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For an artist who ended a two-decade stretch between solo albums only six years ago, legendary architect of the Stax sound, leader of the MGs, and Tiburon resident Booker T. Jones has been on a creative tear. The drought-ending 2009 effort Potato Hole found the Hammond B-3 maestro collaborating on a guitar-heavy set of instrumentals with modern southern rockers the Drive-By Truckers and regular cohort Neil Young (who the keyboard player has toured with several times since the early 1990s). He followed up that Grammy-winning recording by tapping The Roots to back him for 2011's gritty soul collection The Road to Memphis with an A-list of guest vocalists, including My Morning Jacket's Yim Yames, soul belter Sharon Jones, and the late Lou Reed. His 2013 disc Sound the Alarm was his first for the revived Stax Records imprint since the landmark Melting Pot album with the MGs over 40 years earlier. The production duo of brothers Bobby and Issiah Avila added a modern sheen but stayed true to the organist's sound with soulful contributions from young turks Mayer Hawthorne, Gary Clark Jr., and Vintage Trouble. Jones and his current band play newer material and early gems like "Green Onions" and "Hip Hug-Her" from his voluminous catalog at these two Yoshi's shows.
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