.

Booker T And The MGs' Lewie Steinberg Dead At 82

07/26/2016
.
Booker T And The MGs

(Classic Rock) Booker T And The MGs' original bassist Lewie Steinberg has died aged 82, the Stax Museum has confirmed. The late musician joined iconic blues label Stax Records in 1961 for bass duties with the studio's session band, the Mar-Keys.

A year later, drummer Al Jackson Jr and organist Booker T Jones jammed a riff they had been playing in clubs prior to recording a jingle. Co-owner Jim Stewart recorded them and helped them write what would become Booker T And The MGs' R&B chart-topping hit, Green Onions.

Steinberg appeared on the band's 1962 debut full-length album, Green Onions and 1965 follow-up Soul Dressing. He was eventually replaced by Donald 'Duck' Dunn - though he was inducted alongside his former bandmates in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2002. Read more here.

Classic Rock Magazine is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
Copyright Classic Rock Magazine- Excerpted here with permission.

Booker T And The MGs Music, DVDs, Books and more

Booker T And The MGs T-shirts and Posters

Booker T And The MGs Tickets/Tour Dates

More Booker T And The MGs News

Share this article

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it Share on Reddit email this article


Related Stories
Booker T And The MGs' Lewie Steinberg Dead At 82


More Stories for Booker T And The MGs

Booker T And The MGs Music



advertisement