Bands that sound like or inspired by Booker T and the MGs

November 9, 2012 9:44 PM

I love Booker T and the MGs and that fusion of synthesizer as the lead vocalist in a funk band... are there any modern bands replicating this style?

Or even older bands I should check out that match the style?

(bonus points if any other made a Christmas album nearly as badass as Booker T and the MG's "In the Christmas Spirit")

posted by Unsomnambulist to media & arts (6 answers total)

May be a little too out there for what you're looking for, but give Praxis a try.
posted by mannequito at 11:52 PM on November 9, 2012

Definitely The Meters, especially the earlier albums. And more recently, The Diplomats of Solid Sound.
posted by bricoleur at 4:49 AM on November 10, 2012

The James Taylor Quartet and not as similar but check out Herbie Mann's 'Live at the Whiskey A Go Go'.
posted by oh pollo! at 4:51 AM on November 10, 2012

Oh, you want a Christmas album?
posted by bricoleur at 5:03 AM on November 10, 2012 [1 favorite]

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
posted by monkeymike at 6:44 AM on November 10, 2012

This band, doing a cover of Lauryn Hill's Everything is Everything? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASHV-Vt4eCM&feature=related

Not sure if I like that live version better, or this studio version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61c4FgxZz8
posted by at at 1:20 AM on November 11, 2012