The "Baby Step Back" Groove
Wayne Francis
It's pretty much common knowledge here that Lightfoot came up with the lyrical
inspiration for 'Baby Step Back' while golfing with his brother-in-law, but
the idea for the song's ryhthmic composition came from a source much farther
afield.
When Lightfoot was playing the Kiel Hall in St. Louis, MO on February 23,
1978, there was a 'sound-proof' curtain set up to divide the hall into two
separate venues. Lightfoot was playing one side and Al Green was booked into
the other. Well, apparently the curtain wasn't fully sound proof, because a
groove that Green was playing on his side of the curtain was overheard by
Lightfoot and it gave him the idea for a rhythm and he later worked out a
melody and chord progression to go along with it that eventually became 'Baby
Step Back'.
Wayne
Telekidd
In article <64dhoo$cb1$1...@atlas.tor.hookup.net>, wfra...@peinet.pe.ca
(Wayne Francis) writes:
>Well, apparently the curtain wasn't fully sound proof, because a
>groove that Green was playing on his side of the curtain was overheard by
>Lightfoot and it gave him the idea for a rhythm and he later worked out a
>melody and chord progression to go along with it that eventually became 'Baby
>>Step Back'.
Interesting! Now I'm dying to know what the Al Green tune was that he
overheard!
Derek
