Named after African-American author Booker T. Washington, Booker T. Jones and
his legendary band The M.G.'s helped shape early rhythm and blues and define the
sound of legendary soul label Stax Records. A child prodigy born in Memphis,
Tennessee, he played saxophone, trombone, oboe and piano and regularly hung out
at the Satellite Record Shop. When the store evolved into the Stax label in the
late 1950s, Jones became leader of the house band The M.G.'s and backed the
likes of Otis Redding, Albert King, Wilson Pickett and Bill Withers while
scoring their own instrumental hits such...