Don Patterson - Satisfaction! (1965)

Patterson had been working with drummer Billy James for four years, notably as backing group for Sonny Stitt. They don’t dwell on matters and head into two up-tempo blues shuffles, Bowl Full Of Yok and Goin' To Meeting, commenting on each other’s phrases ebulliently. Patterson is a great storyteller and capable of stretching out to the limit. Bowl Full Of Yok’s many choruses never have a dull moment. After the theme is stated guitarist Jerry Byrd immediately grabs attention in dissonant vein and launches into a solid solo. Byrd flavors his personal style with touches of Charlie Christian and Pat Martino. In this session Byrd takes some interesting solo’s; his guitar sound is a bit distorted, which enlivens the down home-type proceedings. Jagger/Richard's Satisfaction has gotten a lighthearted, funky treatment. On John Brown’s Body - a marching song about an abolitionist in the American Civil War - the resemblance of Patterson's play to the famous character that influenced him to take up the organ in the first place, Jimmy Smith, is most striking. Don Patterson operated within the classic organ combo format - a quartet consisting of organ, guitar, drums and saxophone. On Satisfaction the horn is left out. It's not sorely missed. Patterson keeps things interesting in many areas: that of technical ability, harmonic coherence and, last but not least, that of the blues. Extract from FlopHouseMagazine.

Prestige Records, PR 7430, 1966

Recorded 19^th July, 1965 At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Musicians:

Don Patterson - Organ [Hammond B-3]

Jerry Byrd - Guitar

Billy James - Drums

Tracks:

A1. Bowl Full Of Yok {Don Patterson} (9:50)

A2. Goin' To Meeting {Don Patterson} (6:51)

B1. John Brown's Body {Traditional} (7:57)

B2. Satisfaction {Mick Jagger, Keith Richards} (3:21)

B3. Walkin' {Richard Carpenter} (5:53)

Total Time: 33:52

Credits:

Producer - Cal Lampley

Recording Engineer - Rudy van Gelder

Design - Don Schlitten

Liner Notes - Bob Porter (Dec. 1965)