Booker T. & the MG's

Booker T. & the MG's is an instrumental soul band, especially popular in the sixties and seventies. The members worked as a session musician for Stax Records, and the band is often in the subgenre Memphis soul placed. They are between 1963 and 1968 on more than 500 albums to hear from Stax Records, including albums by Otis Redding , Eddie Floyd , Johnnie Taylor , Rufus Thomas and Carla Thomas . They were also the first band to have members of different races. They are probably best known for their worldwide hit Green Onions.

Content

 * 1 Biography
 * 1.1 The members
 * 1.2 Green Onions
 * 1.3 disintegration and reunion
 * 2 Discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
 * 2.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 3 Guest appearances of one or more members of the MG's
 * 4 Miscellaneous

The members [ edit ]
The original members of the band were:
 * Booker T. Jones ( Memphis , Tennessee , November 12 1944 ) - organ, piano
 * Steve Cropper ( Dora , Missouri , October 21 1941 ) - guitar
 * Lewie Steinberg (Memphis, Tennessee, September 13, 1933 ) - bass
 * Al Jackson Jr. (Memphis, Tennessee, November 27 1934 - there, October 1 1975 ) - drums

Green Onions [ edit ]
The first and probably biggest hit Green Onions was a song that "accidentally" during a jam session was created. The band had to wait for Billy Lee Riley and played with each other. Jim Stewart took Stax Records number - without the knowledge of the band - and brought it out. Jones worked there and what to Stax Records released the song.

In 1965 Steinberg left the band and was Donald "Duck" Dunn him instead. Carson Whitsett was the keyboard player during a brief reunion in 1973. After Jackson died in 1975, there were several drummers: Willie Hall , Anton Fig , Steve Jordan and Steve Potts .

Disintegration and reunion [ edit ]
The group gradually fell apart after the sale of Stax Records in 1968, although Dunn and Jackson continued to play on many subsequent Stax recordings. Jones went to study music at the University of Indiana .Potts moved to Los Angeles to open a studio and doing session work in 1969. Jackson went with Al Green works. Jackson was killed in 1975. Cropper and Dunn would work with the Blues Brothers to late seventies.The MG's worked together on a tribute concert of Bob Dylan in 1992 at Madison Square Garden . In 1993 she went on tour as backing band for Neil Young . In 1994. That's the Way It Should Be was released by Booker T. & the MG's, their first album after 20 years.

Guest appearances of one or more members of the MGs [ edit ]

 * Jeff Beck, The Jeff Beck Group (Cropper, producer)
 * Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard (Jackson); Money And Cigarettes (Dunn)
 * Bob Dylan Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid; (Jones); Shot Of Love; Behind The Sun (Dunn)
 * Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted and Black (Jackson)
 * Albert King, Born Under A Bad Sign (all)
 * Poco, From The Inside (Cropper, producer)
 * Otis Redding, pretty much anything
 * Rod Stewart Atlantic Crossing (Cropper, Dunn, Jackson)
 * Steve Stills, "Cherokee" (Jones)
 * Axelle Red (Steve Potts)

[Miscellaneous edit ]

 * Booker T & The MG's were included in the 1992 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
 * In 2004, the group in the music magazine Rolling Stone Magazine was at # 93 in the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list.
 * In 2007, the group received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award .
 * Jones is included in the Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
 * Levon Helm has shown to be a big fan of Booker T. & the MG's.