Instrumental R&B band served as the house band for the influential soul label Stax Records. Played with Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave.
Their biggest hit was "Green Onions" which went to #3 pop and #1 R&B in 1962.
The original members were Booker T. Jones on organ and piano, Steve Cropper on guitar, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums.
It was a racially integrated band with two white and two black members. The name MGs came from Memphis Group.
--RoadDog
THE LAST WISDOM OF WILL ROGERS: Never miss a good chance to shut up.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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