McCartney Times

Released in 1970, McLemore Avenue is an instrumental soul reimagining of The Beatles Abbey Road album, which was released a few months earlier in September 1969. Comprised almost entirely of covers, the album also boasts a portrait of Booker T. & the M.G.s recreating The Beatles’ iconic artwork for Abbey Road.

The photo for McLemore Avenue was taken at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the address of Stax Studios in Memphis, where Booker T. had been a regular session musician. In mid-’62, the multi-instrumentalist was joined by Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, and Al Jackson Jr. to form Booker T. & the M.G.s, who served as the studio’s house band for Stax, playing on practically every record it put out between 1962 and 1970.

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Source: Remembering Booker T. & the M.G.s’ cover of ‘Abbey Road’