I watched a Public TV show the other day,
"Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story," after reading about it in the J-S. That's why I found it curious when I read Barbara Dembski's short column in today's editorial section. She mentioned her wonderful visit to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music last spring and Stax's 50th anniversary. The Stax artists she mentioned in the one paragraph "Quick Hit" included Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs, The Staples Singers and Sam & Dave.
I found it more curious that Barbara's editorial paragraph was in the same section of the paper as the ad for
Waukesha BluesFest, the fest this weekend at Naga-Waukee featuring Booker T. and the MGs and Mavis Staples. My BluesFest flier tells me Booker T. and the MGs provided instrumental backing for Sam & Dave and Otis Redding, among others.
Booker T. and the MGs are performing at 9:00 Friday, Aug. 10th and Mavis Staples at 9:00 Saturday, Aug. 11th. Many other artists will be performing between 1:00 and 10:30 p.m. both days, with food and drink available. I would like to go but tickets are around $40.00 per day so I don't know. If you're interested, tickets are still available at all Waukesha State Bank locations as well as Almont Gallery and Citizens Bank of Mukwonago.
