Mustang Sally (Live Cover) - Mack Rice/Wilson Pickett - Rumpus Machine - Classic Rock Band

Mustang Sally is an awesome rock soul rhythm and blues song originally written by Mack Rice in 1965. It was then covered by Wilson Pickett in 1966 where it gained more popularity. Many artists have covered the song and in 1991 it appeared as the film soundtrack in the movie The Commitments. The song uses an AAB layout 24 bar structure and we love the solid groove, gritty powerful vocals and backing and the bluesy guitar interwoven though the song! Inspiration for the song came when Mack Rice was visiting singer Della Reese, who was considering buying a new Lincoln Continental for her drummer and band leader Calvin Shields for his birthday. Rice and other band members were teasing Shields about the pending gift, and Shields replied that he did not want a Lincoln; he wanted a Ford Mustang. Rice had never heard of the Mustang, which had just come out, but he teased Shields about wanting a smaller car. He decided there might be a song in the situation, changing it to be about a woman who doesn't want to do anything but ride around in her new car. Rice called the early version "Mustang Mama," but changed the title after Aretha Franklin suggested "Mustang Sally" because he used the name Sally in the chorus. Rumpus Machine is a sibling rock band playing live classic rock music and original songs! We are brothers and sisters from Auckland in New Zealand. We like to learn and perform new songs together and play modern music and classic rock songs. We also write our own original songs too and publish to Spotify & Apple Music etc. We like to play live if we can - but also enjoying sharing our music online. We like to learn the new songs and polish them up as much as we can before we decide they’re ready to video and share. It’s gives us something to aim for and it’s also good to have for the future. Ashley on drums and Hannah on the bass are twins and 13 years old. Matthew on guitar is 15 and Daniel on guitar and lead vocals is 16. Thanks for watching! https://www.facebook.com/rumpusmachinenz https://www.instagram.com/rumpusmachinenz https://www.youtube.com/@rumpusmachinenz https://www.tiktok.com/@rumpusmachinenz https://open.spotify.com/artist/5IJx4l5RWIoo26TuQ8Uocz?si=HYGKICETTBOuOZeC5CPcJg #RUMPUS #rumpusmachine #classicrock #rumpusband #rumpusbandnz #familyband #kidsband #livemusic #rumpus #rumpusband #livefromtheattic #nzmusic #familyrockband #kidsrockband #guitarcover #familybands #kidsbands #rockquest #guitarsolo #rumpusmachinenz #classicrock #originalmusic #nzmusic #nzmusician #blues #soul #mustangsally #wilsonpickett #bluessolo

Added 19 Jun 2026