Even 'Mo' Onions,' an effort to repeat the success of 'Green Onions,' doesn't repeat anything from the earlier track except the tempo, and Jones and Cropper both come up with fresh sounds within the same framework. Their version of 'Twist and Shout' is every bit as satisfying.
Jones' organ and Steve Cropper's guitar serving as more-than-adequate substitutes for any singer. 'I Got a Woman' is the single best indicator of how superb this record is and this band was - listening to this track, it's easy to forget that the song ever had lyrics or ever needed them, Booker T. There's not a note or a nuance out of place anywhere on this record, which featured 35 of the most exciting minutes of instrumental music in any category that one could purchase in 1962 (and it's no slouch multiple decades out, either).
