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Jones, steve cropper, donald duck dunn and mavis staples, as well as label president al bell, rev. Stax quickly became a hitmaking machine, producing a massive catalog of top 100 records that defined the memphis sound. The stax records story, muddy waters cant be satisfied, and johnny cashs america. Due respect music features memphis news and events. Stax records and the soul explosion ebook written by robert gordon. Respect yourself is the rare music book with an exciting subject matter, in this case its the multiple rises and falls of stax records, thats also really well written. Gordon tells the story of stax formerly known as satellite records rise in the late 1950s and 1960s in memphis, tennessee to become one of the significant record labels of all time. Respect yourself provides firsthand account of what really happened on the streets and behind studio doors from celebrated musicians such as isaac hayes, booker t.
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Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The stax records story documents the history of the influential music label responsible for some of the best and most memorable soul music of. The interviews do a good job of capturing the personalities of the people involved in stax records, from the boisterous, largerthanlife persona of al bell and isaac hayes to the decidedly more reserved. A remarkable piece of writing by robert gordon which was obviously a labour of love for him. Stax records and the soul explosion is a fascinating story. Apr 08, 2020 for more than 20 years, neville has been making films about music and culture, including troubadours, search and destroy, and three grammy awardnominated films, respect yourself. His film work includes producing and directing the documentary respect yourself.
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