Booker T. & The MGs

Booker T. and the MG's are the kind of instrumental virtuosos who don't make you say,
"Wow," so much as offer an appreciative "yeah." Gaining fame as the Stax/Volt house band
accompanying such titans of '60s soul as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave, the group showed
similarly impeccable taste on its own instrumental hits, eschewing flashy solos for
full-bodied interpretations. On the band's first album in more than 15 years, the s... More >