WARNING! If you're allergic to onions, even the sight of 'em, this video might prove to be too much for you, !! Based (at least in the beginning) on the famous "Green Onions" instru classic (although there's hardly any green onion visible in the video, ha, ha!), this is a HIGHLY improvised lead guitar mayhem altogether and if you find any noticeable structure in here PLEASE let me know! Cut as a 'just for kicks' effort during my infamous '97 session, it just rolls along with some lunatic (WHAT?) handling the guitar in a way that should call for criminal offense and noise pollution of the highest degree!! Oh well, I had my fun while it lasted, so... Trivia... Booker T. & the MG's is an instrumental R&B band that was influential in shaping the sound of southern soul and Memphis soul. The band was formed as the house band of Stax Records, providing backing music for a variety of singers such as Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla and Rufus Thomas and J! ohnnie Taylor. In summer 1962, seventeen-year-old keyboardist Booker T. Jones, twenty-year-old guitarist Steve Cropper, bass player Lewie Steinberg, and Al Jackson Jr., a drummer making his debut with the company, were in the Memphis studio to back up former Sun Records star Billy Lee Riley. During downtime, the four started playing around with a bluesy little organ ditty reminiscent of Ray Charles. Jim Stewart, the president of Stax Records, liked what he heard and hit the "record" button. He liked
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