Ike and Tina Turner

The difference between R&B and rock 'n' roll, according to Charlie Gillett, is that the former
was made by black people for black people while the latter was made by black people for
everyone. And as the black artist found himself playing for an expanded audience his
music grew and evolved, taking in a wide assortment of new influences, so that
fundamental musical differences between R&B and rock 'n' roll were soon firmly... More >

There's a pretty fair remake of "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" in between the two great cuts on this album--the easy-to-rough "Proud Mary" (with Ike rolling in back) and their first successful "peace and love" "generation" song, appropriately entitled "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter." Someone named Eki Renrut contributes a pretty fair do-right-man song. And Tina tries valiantly to sing her way out of some gunny sacks. (Grade: B)