Donald Dunn

Donald "Duck" Dunn (born November 24, 1941) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn is notable for the "feel" and groove of his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the MGs and as a session bassist for Stax records, which specialized in Blues and Gospel-infused southern soul and Memphis soul music styles. Dunn also performed on recordings with Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Guy Sebastian and Rod Stewart. is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In popular music groove, used in the sense of rhythm, is a term for metre and its embellishment by a rhythm section. ... Booker T. & the M.G.s is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an application programming interface (API) to read and write XML documents in the Java programming language. ... Blues music redirects here. ... Gospel music is a musical genre characterized by dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) referencing lyrics of a religious nature, particularly Christian. ... Southern soul is a style of music that falls within the larger soul music and r&b Music genres. ... Memphis soul is stylish, funky, uptown soul music that is not as hard edged as Southern soul. ... McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered the Father of Chicago blues. He is also the actual father of blues musician Big Bill Morganfield. ... Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer, best known for his recordings Hide Away, Have You Ever Loved A Woman and Going Down. // King was born Frederick Christian in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE[2] (born 30 March 1945) [3], nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... Thomas Earl Tom Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a singer and guitarist. ... Guy Theodore Sebastian (born October 26, 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and winner of the first Australian Idol TV talent competition quest in 2003. ... Rod Stewart CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England, with Scottish parentage. ...

Biography

Early life

Dunn was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Nicknamed "Duck" while watching Disney cartoons with his father one day, Dunn grew up playing sports and riding his bike with fellow future professional musician Steve Cropper. After Cropper began playing guitar with a friend named Charlie Freeman, Dunn decided to pick up the bass guitar. Eventually, along with drummer Terry Johnson, the four became "The Royal Spades". The Messick High School group picked up keyboardist Jerry "Smoochy" Smith, singer Ronnie Angel (also known as Stoots), and a budding young horn section in baritone saxophone player Don Nix, tenor saxophone player Charles "Packy" Axton, as well as trumpeter (and future co-founder of The Memphis Horns) Wayne Jackson. For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... Old logo from 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the... For other uses, see Cartoon (disambiguation). ... Steve The Colonel Cropper (born October 21, 1941) is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and soul musician. ... Don Nix was a songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author. ... The Memphis Horns are an American horn section made famous by their many appearances on Stax Records. ...

1960s: first bands

Cropper has noted how the self-taught Dunn started out playing along with records, filling in what he thought should be there. "That's why Duck Dunn's bass lines are very unique^[sic] ", Cropper said, "They're not locked into somebody's schoolbook somewhere". Axton's mother Estelle and her brother Jim Stewart owned Satellite Records and signed the group, who would have a national hit with "Last Night" in 1961 under their new name The Mar-Keys. Dunn; however, did not perform on the record, because he was fishing with his father in Mississippi. The bassist on "Last Night" was actually Lewie Steinberg whom Dunn later replaced in Booker T. & the MGs, the band Steve Cropper founded with organ and piano man Booker T. Jones in 1962. For other uses, see SIC. Sic is a Latin word, originally sicut [1] meaning thus, so, or just as that. In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material has been... Jim Stewart might refer to: Jim Stewart (Head PGA Professional), Granite Bay Golf Club (2007-present) Jim Stewart (boxer), a bare-knuckle boxer. ... Satellite Records was a record label started by Jim Stewart in October 1957. ... ... Lewie Steinberg was an American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for soul music group Booker T. & the M.G.s. ... Booker T. & the M.G.s is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Steve The Colonel Cropper (born October 21, 1941) is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and soul musician. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

While Cropper, Jones, Steinberg, and drummer Al Jackson, Jr. enjoyed the success of the MGs' smash "Green Onions", the original Mar-Keys ceased to exist. In the future, Booker T. & the MGs plus The Memphis Horns were also known as The Mar-Keys. Dunn continued to do session work with the rest of the MGs at Stax Records (formerly Satellite). He also worked at his brother Bobby's King Records Distributorship in Memphis. In 1964, he replaced Steinberg and soon after, Steinberg stopped playing sessions at Stax altogether. This article needs cleanup. ... The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were a studio session band for the Stax label from Memphis, Tennessee in the 1960s. ... Booker T. & the M.G.s is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Memphis Horns are an American horn section made famous by their many appearances on Stax Records. ... ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sideman. ... Stax Records is an American record label, originally based out of Memphis, Tennessee. ... Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an application programming interface (API) to read and write XML documents in the Java programming language. ...

Late 1960s-1970s: session musician

Stax became known for Jackson's drum sound, the sound of The Memphis Horns, and Duck Dunn's grooves. The MGs and Dunn's bass lines on songs like Otis Redding's "Respect" and "I Can't Turn You Loose", Sam & Dave's "Hold On! I'm Comin'", and Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign", were influential. After Dunn, Cropper, Jackson, and Jones recorded 1967's Hip Hug-Her album, they became known as more than just the Stax house band that did "Green Onions". The Memphis Horns are an American horn section made famous by their many appearances on Stax Records. ... Otis Ray Redding, Jr. ... Samuel David Moore (b. ... Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer. ... For the Born Under a Bad Sign episode of the Supernatural TV series, see Born Under a Bad Sign (Supernatural). ... A house band is a group of musicians, centrally organized by a band leader, that regularly play a venue every night it is open for business and are synonymous with the establishment. ...

As an instrumental group, they continued to stretch themselves on McLemore Avenue (their reworking of The Beatles' Abbey Road album) and on their final outing, 1971's Melting Pot where Dunn's bass;lines continues to be a source of inspiration for Rap and hip-hop artists. In the 1970s, with Jones and Cropper gone from Stax, Dunn and Jackson remained, playing and producing. Even though they felt more and more alienated by new political forces above, they stayed with the company. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... RAP may mean: the IATA airport code for Rapid City Regional Airport Rassemblement pour lalternative progressiste, a Québecois political party. ...

1980s-2000s

Dunn went on to play for Muddy Waters, Freddie King, and Jerry Lee Lewis, as well as Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart. He reunited with Cropper as a member of Levon Helm's RCO All Stars and also displayed his quirky Southern humor making two movies with Cropper, former Stax drummer Willie Hall, and Dan Aykroyd, as a member of The Blues Brothers band. Dunn has recently supported Neil Young live and in the studio and still plays with Cropper and Jones, usually with the late Al Jackson's cousin Steve Potts on drums, as Booker T. & the MGs. McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered the Father of Chicago blues. He is also the actual father of blues musician Big Bill Morganfield. ... Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer, best known for his recordings Hide Away, Have You Ever Loved A Woman and Going Down. // King was born Frederick Christian in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE[2] (born 30 March 1945) [3], nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... Rod Stewart CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England, with Scottish parentage. ... Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an application programming interface (API) to read and write XML documents in the Java programming language. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the musician. ... ==Individual Studio== A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Steven Potts (born 7 May 1967 in Hartford) is an American-born English former professional football (soccer) player. ... Booker T. & the M.G.s is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

In 1998, Dunn collaborated with Fender to produce a signature bass, a candy apple red-colored model based on the late 1950's style, with a gold anodized pickguard, split-coil humbucking pickup and vintage hardware. The Duck Dunn P-Bass became the basis for a Skyline Series signature bass made by Chicago bass company Lakland a few years later. In 2005, Dunn's first grandchild, Michael was born. In the 2000s, Dunn was in semi-retirement, although he still performs occasionally with Booker T & the MGs at clubs and music festivals. In 2007 Dunn and several Booker T. & the MGs members (Lewie Steinberg, Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, and wife the late Al Jackson, Barbara Jackson) were given a "Lifetime Achievement" Grammy award for their contributions to popular music. Fender redirects here. ... Lakland Musical Instruments, LLC, produces bass guitars. ... Lakland Musical Instruments, LLC, produces bass guitars. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

External links

• Donald 'DUCK' Dunn's official site