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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 ...
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. In 1967 Stax was at the height of its fame. [3]
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is located on the original site of the Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee. 926 E. McLemore Ave.; staxmuseum.com.
The title and cover are an homage to the Beatles album, 926 East McLemore Avenue being the address of the Stax Studios in Memphis, as Abbey Road was for London’s EMI Studios, which were soon renamed Abbey Road Studios.
Documentary series "STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.," about the iconic Memphis label, is a story of groundbreaking music, hard truths and unhappy endings.
STAX's studio had closed by 1975, and from 1978 to 1988 Onyx was the studio for ex-STAX engineer and producer Allen Jones (the Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes, Albert King, Kwik), and the studio home for the Bar-Kays. By 1990 the studio was leased to producers Doug Easley and Davis McCain, and known as Easley McCain Recording from 1990 to 2005
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Fans of the soulful sounds of Detroit’s Motown and Memphis’ Stax Records will be able to enjoy music from both brands in the same place if they watch and listen to a ...
Memphis soul, also known as the Memphis sound, is the most prominent strain of Southern soul.It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax Records and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, featuring melodic unison horn lines, organ, guitar, bass, and a driving beat on the drums.