Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)

Subject: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: The Shambles
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 04:11 AM

Booker T Jones (Booker T & MGs) was born this day (11 December) [or Nov 12] in 1944.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: fat B****rd
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 04:43 AM

What else is there to say. Happy Birthday Mr. Jones. If The MGs only recorded Green Onions they'd still be great.
PS In the UK cricket fans hear them all the time.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: Scrump
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 09:50 AM

What else is there to say indeed.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: NormanD
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 11:52 AM

Yes, "Soul Limbo" is such a great track.

Do you remember when the BBC used a different version for a while? How dare they?!?! Such stupidity.

Norman

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: GUEST,officer bowser
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 12:17 PM

bark, bark, where's the folk content, bark, bark

someone has to police this place at all moments

i choose me

gotta keep certain Members happy

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: Scrump
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 05:53 AM

Well, John Kirkpatrick has been known to play Green Onions, if that's any help.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: Wolfgang
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 09:36 AM

Born Nov 12, not December, 11.

The December 11 misinformation comes only from British people misreading a "11/12/1944" entry.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 10:56 AM

Shambles !! Go to the naughty corridor.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: The Shambles
Date: 12 Dec 06 - 04:18 PM

Shambles !! Go to the naughty corridor

I do tend to be confined there permanently these days.

One of the pleasures of producing these (what have been described as obnoxous) threads is that I do not need to check any of the details - as I know there is someone who will do this for me and have a orgasm on the spot - should they find some detail to correct.

Another pleasure is finding out about people like Booker T and all the other interesting people who share birthadays.

I am staggered at how many names there are which are totally unknown to me - who are listed as composers.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: Scrump
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 05:28 AM

What I want to know is: what does the 'T' stand for?

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 02:51 PM

Taliafero.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: The Shambles
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 03:20 PM

It does stand for Taliafero in Booker T Washington. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAbooker.htm

In Booker T Jones - it stands for Tiddles............

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 03:28 PM

Tosh.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: The Shambles
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 03:54 PM

No - Tiddles

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: The Shambles
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 03:55 PM

There is a Peter Tosh.

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: Elmer Fudd
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 04:00 PM

Booker T. and the MGs was the session band for Stax Records. They backed up all the great Memphis soul singers: Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Rufus and Carla Thomas, you name 'em. I heard them play with Otis Redding and it was a high point in my life. They were one helluva group.

Elmer

Subject: RE: Booker T Jones's birthday (Nov 12, 1944)
From: Elmer Fudd
Date: 13 Dec 06 - 04:01 PM

A bit of trivia: for a time, Booker T. was Kris Kristofferson's brother-in-law. He was married to Priscilla Coolidge.