561 Booker T and the MGs “Green Onions” 1962

“One of the most commercially successful and important acts to emerge from the fertile Memphis musical soil was Booker T. and the MGs, whose 1962 instrumental hit ‘Green Onions’ set the tone for much of that which followed. This original ‘super group’ was composed of organist Booker T. Jones (1944- ), guitarist Steve Cropper, drummer Al Jackson, and bassist Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn. Each of the members is a famed Memphis studio musician with dozens of hit record sessions…Booker T. Jones attended Indiana State University, but returned to Memphis, becoming a staff musician for Stax in 1960. His musical skills are not limited strictly to organ, for which he is best known, but his association with the MGs was predated by an earlier band, the Mar-Keys, which also featured Jones, Cropper, and Dunn” (Scott Faragher, The Hammond Organ: An Introduction to the Instrument and the Players Who Made It Famous, 2011). Listed on the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

Booker T and the MGs “Green Onions”