Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Watching all those old clips of Booker T and the MGs on YouTube gave me an itch to watch the Blues Brothers film to see Cropper and Dunn in action again. This evening I sort of scratched that itch and watched Blues Brothers 2000 instead. The film comes in for a lot of criticism because its [...]
Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Here are Booker T and the MGs playing Green Onions, first of all back in 1967 and then again nearly forty years later in 2003 - different drummer but Booker T, Steve cropper and Duck Dunn are still there. Dunn deserves a medal. It must take a great deal of patience to play the same [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Redding is backed by Booker T. and the MGs featuring Steve Cropper and the Mar-Keys. Tom Dowd supervised the recording. LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Otis Redding was at the peak of his stardom in March, 1967 when he crossed the Atlantic to perform for his growing European fan base. As part of the traveling Stax/Volt Revue that is credited with spreading the sound of Memphis across the world, Redding played...
Maggie's Farm (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
An obit from Sipp , who knows whereof he speaks (unlike most of us). His piece led me to this oldie (Is that Steve Cropper playing? And how did they book Booker T and the MGs for that aerobics class') which is not by Hayes but was from Stax records:
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Attendance at the two-day Waukesha BluesFest last weekend was likely close to double that of its inaugural run last year and likely finished in the black, event chairman Rick Kobriger said Monday.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) These two veterans know their way around a recording studio. As leader of the Rascals, Cavaliere was known for extraordinarily soulful vocals on '60s classics such as "Groovin' " and, as guitarist with Booker T. and the MGs, Cropper...
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Sitting here in the UK, I have no idea whether you people in other places can see everything that the BBC is putting out on its iPlayer service. If you can’t, then tell me in comments. If you can then enjoy Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story and the Stax/Volt tour of Norway (1967), both [...]
Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
By happy chance I turned the TV on just after 9pm today and a programme on Stax records had just started on BBC Four. It was nearly two hours long and absolutely fascinating. Even better, it was immediately followed by a concert film from the Stax Volt tour of Norway in 1968. Considering how long ago [...]
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Last week's recommendations for songs about prisons revealed a worrying lack of women. Let's hope more female artists will appear as this week's theme is colours
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
A rape charge against Rikki Rockett has been dropped after authorities determined that the Poison drummer was not in Mississippi at the time of the alleged crime in 2007. Police are now seeking a man with a history of pretending to be a rock musician to pick up women. . . . Booker T. and the MGs, the Memphis Horns and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section will become the newest members of the Musicians...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Booker T. and the MGs, the Memphis Horns and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section will become the newest members of the Musicians Hall of Fame.
Half a Pica Distance (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
It's been a while since I've done anything meme, so when I was tagged by tesco , I thought, "Cool." This is a bit of a crazy one, but interesting also: 1. Choose 19 of the songs you like best, regardless of artist or genre. 2. Put them all together in a CD. 3. Make 5 other copies. 4. Post your playlist on your blog. 5. Choose 5 people and send them a copy of your CD each. Send the first copy you made...
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental amanuensis Hop-Sing and I are off to Paramus, New Jersey (a mere stones throw from my digs in the Paris of the Tri-State Metropolitan Area). Something about brown bears on a rampage. I'm not sure what the deal is; perhaps they're eating old Jews. Doesn't seem right. Hey. It's late and I was stuck for a joke. So sue me. In any case, as...
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
Oh for fuck's sake. Looks like the next trickle in Neil Young's ongoing Chinese Water Torture unleashing of his archives is something that absolutely no one, not even the most harcore Rustie, wants to hear: the unreleased outtakes of songs...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 26/02/2008
Stax Records went bankrupt in 1976, and its assets and back catalog were purchased by Fantasy. In 2004, Fantasy was purchased by Concord Records, which has been reissuing Stax product under the revived Stax imprint. Recent re-releases include Stax Does the Beatles, which features artists such as Otis Redding, Booker T and the MGs, and [...]
