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HBO documentary captures story — and soul — of Stax
 
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Booker T. Jones, Donald “Duck” Dunn, David Porter, Al Jackson Jr., Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, Isaac Hayes, Steve Cropper pose for a photo. (Courtesy Don Nix Collection/OKPOP)
 

Booker T. Jones, Donald “Duck” Dunn, David Porter, Al Jackson Jr., Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, Isaac Hayes, Steve Cropper pose for a photo. (Courtesy Don Nix Collection/OKPOP)

Stax is more than a great story. It’s great stories within great stories, with highs and lows and lessons and complexities, with big personalities and big moments and resonance beyond the music it produced.

 
 

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