Booker T. and the MG's

Year:
1992
Inducted by:
Jim Stewart
Category:
Performers

Al Jackson Jr
Booker T. Jones
Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Lewis Steinberg
Steve Cropper

Introduction

The groovy forefathers of Southern soul.

With their interracial lineup and experience playing with such icons as Otis Redding, the Staple Singers and Aretha Franklin, Book T and the M.G.’s have made history in more ways than one.

Jim Stewart Inducts Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Jim Stewart Inducts Booker T. & the M.G.'s at the 1992 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Jim Stewart Inducts Booker T. & the M.G.'s

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Booker T. & the M.G.'s Acceptance Speech

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"Green Onions"

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"Born Under a Bad Sign"

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Booker T. Jones Interview - 2013 Induction Ceremony

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Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the M.G.'s Inducts the "5" Royales

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Hall of Fame Essay

1992

Steve Greenberg

Booker T. & the MG’s grew out of a pair of boyhood friendships in Memphis. Guitarist Steve Cropper (born October 21,1942) and bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn (born November 24, 1941) attended Messick High School and played together in an all-white R&B band called the Royal Spades.

On the other side of town, drummer Al Jackson, Jr, (born November 27, 1934) and bassist Lewis Steinberg (born September 13, 1933) were regulars in the all-black band at the Plantation Inn.

In I960, Stax Records and its affiliated record shop had just opened on East McLemore Avenue. Steve Cropper was a clerk in the record shop and an assistant studio engineer. One of Steve’s regular customers was sixteen-year-old Booker T. Jones (born December 11, 1944), already an accomplished keyboard and horn player.