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  2. Stax Records - Wikipedia

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    Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Other members of the house band included horn players Andrew Love, Joe Arnold ...

  3. Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Bar-Kays - Wikipedia

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    The Bar-Kays began in Memphis, Tennessee, as a studio session group, backing major artists at Stax Records. [6] In 1967, they were chosen by Otis Redding to play as his backing band, and were tutored for that role by Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones, and the other members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. [7]

  5. Hi Rhythm Section - Wikipedia

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    The Hi Rhythm Section was the house band for hit soul albums by several artists, including Al Green and Ann Peebles, on Willie Mitchell's Hi Records label in the 1970s. The band included the three Hodges brothers, organist Charles Hodges, bassist Leroy Hodges and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, together with pianist Archie Turner (or Michael Allen) and drummer Howard Grimes (or Stax Records ...

  6. The Mar-Keys - Wikipedia

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    Steve Cropper of The Blues Brothers band at Hamar Music Festival 2007, in Hamar, Hedmark, Norway. The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. [1] As the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound. [2]

  7. Steve Cropper - Wikipedia

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    Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), [1] sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer.He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor.

  8. Five essential Stax Records recordings, including Otis ... - AOL

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    Stax Records released some 800 singles and 300-plus LPs during its historic run from 1957 to 1976. Here's a collection of five key tunes. Five essential Stax Records recordings, including Otis ...

  9. Southern Avenue (band) - Wikipedia

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    Southern Avenue is an American five- to six-member blues and soul blues band from Memphis, Tennessee, United States.Formed in 2015, they took their name from a street in Memphis running from the easternmost part of the city limits to "Soulsville", which was the original home of Stax Records.