Nutbush City Limits by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Nutbush City Limits

lazarus57

Nov 13, 2024 09:21pm

SOULFEST 10 - ROUND 3<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/RIYK/0237c11901_07VV_media.gif"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.9q9ooQHI-KHI1k0yGcLgzQHaEK?w=306&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7" alt="Image result for tina turner nutbush city limits"> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/2E7qqEW.gif"> "Nutbush City Limits" is a semi-autobiographical song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tina Turner</a> which commemorates her rural hometown of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nutbush</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haywood_County,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Haywood County, Tennessee</a>, United States. Originally released as a single on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">United Artists Records</a> in August 1973, it is one of the last hits that husband-wife R&B duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ike & Tina Turner</a> released together.In the years since, "Nutbush City Limits" has been performed by popular artists such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Seger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band</a>, and Turner herself has re-recorded several different versions of the song.As an unincorporated rural community, Nutbush does not have geographical city limits; rather, its general boundaries are indicated by signs reading "Nutbush, Unincorporated" which are posted on the local highway (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tennessee State Route 19</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-mach-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a>A line dance to the song, called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_(dance)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">"Nutbush"</a>, created in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">1970s disco</a> era, took off in Australia during the 1980s, and it has seen sustained success, gaining viral popularity internationally through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">TikTok</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a><h2>Recording and release</h2>Produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ike Turner</a>, "Nutbush City Limits" was recorded at the Turners' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolic_Sound" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bolic Sound</a> recording studio in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood,_California" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Inglewood, California</a> in May 1973. The song is characterized by inventive guitar sounds, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavinet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">clavinet</a>, a substantial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Moog synthesizer</a> solo by Ike,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">funky</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_instrument" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">brass</a> section.Typical of the period, none of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_musician" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">session musicians</a> who contributed to "Nutbush City Limits" were given specific mention in the song credits. Alan Krigger, the future drummer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuffria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Giuffria</a>, claimed being the drummer in an interview.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a> It has been rumored for years that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Marc Bolan</a>, frontman for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">glam rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Rex_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">T. Rex</a>, played guitar on the track.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Gloria Jones</a>, his girlfriend at the time—who herself provided backing vocals for Ike & Tina Turner during the 1960s—asserted that this was the case in the 2007 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Four" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">BBC4</a> documentary Marc Bolan: The Final Word.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">verification needed</a>] This claim is bolstered by the fact that Bolan toured the U.S. extensively and resided in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Los Angeles</a> area during the mid-1970s, and is also acknowledged to have played on the Ike & Tina Turner singles "Sexy Ida (Part 2)" and "Baby—Get It On".[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">citation needed</a>] However, a 2008 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ebony</a> magazine article about Ike Turner's death identified James "Bino" Lewis, then a member of Ike & Tina's backing band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Rhythm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kings of Rhythm</a>, as the guitarist.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[11]</a> It has also been suggested that James Lewis is the guitarist on "Baby—Get It On". But there are two guitars on that track: fuzz rhythm centre pan (which could be Bolan), with wah-wah guitar in the right channel, very typical of Afro-American playing like Lewis's.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">according to whom?</a>]Originally released as a single on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">United Artists Records</a> in August 1973,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_City_Limits#cite_note-:0-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[12]</a> it's one of the last hits that husband-wife R&B duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ike & Tina Turner</a> released together.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">citation needed</a>] <img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP._dpsgKNGLgm9fk9Tmx43zQHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1" alt="Nutbush City Limits - Album - Ike & Tina Turner">