Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion

"A virtual soul music origin story" from the Grammy and Emmy Award–winning producer, director, and writer (Rolling Stone, 20 Best Music Books).

The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960s segregated south Memphis. Their success is startling, and Stax soon defines an international sound. Then, after losses both business and personal, the siblings part, and the brother allies with a...