Time Is Tight

by Booker T. & The MGs

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"Time Is Tight" as recorded by Booker T & The MGs

Drum sheet music transcribed by James Morton. Immediate PDF download.

2 page chart - $3.99

Difficulty Level: Intermediate Genre: Classic Rock, Soul

“Time Is Tight,” released in 1969, was the sixth Top 40 hit for Booker T. & the MG’s – not a bad record as for as instrumental groups go. The heyday of the rock instrumental was from 1956 (with Bill Doggett’s “Honky Tonk”) to 1963 (“Wipe Out,” by the Surfaris). Booker T. Jones played the Leslie organ, Steve Cropper played guitar, Donald “Duck” Dunn played bass, and Al Jackson, who unfortunately was murdered in 1975, played the drums.

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All the drum sheet music found on this page and throughout the site are full, note-for-note transcriptions transcribed by James Morton--long-time professional drummer, author of over a dozen books with Mel Bay Publications, and creator of the "Rock Charts" column formerly found in Modern Drummer--over the course of his 40+ year career.

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