Taken as a whole, this collection of printed materials portrays a label growing from its simple, backstreet Memphis roots, to an international recording and marketing force. Hours of Operation: Tue. It is operated by the Soulsville Foundation, which also operates the adjacent Stax Music Academy[1] and The Soulsville Charter School, all located on one vibrant campus. No part of this website may be reproduced without the express written consent of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Concord Music.

The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the former location of Stax Records. While the legacy of Stax Records rests heavily on the nearly 300 LPs and over 900 singles released, produced, or distributed by the label between 1957 and 1975, the company's graphic identity provides insight to the label's mission, music, politics, and personalities.

The Stax Music Academy is a state-of-the-art facility where primarily at-risk youth are mentored through music education and unique performance opportunities they would otherwise likely never experience. This project, generously supported by the Grammy Museum Foundation, shares a portion of the vast archival holdings of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located on the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

From 1959 – 1974, a tiny movie-theater-turned-recording-studio in South Memphis produced a string of hits that stirs souls today. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Stax Museum is a replica of the Stax recording studio, the former Capitol Theatre, down to the sloping floor of studio A. Visit the original site of the Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, the Stax Museum. In a time when racial tension was high, this studio never saw race but rather focused on producing its own sound – a Memphis sound – that would be heard around the world.

Stax's talented group of art directors, marketers, and public relations staff designed, wrote, and sold it all through a variety of mediums. In 2019, Justin Timberlake and the Levi's Music Project visited the academy for several days and installed a permanent songwriting lab, which has led to the students creating more original music and studying music business. While touring the museum, you will hear Stax hits including "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding, "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGS, "Do the Funky Chicken" by Rufus Thomas, and "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes.

It is a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m2) museum with videos, films, photographs, original instruments used to record Stax hits, stage costumes, interactive exhibits, and more than 2000 other items of memorabilia.

The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the former location of Stax Records.It is operated by the Soulsville Foundation, which also operates the adjacent Stax Music Academy and The … Sitting south of downtown Memphis, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m and is closed on Monday.

Like everything Stax, the theatre’s conversion into a recording studio was a do-it-yourself project. The tour starts with a short introductory video (which alone is worth the price of admission!).

Copyright © 2020 Stax Museum of American Soul Music. Located on the original site of the Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, the Stax Museum pays special tribute to the artists who recorded there, as well as other Restaurants near Stax Museum of American Soul Music: (0.46 mi) Four Way Restaurant (2.28 mi) Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar (2.13 mi) Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken (1.95 mi) Sunrise Memphis (2.27 mi) Maciel's Tortas & Tacos; View all restaurants near Stax Museum of American Soul Music on Tripadvisor $ Their Soulsville Symphony Orchestra has played for the likes of Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and Isaac Hayes. Additionally, a complete run of the label's newsletter, Stax Fax, is presented here for the very first time, a critical guide to the political and cultural evolution that occurred at Stax after 1968. This move placed them in an area rich with talent. Early 1960 Stax moves to McLemore Avenue. After the Stax Records severed its business relationship with Atlantic Records in 1968, the label established itself as one of the most diverse, influential, and successful independent record labels of the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the artists and musicians who recorded at Stax were from the surrounding neighborhood, local churches and schools. From there you will see an amazing collection of more than 2,000 interactive exhibits, films, artifacts, items of memorabilia, galleries, and – of course – Isaac Hayes' gold-plated, peacock blue 1972 Superfly Cadillac El Dorado. Discover the museum’s rare and amazing collection of more than 2,000 artifacts, interactive exhibits, films, and galleries. This project, generously supported by the Grammy Museum Foundation, shares a portion of the vast archival holdings of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located on the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

Soulsville U.S.A. needs to be part of your Memphis music pilgrimage. Distance From Memphis Cook Convention Center, Distance From Memphis International Airport, The official destination marketing organization for, All Rights Reserved - 2020 Memphis Tourism.

12 Ways to Experience Memphis Safely During COVID-19, Many of the artists and musicians who recorded at Stax were from the surrounding neighborhood.

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All Rights Reserved. Seniors 62+, Active Military, and Students with ID. Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, a brother and sister duo, purchased the old Capitol Theater on McLemore Avenue to relocate their recording equipment.

From Isaac Hayes and the Staple Singers to the Goodees and O.B. Some of the standout exhibits include an authentic circa-1906-old Mississippi Delta church from Mississippi, reconstructed in the museum to help show the gospel roots of soul music; the Soul Train dance floor, Isaac Hayes' restored 1972 gold-trimmed, peacock-blue Cadillac El Dorado; and a changing gallery where special exhibits change five times each year. The neighborhood had deteriorated badly and by 1998, a group of concerned people and anonymous philanthropists spearheaded a nonprofit revitalization effort for the area which was dubbed Soulsville after the slogan "Soulsville U.S.A." which Stax called its studio on its former theater marquee as a counterpoint to Motown Records' Hitsville U.S.A. Construction began on the Stax Museum and adjacent Stax Music Academy in April 2001.

The Stax Museum is a proud part of the Soulsville, Deep Cuts: Rare items from the Stax archives. - Sun. The Stax Music Academy, which had started programming at a nearby elementary school in 2000, opened in 2002 and the museum opened in May 2003. Shop their large collection of CDs, DVDs and other Stax souvenirs. Because the Stax Museum is one of only a handful of museums in the world dedicated to soul music (the Motown Museum in Detroit is another), it not only celebrates the legacy of Stax Records and its artists such as Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, the Staple Singers, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Booker T. & the MGs, Rufus and Carla Thomas and others, but also features other soul music labels such as Motown, Hi Records, Atlantic Records, and Muscle Shoals, and visitors are treated to vintage video footage of non-Stax artists such as Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ann Peebles, The Jackson Five, Patti LaBelle, Parliament-Funkadelic, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, and others.

The cavernous room was partitioned and a control room was created where the screen had been. McClinton, the Stax sound encompassed everything from Southern soul and R&B, to pop, country, jazz, blues, and psychedelia. The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Stax Records and American soul music.