It's the original house band: Booker T. and the MGs By Gerald M. Gay Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.11.2008 When Stax Records, the famed...
Release date is May 5. Live CD and DVD of The Memphis Tour featuring Guy Sebastian with a backing band that includes Steve Cropper, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Lester...
Have just started listening to and enjoying the tracks. I find it strange though, that cut 4 is called "Club Handy" and is attributed to the group when it is...
Thanks for posting the news. The success in Australia surely must have impressed Concord Records, the parent company of Fantasy Records, owners of the Stax...
I have the DVD that this CD came from. The singer is a longtime rock star and actor in Japan. Apparently he is a huge Otis Redding and Stax fan. So much so...
... Yes, and it's called "Cotton Carnival" on the Union Extended LP. "Up Hard", incidentally, was written by Art Miller, who did an LP for Stax as Art Jerry...
Art Jerry Miller wrote one of the great MGs B-Sides (flip of "Something), "Sunday Sermon". "Steve's Stroll" a.k.a. "Consumption", I thought, was the best track...
Hey everyone, I recently have been talking with a fellow member about live and unreleased shows and I started to wonder - what bootleg shows are out there? Has...
Booker T & The MG's have two upcoming shows; August 9th, 2008 at the Minneapolis Zoo Minneapolis, MN and Fri, August 15th, 2008 at BB King's in NYC Two shows:...
Stax Records Releases Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere's 'Nudge It Up A Notch' On July 29, 2008 <http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=40315#comments> ...
The last time I got to meet Mr. Cropper was in Tunica, and he told me about this project. We also talked about our mutual love for Otis Redding's "Ole Man...
I obtained the recent Otis "Dreams To Remember" DVD. It is magnificent. However one performance not included is Otis' appearance on the UK Eamonn Andrews Show...
I am new to this group and would like to introduce myself. I am David and sixty - something. I have had the absolute pleasure of seeing Booker T and the MGs...
Hey Dave, Welcome aboard. "Summertime" is always my favorite thing they do live. I've seen them several times in this decade. Yes, Steve is amazing on...
Robert, Do you know if this performance was backed by Booker T. and the M.G.'s? If it was 1967 it might have been recorded during the Stax/Volt tour. Alan....
In article <g328eo+it6r@eGroups.com>, ... I don't know but the appearance was probably during that tour. Others subscribers to this mail list would be better...
Hi All, I'm not sure if someone has posted this already, but I just watched the Jack Black movie "Be Kind Rewind" and it had brief cameo by Cropper and...
You have been sent an online news article from Tim as a courtesy of www.tennessean.com. Article Title: Musicians Hall of Fame To view the contents on...
Hey, music-loving friends. Once again I am doing a two-hour radio show on the never-bettered soul music of Stax Records, 1964 to 1968. For any non-believers...
Thanks, Bill. It's now on my calendar. Looking forward to listening in. Steve Chestnut Philadelphia, PA ... show on the never-bettered soul music of Stax...
THANK YOU for the link---sounds great!!! Can't wait to buy it! Guy Sesbastion (or whatever his name is), eat you heart out! ... From: Patrick Montier...
