Booker T. & the M.G.'s

USA, 1962–now

Stax Records' house band. Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and Al Jackson Jr. 'Green Onions' is one of the most recognisable instrumental riffs in rock history.

Influenced by

• Ray Charles
• Muddy Waters
• John Coltrane

Influenced

• Traffic
• The Rascals
• Eurythmics