Es gibt sie hoffentlich nicht all zu häufig, diese Momente, in denen man der vollen, so unbeweglichen Hilflosigkeit ausgeliefert ist und mit feuchten Augen zusehen muss, dass nichts im Leben wirklich der (Selbst-) Kontrolle unterliegt, die wir scheinbar anstreben. Das einfach zu beschreibende Gefühl, welches einen dem Diktat der Hilflosigkeit unterwirft; einen zum Zusehen, Erleiden, Erdulden verdammt, weil die Tatsache, dass die Dinge nunmal im Schlechten so - und eben doch dynamisch - geschehen, wie sie es von Zeit zu Zeit zu tun pflegen, eine gar unbegreifliche, unkontrollierbare Sache ist oder zu sein scheint. Neben-sich-Stehen wäre falsch, auch wenn dies der erste Gedanke ist, vielmehr ist es ein aus-den-Händen-Gleiten erwünschter, dennoch enttäuschter Hoffnungen – das passt besser.

Wie könnte man dann den Schmerz darstellen, der so allgemein ist, dennoch sich immer individuell anders anfühlt. Welchen unvergänglichen Ausdruck könnte man als Manifest etablieren, etwas, das mich an den Worten und den Melodien mitleiden lässt, wenn ich sie höre, weil ich mich verstanden fühle. Kunst, die auch andere trifft.

Formed 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee (- 1988).

Jimmy King (guit.), Ben Cauley (tr.), Ronnie Caldwell (org.), Phalon Jones (sax), James Alexander (bass) and Carl Cunningham (drums)

Plane crash into Lake Monona on December 10, 1967 on the way to a gig in Madison, Wisconsin. Otis Redding, his road manager and four members of the Bar-Kays were killed. Cauley survived the crash, and bassist James Alexander had not been on the flight.

New lineup: Michael Toles (guit.; left in 1971), Vernon Burch (guit.; since 1971, left in 1973), Lloyd Smith (since 1973), Ben Cauley (tr.; left in 1971), Charles "Scoop" Allen (tr.; since 1971), Ronnie Gordon (keys; left in 1970), Winston Stewart (keys; since 1970), Harvey Henderson (sax), and Roy Cunningham (drums; left in 1970) and Willie Hall (drums), Larry Dodson (lead vocals since 1971).

Well, yet another year has passed and to show you that it was not all about Pete & Amy's Drug intoxications or Britney's space travelling.

Here's a pile of quite good music:

1995 the late Armando Gallop told Groove magazine that the "true originator" of House, in regard to DJing, is Frankie Knuckles who played the C.O.D., the Power Plant and the original Warehouse (sic!). He was the first. He and Ron Hardy played the first Disco records combined with drum patterns. BUT Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Jesse Saunders and René Williams were the first to drop the records.
Armando: "Let me put it like this: Farley was the first to make it, and Frankie was the first to play it."

Detroit Techno legend Kevin Saunderson told Groove mag in 2005: "We all had the same music: Kraftwerk, B-52s, New Order, Depeche Mode, Alexander Robotnick, even a bit of Funkadelic, Prince, some Disco records, Eddie Grant... - but that wasn't enough. So, Juan (Atkins) incorporated the 909-beats into the DJ-set."

Jerry Murray

Joseph Arrington, Jr.
born August 8, 1933 in Rogers, Texas
died of heart attack August 13, 1982
changed name to Yusuf Hazziez in July 1972

Booker T. Jones (Organ, Keyboards)
born November 12, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee

Steve Cropper (Guitar)
born October 21, 1941 in Willow Spring, Missouri

Donald "Duck" Dunn (Bass)
born November 24, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee

Al Jackson, Jr. (Drums)
born November 27, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee
died October 1, 1975 in Memphis, Tennessee

Wylie Dixon
born March 19, 1936 in Columbus, Mississippi

Simtec Simmons
born December 19 or 23, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois

James Joseph Brown
born May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina
died December 25, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia

Sylvester Thompson
born July 1, 1939 in Holly Springs, Mississippi