The MG's (album)

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The MG's
The MG's cover
Studio album by The MG's
Released 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Southern soul, Instrumental rock
Label Stax
Producer Donald "Duck" Dunn
Al Jackson, Jr.
Professional reviews
The MG's chronology
Melting Pot
(1971)		 The MG's
(1973)		 Union Extended
(1976)

The MG's is a 1973 album recorded by The MG's for Stax Records. Both frontman Booker T. Jones and guitarist Steve Cropper were estranged from Stax by 1973. Remaining members Donald "Duck" Dunn and Al Jackson, Jr. recruited Bobby Manuel to replace Cropper and Carson Whitsett to replace Jones. [1]

Billed as The MG's since Jones was not involved with the project, the group released two singles, "Sugar Cane" and "Neck Bone", both neither of these singles, nor the album, were commercially successful. [1] By 1975, Jones and Cropper agreed to reform the original lineup with Jackson and Dunn, but just days before their scheduled reunion, Jackson was murdered at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. [2]

Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] Side one

  1. "The M.G.'s"
  2. "Sugar Cane"
  3. "Neck Bone"
  4. "Spare Change"
  5. "Leaving the Past"

[edit] Side two

  1. "Left Overs (Bucaramanga)"
  2. "Black Side"
  3. "One of a Kind"
  4. "Frustration"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. New York: Schirmer Trade. p. 302-303. ISBN 0825672848
  2. ^ Bowman, Rob. (1997). p. 364