“When I think of soul I think of grease ’cause ain’t nothin’ no good without the grease.”

—  Tina Turner

Interlude to Respect, live at Basin Street West, San Francisco, 22 February 1969, Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT4PpnoPPqk&feature=youtu.be&t=420 on YouTube

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