It all starts with a groove. Drummer Steve Johnson locks in and never leaves. Just as Al Jackson Jr. never played a drum fill in “Green Onions” by Booker T. & the M.G.s, Johnson refrains from fills in the same way. Bassist Zac Cockrell and guitarist Heath Fogg fall right in to create the hypnotic […]
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