Saw Archie Bell and the Drells at the Bamboo Hut on Galveston Beach in 1967. Seemed like they did “The Tighten Up” about 20 times. Archie sang/spoke, the Drells did moves ala the Temptations. Real music was provided by the back-up group, The TSU Tornadoes (Texas Southern U).
Saw Roy Head there that summer also. He did a medley of his hit, “Treat Her Right.”
Lucky you. Part of the fun with ‘Tighten Up’, was the way the performance was slowly layered out, instrument by instrument, by way a musician hears it. That layered approach added to the anticipation, the building of excitement toward the end, with all strings a-strummin.