The Big T.N.T. (In the Mix)

The Big T.N.T.

This clip of Ike and Tina Turner is from The Big T.N.T. Show, a 1966 TV concert produced by Phil Spector, that featured Bo Diddley, Joan Baez, the Byrds and Ray Charles, among others. Tina is pretty amazing on stage, and the band, as was always to be expected with the exacting Ike (who died yesterday), is supertight. It runs to almost 10 minutes, but if you stick to the end, or skip ahead, you'll see David McCallum, the guy who played Illya Kuryakin on The Man From U.N.C.L.E., conducting an orchestra. Why that is, I cannot say.

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Posted by Dan DeLuca on December 13, 2007 4:47 PM | Permalink

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Lou DiBerardino:

Dan--

You're probably too young to remember but David McCallum was once a part of TV's hippest and coolest show of the 60s, "The Man from UNCLE." He was a big teen idol, and to try to cash in on his fame (and because he couldn't sing), record albums were released with him conducting orchestras of popular music of the time, as well as original compositions. He worked with David Axelrod, a composer famous (well, sort of) for working with Lou Rawls and the immortal garage band The Electric Prunes. I guess because he was such a pop culture hero at the time he got the Big TNT gig.

Can you tell me if this film and its predecessor, The TAMI Show, are ever going to be released on DVD?

Posted by Lou DiBerardino | December 16, 2007 11:12 AM

Posted on December 16, 2007 11:12

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