded this tune was a right good whacking for our boys unfortunately!
All it's missing is Tufnell, arm raised, and running mad after an Aussie wicket. Or, Atherton, bat raised, looking shagged after six hours of being battered by Curtly and Courtney
For an old guy like me this is a treat. To see Booker T, Steve, Duck, and Sid, Anton, Paul and very very young looking Will Lee, this really bring back some good memories.
Not only for you 💪😏
This makes you a cool Old Guy!
I think this is where the phrase "we need more cowbells" came from. Seriously, never knew cowbells can be this rocking
Yes!!
It's like walking in the waves on a beach! Superbamundo!
Isaac Hayes played the cowbell on this
In the UK this tune is known as the unofficial anthem of cricket. Excellent stuff!
Will Lee (amazing bass player) playing cowbell while the "Duck" Donald Dunn (another bass playing great) plays bass. Love it!!!
Duck ; gone
Great to see three-quarters of the MG's still kicking it out at the start of the '90s. And of course it's always a treat when Paul Shaffer is involved in anything that the individual MG's are a part of.
My ringtone. Because it stands for hot summer days watching cricket.
The Bowler's Holding,the Batsman's Willey!'
Those marvelous days!
Who knew a cowbell could bring so much joy to one person…
Will Lee is the man
That's the magic of music
Amazing
Steve Cropper
I still think it needs more cowbell though. Hee Hee x
Best Cowbell playing in the history of music EVER
Bigtimecharlie25 that’s Will Lee, one of the BASS players ever
That is soca rhythm. Soca originated from Trinidad and Tobago, an island in the caribbean, famous for soca music, steeelpan, carnival and limbo. 🇹🇹
Will Farrell with the cow bell and Christopher Walken "MORE COWBELLS"
Keeping up that rhythm for the entire piece is seriously hard! Hats off to him.
Serving the song. That's what great musicians do. No egos just whatever the song needs no more no less.
I like cricket nearly as much as i love Booker T, Steve Cropper, Donald "the duck" Dunn & co.
Another daily dose of musical righteousness. God bless all!
It is the cricket theme in the UK where I live, but I don't like cricket. I like Mr. Booker T and the MG's much more! A genius piece of music gentlemen for which I thank you.
Who knew the cowbell could be so badass
I wanna be your dog by the stooges. Demonic cowbell.
Bruce Dickinson the producer for Blue Oyster Cult knew!
Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription.. is more cowbell
@@kustakka1978 THE Bruce Dickinson
Hugh Masekela, I think. (Grazing in the Grass). Both this one and that also make great ringtones for the phone.... 'How low can you go???'
Imagine sitting poolside in the Summer of 1968 and this comes on the radio for the first time.
Talent never goes outta style
Original cowbell & piano on the record was none other than Isaac Hayes!!!! So great to see them making it happen - of course Al Jackson Jr is sorely missed (as is Duck now) - seminal music. Basically the Stax/Volt house band for nearly all their classic records.
Anton Figg on drums in this clip?
WTF? Isaac Hayes played cowbell on Soul Limbo? Guess that explains why this is one of the coolest joints ever recorded, then
@@dasnutnock6408 It's probably easier to count the Stax songs that Isaac Hayes was NOT associated with.
@@basilmarasco1975 Google inside stax records and you will see a French documentary with Isaac and the whole crew laying it down in the studio.Fantastic!
Windies black washing england
Validates the entire concept of CZcams.
All-day cricket TV coverage, no commercials.....wonderfull
You can tell that they had a good time playing this song
still totally works. booker, duck, steve, and paul in the moment and making it swing. nearly 30 years later, in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, and watching this puts a smile on my face. thanks for the posting. thumbs up.
Phenomenal! Thanks Mom & Dad playing, promoting and all the instruments you out in our hands.
I have no idea how you put up with all the drums, horns, ... piano... accordion, harmonica .... more cow bell!!
The 1960, 1970s growing up poor was awesome.
The saying 50 years overnight success comes to mind,
Get after it baby boomers. Get going. Start Small. Start Now.
You forgot Anton
Anton Figg on drums?
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 Anton wasn't part of the Booker T lineup.
@@basilmarasco1975 I thought "Fig" was spelled with only one g, like the fruit.
Impossible to have on earphones at volume 8, late at night, and not just dance and rock around the room. Hardcore writing, arrangement, and execution!!! These guys are good.......
That is whot a cowbell was made four not hanging round a caws nek
God bless Memphis, TN, my hometown. Alway a mess and forever frustrating, yet I love to brag that I’m from here. To quote Lovitz……..”Jealous?”
Uncle Will killin' it on cowbell!
"Needs more cowbell" said literally no one ever about this track. And hey, thats a good thing - dude is a rockin that cowbell...
The undisputed 'best cow bell' song of all time.
One of my favorites from Booker T and the MGs! Used to go to sleep listening to this while in college. Great stuff then as well as today!
Hooray the CRICKET starting.
......And Richie Benaud says....'Mornin' viewers!
Soul Limbo is known to folks in the UK and beyond as the theme to BBC Radio's Test Match Special cricket coverage.
Indeed - can we have it back please.
Aggers, for goodness sake, stop it!
Actually TMS is a radio programme and this was the TV theme. But to plaguerise Barry Davies "Frankly who cares?"
It was the TV theme, but has been played at the start and end of TMS for many years now.
Glad to say that bbc2 is now showing Cricket highlights and Soul Limbo has been retained despite a gap of over 20years. and TMS still use it
Great to see these guys in action.
This song will always remain one of my absolute favs I used to play the 45 of this song over and over 100s of times and to see it here on letterman with the most dangerous band is pure joy ! Thank you Mom for knowing great music and playing this for me when I was 4 . It made me love music and become a serious guitarist.
My 45 is WORN OUT. And it's a good thing digital copies don't, or it'd be worn out too. I have always loved Soul Limbo and to this day when I hear it I have to listen two, three, four or more times in a row.
I still have the 45 of this song on the Stax label from when I was a kid… one of my favorite songs from my childhood. Still great at 55.
That's what having fun looks like ! Cheers Eddie
This is phenomenal 👏
Remarkable performance from an amazing band.
Love this music back then in the 60s and even better today. So much talent.
Fantastic
Steve Cropper's da man !
Beautiful, clean music ! My boyhood days ! Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.
Love this instrumental, happy memories of summer, 1960s Atlantic soul music and lots more.
Always love to hear this song!
Loooove Booker T. & The M.G.’s
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this young lady is an artist who brings the joy. I'm crying. fine job on piano at that tempo.
Best use of a cowbell outside the sound of music! If Id known that when I as a kid id have joined the orchestra. and whoever thought theyd hear the cricket theme on an american late night show.
Booker T y Los MGs, geniales !....Soul Limbo pieza mágica !....muy Latinoámericana !
What a great band, I have plenty of vinyls of the Bookert T and the MG's. Love them!
Greatest instrumental music ever !
BRAVO- OUTSTANDING!!!
I wonder how many times Steve Cropper's been asked to list the five greatest Pakistani off-spinners.
:: underrated comment ::
Or how many times Donald Dunn's been out for a duck.
When you know how the rest of the world knows this song.
Omg lol
No clue what that meant. As an American, we don't know Cricket. Had to look it up. Delayed laugh.
Wow. I never heard the full version of this before. Now it makes a lot more sense.
And suddenly, from over the hill, there rises a cloud of dust, and the horizon darkens with vast hordes of cricket fans...
Its the "barmy army"!
No its us coming to spread joy and light, except of course to the australians!
I love watching this sail straight over Letterman’s head!
I feel very out of the loop given I'm in Michigan 😃
Duck Dunn on the Fender bass!
Jones,cropper and Dunne.🎸👏👏👏
Haven't heard this since I was a kid! TY CZcams!
This has got some funk ✌️
Soul stirring music. More so, since it brings memories of test cricket and Ritchie Benaud - in India aka Rishi (the holy one) Binod (popular Indian name). Thanks a ton !!
Heard this on the radio the other day, didn't get the title. The search brought me here . Great song.
You can tell the younger players feel privileged to play alongside booker t
They always looked like that
Cow bell with no errors.... lovely.
Will is relentless. Doesn’t miss a beat & is rocksteady for the entire performance. Unreal.
Just a bunch of very talented guys having a ball!
I have always loved there music it was great back in the day and still is today they were a great band to listen to
Now that TIME IS TIGHT!!
2 years later in 1993 i would see Booker T & The MG's live for the 1st time, when they were the backing band for Niel Young's co-headline tour with Pearl Jam. (with Blind Melon as the opening act)
The year before, in 1992, Anton Fig toured with the band as their drummer.
Will Lee did NOT miss a beat!!:)
English Cricket, John Arlott, 1960s/70s. Wunderbar.
Will have to store this.
👿☘
Paul Shaffer has known Steve and Donald, especially when they formed the backbone of The Blues Brothers.
If this is playing and Jonathan Agnew isn't giving you a match update at about half past ten in the morning, you're doing it wrong.
The perfect amount of cowbell
Sound of cricket and summer way back when...........
This is so great!!
Soul Limbo, as a cricket fan from England, was a big part in the soundtrack of my youth.
As I grew up in the 90's that usually meant punishing defeats. Feeling conflicted
It was the theme music for BBC cricket coverage...even when the match didn't include the West Indies!
It still is...
Still amazing!!!
Wow, just wow! This is so cool! Cheers!
Im sorry but i still think we need more cowbell. I got a fever! ❤️
Yeah I’m rocking to the music oh yeah
Now a famous cricket song around the world.
Morning everyone…… morning Ritchie ….
This song rocks oh yeah
Cricket would be lost without this anthem
Those were the days on late night
I was watching then...wow
That cowbell....I'm inspired
The World's Most Dangerous Band along with Booker T. and some MGs. There's nothing better.
All but one M.G., who had passed.
@@dongiller I know Donald "Duke" Dunn passed on awhile back. Damn, that was a good group.
He did, but he’s playing bass here. Why Will is cowbelling.
@@dongiller I was thinking This is just the right amount of cowbell.
What fun and what a special thrill that had to be for Paul.
He had already been in The Blues Brothers with Cropper & Dunn at this point.
Yes on SNL but not with Booker T. himself. Paul missed out on the original Blues Brothers movie due to performing on Gilda Radner’s broadway show Gilda. Regardless, it was a special thrill to perform with them on Late Night.
Shame Paul didn't bother to learn the rhythm.
The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey
Classic very funny, those were great days when the BBC had the cricket. This tune just about sums up summer too. If only Booker and the MG's knew what gates they opened with this one.
love, love, love this...
The sound of cricket!!! 😁😁😁😁😁
OMG I remember this when it was on. Sounds Great! I had a Sony VCR that recorded in Dolby surround sound that cpsy $500 ! that time & this show had the best audio quality on TV. I didn't even know who they were then.
"Good morning and welcome to day 3 of the fourth test between England and The West indies live here from Edgebaston. Where England over night find themselves precariously poised at 54-4"
It’s hard to be sure because the bumper is so short, but I believe that’s “Time Is Tight” they’re playing at the beginning.
It is.
I'd like to be listening to this while sitting at the outdoor bar at the Holiday Inn in Key Largo....on a nice sunny warm, not hot, day. Panama hat, sipping my second mai tai, Ray Ban's on of course....
Awesome 😄'The Worlds Most Dangerous Band' meets 'The Stax' 'Groove-Section'....
Will cowbell is IT!!!!!!!!
In fact the first international cricket match was between the USA and Canada!
Good morning Richie
G'Day Mark, G'Day everybody. Welcome to Trent Bridge for what I am sure will be an absorbing day's play in this the 2nd test between England and Australia....
@@barrykacher7761 great memories of the 1970s when cricket was on the bbc
Morning everyone 🏏
The sound of English cricket.
Holy jeez holding that cowbell line...
More Cowbell
Theme song for the of cricket. That's a crossover of soca music and soul. The bass has the soca rhythm. The cowbell too has the soca rhythm