Booker T.
Named after African-American author Booker T. Washington, Booker T. Jones and his legendary band The M.G.'s helped shape early rhythm and blues and define the sound of legendary soul label Stax Records. A child prodigy born in Memphis, Tennessee, he played saxophone, trombone, oboe and piano and regularly hung out at the Satellite Record Shop. When the store evolved into the Stax label in the late 1950s, Jones became leader of the house band The M.G.'s and backed the likes of Otis Redding, Albert King, Wilson Pickett and Bill Withers while scoring their own instrumental hits such as Hang Em High, Time Is Tight, Soul Limbo (later used as the theme to the BBC's cricket coverage) and their classic signature tune Green Onions. The band split in 1971, but Jones went on to work with Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Bob Dylan before releasing his first solo album I Want You (1981). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 before showing that he's still got it by working with Drive By Truckers and Neil Young on the hugely acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning instrumental album Potato Hole (2009).
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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I Want You (Expanded Version)
R&B - Released by A&M on 1/01/1981
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Evergreen (Expanded Edition)
R&B - Released by Legacy Recordings on 4/04/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Jazz - Released by Silkheart Records on 1/01/1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Green Onions (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1962)
Pop - Released by Soul Story on 1/01/2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The One and Only
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Kevin Booker & Red-D - Black on 1/01/2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Afternoon Tunes
R&B - Released by extramasters rec-ords on 18/03/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Twist and Shout
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Dig It! on 2/06/2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Too Bad (Incl. Alex Dimitri Soulektro Mix)
House - Released by South Soul Elements on 23/07/2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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