Contents

Foreword by Booker T. Jones

Preface: City Streets

Part 1: Integration

1. Cutting Heads and Hair (1957–1959)

2. A New Planet (1960)

3. A Capitol Idea (1960)

4. The Satellite’s Orbit (1960–1962)

5. A Banker and a Gambler (1961–1962)

6. “Green Onions” (1962)

7. Walk Right In (1962–1963)

8. The Golden Glow (1963–1965)

9. Soul Men (1963–1966)

10. A Rocket in Wing Tips (1965–1966)

11. Kings and Queens of Soul (1965–1966)

12. Unusual Success (1966)

13. Fatback Cacciatore (1967)

14. White Carnations (1967–1968)

15. “Born Under a Bad Sign” (1968)

Part 2: Independence

16. “Soul Limbo” (1968)

17. A Step off the Curb (1968)

18. The Inspirer (1968–1969)

19. The Soul Explosion (1968–1969)

20. A Pot of Neckbones (1969–1970)

21. Shaft (1971–1972)

22. Balance Sheets and Balancing Acts (1971–1972)

23. Wattstax (1972)

24. The Spirit of Memphis (1972–1974)

25. A Vexation of the Spirit (1973–1974)

26. A Soul and a Hard Place (1975)

27. “I’ll Take You There” (Epilogue)

Acknowledgments

A Wrap-up of Other Key Players

A Note on Stax Recording Equipment by René Wu

A Note on the Interviews

Selected Bibliography

Turn It Up, Baby: Notes on Sources, Reading, and Listening

Plate Section

A Note on the Author

By the Same Author