Soul Drums is the debut album by drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, recorded for the Date label in 1967. The single "Funky Donkey" reached No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie – drums, shouting vocals Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone, flute Buddy Lucas – tenor saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone, shouting vocals Billy Butler – guitar Eric Gale – guitar Richard Tee – piano, Hammond organ, arranger Bob Bushnell – bass "Soul Drums" – 3:33 "Bee 'N' Tee" (Purdie, Richard Tee) – 2:56 "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:41 "Soul Bossa Nova" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:46 "Jimmy's Back" (Purdie, James Tyrell) – 2:37 "Funky Donkey" – 3:01 "Bill's Groove" – 2:44 "On the Outskirts of Minitown" – 3:19 "Testifyin'" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:37 "Modern Jive" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:46 "Blow Your Lid (But Watch Your Cool)" – 2:40 "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) – 4:03 Bonus track on CD reissue "Fickle Finger of Fate" (Billy Jackson, Richard Rome, James Wisner) – 1:53 Bonus track on CD reissue "Genuine John" (Cornell Dupree, Chuck Rainey) – 2:44 Bonus track on CD reissue "Soul Clappin'" (Purdie, Tee) – 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue "Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 3:38 Bonus track on CD reissue "If You Never Cried" (Jerome Jackson) – 3:08 Bonus track on CD reissue "Stop" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) – 2:48 Bonus track on CD reissue "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper) – 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
Soul Drums is the debut album by drummer Bernard Purdie, recorded for the Date label in 1967. The single “Funky Donkey” reached No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. It was re-released in 2006 and 2009 (limited edition with bonus tracks)
Tracks
1 Soul Drums (Bernard Purdie) 03:29 2 Bee ‘N’ Tee (Bernard Purdie; Richard Tee) 02:53 3 Caravan (Duke Ellington; Juan Tizol) 02:37 4 Soul Bossa Nova (Bernard Purdie; Richard Tee) 02:42 5 Jimmy’s Back (Bernard Purdie; Jimmy Tyrell) 02:33 6 Funky Donkey (Bernard Purdie) 02:58 7 Bill’s Groove (Bernard Purdie) 02:40 8 On The Outskirts Of Minitown (Bernard Purdie; Harold Wheeler) 03:16 9 Testifyin’ (Bernard Purdie; Richard Tee) 02:34 10 Modern Jive (Bernard Purdie; Richard Tee) 02:43 11 Blow Your Lid (But Watch Your Cool) (Bernard Purdie) 02:35
Bonus tracks (2008 re-release): 12 Alexander’s Ragtime Band 13 Fickle Finger Of Fate (Stereo Version) 14 Genuine John (Stereo Version) 15 Soul Clappin’ (Stereo Version) 16 Groovinn’ 17 If You Never Cried 18 Stop 19 Time Is Tight
Musicians
Bass - Bob Bushnell Drums - Bernard Purdie Guitar - Billy Butler Guitar - Eric Gale Organ - Richard Tee Piano - Richard Tee Flute - Seldon Powell Flute - Buddy Lucas Sax - Seldon Powell Sax - Buddy Lucas Vocals - Bernard Purdie
Liner Notes
Producer – David Kapralik, Ken Williams Arranged By – Richard Tee Conductor – Richard Tee Engineer – Don Mehan, Roy Halee Photography – Sandy Speiser Mastered At Customatrix Record Company CBS Inc
