Booker T. & the MG's 12th single to chart and the first to reach the top 10 since "Green Onions" in the fall of 1962, "Hang'em High" probably saved the group from being dubbed a one-hit wonder, in spite of their influential career as the house band for Stax Records.
Booker T. and the MG's Jones Reflects on Band's Hit, 'Green Onions'. (NPR, 3/5/2003)
Booker T Jones: ‘Green Onions? I’m still learning about it’. (The Irish Times, 1/5/2015)
Jones played a key role in Memphis’s 1960s soul scene, but his music looks forward, not back
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