Back to Back (Mar-Keys and Booker T album)

Back to Back is a live album by The Mar-Keys and Booker T & The MG's, released on Stax Records in 1967. The LP features both groups playing live on the Stax/Volt package tour of Europe. The album peaked at number 98 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.

Track listings

"Philly Dog", "Grab This Thing", and "Last Night" are performed by The Mar-Keys (i.e., Booker T. & the MG's plus the horn section of Wayne Jackson, Joe Arnold and Andrew Love). All other songs are performed by Booker T. & the MG's alone.

Side one

1. "Green Onions" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson, Jr.) - 4:55
2. "Red Beans and Rice" (Cropper, Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jackson) - 1:55
3. "Tic-Tac-Toe" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) - 2:35
4. "Hip Hug-Her" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) - 2:51
5. "Philly Dog" (Rufus Thomas) - 3:14

Side two

1. "Grab This Thing" (Cropper) - 2:55
2. "Last Night" (Charles "Packy" Axton, Gilbert Caples, Chips Moman, Herb Newman, Smoochy Smith) - 3:18
3. "Gimme Some Loving" (Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis) - 2:56
4. "Booker-Loo" (Cropper, Jones, Dunn, Jackson) - 3:18
5. "Outrage" (Cropper, Steinberg, Jackson) - 2:40

Personnel

Booker T. & the MG's -

• Booker T. Jones - organ
• Steve Cropper - guitar
• Al Jackson, Jr. - drums
• Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass guitar

The Mar-Keys - Booker T. & the MG's augmented by:

• Wayne Jackson - trumpet
• Joe Arnold - alto saxophone
• Andrew Love - tenor saxophone

References