Line Out - Comments on "They made me the beast that I'm not" http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike We have a GREAT obituary for Ike Turner coming out next week. The author is Stan Becker, a longtime music journalist who interviewed Ike at the Men’s Colony State Prison in San Luis Obispo in 1991, where he was... Copyright 2008 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:42:32 -0800 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:22:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cosby nice post, his history (or supposed history) belittles his musical accomplishments.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874591 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874591 RIP Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:49:38 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Or do his musical accomplishments embiggen his wife beating?

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874602 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874602 RIP Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:02:50 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool OMG Ike and Tina vids have taken up tons of time when I was supposed to be working.

This one! With the fringy loincloth skirt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtDQlekag24

Beatles Covers that are better than the real thing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9RZFsLAeks

I think it's been taken off YouTube, but the scene in Gimme Shelter with the Ike & Tina Revue is fucking SO GOOD.

My faves.


]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874605 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874605 RIP Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:05:20 -0800 Comment by greg "this video makes everything clear."
no kidding. this is so good.
damn. so good.

]]> greg http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874617 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874617 RIP Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:11:19 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Tina is fuckin' AMAZING, and so is his work with her on vocals, but I think his biggest contributions happened long before that.

Ike's Rocket 88 might be he biggest things to ever happen in rock and roll.

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874696 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/for_ike#c874696 RIP Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:22:06 -0800