SOUL FINGER / NUCKLEHEAD
GIVE EVERYBODY SOME / DON'T DO THAT
Otis Redding's tour backing band, on loan at the time as they usually backed William Bell.
The Bar-Kays released two singles in 1967 and both sides were popular at soul dance clubs.
Soul Finger became an R n B chart success.
FORMED: 1966, Memphis, TN
Four of the original group founders were killed in a 1967 plane crash with Otis Redding. Guitarist Jimmy King, organist Ronnie Caldwell, drummer Carl Cunningham, and saxaphone player Phalon Jones all perished with Otis, leaving trumpeter Ben Cauley and bassist James Alexander to re-form the group. In 1976 they had minor hits with one being Shake Your Rump to the Funk on Mercury.
