Just listened to those tracks by your band, they are pretty amazing! I've never heard a band sound so much like the M.G.'s, in fact I've always maintained that...
I am Ok with Alan. We request more recordings by your band, including tunes that the actual MG's never played. Looking in Albert King's repertory would be ...
Patrick, I wasn't aware that the M.G.'s have a new album imminent! Is this true? Have you been chatting to Mr. Cropper again? Anyway, true or not, all the best...
Hi, When I attended the Stax 50th Anniversary Concert after-party this past summer, I had the honor of talking with Steve Cropper. One of the questions I...
John, That's disappointing but very understandable. You would think though that with the amount of garbage released on CD every year that the world and the...
Thanks Alan. If anyone on the group is in Chicago we are playing our first show tomorrow night at Reggie's, although the Hammond will not be there, we still...
That's a shame. What kind of promoting does Cropper want? It's not like any of the original MGs albums were a huge commercial success. But, as distinctive...
Thanks for info to all of you contributing to this topic. So that basically means that the new Fantasy Records under the helm of Concord Records doesn't seem...
The first acts have been confirmed for the 2008 Rhythm Festival, which runs from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st August at Twinwood Arena, Clapham, Bedfordshire. ...
This bulletin came from Booker T. Jones' MySpace page: 02/14/08 :: Be Kind, Rewind Hits Theaters February 22: Booker T. is featured on the soundtrack of a new...
The MGs doing Louis Prima? How cool is that! That movie might also star former Raylette, and the only artist to record for both Stax and Motown, Mable John. I...
Worth looking and listening. Let's hope that it will inspire the MG's to do another CD on their own. BTW, Jean Michel Bernard is french and has his own web...
Al Jackson, Jr. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Profession: Musician Category: Entertainment Grammy winning drummer Al Jackson, Jr. was born and raised...
Hello MG subscribers, As many of you may already know, Steve Cropper is currently in Australia touring with local Pop sensation Guy Sebastian. Fans there are...
Greetings, Many of you may have already heard, Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn are currently on tour in Australia with new pop sensation Guy Sebastian. Rarely has...
Hi everyone, I saw Booker T. & The MGs & Guy Sebastian at The Bridge in Balmain, Sydney last night. One word that would describe how I was last night......
And I'm happy to report I've already seen 2 shows, Phillip. Such a wonderful experience for me, being a huge long-time fan of Booker T & the MGs and a more...
I hope you don't mind me telling you that. I know some of the younger ones think Booker T is just part of the group name, but he's a real person that plays...
Thanks for clearing that up about Booker not being on this tour. My mistake! I'd read ofcourse and heard from numerous sources that "Booker T. & The MG's were...
Hi Sandra! Nice to see you on here! =D Thanks for the reminder, I definetly needed it! lol. ... it was just the MGs. Lester Snell replaced Booker T....
I received the two Stax CD's: HitsVille and Beatles. The HitsVille CD do not appeal to me and there are very few unissued tracks but the Beatles one is really...
Thanks for the heads up Pat! ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and ...
Buddy Miles (Electric Flag, Jimi Hendrix) died of apparent heart failure last week. He played on some of the songs, including the title track, on Crooper's ...
Hi everyone, If you have some time, take a look at the "Stax" section of Steve "Sandy Kay" Leigh - he was a session keyboardist at Stax and has occasionally...
I found these liner notes to the 1967 Soul Finger LP. Liner Notes INTRODUCING THE BAR-KAYS BY BOOKER T. JONES: FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE RELIVED THE...
Hi Phillip My computer has been sent to Dr Toshiba so I haven't been around much. I've just called in to the library to check messages. Booker T wasn't on the...
Thanks to Sandra B. for the update. Just to bring everyone up to date on a terrific web site featuring news, music and video from the Rhythm & Blues revival...
Hi all - so frustrating without my own computer. I saw my last (of 9) Guy, Steve, Duck, Steve and Lester shows last night. I feel quite bereft! What a...
