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No living musician is more closely associated than Booker T. Jones with Memphis, the Mississippi River city that fostered a world-changing generation of blues, gospel and soul music five decades...
13 de nov. de 2019 · Booker T. Jones has released his memoir, titled “Time is Tight: My Life Note by Note.” Little, Brown & Co. His inspiration to write the book started at a hotel on the South Side of Chicago.
6 de nov. de 2019 · Stax soul legend Booker T. Jones discusses his new memoir, which complicates the myth of Stax Records as a racial utopia.
Booker T. Jones: A Chat with the Memphis Soul Legend. by Jeff Tamarkin. Share This: There never was any doubt who would be the first all-instrumental band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: That honor had to—and did, in 1992—go to Booker T. and the MG’s, the Memphis-based quartet featuring Booker T. Jones on organ, Steve ...
1 de dic. de 2019 · NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with musician Booker T. Jones about his life in music and his new memoir, Time is Tight: My Life, Note by Note.
Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Jones formed the famous Stax Records backing band Booker T. & The MG 's in 1962. Originally comprised of guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Lewis Steinberg (later replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn) and drummer Al Jackson Jr., the group backed recordings for Otis Redding , Bill Withers , Sam & Dave and Eddie Floyd, among others.
