Green Onions

Name: Green Onions
Uploaded: 1962-01-01
Duration: 2 min 54 s
Description: Written by frontman Booker T. Jones when he was 17, this instrumental was recorded in 1962 and became one of the most popular soul songs and R&B instrumentals of its era. The song features a rippling Hammond M3 organ line and utilizes a twelve-bar blues progression, with much of the recording improvised in the studio.

Booker T. & the M.G.'s Play Mix

1962 60s

Written by frontman Booker T. Jones when he was 17, this instrumental was recorded in 1962 and became one of the most popular soul songs and R&B instrumentals of its era. The song features a rippling Hammond M3 organ line and utilizes a twelve-bar blues progression, with much of the recording improvised in the studio.