Eddie Floyd: (FLOYD - CROPPER) "Knock On Wood" (1966)

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adapted from WIKIPEDIA:
"Knock On Wood" was written in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee (now the National Civil Rights Museum in honor of MLK, who was assassinated there in April '68).

Steve Cropper stated in interviews that there was a lightning storm the night that he and Eddie wrote the song, hence the lyrics, "It's like thunder, lightning; The way you love me is frightening". The song was based on another co-written by Cropper, Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" (1965), having the same chord progression, "only played in reverse".

According to Floyd, "Knock On Wood" was initially written for Otis Redding. However, Stax label manager Jim Stewart turned down the idea of Redding recording the song. Stewart acted as producer on Eddie's recording, which was released 12 days after the studio session.


PERSONNEL: Eddie Floyd (composer, vocal); Steve Cropper (composer, electric guitar); Booker T. Jones (keyboards); Isaac Hayes (piano); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass guitar); Al Jackson Jr. (drums); Jim Stewart (producer)

Recorded July 13, 1966 and released the 25th
on vinyl STAX 45 #194 (STX-10495)

Tech data: mastered with AVA triple filter© process (no Dolby)

from @nnie's lost & found 45s #3