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Biography. Booker T. Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 12, 1944. He was named after his father, Booker T. Jones Sr., who was named in honor of Booker T. Washington, the educator. Booker T. Jones, Sr. was a science teacher at Memphis High School, providing the family with a relatively stable, lower middle-class lifestyle. [3]
No living musician is more closely associated than Booker T. Jones with Memphis, the Mississippi River city that fostered a world-changing generation of blues, gospel and soul music five...
Aug 5, 2011 · Booker T. Jones, leader of the celebrated 1960s soul group Booker T. & the MG’s, went nearly three decades without a solo record. Now, he’s delivered two in the last three years.
May 6, 2011 · Booker T. Jones: Back To Memphis The legendary leader of Booker T. and the MGs talks about his new album, his hometown and his early fascination with the Hammond B-3 organ.
There never was any doubt who would be the first all-instrumental band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: That honor had to—and did, in 1992—go to Booker T. and the MG’s, the Memphis-based quartet featuring Booker T. Jones on organ, Steve Cropper on guitar, Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass and Al Jackson Jr. playing the drums.
Sep 9, 2013 · Booker T. Jones grew up in Memphis and began recording as a session player while still in high school at the age of 17. While waiting for a session to begin, Booker and the other musicians in the studio began playing a song Booker wrote, which was later given a name when the engineer encouraged the group to record it.
Born Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. on Nov. 12, 1944, in Memphis, Tennesssee. Jones formed the famous Stax Records backing band Booker T. & The MG's in 1962. Originally comprised of guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Lewis Steinberg (later replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn) and drummer Al Jackson Jr., the group backed recordings for Otis Redding, Bill ...
