Booker T Jones — live event on Oct 16, 2026
Booker T Jones at Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland on Fri, Oct 16, 8:00 PM. Tickets from $51.50. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
From an early age, Booker T. Jones—“one of the legends of soul music” (The New Yorker)—was captivated by the magic of melody, rhythm, and harmony. So magnetic was the attraction, in fact, that by the time he turned sixteen, he was, incredibly, already a working musician with a hit song to his name. As part of the first house band for Stax Records, he formed the category-defining group Booker T. & the MGs, whose first recording, “Green Onions,” was an international sensation, selling more than one million copies and winning a place among Rolling Stone’s top five hundred songs of all time. Not stopping there, Jones continued to push soul music’s boundaries, refining it to its essence and then injecting it into the nation’s bloodstream. From midcentury Memphis, where the brutality of segregation was a stark backdrop to the loving, supportive family and community in which he was raised, to the creative hotbed of Beale Street, the Harlem of the South; from his early friendship with figure…
Starts: Fri, Oct 16, 8:00 PM
Ends: Fri, Oct 16, 10:00 PM
Where: 3000 Northeast Alberta Street, Portland, Oregon 97211, United States
Price: $51.5
Venue: Alberta Rose Theatre
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