SOUL TRADERS
DECEMBER 1965, Memphis, Tennessee. There’s a wrestling match going on inside 926 East McLemore Avenue. The cause of the scuffle, between Stax’s Eddie Floyd and visiting Atlantic artist Wilson Pickett, is the demo for 634-5789 (Soulsville, USA). A groovy stomper tailored specifically for Pickett by Floyd and Steve Cropper, it did not elicit the hoped-for response. Pickett wadded up the lyric sheet and chucked it across the room. Floyd leapt at him and they fell to the studio floor.