Description The long-awaited memoir of Booker T.
Jones continues to record and tour international, both as a solo artist and as head of the "Booker T\'s Stax Revue.".
Along with the band, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. & the M.
G.\'s, he has worked with countless award-winning artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has earned a Grammy Award for lifeTime achievement.
Best known as the frontman of the band Booker T.
Jones is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger.
About the Author Booker T.
Culminating with a definitive account into the inner workings of the Stax label, as well as a fascinating portrait of working with many of the era\'s most legendary performers-Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Tom Jones, among them-this extraordinary memoir promises to become a landmark moment in the history of Southern Soul.
Time is Tight is the deeply moving account of how Jones balanced the brutality of the segregationist South with the loving support of his family and community, all while transforming a burgeoning studio into a musical mecca.
Nearly five decades later, Jones\'s influence continues to help define the music industry, but only now is he ready to tell his remarkable life story. and the MGs, whose recordings went on to sell millions of copies, win a place in Rolling Stone\'s list of top 500 songs of all time, and help forge collaborations with some of the era\'s most influential artists, including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Sam & Dave.
Not long after, he would form the genre-defining group Booker T.
While he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, Jones, on the side, was also recording sessions in what became the famous Stax Studios-all while still in high school.
Jones\'s earliest years in segregated Memphis, music was the driving force in his life.
From Booker T.
Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music.
Description The long-awaited memoir of Booker T
