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Booker T. Jones is best known as the leader of the instrumentalist group Booker T. and the MGs. [1]
Booker Tio Huffman (born March 1, 1965, in Houston, Texas), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). [2]
As the house band at Stax Records in Memphis, Booker T. & the MG’s may have been the single greatest factor in the lasting value of that label’s soul music — not to mention Southern soul as a whole. [3]
‘Booker T scored two nominations for the 52d Annual GRAMMY Awards for his April 2009 release Potato Hole, including Best Pop Instrumental Album. [4]
Booker T. Jones (born November 12, 1944) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. [5]
He is a six-time world champion, having been a five-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion with four reigns in WCW and a fifth in WWE, and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion. [2]
Born November 12, 1944, in Memphis, TN; son of a teacher; second wife’s name Priscilla (a singer). [1]
He has also worked in the studios with some of the highest regarded artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. [...] Bob Altshuler wrote the sleeve notes on the first Booker T. & The M.G.’s album released by Stax Records in 1962 and also called Green Onions. [5]
Awards: (With the MGs) Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1992. [1]
Over time, King Booker began to act as if he were a real king of “The SmackDown! [2]
To cheer the young musician, his parents provided him with musical toys and later with instruments and lessons. [1]
Jones’s first entry into professional music came at age sixteen, when he played baritone saxophone on Satellite (soon to be Stax) Records’ first hit, “Cause I Love You”, by Rufus Thomas and Carla Thomas. [...] He performed at the Bonnaroo Festival with Drive By Truckers on June 6, 2009, with a set including most tracks from Potato Hole as well as some Truckers tracks. [5]
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Sources:
[1] Booker T. Jones: Information from Answers.com
[2] Booker Huffman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Booker T. & The MG’s on Yahoo! Music
[4] Booker T Jones on Myspace Music - Free Streaming MP3s …
[5] Booker T. Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia