Booker T. & the M.G.'s

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American instrumental R&B band Stax Records house band soul band

Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul music.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Booker T. & the M.G.'s – "Green Onions" 1
Stax Records house band 1
Stax Records studio band 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American instrumental R&B band ⓘ
Stax Records house band ⓘ
soul band ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
associatedWith Albert King ⓘ
Isaac Hayes ⓘ
Otis Redding ⓘ
Sam & Dave ⓘ
Booker T. & the M.G.'s self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stax Records studio band

The Blues Brothers Band ⓘ
The Mar-Keys ⓘ
Wilson Pickett ⓘ
basedIn Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre Memphis soul ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
Southern soul ⓘ
instrumental rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
influencedGenre Memphis soul sound ⓘ
Southern soul music ⓘ
instrumentation Hammond organ ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric bass ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
locationOfFormation Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
member Al Jackson Jr. ⓘ
Booker T. Jones ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn ⓘ
Lewie Steinberg ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
notableAlbum And Now! ⓘ
Doin' Our Thing ⓘ
Green Onions ⓘ
Hip Hug-Her ⓘ
McLemore Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soul Dressing ⓘ
Soul Limbo ⓘ
notableSongCharacteristic instrumental tracks ⓘ
organ-led melodies ⓘ
notableWork Green Onions ⓘ
Hang 'Em High ⓘ
Hip Hug-Her ⓘ
Soul Limbo ⓘ
Time Is Tight ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stax Records ⓘ
Universal Records ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert King → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Isaac Hayes → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Otis Redding → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Sam & Dave → associatedAct → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Booker T. & the M.G.'s → associatedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Records studio band
Carla Thomas → associatedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stax Records house band
Carla Thomas → associatedWith → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Sam & Dave → backingBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Stax Records → houseBand → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Stax Records → notableArtist → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Stax Records → notableRelease → Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
this entity surface form: Booker T. & the M.G.'s – "Green Onions"