Booker T. Jones’ opens his NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert with “Green Onions,” a song he wrote at the age of 17 while a senior at Booker Washington High School in Memphis.
Even the most passive media consumer will know who Booker T. Jones is. The Stax legend, one of the original soul men, can be heard playing his Hammond B3 organ on hundreds of classic tracks recorded in Memphis over the past half–century. He plays Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver on Friday, Feb. 2 as part of the AMP/LIFY series.
