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Biography. Booker T. Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 12, 1944. He was named after his father, Booker T. Jones Sr., who was named in honor of Booker T. Washington, the educator. Booker T. Jones, Sr. was a science teacher at Memphis High School, providing the family with a relatively stable, lower middle-class lifestyle.
The Road from Memphis is the ninth studio album by Booker T. Jones, released in May 2011 through the record label ANTI. On the album, Booker T. is backed by hip–hop band the Roots. The album reached a peak position of number 85 on the Billboard 200 and received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
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Watch Booker T. Jones perform a solo NPR Tiny Desk Concert Booker T & the MG’s were among those selected for induction into the Blues Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019, the institution’s 40th induction class.
Booker T. Jones ( Memphis, Tennessee, 12 de noviembre de 1944) es un compositor, multiintrumentalista, letrista, productor y arreglista estadounidense, mejor conocido por ser el fundador y líder del grupo estadounidense Booker T. & the M.G.'s, popular a inicios de los años sesenta.
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- Priscilla Coolidge (1969-1979)
- Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr.
5 de ago. de 2011 · By Larry Rohter. Aug. 5, 2011. In a career that spans nearly 50 years Booker T. Jones has worn many hats: leader of the celebrated 1960s soul group Booker T. & the MG’s, a writer of hit...
6 de may. de 2011 · May 6, 201112:01 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. By. NPR Staff. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Booker T. Jones' new album is titled The Road From Memphis . Piper...
The Road from Memphis is classic Memphis soul, and classic Booker in the tradition of “Green Onions”, but beyond that it is the story of a sound, and how Booker, working with the inheritors of his sound, is keeping a tradition alive.
