Booker T. & the MGs

Booker T. Jones (11/12/44) / organ / Memphis, TN
Lewis Steinberg (9/13/33) / bass / Memphis, TN
Al Jackson (11/27/35-10/1/75) / drums / Memphis, TN
Steve Cropper (10/21/41) / guitar / Willow Springs, MO

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Birthdate/Place: 1961 / Memphis, Tennessee

- "Green Onions'" original title was "Onions." Someone stuck "green" in front on the label.

- The "MG" stood for "Memphis Group."

- Cropper wrote Wilson Picket 's "In the Midnight Hour," as well as "Soul Man," "Knock On Wood" and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"

- "Green Onions" came out of a jam session with Cropper and Don Dunn.

- Booker T. Jones went to high school with Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire.

- After the band split, Cropper sat in and recorded with Rod Stewart, Sammy Hagar and Art Garfunkle.

- Booker T. & The MG's were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Lewis Steinberg was the bassist for only a very short time before Duck Dunn took over the bottom end.

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Discography

Green Onions (1962) Stax
And Now, Booker T. & the MGs (1966) Stax
Hip Hug-Her (1967) Stax
Back to Back (1967) Stax
The Best of Booker T. & the MGs (1968) Atlantic
Doin' Our Thing (1968) Stax