Editing Booker T. & the M.G.'s (section)

==Reinterpreting the Beatles' ''Abbey Road'' and gig with CCR==
In 1969, Dunn and Jones, in particular, had become admirers of [[the Beatles]], especially their work on ''[[Abbey Road]]''. The appreciation was mutual, as the Beatles had been musically influenced by the M.G.'s. [[John Lennon]] was a Stax fan, who fondly called the group "Book a Table and the Maitre d's" (in 1974, Lennon facetiously credited himself and his studio band as "Dr. Winston and Booker Table and the Maitre d's" on his original R&B-inspired instrumental, "Beef Jerky"). [[Paul McCartney]], like Dunn, played bass melodically, without straying from the rhythm or the groove. The Beatles had even floated the possibility of recording their 1966 album ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]'' at Stax, but backed out when fans besieged the Memphis studio.

In 1970, Lennon's wish was granted, in a sense, when Booker T. and the M.G.'s recorded ''[[McLemore Avenue]]'' (named for the street where Stax Records was located), on which they performed instrumental [[cover version]]s of thirteen of the songs on ''Abbey Road'', condensing twelve of them into three medleys. The album's front cover is a parody of the front cover of ''Abbey Road''; the back cover, with the blurred image of a mini-skirted woman at the edge of the photo, also mirrors that of ''Abbey Road''.

In 1970 Booker T. & the M.G.'s sat in with [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] (CCR) for a jam, and they were the opening act for that band's January 31 performance at the Oakland Coliseum, which was recorded for the CCR album ''[[The Concert (Creedence Clearwater Revival album)|The Concert]]''.