SOLD OUT: Booker T. Jones
Thursday, September 17, 2026
6:30 pm Doors // 7:30 pm Music
All Ages
$89 ($107.31 w. taxes/fees) Premium Seating
$79 ($95.77 w. taxes/fees) Preferred Reserved Seating
$59 ($72.69 w. taxes/fees) Advance General Admission
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"Booker T. Jones is one of the legends of soul music. " — The New Yorker
“Jones’ name is synonymous with the Hammond B3 organ. At 17, he recorded the instrument’s anthem, “Green Onions” – NPR
Architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of modern music’s most acclaimed figures, Booker T. Jones comes to The Parkway!
As leader of the legendary Booker T. & the MGs, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and multiple GRAMMY Award winner and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Booker T. Jones is arguably the most famous Hammond B3 player in history.
From an early age, Booker T. Jones 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.
Booker 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. Nearly five decades after he first made his entrance onto the scene, Jones paved the way for modern soul music and is largely responsible for the genre’s rise and enduring popularity.
Working alongside Otis Redding, Albert King and more at Stax Records, Booker T. has also worked with Willie Nelson, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Bill Withers, and countless others. It can be argued that it was Booker T. Jones who set the cast for modern soul music and is largely responsible for its rise and enduring popularity. He pushed the music’s boundaries with his hits on Stax Records, refined it to its essence and then injected it into the nation’s bloodstream.
Outside of the band, Jones made the charts as a solo artist and produced albums for Rita Coolidge, Bill Withers, Willie Nelson's Stardust, and more and lent his trademark keyboards to many artists ranging in genre from Ray Charles to Neil Young. Booker more recently won back-to-back GRAMMY Awards in the category Best Pop Instrumental Album for his 2011 release, The Road From Memphis, where he is backed by the hip hop band The Roots, and for the 2009 album, Potato Hole, which features guests Neil Young and Drive By Truckers. He's also been in the spotlight leading an all-star band for a number of events for President Obama, the latest being an In Performance at the White House gala devoted to Memphis soul that aired on PBS.
Booker’s current album, Sound The Alarm (Stax/Concord), is critically-acclaimed and features collaborations with some of the finest talents in modern soul and R&B including Mayer Hawthorne, Anthony Hamilton, Vintage Trouble, Estelle, Gary Clark, Jr., Luke James, and more. Rolling Stone raves “Booker T. Unleashes The Blues on Sound The Alarm,” and No Depression proclaims “With…Sound The Alarm marking a brilliant return to Stax Records after 40 years, Jones is currently on tour. Catch him if you can, and change your plans to make it if you think you can’t.”
• GRAMMY Award for Lifetime Achievement
• Winner of multiple GRAMMY Awards, including Best Contemporary Instrumental, Best Rock Instrumental, and Best Pop Instrumental recordings
•Leader of the famed Stax Records house band, known for the iconic Memphis Soul sound
•”Green Onions,” an international sensation, selling more than one million copies
•Rolling Stone’s top five hundred songs of all time.
•Front man of the band Booker T. & the MGs, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 1992
•One of the first racially-integrated rock groups