"Interesting groove...sounds like the MGs
meet the Ventures"
Steve Cropper,
Stax producer/guitarist
McLemore Avenue won the 2010 Austin Chronicle Music Award for Best Instrumental Band
McLemore
Avenue--in the tradition of
instrumental groups like Booker T. &
the MGs, Jimmy Smith, The Meters and Medeski, Martin, & Wood--combines elements of Southern
soul,R&B, jazz and other genres with an original sound that is unique to Austin,
Texas.
McLemore
Avenue takes its name from the street
in Memphis, Tennessee where STAX Records - a name
synonymous with southern soul music - once stood. During the 1960's and
continuing into the early 1970's, STAX was home to a host of legendary
recording artists including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes - as
well as Booker T & the MGs, who performed as the STAX house band.
McLemore Avenue features Patrick Benfield on Hammond B-3 organ, Landis Armstrong on guitar, Chris Johnson on bass, and Kevin Remme on drums.
McLemore Avenue Song List
Green Onions Time is Tight Cissy Strut Hip-Hug-Her Chicken Shack Chicken Pox Summertime Melting Pot Apache Aw' Mercy Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Ham Slice FUBAR About Face The Indefatigable Jimmy Smits Texas Toast Sleep Walk Sad, But True Perfidia A Toy Robot! (The Last of the) V-8 Interceptors 926 East
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