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The Who have revealed the openers for their upcoming North American farewell tour, featuring Billy Idol, the Joe Perry Project, and more. Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters will open on the first two dates of the Song Is Over tour, taking place on Aug. 16 in Sunrise, Florida, and …

Seated behind his organ at Stax Records’ recording studio in Memphis in the Sixties, Booker T. Jones was a first-hand witness to musical history. As part of Booker T. and the MG’s, Stax’s house band, Jones played on soul landmarks by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas and especially Sam …