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Booker T. Jones

Early R&B
Soul music
Funk
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...
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Billy 1
Billy 1Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones and Bruce Langhorn

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

3:55

I've Got Dreams to Remember
I've Got Dreams to RememberOtis Redding, John Jenkins, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Isaac Hayes, Wayne Jackson, Booker T. Jones, Andrew Love, Floyd Newman and Al Jackson, Jr.

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The Bronx
The BronxBooker T. Jones and Lou Reed

The Road from Memphis

Representing Memphis
Representing MemphisBooker T. Jones, Sharon Jones and Matt Berninger

The Road from Memphis

Progress
ProgressBooker T. Jones and Jim James

The Road from Memphis

Let Her Down Easy
Let Her Down Easy 

T.T.D. Live at the Piano

Terence Trent D'Arby and Booker T. Jones

5:00

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