Green Onions

Booker T. Jones performing his instrumental hit "Green Onions" with a little help from Leon Russell. I am not sure about the lyrics here, Leon might just be riffing.

You Don't Miss Your Water

William Bell Performing "You Don't Miss Your Water" with Booker T. Jones on organ at the White House.

Born Under A Bad Sign

Gary Clark, Jr., Booker T. Jones and John Mayer performing "Born Under A Bad Sign".

Green Onions

One of the most successful instrumentals from the rock era—Booker T Jones performing his song "Green Onions" with Daryl Hall.

Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones performs an NPR Tiny Desk Concert in this video. At 17 years old, Jones wrote and recorded what become one of the iconic instrumental performances of the Rock Era. As Booker T. and the MG's, he recorded this song—"Green Onions"—in 1962.

Almost 50 years later, Jones performs that song in this video, and well as discussing how he began playing the organ. Also on this video are performances of "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "Down in Memphis".



A early 60's performance from the the TV show Shindig. Obviously. this was In the days when Blacks were allowed to perform on such shows, but not yet allowed to be included with the dancers. Also this clip ends with a very amusing plug for milk. I suppose the idea was to associate Rock 'n Roll with something wholesome like milk. That and sports drinks had not been invented yet then.