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Atlantic records stealing souls10/18/2023 Having said that, the play does follow the musical chronological timeline of Stax, the main characters are Stax founder Jim Stewart, his sister and company co-owner Estelle Axton, promotions man and eventual owner Al Bell, and the Stax public relations director and glue that helped hold everything together, Deanie Parker.Īrtists portrayed in the show both musically and with substantial dialogue include Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Booker T. This is a musical for stage and in its current incarnation it is loosely based on and inspired by the history of Stax Records. This is not a documentary or an HBO series that factually chronicles every detail of one of the most complicated stories in American history. Stax historians, keep your snapping-finger shirts on. So I went again the next night as just fan of the music. I tried to be objective but the Stax historian in me couldn’t help passing judgment on this line and that character and this song and that horn riff. The first night, I felt like I was seeing the life of Stax pass before my eyes. Having helped with the planning of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music some 20 years ago and having lived and breathed Stax Records ever since, I felt like I was going to see my first born’s life story depicted on stage with no idea of how it was going to play out. I’ll admit that I was nervous about going to the world premier of SOUL: The Stax Musical at Baltimore Center Stage theater recently. Communications Director, Stax Museum of American Soul Music/Soulsville Foundation
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