Booker T and the Mgs

[Hutzbordello]

Can I just say Green Onions is the best song ever?

also does anyone know another band with the keys player? He puts so much soul into this music

[RCCollins]

"the keys player" happens to be Booker T himself... if you want to hear more, i recommend... more Booker T and the MGs! Melting Pot is a fave of mine

[Hutzbordello]

o wow, thats awesome thanks man.

im pretty content with Green Onions right now but I think ill need more soon

[Mugwump]

Melting Pot is AMAZING, but they're all great.

[PDGood]

Booker T Jones was a session player on Stax Records. I don't know which songs exactly, but you might find specifics by Googling Stax Records.

You're right, he's a very soulful and melodic player. Good stuff. I always liked Time Is Tight with the MGs.

[Richland123]

My band plays Time Is Tight and even though we do not have a keyboard player, the song packs the dancefloor.

The M.G.s played on tons of records as session players as well as having their own hits. Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass is the epitome of groove.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGsZ...eature=related

[CapnSev]

Originally Posted by PDGood

Booker T Jones was a session player on Stax Records. I don't know which songs exactly, but you might find specifics by Googling Stax Records.

Booker T and the MGs were the rhythm section for most of the 60s/early 70s Stax hits, along with the Bar Kays for horns.

When Booker T was away at college, Isaac Hayes would fill in on the keys.

[S. Katz]

Originally Posted by Hutzbordello

o wow, thats awesome thanks man.

im pretty content with Green Onions right now but I think ill need more soon

Most of the Stax catalog through the mid- to late 60s featured them. Booker T has been touring on his own lately.

BTW: Duck Dunn did not record Green Onions. That was Louis Steinberg.

[hdracer]

You have to love Duck.
Even though he was not the one that played on the original recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg

[Morning Beer]

+ 1 on time is tight, my personal favorite. To the OP I suggest check out what ever you can on Stax. Great music all around. Check out a big box store's discount CD selection, I picked up a great 3 disc tin cheap. Great place to start.

amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Stax-50th-Coll.../dp/B00127I3TU

[cripula]

Do yourself a favour and pick this up:

http://www.amazon.com/Stax-Volt-Comp...3468510&sr=8-3

It's Booker T and the MGs on pretty much all of it, and it's as good as it gets in my book.

[Stick_Player]

Don't forget "McLemore Avenue" - Booker T. & the M.G.s. remake of "Abbey Road".

[DanNowhere]

Last year, Booker T did a "Live at The Artist's Den" for PBS backed by the Drive By Truckers. I can't post any youtube links from work, but go google that stuff. It brings the rock.

[fretlessguy]

I was a kid in the 60's and lived across the bridge from Memphis. More than once I saw them play on Geroge Kline's Show on Saturday afternoons. Booker T and The MGs were often on the show. I remember them performing "Green Onions". A magical time for Memphis music.