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The series follows Stax Records, a record label that ushered in artists, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Staple Singers and Sam & Dave; The label went from being an outsider to one of the most influential producers of music, with an impact even after the label has gone.
Stax released several live albums from the tour recordings, including the best-selling Otis Live in Europe. The Stax Museum on McLemore Avenue in Memphis, founded in 2003, is a replica of the Stax studio, built on the same site where many of the historic Stax recording sessions took place. The original Stax studio was demolished in 1989.
Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. 2024 2024 Ren Faire: 2024 2024 One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit: 2024 2024 Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose: 2024 2024 Chimp Crazy: 2024 2024 Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos: 2024 2024 I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders: 2024 2024 Breath of Fire: 2024 2024 An Update on Our Family: 2025 2025
Booker T. & the M.G.'s formed as the house band of Stax Records, providing backing music for numerous singers, including Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. [6] In summer 1962, 17-year-old keyboardist Booker T. Jones, 20-year-old guitarist Steve Cropper, and two seasoned players, bassist Lewie Steinberg and drummer Al Jackson Jr. (the latter making his debut with the company) were in the Memphis ...
Lay's Stax Original: Best Potato Crisps. Made from compressed, dried potato flakes, not slices of whole potatoes, Stax and rival Pringles aren’t true potato chips — technically, they’re ...
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the original location of Stax Records.Stax launched and supported the careers of artists such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Wilson Pickett, Albert King, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Jean Knight, Mable ...
Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell; March 15, 1940) [1] is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive.He is best known as having been an executive and co-owner of Stax Records with Jim Stewart based in Memphis, Tennessee, during the latter half of the label's 19-year existence.
Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. [2] [3] The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. The concert's performers included all of Stax's prominent artists at the time.