Eddie's Restaurant | 10 E. Northwest Highway

Join us at Eddie's restaurant to discuss Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion by Robert Gordon. A spellbinding history of one of the most prolific hit-making independent record companies in the history of America music. It's about music and musicians--Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, and Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Stax's interracial house band. It's about a small independent company's struggle to survive in a business world of burgeoning conglomerates. And always at the center of the story is Memphis, Tennessee, an explosive city struggling through heated, divisive years.  Set in the world of 1960s and '70s soul music, Respect Yourself is a character-driven story of racial integration, and then of black power and economic independence.

Come by the Info Desk to pick up copy of the book or call us at 847-392-0100 to reserve a copy to pick up.  

This program is presented as part of One Book, One Village. 

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