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Booker T Jones

What a wonderful world

About Me

Booker T is perhaps best known for the million-selling instrumental, "Green Onions," recorded by Booker T. and the MGs. His career highlights, however, also include recording with everyone from Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Wilson Pickett to Bob Dylan, Boz Scaggs and Barbra Streisand.
He produced Willie Nelson's multi-platinum "Stardust" album and Bill Withers' "Just As I Am" album, as well as co-writing the classic hit "Born Under a Bad Sign." He's also performed live with Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison to name only a few.
Booker will be recording this fall/winter - his first recording of solo or MG's material since 1994. Tours of the US and Europe are scheduled to follow and tour dates will be updated here.
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Member Since: 9/5/2006
Band Website: bookert.com
Band Members: Booker T, Vernon Black, Curtis Ohlson, John Mader, Billy Johnson.
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Booker at the Jammy Awards with Galactic, Warren Haynes, etc

Booker performed at the Jammy Awards at MSG in NYC last week. He played Gold Dust Woman and Take Me to the River with Warren Haynes, Grace Potter, Joe Russo and Will Lee and then did Hip Hug Her and B...
Posted by Booker T Jones on Fri, 16 May 2008 07:20:00 PST

Booker T. cuts classic with Jolie Holland

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!ANTI- TO RELEASE BOOKER T. JONES/JOLIE HOLLAND RECORDING OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG CLASSIC NOV. 6THSOUL ICON PAIRS WITH ACCLAIMED CHANTEUSSE FOR COLLABORATION OF 200740 YEARS AFTER ITS...
Posted by Booker T Jones on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:13:00 PST

Booker T in the SF Chronicle

Booker T See how the soul man's career flowered -- from 'Green Onions' to a lifetime achievement GrammyJoel Selvin Chronicle Senior Pop Music CriticTuesday, February 6, 2007In the glass bookcase in th...
Posted by Booker T Jones on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:20:00 PST

Fan Note

Mr. Jones I am a 40 year old white male born and raised in the south. All of my peers during my early teens were into heavy metal or punk rock, or country music. I was fortunate enough that my father ...
Posted by Booker T Jones on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:32:00 PST

New, Promise, Lost, New, Promise.......

New, Promise, Lost, New, Promise....... I imagine this in a circle, with one phase melting into the next. As Booker's wife I have been the lucky one to hear all the melodies ...
Posted by Booker T Jones on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:14:00 PST

Songs

As we're working on new material for the upcoming record, I just wanted to post some music from one of our recent rehearsals so you can see what we're up to. Hope you like what you hear -
Posted by Booker T Jones on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:21:00 PST

Thank you -

Today, I went to the offices of Keyboard Magazine in San Mateo, CA. I was talking with Steve Fortner, their technical editor, over lunch, about how technology has changed the way people convey their ...
Posted by Booker T Jones on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:10:00 PST

October update

Booker T October updateGuest artist:I just recorded with Poncho Sanchez for his upcoming record on Concord Records. I was joined by Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd on two songs and really had a great ti...
Posted by Booker T Jones on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:47:00 PST