There aren’t many things on my bucket list, but getting “that sound” on the tenor sax is way up there. It’s called a growl or some such thing. I’m getting close. Anyway, it’s in this cut.
“Shotgun” is a 1965 single by Junior Walker & the All Stars. It was written by Walker and produced by Berry Gordy Jr. and Lawrence Horn, was number #1 on the U.S. R&B Singles charts for four non-consecutive weeks and got to number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Under the heading “music doesn’t have to be complicated to be great, “Shotgun” uses only one chord in the entire song — A-flat seventh.