{"id":2198,"date":"2011-08-30T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T17:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2011-08-30T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T17:25:05","slug":"booker-t-jones-the-road-from-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2011\/08\/30\/booker-t-jones-the-road-from-memphis\/","title":{"rendered":"Booker T. Jones &#8211; The Road From Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2200\" href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/archives\/2198\/booker_t_jones_the_road_from_memphis_201112-300x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2200\" title=\"Booker_T_Jones_The_Road_From_Memphis_201112-300x300\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Booker_T_Jones_The_Road_From_Memphis_201112-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt\u2019s  safe to say everyone loves legendary organist Booker T. His records  with the M.G.\u2019s have always been catchy, fun, groovy funk. If there is  any criticism about his records (not his live performances) it\u2019s often  because his early sound is too clean and too safe. I guess we had to  wait until Booker T. got old. Coming off the heels of 2009\u2019s <em>Potato Hole<\/em>, <em>The Road from Memphis<\/em> is  Booker T. Jones at his finest, rawest and most badass. I guess it helps  to have the Roots as your back-up band. His latest solo effort is  incredible with the only exception of a forgettable cover of Gnarls  Barkley\u2019s \u201cCrazy\u201d which has Booker T. adding a little flavor from the  original. His version of Lauryn Hill\u2019s \u201cEverything is Everything,\u201d on  the other hand, is off the chain, featuring Jones playfully hammering at  the organ with unbelievable precision towards a climaxing conclusion.  Producer Gabe Roth (Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse) manages to make most  cuts sound timeless, vintage and yet ultramodern at the same time. Songs  like the super-sonic \u201cHive\u201d perfectly exemplifies this quality while  \u201cDown in Memphis\u201d shows off Jones\u2019 time-honored soulful voice. While the  album features powerhouse collaborators the likes of Jim James (My  Morning Jacket), soul-singing phenomenon Sharon Jones and even Lou Reed,  it\u2019s Jones\u2019 quick hands that\u2019s centre stage here. It&#8217;s safe to say that  Booker T. has aged like wine and his albums will most definitely  continue to impress. (Anti,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookert.com\/\"> www.bookert.com<\/a>) <strong>Kent Davies<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s safe to say everyone loves legendary organist Booker T. His records with the M.G.\u2019s have always been catchy, fun, groovy funk. If there is any criticism about his records (not his live performances) it\u2019s often because his early sound is too clean and too safe. I guess we had to wait until Booker T. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-2198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-booker-t-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}