Like-O-Rama 15a - Booker T & the MGs by Dan and Aaron Like-O-Rama

This week Aaron brings us Booker T & the MGs. They had a few big hits, most notably “Green Onions”, and were the studio band for Stax Records (aka Satellite Records). Along with other studio session bands like The Funk Brothers, The Wrecking Crew, and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, they provided the music for some of the biggest songs of the era.

We decided to start splitting the ones that go really long (such as the Buster Keaton episode), so this is part one of two. Enjoy!

NOTES / DON’T @ US:
- We got one of the Stax founders wrong. It was Estelle Axton, who was Jim Stewart’s sister. We got our wires crossed with Stewart and there being some relation between them. The rest of the anecdote was right, though. Her husband Everett didn’t factor into it.

- We never really gave an accurate account of their recording in the late 50s and early 60s. The ones we listed were mostly from the mid-to-late 60s. The Stax recordings for that period include the Veltones, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Mar-Keys (an earlier, larger version of Booker T & the MGs), and the Chips.

- “Green Onions” is copyright Booker T & the MGs, Stax Records and Atlantic Records. Clip used for criticism under fair use.

- The background music is “R&B Soul Music _ Rainy mood” from SoundCloud user No copyright music for you❤️. It can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-909504386/no-copyright-music-rb-soul-music-rainy-mood