Booker T Jones: The King Of Stax Picks Up His Axe
Nick Coleman, Independent on Sunday, 26 April 2009
With his band the MGs, Booker T was the resident genius at one of America's great soul labels. Now, with a bit of help from Neil Young, he's turning off his organ and enrolling in the school of rock
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