#staxrecords

#staxrecords is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records. For all of our Pocket Percussion fans we wanted to share some of the history of legendary #drummer #aljacksonjr and #stax.
Stax was influential in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music. Stax also released gospel, funk, and blues recordings. Renowned for its output of blues music, the label was founded by two siblings and business partners, Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton (Stewart/AXton = Stax). It featured several popular ethnically integrated bands (including the label's house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s) and a racially integrated team of staff and artists unprecedented in that time of racial strife and tension in Memphis and the South. According to ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman, the label's use of "one studio, one equipment set-up, the same set of musicians and a small group of songwriters led to a readily identifiable sound. It was a sound based in black gospel, blues, country, and earlier forms of rhythm and blues (R&B). It became known as southern soul music."
Following the death of Stax's biggest star, Otis Redding, in 1967, and the severance of the label's distribution deal with Atlantic Records in 1968, Stax continued primarily under the supervision of a new co-owner, Al Bell. Over the next five years, Bell expanded the label's operations significantly, in order to compete with Stax's main rival, Motown Records in Detroit. During the mid-1970s, a number of factors, including a problematic distribution deal with CBS Records, caused the label to slide into insolvency, resulting in its forced closure in late 1975.
Stax and #soulmusic is such a big part of what we teach at #pocketpercussion we wanted to give all of our students and youtubers an exclusive tour this icon and legendary recording studio and museum.
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[@calford4710]

Thanks for the video! Al Jackson Jr. is my drumming hero. I hope to visit here one day, it's looks like such an amazing place!

[@PocketPercussion]

Hey there
Thanks so much for the message :)
How good is Al? We want to feature him more on our channel. It’s such a special and spiritual place at stax! That’s why i wanted to make a tribute on the channel for people who haven’t been able to go :)

[@yvonmcgarry2322]

"Promosm" 😚