Sam Dave Hold On Comin SONG TITLE: HOLD ON I M COMIN ALBUM: HOLD ON, I M COMIN RELEASED: 1966 LABEL: STAX/ATLANTIC GENRE: RHYTHM AND BLUES/SOUL VOCALS: SAM MOORE AND DAVE PRATER BAND: BOOKER T AND THE MGS AND THE MAR-KEYS HORNS GUITAR: STEVE CROPPER BASS: DONALD DUCK DUNN DRUMS: AL ACKSON R KEYBOARDS: BOOKER T ONES TENOR SAXOPHONE: CHARLES PACKY AXTON SAXOPHONE: DON NIX TRUMPET: WAYNE ACKSON TROMBONE: WAYNE ACKSON ORGAN: ISAAC HAYES WRITTEN BY: ISAAC HAYES, DAVID PORTER PRODUCED BY: IM STEWART The song is the first release from the deut alum of Soul duo Sam and Dave, of the same title The title for the track apparently came aout hen Isaac Hayes as trying get his songriting partner, David Porter leave the restrooms at Stax Studios and return recording The tile alls and floors of the restroom produced an echo and rever that as often used on Stax recordings The recording team had placed a speaker in the men s restroom pipe the music in and then placed a microphone in there, ensure the revererated sound then returned the studio When Isaac Hayes ld Porter hurry up, the microphone picked up his response: hold coming ΠΠThey enoyed huge success hilst signed the Stax lael and during this time their record sales ere second only Aretha Franklin They are credited ith helping define the Soul genre ith their single Soul Man They ere one of the first lack groups gain success in the charts ith a song featuring the ord Soul Legendary producer, erry Wexler said of the duo: their live act as filled ith animati harmony and seeming goodill He mentioned that the pair had very different types of voices, hoever, likening Sam Sam Cooke or Solomon Burke and Dave s darker and more gravelly voice Levi Stus (from the and, the Four Tops) It is often said that the success of Stax s artists as the fact they had access the house ands: Booker T and the MGs and the Mar-Keys Horns (oth of hich often featured a collection of the same musicians) They ere orld-class musicians ho often contriuted the development and recording process in the studio The song has also featured in the films Blues Brothers and American Gangster Sam and Dave nicknamed doule dynamite performed gether for tenty years from 1961 1981 The duo recorded Soul and RB songs 7
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