It was 50 years ago today....

[Big_Stu]

50 years ago today almost the entire cast of Stax artists arrived in London; Booket T & The MGs, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave (there's footage from the Norwegian leg of the tour on YT)
Standing outside the airport they had no inkling of the impact they'd already made here. That impression changed fairly quickly when up rolled four Rolls Royce limos belonging to the Beatles to take them wherever they wanted to go.
They'd rarely played to a mixed race, non-segregated audience before and witnessed the joy that the crowd as collective music lovers had together. They seen many times eateries and hotels that wouldn't let them stay in the same location, but as Cropper says "At Stax colour was never an issue". The UK and Europe was an eye opener for them and they went back home different people.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3MWu6LhWQ8[/media]

[Marc S]

Great post. Thanks for sharing

[chris_b]

Stax rearranged my brain cells. Never the same again.

[mikel]

Legendary record label. Booker T and the Hammond sound still sends shivers down my spine.

[bassace]

Saw Booker T at Cornbury last year. He put a great show together, sang. And his son is a very accomplished guitar player. Green Onions in an Oxfordshire field! I think they're at Cheltenham Jazz Festival. I remember being blown away by Green Onions first in 1962 which makes it 55 years ago. We used to play it, minus Hammond.

[Happy Jack]

It's really not the same on kazoo ...

[bassace]

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But we did try. African nose flute was a fair approximation.

[TrevorR]

Interesting watching the close ups on Duck... simple simple line but every single note played with 100% commitment. We could all learn a thing or two from that...

[chris_b]

DD wasn't on the green onions record. The first MG's bass player was Lewis Steinberg. [/useless facts]