Ryman Auditorium, here
Sam and Dave, here
Sam Phillips Recording Service, here, here, here, here, here, here
Sanders, Dorothy, here
Sanders, Will Roy, here
“Satisfaction” (song), here
Savage, Randy “Macho Man”, here
Schneider, Peter, here
Scorsese, Martin, here
Searching for Robert Johnson (Guralnick), here, here, here
Sellers, Peter, here
Selvidge, Sid, here, here, here, here, here
The Session (album), here
Sex Pistols, here
Shadows (film), here
Shaffer, Paul, here, here
Shakespeare, Robbie, here
Shakey Jake, here
Shaw, Robert, here
“She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye” (song), here
Shelley, Steve, here, here, here
“She’s Puttin’ Something in My Food” (song), here
“She Still Comes Around (To Love What’s Left of Me)” (song), here
“Shimmy She Wobble” (song), here
Shines, Johnny, here
Sikes, Stuart, here
“Silent Night” (song), here
Simone, Nina, here
Singleton, John, here
Singleton, Shelby, here, here
The Sixties (Anderson), here
“61 Highway” (song), here
Slim Rhodes Band, here
Sly and Robbie, here
Smith, Elliott, here
Smith, RJ, here
“Smokestack Lightnin’ ” (song), here
Solo Piano (album), here
Songs the Lord Taught Us (album), here
Sonic Youth, here, here, here, here, here
Southern Comfort (film), here
Spake, Jim, here
Spector, Phil, here
Spencer, Robert. See Johnson, Robert
Springsteen, Bruce, here
Stanton, Harry Dean, here
Staples, Mavis, here
Starr, Ringo, here
Stax Records, here, here, here, here, here, here
Sterling Grill, here
Stevens, Shawn Michelle, here
Stewart, Rod, here
Stranded in Canton (film), here, here, here, here, here, here
Streets of Fire (film), here
Stuart, Marty, here
Sunnyland Slim, here
Sun Records
and Johnny Cash, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
and Quinton Claunch, here
and B. B. Cunningham, here
and Charlie Feathers, here, here, here, here, here, here
influence on Tav Falco, here
and Roland Janes, here, here
and Bill Justis, here
and Stephen LaVere, here
and Jerry Lee Lewis, here, here, here, here, here
and Jerry McGill, here, here, here
and Carl Perkins, here, here, here, here, here, here
and Sam Phillips recording philosophy, here, here
and Elvis Presley, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
sale of, here
and Mose Vinson, here
“Suspicious Minds” (song), here, here
Swaggart, Jimmy, here, here
Sweet Soul Music (Guralnick), here
“Take It Off” (song), here
Take Me to the Limit (album), here
“Tammy” (song), here
Tatum, Art, here
Teagarden, Jack, here
Teal, Alex, here
Tee, Willie, here
Televista, here
Tennessee Waltz (Mud Boy’s farewell performance), here
“Tennessee Waltz” (song), here
That ’70s Show (TV show), here
“That Ain’t Right” (song), here
“That’s All Right” (song), here
“That’s How Strong My Love Is” (song), here
Theatre of Cruelty, here, here
“The Road to Memphis” (episode of The Blues), here
“Thirty Nine and Holding” (song), here
Thomas, Rufus, here, here, here, here
Thomas, Sharde, here, here, here
Thompson, Carrie Spencer, here, here, here
Thurman, Billy. See McGill, Jerry
“Tina, the Go Go Queen” (song), here
“Tiny Hineys and Hogs” (song), here
“Tongue-Tied Jill” (song), here
Toni (Fieldstones’s drummer), here, here
Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, here
Tosches, Nick, here
“The Train Kept A-Rollin’ ” (song), here, here
Tubb, Ernest, here
Tucker, Ken, here
Tuff Green and the Rocketeers, here
Turner, Archie “Hubbie,” here
Turner, Otha
and Behind the Magnolia Curtain, here
early music experiences of, here
as Tav Falco influence, here
fife and drum picnic of, here, here, here, here, here
and North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, here
photographs of, here, here, here, here
as teacher of fife, here
“Turn on Your Love Light” (song), here, here
“Twilight” (song), here, here
Twitty, Conway, here
“Uh Huh Honey” (song), here
Unapproachable Panther Burns
and Alex Chilton, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
and Jim Dickinson, here, here, here
and Tav Falco, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
and Charlie Feathers, here
“Un Poco Loco” (song), here
Uttal, Larry, here
Van Eaton, J. M., here, here
Van Zandt, Townes, here
Vaughan, Sarah, here
Vaughn, Ben, here
Vertov, Dziga, here
Very Extremely Dangerous (film), here, here
Vestine, Henry, here
Vinson, Mose, here, here, here, here
“Volare” (song), here
“Waiting Around to Die” (song), here
Walden, Phil, here
“Walking the Floor Over You” (song), here
“Walking to New Orleans” (song), here
Wammack, Travis, here
Warner Bros, here
Washington, Butterfly, here
Waters, Ethel, here
Waters, Muddy, here, here
“Waymore’s Blues” (song), here
Weaver, Dennis, here
“We Can’t Seem to Remember to Forget” (song), here
Well (bar), here, here
Wenders, Wim, here
Westerberg, Paul, here, here, here
Wexler, Jerry, here
“What’d I Say” (song), here
“What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)” (song), here
What Would the Community Think (album), here
“Where Is My Love” (song), here
White, Bukka, here, here
Whitesnake, here
Whitten, J. W., here, here, here, here
Who Is Herman Green? His Music, Worthy of Note (album), here
“Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” (song), here, here
“Wild Is the Wind” (song), here
Williams, Big Joe, here
Williams, Don, here
Williams, Hank
compared to Charlie Feathers, here
death of, here
and Grand Ole Opry, here
and Jerry Lee Lewis, here
and The Louisiana Hayride, here
as songwriter, here, here, here, here, here, here
Williams, R. E., here
Willie Nelson & Friends (TV special), here
Willi
s, Ernest, here, here, here
Winogrand, Garry, here
Withers, Ernest, here
Woods, Johnny, here, here, here
World Pacific, here
World’s Greatest Soul Singer (album), here
“Would You Take Another Chance on Me” (song), here
Wright, O. V., here, here
Wyman, Bill, here
Yardbirds, here
Young, Evelyn, here
Young, Lester, here
Young, Lonnie, here
“You’ve Got My Mind Messed Up” (song), here
“You Win Again” (song), here
A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
Robert Gordon is a writer and filmmaker. His books include It Came from Memphis, Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters, and Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion. He won a Grammy for his liner notes to the Big Star boxed set Keep an Eye on the Sky. His film work includes producing and directing the documentaries Johnny Cash’s America and William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton. His Best of Enemies, about William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal, was shortlisted for an Oscar and won an Emmy. Gordon lives in Memphis.
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Respect Yourself
The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A monument to racial harmony in blighted south Memphis, Stax explodes as a national player during the civil rights movement. Then, Icarus-like, the heights its leaders achieve result in their tragic demise. A generation later, Stax is rebuilt brick by brick and is once again transforming disenfranchised youth into stellar young musicians.
Set in the world of 1960s and ’70s soul music, Respect Yourself is a story of racial integration, black power, economic independence, and an explosive city struggling through volatile years: Memphis, Tennessee. Its characters include Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, and Stax’s house band Booker T. and the MG’s. Told by one of our leading music journalists, Respect Yourself is the definitive story of one of our most treasured cultural institutions and the city that created it.
“A joyous and heartbreaking story that says a lot about America.” —Richard Hell, The Wall Street Journal
“A spellbinding history of one of the most prolific hit-making independent record companies in the history of American music.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“The voices of the members of the Stax family, and Gordon’s deep knowledge of Memphis, give the book a significance that extends beyond a single recording studio.” —The New York Times Book Review
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