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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 ...
- Booker T. Jones
Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an...
- Steve Cropper
Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), sometimes known...
- Lewie Steinberg
He joined Booker T. & the MG's in 1962. He was featured on...
- Dunn
Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012) was an...
- Booker T. Jones
Mar 13, 2024 · Grammy Award (1994) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1992) Booker T. and the MG’s, American band that was among the finest instrumental ensembles in soul music in the 1960s. The original members were organist Booker T. Jones (b. November 12, 1944, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.), drummer Al Jackson, Jr. (b. November 27, 1935, Memphis—d.
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Best remembered as the in-house backing band of the Stax record label. The band’s name is a combination of organist Booker T. Jones 's first names and the acronym for “Memphis Group”, MG. Other members were Al Jackson Jr. (drums), Steve Cropper (guitar), and Lewis Steinberg (bass guitar) who was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn in 1963.
Oct 4, 2021 · Booker T. & The MGs disbanded in 1972 when Jones relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he joined A&M Records as a staff producer. Al Jackson was shot and killed in his Memphis home by a burglar on October 1, 1975. In 1988, Booker T. & The MGs reunited and four years later they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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