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Booker T. and the M.G.'s est un groupe américain de musique soul instrumental, connaissant son apogée dans les années 1960 et 1970. Orchestre « maison » du label Stax , il a accompagné pratiquement toutes les vedettes de ce label, en particulier Otis Redding , et a connu le succès grâce au titre Green Onions [ 1 ] .
24. Feb. 2023 · Curiously, no picture of Booker T And The MGs appeared on the Green Onions album cover – a conscious omission on the part of the label, who were keen to not cause controversy in the US South, which, in 1962, was still in the ugly grip of racial segregation. “They didn’t want people to know it was a mixed-race group,” explained the band’s guitarist, Steve Cropper.
Green Onions is the debut album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in October 1962. It reached number 33 on the pop album chart in the month of its release. The title single was a worldwide hit and has been covered by dozens of artists, including the Blues Brothers and Roy Buchanan (both with Steve Cropper on guitar), as well ...
"Time Is Tight" is an instrumental recorded by Booker T. & the M.G.'s for their soundtrack to the 1968 film UpTight. Background [ edit ] The group recorded two versions of the song – the shorter (3:14), slower version was released as a single in 1969, and became one of the biggest hits of the group's career, peaking in the US charts at #7 R&B and #6 Pop [1] and reaching number 1 in South Africa.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s is een instrumentale soulband, vooral populair in de jaren zestig en zeventig. De band wordt vaak in het subgenre Memphis soul geplaatst. De bandleden werkten als sessiemuzikanten voor Stax Records en speelden tussen 1963 en 1968 op meer dan 500 albums van Stax Records, waaronder albums van Otis Redding , Eddie Floyd , Johnnie Taylor , Rufus Thomas en Carla Thomas .
I Booker T. and the MGs hanno suonato e hanno prodotto centinaia di dischi, compresi classici come Walkin' the Dog, Hold On! (I'm Coming) in cui il pluristrumentista Jones suonò la tuba sul basso elettrico di Dunn, Soul Man, Who's Making Love, I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) e Try a Little Tenderness.
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