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Soul Superstar

Booker T. Jones was instrumental in establishing Southern soul music. He’s since won nearly every musical award there is, and plays often with new “neo soul” musicians

Fifty-eight years ago, Booker T. Jones got himself an after-school job playing the music he’d loved since he was a toddler.  He’s been working ever since, in a career that has seen him found Booker T & the MGsโ€”the band that established Southern soul musicโ€” as well as producing classic albums for Bill Withers and Willie […]

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