As Booker T. grooves, Stax Museum readies 20th anniversary
Booker T. Jones performs at the Stax Museum’s Studio A on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Booker T. Jones, 77, leads a rhythm section of Memphis triplets two generations younger through a quartet of Booker T. & the MGs classics on Sept. 14, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Booker T. Jones revisits “Green Onions” in the rebuilt Studio A at the Stax Museum on Sept. 14, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Bar Kays member James Alexander (middle) listens to Booker T. Jones perform inside the Stax Museum's Studio A on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Booker T. Jones performs “Hip Hug Her,” “Soul Limbo,” “Time is Tight” and “Green Onions” a day ahead of his solo induction into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Booker T. Jones grooved on “Green Onions” again, ahead of his Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction, and the Stax Museum teased a year’s worth of 20th anniversary events as past, present and future collided in Soulsville.
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