There are plenty of greatest-hits-type collections out there for those interested in Otis Redding's pop and R&B chart impact, and at first glance, Lonely & Blue: The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding seems like another of those, but this is different.
Soul Finger is the debut album of The Bar-Kays, recorded by Tom Dowd and Chris Huston. The instrumental band, was tutored by Al Jackson, Jr. And the other members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Once an unknown entity outside of music circles in Memphis, Tennessee, the song "Green Onions" quickly changed all that for Booker T. & The MG's. They are now considered by many to have defined (southern) Soul music.