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Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, who helped produce the 'Memphis sound,' is dead at 92
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEstelle Axton, Jim Stewart Charlie Gillett Collection/Redferns "It's one of the strange twists of...
'Stax' doc looks at extraordinary music studio that fell to financial and racial struggles
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBooker T. Jones was in math class at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis when his life...
Win a Copy of Wattstax: The Complete Concert 10xLP Vinyl Box Set
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe post Win a Copy of Wattstax: The Complete Concert 10xLP Vinyl Box Set appeared first on...
Musician Otis Redding III dead from cancer at 59
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGuitarist, music royalty and once-reluctant singer Otis Redding III is dead at 59, according to his family. “It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost ...
Steve Cropper on recording classic Stax cuts with a Telecaster – and why he thinks his Peavey sounds...
Guitar World via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe Stax session icon reflects on the recording of Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay and Soul Man, and...
Inside Bon Jovi's 40-Year Career: From Their Big Break in the '80s to Where They Stand Today
People via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBon Jovi's legendary career is the subject of the new Hulu docuseries 'Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon...
Booker T. Jones performs at Stax, ahead of milestone
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWearing a blue suit, black hat and multi-colored socks, master keyboardist Booker T. Jones leaned away from the Hammond B3 organ, tilted his head back...
Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax...
50 years ago, the Wattstax concert made, and even changed, L.A. history
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLittle remembered today, Wattstax — 'the Black Woodstock' — drew nearly 100,000 fans to the L.A....
70s Disco Songs: 30 Top Tunes, Ranked
First for Women via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIf someone says they’re not a fan of 70s disco songs, there’s a good chance they’re not being truthful. Despite the backlash the dance genre has gotten...