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Booker T. Jones

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American musician

United StatesMusiciansBorn 1944 · age 81
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Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked as a session musician with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Booker T. Jones's childhood home on Edith Avenue in Memphis, TennesseeBooker T. Jones's childhood home on Edith Avenue in Memphis, TennesseeBooker T. playing organ at the Petaluma Wine, Jazz and Blues Festival, August 2009Booker T. playing organ at the Petaluma Wine, Jazz and Blues Festival, August 2009Booker T. playing guitar at Kitchener Bluesfest in 2013Booker T. playing guitar at Kitchener Bluesfest in 2013

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Awards 1

2012Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 81
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21 languages

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