My father Ben Cauley was the ONLY survivor of the plane crash and he's still playing his trumpet and performing this day...James Alexander took another flight out.

@ShawnC.T.

6 жыл бұрын

shuronda1000 Wow, I'm just seeing your comment, he was your father, you should be proud, God bless his soul...

@overwatchprogameplay7950

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if you know this or not, but why didn't Carl Sims stay with the band too? He was on the plane with James. The Carl Sims that later made the solo hit song "I'm Trapped". Fan of the Bar-Kays and have always wondered, Carl Sims seems to not be in a lot of Bar-Kays info out there on the internet because he didn't join the reformed band.

@Ash26Ken13

4 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@jumpingship1362

4 жыл бұрын

What a treasure for sure.

@jacquelineharris6912

4 жыл бұрын

Well your im still Jamming off this and im 60 yrs.

Thumbs up if Spies Like Us brought you here...

As a younger person born in `79, I first heard of the *Bar-Kays* from the film *_Spies Like Us_*

The original Barkays ...great that the reformed band still carried that vibe...that plane crash hit me hard.. Otis and these guys were set to shake the world. Bless them.

@saj8

2 жыл бұрын

James Alexander did a damn good job in keeping the legacy of Otis and the original Bar-Kays alive.

@spilledit

2 жыл бұрын

You think it hit you hard? Just think of how hard it hit the Bar Kays... Beautifully creative music. The feeling lives on.

@johns.87

8 ай бұрын

HeckYeahh!!!!!

55 years later, and still a banger

I love this song back in the day they don’t make music like this no more RIP BARKAYS 🕊️🕊️🕊️

@leightonmcintosh1505

22 күн бұрын

SO TRUE, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.😊

This song is simply beyond bad ass

The trumpet player was phenomenal!

@shurondacauley8835

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much! That was my father on trumpet as well as the founder of the group.

@LordKenebutch

2 жыл бұрын

@@shurondacauley8835 That is so cool, I just love this song. Did you ever get to meet Otis? He's my all time favorite soul singer.

@shurondacauley8835

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordKenebutch, No sir, but I did get a chance to perform with his son Otis.

@conniethesconnie

2 жыл бұрын

He's the only one who making a convincing show that they might be playing live.

@jenniferdaniels2413

2 жыл бұрын

@@shurondacauley8835 Shuronda, your father inspired entire horn sections to try to mimic the trumpet trill he did so effortlessly. Salute!

My friends and I would buy a nickle bag and a fifth of Barcardi. We went to a villege club called The Dome. The music came from. a Juke Box. We played this all night. May the desceased RIP.

@leightonmcintosh1505

22 күн бұрын

We had this record,it was a 45 and I would play it none stop lol was about 7 years old

Those HORNS are hittin on all cylinders, and that rythum gutair is ruthless, this is the funk anthem of all time, the foundation of FUNK, and the band that pioneered it enough said!

my old age brought me here... kids loved this back in the late 60s...i used to be one of those kids

"There's a ray of sunshine in all that darkness" Big Al Blood In Blood Out.

@jimmyferguson2283

4 жыл бұрын

Great movie RIP Ronnie Caldwell.

@benjiramirez4714

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

Ladies and Gentlemen... Please give it up for Memphis Tennessee's Bar Kays....

@jamesgoines7663

4 жыл бұрын

You are so right. Use to play this song at the community center in North Memphis with my cousin when we were kids 50 years ago.

@ambricbridgeforthjr.6956

3 жыл бұрын

STRONG TUNE EVEN EVEN NOW!!!!!

@flowerpink33

3 жыл бұрын

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@LivnNLearnin

3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏🎵🎼🎶🎺💃😎🤘🤘🤘🤘 🎸 🥁 🎷

The original Bar Kays...This song was played by every high school band at the football games..

@leonguisburg413

4 жыл бұрын

This footage is actually a hybrid of the original band. Ben Cauley on trumpet and James Alexander on bass are the only originals. This apparently was filmed shortly after the crash. It's really weird to watch cause these other gentleman didn't become the final version of the Bar Kays we knew from the 1970s As much as I hate to say---type in the live version of "Try A Little Tenderness" and you'll see the original band the day before they died

@carouselred8994

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonguisburg413 Yes. Great info...it's easy to forget that James Alexander and Cauley reformed them as an instrumental band before adding Larry Dodson in 1970. I believe that's a young Harvey Henderson on sax who remained on through the 80s.

@christopherparrisjr.3146

3 жыл бұрын

Here’s the only known footage of the original Bar Kays performing Soul Finger on TV: m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGt4qMiOkqm_YLw.html

First heard this in 1972 on a compilation album of Stax/Atlantic soul tunes compiled by the DJ Emperor Rosko. It's such a brilliant, exciting track and it's great to see the band doing their thing all these years later.

They truly broke the mold. SO groundbreaking for 1967...

If this song doesn't make you want to get up and dance, you're already dead! When making music required real talent!!

I was 14. What incredible energy.. Everything went downhill from there it seems.. Wow!

2024 that's my jam

Grand presentation of funk. How in the world did we let this art form die? In all actuality, music today will never compare to live bands of the 60s and 70s. This digital artificial intelligence spin they put in music production today is not real. You cannot get around the prerequisite of a live three piece rhythm section. Drums, Bass, rhythm guitar. Everything else is gravy. The Bar-Kays were a great band. Especially "Soul Finger".

@greatidea7808

7 ай бұрын

The power lies with those who give the recording contracts.

@adsteedley

18 күн бұрын

Ever hear of Prince?

Oh that's a blessing! I'm so glad that God had and is still keeping my father!!! God bless you! :)

This was and still is the epitome of FUNK!! The trumpet player was 🔥🔥🔥❗️❗️❗️

@nicidevine6670

Жыл бұрын

For sure

I just heard this song one minute ago on loud speaker at New Orleans pelicans vs Golden State Warriors tonight on ESPN (11/5). Naturally I had to hear it in it's entirely. My sister had that song on a 45. So awesome that it brings back a flood of memories. Those were great times. Great song!

I LOVED this song when it was out back then. Still love it. I'm 59. 8)

@jacquelineharris6912

4 жыл бұрын

Im 60 and still listening

STAX RECORDS. SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SOULFUL MUSIC.

@fostermac7170

8 жыл бұрын

+loveyouall66 If u ever get a chance, vacation to Memphis and make sure u take in the "Soulsville" tour. This is the Stax Record company tour, which also was named Soulsville (remember Isaac Hayes using the photo for one of the covers of his Shaft album?). BTW, the city is filled with Soul Music museums and tours, not to mention Beale Street. Also Graceland (home of Elvis Presley). I didnt think I would like it, but I did.

@loveyouall66

8 жыл бұрын

Foster Mac I TOOK THE TOUR OF THE STAX RECORD STUDIO A FEW YEARS BACK. FANTASTIC. AS YOU STATED, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO AND SEE IN MEMPHIS.

@fostermac7170

8 жыл бұрын

loveyouall66 My family and I had been planning a trip to New Orleans in 2005 and decided to go to Memphis because of Hurricane Katrina. Literally had one of the best vacations ever. The music stuff, and then the National Civil Rights Museum____an absolute tear-jerker for people of a certain age, and sometimes, hue. The Liberty Bowl is coming up on Jan 2, 2016, and it would be a splendid time to take in a long weekend. Anyway, I'm sounding like a tourism official here. Have a good (and funky) new year!

@loveyouall66

8 жыл бұрын

Foster Mac I'M WISHING YOU AND YOURS A GREAT NEW YEAR ALSO.

The Bar-Kays killing this monster jam! These boys were rough and ready. Thanks for posting this performance, it is very rare. I remember when we lost most of them in the plane crash with Otis on Dec. 10, 1967. That was a very sad day for me and many others. Miraculously, Ben Cauley survived the crash. Whereas James Alexander never boarded the plane. They reformed the Bar-Kays and continued the groups great legacy.

One of the most triumphant sounding songs of all time

@nenaaa1444

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

First heard this in Spies like us with Dan Akroyd and Chevy chase when I was a kid

GREAT Instrumental,...... I still LOVE this song ! ! !

I cannot stop listening to this song! 😍 We're going to do this for my school's prep rally on Friday... 😃

SOUL FINGER! SOUL FINGER! SOUL FINGER!

Dan Aykroyd's interview with Adam Carolla brought me here. Huey? You OWE the Bar-Kays your fame AND fortune, for this is the foundation of your hit, I Want A New Drug.

A legend of Soul Music and Rythm and Blues was borned The Barkays !!!

I can't walk past my Topol mobile ICBM launcher without thinking of this song.

@MLATX512

7 жыл бұрын

"Hey, did you hear that?" "Yeah, its a dickfer!"

@dozaarchives2225

7 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not sick.

@MasterChiefFloyd

7 жыл бұрын

What's a dickfer?

@oiscout169

7 жыл бұрын

They must be real hard up for gigs.

@FrederickFokker

7 жыл бұрын

I got that reference.jpg

Looks like this was recorded on the UPBEAT set in cleveland, broadcasted to over 100 markets, and last place Otis Reading played, upbeat was never short on talent.

My mother had this on 45!!!!!!!

Every time I come to this song, it reminds me of St Louis Mo in the 60s and particularly 1967 around St Louis ave and Glascow as a teenager with all the friends and a lot of them that have transitioned.

Trumpeter Ben Cauley survived the crash. Bassist James Alexander was on another plane.

"They must be havin' a hard time getting gigs", damnit, man, I'm falling off my chair :D (Yea, just watched "Spies like us", too)

@wallyjoyner7601

10 жыл бұрын

my brother and i are watching it now....it lead us here ....cheers

@fortminor85

10 жыл бұрын

Emmett: You hear that? Austin: Yeah. It's a Dickfer. Emmett: What's a Dickfer? Austin: To pee with.

Oh my God, I'm so sorry to hear that. This is the most amazing band I've ever heard. I feel like I just dug up gold.

THE BAR-KAYS' Own Soul Finger Hits THE HOT 40 Billboard Chart on 7/1/1967 at No. 17 for 9 Weeks on VOLT RECORDS (WARNER BROS.-WB) and finally went gold.

Classic Bar-Kays! RIH! My Jam here! Was played alot in my house growing up! The instruments were fire! Much Love!

One of the VERY BEST Instrumentals ever! They died way too young! Remember in 1965 in L.A. there was a DJ called---Soulfinger on KGFJ!

RIP Jimmy King, guitar, Phalon Jones, tenor saxophonist, organist Ronnie Caldwell and drummer Carl Cunningham. Dec. 10th, 1967. And, of course Otis.

Soul Finger was recorded by the original Barkays , several months before the crash. Original members Ben Cauley ( bassist) and James Alexander ( trumpet) are the only original members in this video. The rest of the band was reformed

Original Funk and Soul!!! Just Down and Dirty!!! OOOHHH Weeee!!!! Timeless!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Amazing song I remember from years ago. Just this week, I was helping my daughter pick songs for a party and I saw this one. I tried to explain the song to her. No could do. Then, simply played the song. She loved it! She kept playing it. That beat is just the thing...you stay with it. Those two horn players sound like four guys. Outstanding!!

One of the best instrumental songs ever!

THE BEST!!! Thank you ! And I've admired that trumpet player forever and now I heard he passed. RIP Ben Cauley, my fave!

this song was always in my mind, i liked it as a little girl and never knew the name, i typed in the movie spies like us and bingo! i found it, The Bar Kays! now i know, i Just love it! after twenty some years Yea ! by Angie

One of my favorite songs by them love it!!!🤗

Guy on the trumpet, Ben Cauley was the sole survivor of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and other bandmates.

God Bless the (Original Bar Kays) you ,along with Otis Redding will never,ever be forgotten !!!

First heard at age 13 in 1985 from Spies Like Us! Immediately went out and bought the 45, which I managed to find somewhere. If I remember correctly, the other side of the record was Tramp by Carla Thomas and Otis Redding.

Spies Like Us brought me here. And to pics of Vanessa Angel.

@Roadsurfer2k11

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao same here..Angel came first

This is the first time I seen the original group. I was 11 when they died. I just bought their CD and listen to it yesterday. That trumpet player wow. He was playing the high C notes for sure.

Nothing like this has ever been repeated ❤

@eddieb.1446

10 ай бұрын

Never will! Just some awesome music beyond words to describe!

So very sad - all of these guys went down in the plane that also killed Otis Redding, Dec. 1967. Only trumpet player Ben Cauley survived, as he was asleep, holding onto a floatation pillow when the plane crashed into a lake. RIP Ben Cauley (Oct 3, 1947 - Sept. 21, 2015), you are reunited with your bandmates.

@jenniferfields5698

7 жыл бұрын

I thought two survive.

@uncleclarkie

7 жыл бұрын

This is a later video, with the new line up

@uncleclarkie

7 жыл бұрын

Actually I think I am wrong, that is Ronnie Caldwell on the organ and he died in the crash

@jukeboxjonnie

7 жыл бұрын

The bass player looks like he was in the later 'incarnations' of the Bar-Kays

@jenniferfields5698

7 жыл бұрын

+Jukebox Jonnie That is him he the one on the plane

As much as I love music, I just found out this week that this was done by the Bar-kays.

quite possibly the best song ever. always puts me in a great mood!!

De lo primero que alguna vez escuché. Era yo un chiquillo de 8 años y esta melodía me cautivó .... y todavía me para el pelo Gracias por algo tan especial

Soulful and funky at the same time...the rhythm is Gog-given

Originally from Detroit I lived in St. Louis from 1964-67. At eleven years old I started skating because it seemed everyone was into it. I lived on Ridge Ave. right near Union Blvd (first time I saw the name of this street I pronounced it "Onion." Hey I spoke it like they spelt' it)." I don't remember the name of the rink but I remember this song. I mean every time this song came on, from the very first notes everyone would stop whatever they were doing and Git' to skatin'! It didn't matter if they played it back-to-back, three times in a row or after every three or four songs. It never failed to get you up on those skates. SOULFINGER!!!

@ArabKatib

9 жыл бұрын

Interesting. :^) Thanks for sharing this memory. :-)

I wonder if these guys are still around, because I was in my mid teens when I used to dance to this song at home, when it played on the radio, I loved it so much. Was happy when I saw it on KZread. Thanks to KZread for all the music i enjoyed when I was younger, I can still play it now and dance and exercise to them. Music of the late 60s, 70s and 80s.

@ludwigbooth4882

3 жыл бұрын

They all died in a plane crash

@doreenamohammed3918

3 жыл бұрын

@@ludwigbooth4882 thanks. From some of comments I gather that one guy took another flight and another one survived. I think it's the guy who played the saxophone, on the comment I think it's his daughter.

Great era of music. Love the horns and the organ. Thank God musical and racial barriers were being broken down while I was still in the womb. RIP guys. I think 4 of the members died with Otis Redding in a plane crash. My mom and uncles were so saddened, but introduced me to this music. Love the psychedelic outfits. Peace, love, and soul to quote Mr. Don Cornelius.

Being the last of 10 kids this is all the music i ever listen to,, love my brothers and sisters for playing the greatest music every..

Thank you, Yahoo Answers, for helping me find this damn song!

funk in its infancy.....

🗣 The beginning of this *Beautiful* melody 🎼 was used as the opening credits in a fun music show on Radio Belgrade in the mid-70s in our country, then called Yugoslavia .

Reminds me of Riis Park Beach, Brooklyn, NY. My mom, dad and their friends kickin up the sand dancin on the beach. Good times!!!

Thanks to Spies Like Us for introducing me to this classic. I'm sure that was Dan Ackroyds touch. I still perk up whenever I hear that horn riff at the beginning when I'm listening to AM 580 the last oldies channel left in Detroit Rock City

Excellent song!!!

One of my very very favourite instrumentals. Always makes me think of the tiles club in Oxford street.

Steve Guttenberg brought me here. So glad he did!

Man, they can sure do it. That guy with the trumpet is amazing.

@barbarathomas7539

6 жыл бұрын

Remember this song from the 60's and it still sounds good rest in peace to the bar kays thanks for the memories.

I love this song

Remembering TrumpeterBen Cauley (October 3, 1947 - September 21, 2015) [10/03/2020]

An absolute classic horn rift. legendary song.

@williamsherman9514

Жыл бұрын

Riff.

I still say no one does instrumentals any more, especially like this!

@ethelstevenslove2957

9 жыл бұрын

I agree.....The music is already made up in the machine/control board.....All you have to do is put lyrics to it......

"It's... Soul Finger, by the Bar-Kays." Spys like us.

@youtube-ventura

3 жыл бұрын

You guys have a tent?

Only 2 members here was on this recording the trumpet player & bass player however, this was taken around 69' & the band 2yrs.before were still in their teens parish in plane crash did the original studio recording.

Im here for Kyoto Tachibana band 🇯🇵❤️👏🏼👏🏼

Tjis song it's like a explotion of happyness.

Love this song ❤❤❤❤

I remember these guys also, (born 1950)...

I remember seeing an early episode of the Carol Burnett show from 1967 and in one of her skits ( non talking ) they played Bar Kay's Soul Finger . Outstanding classic song 👍

This song will last forever. Me proud to be born and raised in Memphis. Great music came from Memphis.

this rocks

Now this is a nice happy tune😁

Spies Like us Brought me here

@chrisfusco1108

5 жыл бұрын

Doctor Doctor

@TheMfmccarthy

3 жыл бұрын

I personally feel comments like these cheapen these videos

I want them to play this and Play That Funky Music at my funeral.

Otro de los discos que estuve buscando por mas de 20 años. Al final lo conseguí ya hace unos cuantos años en una recopilación de Soul. Me siguen encantando.

Been trying to find the name of this song FOREVER!

OH YEAH!!!!! MEMORIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD!!! (Born in 1953)

I still DJ this one I am 66

I'm sure this has been covered several times. Even when the song was a current hit, zi always thought they were yelling "Goldfinger". Must have been my inner whiteness. Ha. Great oldie.

@nenaaa1444

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it said Gold finger too you weren't alone.

They delivered it.

DAMN, THIS IS ONE FUN SONG! LETS PARTY! 🎉🎉🎉

~ The Barkays! This song + Sang And Dance!! Thank you for posting!! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

Eines der besten Instumental Stücke.......sas ist Funkymusik...Klasse