The Mar Keys Last Night

The MarKeys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for the Stax label from Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. As the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound. The group began as The Royal Spades and had tried unsuccessfully to get a record made for the local Satellite Records even though tenor sax player Charles Packy Axton s mother and uncle owned that label. When they were finally able to get a record made, Axton s mother Es