GP | Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story | PBS
December 92009
GREAT PERFORMANCES’ Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story details the story behind the legendary label that launched soul music greats — from Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes to The Staple Singers and Booker T. & the MGs — on Wednesday, August 1 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). For more information visit www.pbs.org/gperf
Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the PBS broadcast coincides with the 50th anniversary of Stax and the relaunch of the label by Concord Music Group.
One of the longest-running performing arts anthologies on television, the award-winning GREAT PERFORMANCES series presents the best in music, dance and theater. The series is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, public television viewers, and PBS. Major corporate funding is provided by UBS.
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December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I think Motown had …
I think Motown had more and better artists overall but Stax had that rawness to it’s sound and artists. Mainly because of Otis & Isaac. Motown was like the Beatles in their beginning period with tight suits and clean hair, Stax was like the later Beatles period with experiment, exciting feeling and wildness. Both great labels.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
what a great label …
what a great label stax was!
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Best soul song at 1 …
Best soul song at 1:48.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
this is the real …
this is the real deal what we need is a bit more soul and respect
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Thank you
Thank you
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Soul Finger – The …
Soul Finger – The Bar-Kays
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
What is the song at …
What is the song at 0:21?
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
One word “Respect”
One word “Respect”
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
STax Rules always …
STax Rules always has always will!!.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Thanks a lot!!
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Thanks a lot!!
Aye, but no link…
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Don’t know if …
Don’t know if you’re still searching for this, but the opening song is “‘Cause I Love You,” by Carla & Rufus Thomas.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Don’t know if …
Don’t know if you’re still searching for this, but the opening song is “Cause I Love You,” by Carla & Rufus Thomas.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
There are many fine …
There are many fine musicians, singers and songwriters out now. But I get the feeling the industry isn’t allowing them to produce the kind of music they want or are capable of producing because of the almighty buck and the tone-deaf suits’ love of mediocrity.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
“I AM SOMEBODY” …
“I AM SOMEBODY” never fails to bring chills down my spine.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
best music ever made
best music ever made
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
What’s the opening …
What’s the opening song?
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
When Otis started …
When Otis started signing “I’ve been loving you”, I fell OUT. Whoo! And the other musicians talking about hearing it for the first time…wow.
And, I love Rufus–that man is a FREAK of the highest order (I mean that with love).
Sidenote: PBS showed Wattstax a while ago–in the dead of the night. But, I was happy to run by it. Why does PBS show the best documentaries in the dead of night!
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
saw the STAX doco …
saw the STAX doco during the Memphis Tour down under this year. Awesome stuff, never ever knew! So they put me onto allmemphismusic livestream. THERE are the legends
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I saw it just a …
I saw it just a week or less ago on channel 2 (in boston). PBS. Do you have PBS broadcasted in your area? What was great about it was there was no fund raiser so the show went on nonstop, uninterrupted! It was fantastic!!! I work at night so it was broadcasted about 2 am or 3am my time.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I missed the …
I missed the programme, does anyone know how i can watch it?
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
What’s up? I tried …
What’s up? I tried to post 3 times yesterday that the song was Soul Finger…..
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
thank you, youre a …
thank you, youre a star.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
“Soul Finger” by …
“Soul Finger” by The Bar-Kays
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
What is the name of …
What is the name of that piece of music that starts at 0.22 I just gotta find out. Anyone know????
December 9th, 2009 at 3:54 am
i watched this on …
i watched this on bbc4 the other day in the uk and it is definettley worth watching some of the greatest preformers ever were on that label