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Vor 2 Tagen · Stax started as a record store with a recording studio in the back, and Booker T. Jones recalls how both Black and white music fanatics would gather in the shop. But racism still lingered outside ...
Vor 2 Tagen · For Booker T. Jones, the camaraderie between the races at Stax sometimes was only skin-deep. Race plays a large role in the Stax story. On the one hand, the studio was a rare haven for interracial ...
Vor 2 Tagen · USA TODAY US Edition. ‘Stax’ doc goes past the hit parade. 2024-05-20 - Marco della Cava. Booker T. Jones was in math class at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis when his life suddenly changed forever. David Porter, a fellow student and musician, told Jones he and his saxophone were needed immediately down at a recording studio ...
Vor einem Tag · Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A. recalls the rise of Stax with their first hit "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" by Carla Thomas in 1961, officially marking the label's move from country to R&B. The song also ...
Vor einem Tag · Among Bell’s greatest accomplishments: orchestrating the famous 1972 Wattstax concert in Los Angeles and, the same year, campaigning successfully to land Isaac Hayes a Best Original Song Oscar for “The Theme from Shaft.” For Booker T. Jones, the camaraderie between the races at Stax sometimes was only skin-deep
Vor 3 Tagen · With Booker T. Jones on Hammond organ and Al Jackson Jr. on drums, plus Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass and Steve Cropper on guitar, the mix of Black and white players—who would scrape the top of the charts with their very first release, and who would go on to become the house band at Stax behind some of its best-loved songs—they represented everything Stax stood for: great music and an ...
3. Mai 2024 · With a naggingly funky Hammond organ riff written by Booker T. Jones at the tender age of 17 but made by Steve Cropper’s switchblade sharp Fender chops, the track’s feel was skintight, a groove you couldn’t shake off. Laid down in three takes, Green Onions has acquired a musical half life that means A) It’s likely if you’re an adult ...
