Is “Nutbush City Limits” a Tina Turner song, or an Ike and Tina song?
It’s Ike and Tina, and she has credit for writing it, but I also heard that Ike wrote it and she got credit for it for tax reasons. It’s on her latest greatest hits album, so she must have the rights to it. They have a DVD out on our label, from 1971, and it’s amazing. Ike and Tina are one of my favorites. I know we come off as a bunch of rednecks, but we listen to a lot of late ’60 and early ’70s soul and funk. I’ve met George Clinton a few times, and my hero is James Brown. I saw him when I was in high school, him and B.B. King and other blues players. That’s who we rip off, if we can. (laughs) It takes talent to rip those guys off! If you really listen to the way the different instruments play off each other in an Ike and Tina song… Ya never really get what a “locked down” rhythm section sounds like until you hear one of their songs. No doubt. With this record, we wanted to get the drums up loud and have the bass locked on with it. Cuz you mostly get a shitload of AC/DC comparison
