Booker T. Jones

As one fourth of Booker T. and the MGs, Dunn helped lay the foundation of Memphis soul.

Sometimes the videos that come out surrounding the release & promotion of a new album are better than the album. In other cases they just refine the…

The legendary leader of Booker T. and the MGs talks about his new album, his hometown and his early fascination with the Hammond B-3 organ.

Jones' name is synonymous with the Hammond B3 organ. At 17, he recorded the instrument's anthem, "Green Onions," with his band Booker T and The MG's. Watch him play the song all alone in the NPR Music offices — and with such joy, you'd swear he just discovered it.