Talk:Al Jackson Jr.

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I don't understand why Al Jackson Jr. is redirected to Al Jackson. I had thought he was called Al Jackson Jr. his whole life, not "Al Jackson." This is making it confusing about how to write other articles mentioning him. Also, some style guides do not put a comma before "Jr." these days, so I'm wondering what house style is here in case I do put "Jr." in. User:Bebop 05:50, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC) I wholeheartedly agree and came here with the intent of writing exactly what I found above! The man was never known as "Al Jackson" in his professional career, and I'm sure in deference to his father it is most appropriate to rename this page. --Tednor 14:42, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Death section
The death section is all out of proportion to the rest of the article. Is is death the most important information about Al Jackson? MathewTownsend (talk) 18:05, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Allmusic duplicate?
This appears to be the same guy at Allmusic: Anybody know how to report this to Allmusic? HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 09:28, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Jackson as songwriter
I have found no evidence to support the assertion that Al Jackson, Jr., was a songwriter. In The Complete Stax/Volt Singles, 1959–1968 he is listed as a co-writer of only two songs ("You Can't Get Away with It," recorded by Johnnie Taylor, and "Cold Feet," recorded by Albert King), apart from his contributions to recordings by Booker T. and the M.G.'s (which, strictly speaking, are not songs, because they have no lyrics). I can find no evidence that he co-wrote "Respect" or that anyone other than Otis Redding wrote the song. The assertion that Jackson wrote many other hits for Stax seems to be unfounded.

I suggest deleting all references to Jackson as a songwriter unless someone can give a convincing argument not to do so.

Jwicklatz (talk) 06:29, 29 January 2016 (UTC) Jwicklatz (talk) 06:29, 29 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I've removed the statement that he co-wrote "Respect" (and others), but he's listed as co-writer on the record labels for "Let's Stay Together" and "I'm Still in Love with You" so those references remain. Whbjr (talk) 16:33, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Equipment
Two drum kits used by Jackson are on display in museums:

The Stax Museum in Memphis has a black Rogers Holiday kit that according to various sources around the Net was the studio kit in Royal Recording Studios (a k a Hi Recording Studio) in Memphis, which was donated to the museum by producer and arranger Willie Mitchell. Supposedly the Ludwig Acrolite snare on display was not part of the studio kit.

The Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville has a (blue pearl?) Ludwig kit that was used in the Stax studio. It's complemented by a silver sparkle Rogers Powertone snare.

According to Steve Cropper, as quoted in 'Give the Drummer Some!' by Jim Payne, a grey pearl Rogers floor tom was used in the mix 'n' match kit at Stax. This floor tom (with B&B type tuning lugs) can be seen in the French 1969 documentary 'Le blues de Memphis'. The rack tom and bass drum appear to be Gretsch, and the snare possibly a Ludwig aluminum model.

Moreover Jackson holds a red sparkle Rogers Powertone snare in the cover photo of a Booker T. and the M.G.s record (Greatest Hits/The Very Best of).

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Why "additional citations"?
Other than the "Collaborations" list, this article is barely more than a "stub". It has seven citations listed. Given the brevity of the article that seems like a quite sufficient amount. If some specific claim in the article appears to require an additional citation, it would be more useful to specifically flag that claim, rather than blanket-flagging the entire article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.253 (talk) 23:43, 5 January 2022 (UTC)