Booker T. & The MG's Concert History

Booker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental rhythm & blues band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists such as Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor and Albert King.

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 10, 2007
"Waukesha Blues Fest" / Booker T. & The MG's / Eddie Shaw & The Wolfgang / The Holmes Brothers / Patrick Sweany

Waukesha Blues Fest

Naga-Waukee Park Delafield, Wisconsin, United States
Aug 09, 2007
Booker T. & The MG's

Booker T. & The MG's at Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

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Dakota Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Aug 08, 2007
Booker T. & The MG's

Booker T. & The MG's at Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

Dakota Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Jun 22, 2007
"Stax Records 50th Anniversary Celebration" / isaac hayes / Booker T. & The MG's / Mavis Staples / Angie Stone

Stax Records 50th Anniversary Celebration

Orpheum Theatre Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Jun 13, 2007
Booker T. & The MG's Rockefeller Park New York, New York, United States
May 07, 2006
Beale Street Music Festival
"Beale Street Music Festival" / Yellowcard / Billy Lee Riley / Hubert Sumlin & G.E. Smith / Staind / Hubert Sumlin / Gov't Mule / Galactic / Ann Rabson / Eisley / Trapt / Booker T. & The MG's / Robert Belfour / Chicago / Blues Traveler / James Brown / Janiva Magness / G.E. Smith / Johnny Winter / Paul Thorn / Malpais / Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women / Shinedown / 10 Years Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
May 05, 2006
Beale Street Music Festival 2006
Cake / Trapt / Shemekia Copeland / Gin Blossoms / Yellowcard / Eisley / Train / Three Days Grace / Jerry Lee Lewis / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Shinedown / Puddle of Mudd / 10 Years / Slightly Stoopid / Jason Mraz / Staind / Blues Traveler / Bruce Hornsby / Zac Brown Band / Gov't Mule / Galactic / Little Richard / Yonder Mountain String Band / Bryan Adams / james brown / Gomez / B.B. King / Bo Diddley / Johnny Winter / Eric Sardinas / Huey Lewis And The News / The Romantics / Needtobreathe / Augustine / George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic / Devon Allman's Honeytribe / Paul Thorn / big star / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women / Janiva Magness / Rod Piazza And The Mighty Flyers / Booker T. & The MG's / John Lee Hooker jr. / Billy Lee Riley / Robert "Wolfman" Belfour / The Bar-Kays / Lazy Lester / Malpais / Big Jack Johnson / Mafia / Billy Gibson / Hemphill / three 6 / Duwayne Burnside & Mississippi Mafia / Marty Casey & Love Hammers / Hubert Sumlin With G.E. Smith / Richard Johnston & Jessie Mae Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for May 05, 2006
Oct 14, 2005
Booker T. & The MG's
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B.B. King Blues Club New York, New York, United States
Jul 02, 2005
"Montreux Jazz Festival" / Earl Thomas / Queens of the Stone Age / Booker T. & The MG's

Montreux Jazz Festival

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Various Venues Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Jul 01, 2005 –
Jul 16, 2005
Montreux Jazz Festival 2005
Queens of the Stone Age / James Blunt / Kasabian / The Roots / Alice Cooper / Garbage / Audioslave / The Hives / Elvis Costello / Craig David / Tori Amos / Patti Smith / Kraftwerk / Crosby, Stills & Nash / Buena Vista Social Club / CHIC / The Corrs / Eagles of Death Metal / George Benson / Steve Earle / B.B. King / Antony & The Johnsons / Booker T. & The MG's / Jose Feliciano / Brian Wilson / Billy Preston / The Robert Cray Band / Marianne Faithfull / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / George Duke / Isaac Hayes / Solomon Burke Show all bands
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Unknown venue Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
May 22, 2005
"Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival" / Booker T. & The MG's / Delbert McClinton / Shemekia Copeland

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival

Sandy Point State Park Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Apr 25, 2005
Booker T. & The MG's / The Bo-Keys / William Bell / Mable John / Eddie Floyd
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Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 04, 2004 –
Jun 06, 2004
Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
John Mayer / Eric Clapton / Santana / James Taylor / ZZ Top / Joe Walsh / Jeff Beck / Buddy Guy / Booker T. & The MG's / Vince Gill / B.B. King / Steve Vai / Pat Metheny / Jonny Lang / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / The Robert Cray Band / John McLaughlin / larry carlton / Jimmie Vaughan / J.J. Cale / Bo Diddley Show all bands
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Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Dallas, Texas, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 04, 2004
Aug 07, 2003
George Thorogood & The Destroyers / Booker T. & The MG's

George Thorogood & The Destroyers / Booker T. & The MG's at Summer Nights @ South Lake Union

Summer Nights @ South Lake Union Seattle, Washington, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 07, 2003
May 02, 2003
Beale Street Music Festival 2003
John Mayer / Jack Johnson / Evanescence / 3 Doors Down / Sheryl Crow / ZZ Top / Wilco / Seether / Willie Nelson / Ben Harper / LL Cool J / Matt Nathanson / The B-52's / Joe Cocker / Steve Winwood / India.Arie / Gomez / Booker T. & The MG's / Jerry Lee Lewis / Nappy Roots / Nickel Creek / Jonny Lang / Default / The Gap Band / Lucero / The Bar-Kays / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Susan Tedeschi / Cross Canadian Ragweed / North Mississippi Allstars / Graham Colton / big star / Popa Chubby / Ingram Hill / Cory Branan / Donna the Buffalo / Franky Perez / Billy Lee Riley / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Bob Weir & RatDog / Caitlin Cary / Hubert Sumlin / jimmy thackery / Anthony Gomes / Precious Bryant / little milton / Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown / Koko Taylor / Jim Dickinson / Blind Mississippi Morris / Richard Johnston / Pinetop perkins / T Model Ford / Bob Cheevers / Gamble Brothers Band / Michelle Penn / Kirk Smithhart Band / Robert "Wolfman" Belfour / Kelley Hurt / Mok-kyung Kim Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Jul 10, 1999
Booker T. & The MG's / Jazz is Dead / The Derek Trucks Band Winter Island Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 08, 1999 –
Jul 11, 1999
Little Richard / Booker T. & The MG's / Smokey Robinson

Ottawa Bluesfest 1999

LeBreton Flats Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jul 05, 1999
Beale Street Music Festival 1999
Goo Goo Dolls / Sheryl Crow / Kansas / Skillet / Cheap Trick / Collective Soul / Hootie & the Blowfish / Fuel / Peter Frampton / Rusted Root / Booker T. & The MG's / Dr. John / Better Than Ezra / Los Lobos / G. Love & Special Sauce / Fastball / Sammy Hagar / Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Jonny Lang / Galactic / The Bar-Kays / Clarence Carter / moe. / Robin Trower / Susan Tedeschi / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / North Mississippi Allstars / Kirk Whalum / Leftover Salmon / big star / Bobby "blue" Bland / James Cotton / Marcia Ball / Tinsley Ellis / Corey Harris / The Williams Brothers / Billy Lee Riley / Bernard Allison / Burlap to Cashmere / Guitar Shorty / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Lois Lane / Wilson Pickett / R.L. Burnside / David Honeyboy Edwards / Jimmy D. Lane / Koko Taylor / Mason Ruffner / Freeworld / Junkyardmen / Reba Russell / Eddie the Chief Clearwater / John Mohead / Jimmy Thackeray & the Drivers / Youngblood Hart / Riverbluff Clan / Associates (USA) Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Sep 02, 1995
Concert for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Chuck Berry / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band / John Mellencamp / Martha Reeves / Bon Jovi / Eric Burdon / Melissa Etheridge / Dr. John / The Pretenders / Jackson Browne / Aretha Franklin / John Fogerty / Soul Asylum / Lou Reed / Gin Blossoms / Sheryl Crow / George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic / The Kinks / Heart / Jerry Lee Lewis / Natalie Merchant / Robbie Robertson / Bruce Hornsby / Bob Dylan / Booker T. & The MG's / Sam Moore / Slash / Boz Scaggs / Martha & The Vandellas / Little Richard / Allman Brothers Band / Al Green / johnny cash / James Brown Show all bands
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Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Neil Young / Booker T. & The MG's / Pearl Jam / Blind Melon on Sep 4, 1993 [289-small]

Neil Young / Booker T. & The MG's / Pearl Jam / Blind Melon
Sep 4, 1993
 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 on Jun 4, 2004 [701-small]

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
Jun 4 - 6, 2004
 Dallas, Texas, United States
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Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 on Jun 4, 2004 [114-small]

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
Jun 4 - 6, 2004
 Dallas, Texas, United States
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Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 on Jun 4, 2004 [115-small]

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
Jun 4 - 6, 2004
 Dallas, Texas, United States
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Neil Young / Booker T. & The MG's / Pearl Jam / Blind Melon on Sep 4, 1993 [401-small]

Neil Young / Booker T. & The MG's / Pearl Jam / Blind Melon
Sep 4, 1993
 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Creedence Clearwater Revival / Booker T. & The MG's / Wilbert Harrison on Sep 19, 1970 [923-small]

Creedence Clearwater Revival / Booker T. & The MG's / Wilbert Harrison
Sep 19, 1970
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Creedence Clearwater Revival / Booker T. & The MG's / Wilbert Harrison on Sep 19, 1970 [933-small]

Creedence Clearwater Revival / Booker T. & The MG's / Wilbert Harrison
Sep 19, 1970
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Booker T. & The MG's had?

Booker T. & The MG's has had 56 concerts.

What genre is Booker T. & The MG's?

Booker T. & The MG's is most often considered to be Jazz, Classic Rock, Soul, Blues, R&B, Funk, Instrumental, Classic Soul, Rhythm And Blues, Southern Soul, Instrumental Rock, Traditional Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Soul Jazz, Instrumental Funk, Psychedelic Soul, Memphis Soul, and Instrumental Soul.

When was the last Booker T. & The MG's concert?

The last Booker T. & The MG's concert was on April 05, 2014 at Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas, United States.

What setlist does Booker T. & The MG's play live?

The songs that Booker T. & The MG's performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the May 02, 2010 concert at Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee, United States:

  1. Green Onions
  2. Hang 'Em High

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