Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones is an American multiinstrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. amp the M.G.s. He has also worked in the studios with many wellknown artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement.

Booker T. Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 12, 1944. He was named after his father, Booker T. Jones, Sr., who was named in honor of Booker T. Washington, the educator. Booker T. Jones, Sr. was a science teacher at the school, providing the family with a relatively stable, lower middleclass milieu.

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