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Tim
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Here's a live version that's pretty sweet 
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BillST4s
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The guitar player on the left is Steve Cropper, who was one of the original MG's. The guy on the right is Donald "Duck" Dunn, a bassist who joined the group in 1965. Dunn appeared as himself in the classic movie The Blues Brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._&_the_M.G.'s
aclearspot
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The MG's played on justabout every thing recorded at Stax record. You probably heard them on Sam and Dave, Otis Redding Albert King recordings. He died in his sleep in 2012 after playing 2 sets with Steve Cropper
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BillST4s
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I heard a new story about how the MG's got their name. For many years the prevailing belief was that MG stood for Memphis Group or Memphis Guys.
The latest story is that Stax Records already had one hit group called the Triumphs and wanted to name the new group after another British sports cars.
From Wikipedia:
For many years, the "official" story was that the band name "The M.G.'s" was meant to stand for "Memphis Group", not the MG sports car. However, this has proved not to be the case.[11]
Musician and record producer Chips Moman, active in Stax Records when the band was formed, for many years claimed that the band was named after his MG sports car, and only after he left the label did Stax's publicity department declare that "M.G." stood for "Memphis Group". To lend some credibility to this story, Moman had played with Jones and Steinberg in an earlier Stax backing group called the Triumphs, which was also named after his car.[12]
Jones, in a 2007 interview on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, confirmed Moman's account of the group name's origins.[13] Jones has re-confirmed this story on several occasions since, most recently on a May 9, 2012 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Stax historian Rob Bowman has averred that the reason the label obscured the story of the meaning of name "The M.G.'s" (and concocted the "Memphis Group" explanation) was to avoid any possible claims of trademark infringement from the manufacturers of the car.
The latest story is that Stax Records already had one hit group called the Triumphs and wanted to name the new group after another British sports cars.
From Wikipedia:
For many years, the "official" story was that the band name "The M.G.'s" was meant to stand for "Memphis Group", not the MG sports car. However, this has proved not to be the case.[11]
Musician and record producer Chips Moman, active in Stax Records when the band was formed, for many years claimed that the band was named after his MG sports car, and only after he left the label did Stax's publicity department declare that "M.G." stood for "Memphis Group". To lend some credibility to this story, Moman had played with Jones and Steinberg in an earlier Stax backing group called the Triumphs, which was also named after his car.[12]
Jones, in a 2007 interview on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, confirmed Moman's account of the group name's origins.[13] Jones has re-confirmed this story on several occasions since, most recently on a May 9, 2012 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Stax historian Rob Bowman has averred that the reason the label obscured the story of the meaning of name "The M.G.'s" (and concocted the "Memphis Group" explanation) was to avoid any possible claims of trademark infringement from the manufacturers of the car.
