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Pályafutása. Jones már gyerekkorában oboán, szaxofonon, harsonán és zongorán is játszott. Tizenhatévesen baritonszaxofonozott a Satellite Recordsnál.Ezidőben ismerkedett meg Steve Cropperrel és a Booker T. & the M.G.’s együttes tagja lett, amikor az 1962-ben megalakult.
25. Okt. 2019 · Jones' band, Booker T. & the MG's, composed the instrumental classic, "Green Onions," and played background to Otis Redding. His new memoir is Time is Tight. Originally broadcast March 26, 2007.
25. Okt. 2019 · Terry Gross spoke with Booker T. Jones in 2007, the year he was awarded his Lifetime Achievement Grammy. Let's start with "Green Onions." (SOUNDBITE OF BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.'S' "GREEN ONIONS") TERRY GROSS, BYLINE: Booker T., welcome to FRESH AIR. It's an honor to have you on our show. BOOKER T JONES: Thank you, Terry. I'm glad to be here.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s formed as the house band of Stax Records, providing backing music for numerous singers, including Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. In summer 1962, 17-year-old keyboardist Booker T. Jones, 20-year-old guitarist Steve Cropper, and two seasoned players, bassist Lewie Steinberg and drummer Al Jackson Jr. (the latter making his debut with the company) were in the Memphis ...
www.facebook.com/bookertjoneswww.bookert.comGenre: Soul/Rock and RollHometown: Los Angeles, CABiography: Booker is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Mus...
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Green Onions (deutsch Frühlingszwiebeln) ist der Titel eines zur Soul-Musik gehörenden Instrumentalstücks der Instrumentalgruppe Booker T. & the M.G.’s, der 1962 entstand und sich später zum Millionenseller entwickelte.
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 Cropper on guitar, Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass and Al Jackson Jr. playing the drums.
