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THE MAR-KEYS
THE MEMPHIS HORNS
BIOGRAPHY
Previously named The Royal Spades, then resident backing band on most Stax / Volt records from the first Satellite days, The Mar-Keys were usualy composed, after the mid 60's, of Booker T. & The MG's, plus Isaac Hayes and the horns of Wayne Jackson (trumpet), Andrew Love (tenor sax) and Joe Arnold (baritone sax). Packy Axton, son of Estelle Axton, co-founder of Stax, set up the band at the end of the 50's from college mates. Other members were Floyd Newman (the "Ooh Last Night" man), Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Don Nix, Gene Parker, Ben Branch, Bob Syder and many others. They were widely responsible for marshalling the Stax Sound. In the last years of Stax, they changed their name to the Memphis Horns, composed of Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love with various other horn players (see back of page). Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love still record today as The Memphis Horns.
STAX AND ATLANTIC MAR-KEYS DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
Satellite 107 : Last
Night / Night Before
Stax 112 : Morning After / Diana
Stax 114 : About Noon / Sack O Woe
Stax 115 : Foxy / One Degree North
Stax 121 : Popeye Stroll / Po-Dunk
Stax 124 : What's Happenin' / You Got It/ What's Happenin'
Tonight (alternate B side)
Stax 129 : Sack O Woe / Sailor Man Waltz
Stax 133 : Bo-Time / The Dribble
Stax 156 : Bush Bash / Beach Bash
Stax 166 : Banana Juice / The Shovel
Stax 181 : Grab This Thing, Part I / Grab This Thing, Part II
Stax 185 : Philly Dog / Honey Pot
Stax 0029 : Double Or Nothing / Knock On Wood
NB : some titles under the name of Booker T. & The MG's can also be considered as Mar-Keys records as they include horns. Other Stax instrumental singles or B-Sides are also quite Mar-Keys records, such as Floyd Newman, Sir Isaac & The Do-Dads and the Van-Dells, Sir Mack Rice's "Mini Skirt Minnie, pt II...
Mar-Keys Albums
LAST NIGHT - Atlantic 8055 : Morning After ; Diana ; All Right, OK, You Win ; Sticks And Stones ; Misty ; Night Before ; About Noon ; One Degree North ; Sack O Woe ; Hold It ; Ebb Tide ; Last Night. (reissued on CD)
DO THE POP-EYE - Atlantic 8062 : Pop-Eye Stroll ; Straight From The Can ; Cause I Love You ; Sit Still ; Muscl A-Comin' Home ; Wimp-Burger ; Squint Eye ; Pop-Eye Rider ; Gonna Work Out Fine ; Too Pooped To Pop-Eye ; Sweet P Crawl ; Sailor Man Waltz. (reissued on CD)
THE GREAT MEMPHIS SOUND - Stax 707 : Honey Pot ; Plantation Inn ; I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) ; Cleo's Back ; Grab This Thing, Parts I & II ; Philly Dog ; Walking With The Duke ; The Girl From Ipanema ; In The Mood ; Dear James Medley. (reissued on CD)
RHYTHM AND
BLUES SHOW AT THE OLYMPIA - French Stax 69005 (part) :
Grab This Thing.
(no CD re-issue)
BACK TO BACK - Stax 720 (part) : Philly Dog ; Grab This Thing ; Last Night. (reissued on CD)
THE STAX / VOLT REVUE VOLUME ONE LIVE IN LONDON - Stax 721 (part) : Philly Dog. (reissued on CD)
DAMIFIKNOW - Stax 2025 : Mustang Sally/Never Loved A Man/Knock On Wood/Day Dream/Double or Nothing//Coffee Cup/Black/One With Sugar/Jive Man/Soul Man/Heads Or Tails. (reissued on CD)
MEMPHIS EXPERIENCE - Stax 2036 : Cloud Nine/After The Affair/Reach Out I'll Be There//Angel Dust/Hummingbird/Let It Be/Creeper's Funkatrations. (reissued on CD)
Mar-Keys Ace/Fantasy CDs
Ace 040: Last
Night (live at the 5/4 Ballroom).
Ace 042: Hippy Dippy ; Ace 044 (part): Philly Dog ; Last
Night (live, Stax Tour 67).
Ace 074: Slinky.
Ace 102: Per-Culating.
Ace 117: Candy / Peppy / Raw-Hide / Gigglin' / Made In
Memphis / Soul Twist / Settle Down / Blue Peanut / Tighten Up /
Saucy / Sassy / The Floyd.
Ace 819: Whot's happenin'.
Fantasy SCD-88041-2 (double CD): Last Night/Do The Pop-Eye
See also the 3 CD Box Sets for the singles A sides and check Concord Records and www.rhino.com for all Stax reissues and compilation CDs availability.
MEMPHIS HORNS
VARIOUS MEMBERS
(IN ADDITION TO WAYNE JACKSON, ANDREW LOVE AND JOE ARNOLD)
ED LOGAN +
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Saxophone. Born in Memphis, TN in 1945. Died
in April 2000. Worked with the Bill Black Combo, then
went to studio recording and association with the Memphis
Horns until the mid 70's, recording on numerous Stax
tracks. With them, he recorded for Al Green, Stephen
Stills, Rod Stewart, B.J. Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Elvis
Presley (Suspicious Minds, In The Ghetto, Kentucky Rain).
He also, played on Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved
A Man The Way I Love You" and many other sessions at
Fame and Hi. In the 90's, he was in the group Coupe
DeVille. Knowing each other since they were 20,
trumpetist Wayne Jackson said: "Ed was a great
fellow. He had the biggest heart in the world. All he
wanted to do was play his saxophone, and he was able to
do that." Thanks to Sandy Logan. click for a sound sample of Ed Logan blowing his horn |
JAMES MITCHELL +
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Willie Mitchell's brother, baritone
sax. He died in Memphis of heart failure on December 18th,
2000 at 69. He was born on May 15th, 1931 in Memphis.
During his career, James Mitchell, like his arrangements
have appeared on well over 300 gold records. The artist
he's performed and recorded with is staggering. From
Willie Mitchell , Don Bryant , Ann Peebles , Al Green and
Otis Clay to Aretha Franklin, (including the Live at
Fillmore East album), O.V. Wright, The Doobie Brothers,
Robert Cray, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Sam and Dave,
Johnny Taylor, Joan Baez, B.B. King and Elvis Presley. Thanks to Paul Brown (http://paulbrownmusic.netfirms.com/mitchel.html) |
JACK HALE
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Trombone, trumpet, french horn.
Apart from many Stax recordings, he played on most Al
Green and Ann Peebles tracks for Hi, on several Elvis
Presley records and on many C&W records. Looking for more details. |
LEWIS COLLINS
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Sax, flute, horn. He played on Stax
records such as Rufus Thomas' Funky Chicken, The Temprees'
Dedicated To The One I Love and several Isaac hayes and
Albert King LPs. Recorded also on Hi with Al Green, Ann Peebles, etc. Looking for more details. |
BOB SNYDER
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Sax, baritone, flute. He played on Knock On Wood and In The Midnight Hour among others, Though he stayed only at Stax for around 2 years. He is still well and alive. |
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