About
Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) co-founded Booker T. & the M.G.'s and composed the 1962 instrumental hit "Green Onions." He was the core of Stax Records' house band, later worked as a producer and session player for artists like Bill Withers and Willie Nelson, and has received major honors including a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album (Potato Hole) and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
