October 1963 …muddy waters gets his mojo working… in croydon

The teenage prodigy who helped define the sound of Stax, BOOKER T JONES continues to bring wisdom and peerless Hammond grooves to a new generation of musicians. Yet his path from “Green Onions” and Otis Redding to Willie Nelson and the Drive-By Truckers has not always been clear. “The events in Memphis in 1968 were too much for me,” he tells Stephen Deusner

Looks Like Rain (reissue, 1969) FAT POSSUM 9/10

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

6 JULY SUNDAY

Tracks II: The Lost Albums SONY

Road and rail, both of which need a little work