the house bands rhythm section created the memphis soul sound for stax records.
the house bands rhythm section created the memphis soul sound for stax records.
what house rhythm section created the memphis soul sound for stax records?
the house bands
"memphis soul" is a shimmering, sultry style of soul music produced in the 1960s and 1970s at stax records and hi records in memphis, tennessee. it featured melancholic and melodic horns, hammond organ, bass, and drums, as heard in recordings by hi's al green and stax's booker t. & the m.g.'s. the latter group also sometimes played in the harder-edged southern soul style. the hi records house band (hi rhythm section) and producer willie mitchell developed a surging soul style heard in the label's 1970s hit recordings. some stax recordings fit into this style, but had their own unique sound.
soul music
many of the songs in this style were performed by vocalists backed by the house bands of stax, hi and goldwax records. the memphis soul sound was different from the motown sound from detroit. after the rise of disco in the late 1970s, memphis soul declined somewhat in popularity. the stax museum of american soul music is dedicated to preserving the memphis sound.









































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memphis soul