Home / Music / Aretha's backing band at Fillmore West was a murderer's row of session greatsMusic linernotes album music aretha-franklinAretha's backing band at Fillmore West was a murderer's row of session greatsKing Curtis and the Kingpins backed her, featuring Cornell Dupree on guitar, Bernard Purdie on drums, Jerry Jemmott on bass, Billy Preston on organ, and the Memphis Horns. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHow Aretha Franklin Got Keith Richards on ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’How Aretha Franklin Turned '(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ Into a Soul Anthem — and What Mick Jagger SaidRay Charles joined Aretha on stage at the FillmoreLady Soul gave Aretha three of her signature songs on one albumAretha Franklin's 'Respect' transformed Otis Redding's 1965 originalExploreDuran Duran used vibraphone, marimba, and a lit cigarette as instruments on RioNile Rodgers produced Let's Dance, Like a Virgin, and Random Access Memories outside of ChicNirvana handpicked Half Japanese to open for them on the In Utero tour'Broken glass everywhere, people pissin' on the stairs' — the unforgettable opening of Grandmaster Flash's The MessageBurnin' opens with 'Get Up, Stand Up' and features 'I Shot the Sheriff' — a one-two punch of Marley classicsPrevious Arif Mardin produced John Prine's debut albumNext Aretha Live at Fillmore West was Aretha's first Gold album in three years