Donald “Duck” Dunn, bassist for Booker T. & the MGs, the Mar-Keys, the Stax house band, the Blues Brothers, and session man extraordinaire, died in his sleep last night in Tokyo after playing two shows with his musical compadre of 50 years, Steve Cropper. Duck was one of the key architects of modern soul music, [...]
Posted tagged ‘Booker T. & the MGs’
Booker T. & the DBTs?
January 22, 2009Apparently so. Booker T. Jones will be releasing his first solo album in twenty-odd years, Potato Hole (huh?), on April 21st. The MGs aren’t along for the ride this time around - instead, Booker’s got the Drive-By Truckers backing him up and some crochety Canuck ex-pat by the name of Neil Young playing on 8 tracks, [...]
OASIS: The Shock Of The Lightning
August 15, 2008Aaaaaaaaaand good afternoon and Happy New Oasis Single Day, everybody! It’s here! 5 minutes of atavistic rock n’ roll throb – all vaguely psychedelic flanged harmonies, layers of Gibsons a la Steve Jones, and Lennon/McCartney quotes (both lyrical and musical). Toss some “Won’t Get Fooled Again”-era Keith Moon tom-toms for good measure. And top it all off with the sneer. “Lighting” [...]
And now, ladies and gentlemen, Booker T. & the MGs
June 27, 2008Ignore the somewhat lousy video quality, because what you’re watching is very special from both a historical and musical standpoint. What we have here is Booker T. & the MGs performing “Time Is Tight” at some festival with Credence in around 1970. How do I know they were playing with CCR? Because Stu, Doug, and [...]
