Talk:Green Onions
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[edit]This song also appears on "Big Wednesday" movie.
62.22.92.57 (talk) 09:51, 27 December 2007 (UTC) Ricardo Iglesias
It also appears in "The Sandlot" movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.200.36.205 (talk) 19:36, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
Sheet Music Project
[edit]Does anybody know who has the sheet music rights? FoolesTroupe (talk) 00:19, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Similar recordings, huh?
[edit]Then how does ""Green Onions" is a hit soul instrumental recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.s" correlate with ""Green Onions" is remarkably similar in style and chord progression to John Lee Hooker's "Onions", which appears on his 1963 album, The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker"?--85.210.23.161 (talk) 17:10, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
- According to JLH recorded his version in early 1962. 198.53.137.96 (talk) 06:51, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Green Badger's Cat?
[edit]From the article: "the track is named after the Green Badger's cat, Green Onions, whose way of walking inspired the riff."
There is no link for "Green Badger" nor is there any explanation for whom this refers to. I checked the article for the band and found nothing there either. Even though there are other theories presented for the origin of the name, I feel that the "Green Badger's cat" explanation should at least have some reference.
Who was the bass player on Booker T and the MGs first release Green Onions ?
[edit]The original bass player was Lewie Steinberg. He played on and co-wrote the song. He was the house bass player at Stax Records at the time. He also introduced the drummer Al Jackson to Stax, Steve Cropper and Booker. He was also the “bass player” noted in this Wikipedia notice who originally wanted to name the song “Funky Onions”. The word Funky was considered a “low class” word in those days in 1962 so the label decided on Green Onions instead. Lewie did the first tour with the MGs but didn’t like being on the road away from his family so he was replaced with Steve Cropper’s high school friend Donald “Duck” Dunn shortly thereafter. Lewie Steinberg also played bass on the Mar Keys hit “Last Night” that was released the year before in 1961. 134.16.65.31 (talk) 15:14, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
The “(‘62 ONIONS CUT)”
[edit]What about the “(‘62 ONIONS CUT)”? It is 3:57 and features a fairly radical sound for the guitar solo for the time period. I don't believe it's mentioned in the article. Came up as result number three on Spotify when I searched for: Green Onions 1962 instrumental composition by Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Was this released in the 1960s? I didn't see it on the album Green Onions. I wonder if this could've influenced the sound of early guitar solos. I also wonder if the same person played the guitar solo? Misty MH (talk) 16:53, 9 April 2026 (UTC)