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wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:09 PM Oct 2019

Feelin' Alright

I hope this is the right place to ask...

At the gym this morning, I heard an amazing version of Feelin' Alright. It had great horn arrangements along with great back up vocals. Very funky and soulful. The lead singer didn't sound like Joe Cocker, but it could have been.

I searched all over Itunes for it and can't find it. I found some great Dave Mason and Joe Cocker versions, but I couldn't find this one. Maybe it's recent. The gym doesn't usually play older music.

Does anyone know where I can find this cut? It's driving me crazy.

Thanks in advance.

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Feelin' Alright (Original Post) wryter2000 Oct 2019 OP
live version with horns and sax lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #1
Oh my wryter2000 Oct 2019 #3
It has been covered a lot by some very funky folks.. luvs2sing Oct 2019 #2
Thanks wryter2000 Oct 2019 #4
I had no idea there were this many versions. louis-t Oct 2019 #7
I remember the Grand Funk version. luvs2sing Oct 2019 #9
The first version has horns, especially near end. Hoyt Oct 2019 #5
That's wonderful, too wryter2000 Oct 2019 #6
According to the publisher BillyBobBrilliant Oct 2019 #8
Thanks wryter2000 Oct 2019 #11
I first remember hearing it by Traffic. pwb Oct 2019 #10
I have great versions by both of them wryter2000 Oct 2019 #12

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
3. Oh my
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:22 PM
Oct 2019

That's wonderful. I wish I'd been there.

I don't think that's the one I'm looking for. It sounded like a studio recording. But thanks for this. It's so much fun.

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
2. It has been covered a lot by some very funky folks..
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:17 PM
Oct 2019

[edit]
The song was also a charting hit single for several other performers:

Mongo Santamaría released it on Atlantic Records in November 1969. His version titled "Feeling Alright" reached #95 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[5]
Grand Funk Railroad released it in May 1971 as "Feelin' Alright". It reached #54 on the US. Billboard Hot 100.[6] It was included in the band's 1971 album Survival. Credits included Mark Farner (lead vocals and guitar), Don Brewer (backing vocals and drums), Mel Schacher (bass guitar)
It has also been recorded by:[7]

1969 - Three Dog Night (as the B-side to "Celebrate&quot , Rare Earth, David Ruffin, and Rustix
1970 - Lulu, Lou Rawls, Chairmen of the Board, Hubert Laws, The 5th Dimension
1970 - Little Milton (recording), released on the 1985 album The Checker Days 1961-1970,[7]
1971 - Gladys Knight & the Pips
1971 - The Jackson 5 alone with lead vocals by Jermaine, Marlon, Michael and Jackie Jackson. Later on they recorded the song again with Diana Ross.[8] Wade Marcus, Maceo Parker
1973 - Isaac Hayes, The Undisputed Truth, and Mother's Finest
1978 - The Bar-Kays
1992 - Paul Weller on Above the Clouds EP in 1992[9]
1994 - Kate Ceberano recorded a version for her 1994 album, Kate Ceberano and Friends.
1997 - Craig Chaquiço (guitarist) in the album Once in a Blue Universe.[10][11]
2001 - Juliette Lewis for the closing song in the movie Picture Claire[12]
2006 - Ohio Players as a bonus track in Pain album reissue.[13]
2010 - Nuno Mindelis in the album Free Blues
2016 - Lauren Bush, 'All My Treasures'.
Other artists who released their covers are Freddie King, Widespread Panic and The Black Crowes. A Steel Drum version by Trinidad Oil Company was reissued on the dancefloor jazz compilation Blue Juice 2.

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
4. Thanks
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:24 PM
Oct 2019

I'm pretty sure I found some of these. The lead singer was a man, so that eliminates some of the others. I'll check these out as best I can.

louis-t

(23,199 posts)
7. I had no idea there were this many versions.
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:43 PM
Oct 2019

I remember the Grand Funk version. That's the version I did in a band at age 16. GFR were our heroes. Hometown boys.

So, 2007, I'm in a band that gets flown out to Englewood, NJ for a show. It's in a guy's backyard, his 50th birthday. His house is amazing. He's from Michigan, he knows about our band. His wife walks up to us an hour before showtime and says "Can I ask you guys a favor? Can Dave Mason come up and do a few songs before you go on?" Half hour later I'm talking to a guy who was friends with Jimi Hendrix.

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
9. I remember the Grand Funk version.
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 08:39 PM
Oct 2019

Love your story about Dave Mason. My husband’s best friend from college is good friends with “Pete” Frampton. We’ve met him a few times at parties. Nice guy.

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
6. That's wonderful, too
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:39 PM
Oct 2019

I don't think it's the one I heard.

Of course, there's lots of noise in the gym. Maybe I imagined some of what I think I heard.

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