| Event type: | National and Regional Zoom Events |
| Date: | Thursday 5th November 2026 |
| Time: | 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
| Venue: | Zoom |
| Organiser: |
The Third Age Trust
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| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | Note that booking is required. |
Join Lee Wellbrook to explore the rise, sound, struggles and legacy of Stax Records.
This four-session course explores the rise, sound, struggles, and lasting influence of Stax Records, the Memphis-based label that helped define Southern soul, from Otis Redding and Booker T. & the M.G.’s to Isaac Hayes and the label’s dramatic collapse.
The course will run on the dates and times below. You only need to sign up via Eventbrite once.
1. Thursday 5th November, 10am to 11am. From Movie Theatre to Hit Factory: The Birth of Stax (1957–1965)
2. Friday 13th November, 10am to 11am. The Sound of Southern Soul: Stax at Its Peak (1965–1968)
3. Friday 20th November, 10am to 11am. Crisis, Control, and Black Power: Stax in Transition (1968–1972)
4. Friday 27th November, 10am to 11am. Collapse, Legacy, and Afterlives of Stax (1972–Present)
Each session will be accompanied by selections from the Stax music catalogue.
Lee Wellbrook, Ilkley and District u3a, describes himslef as a part-time musician and full-time music nerd.
N B: The Eventbrite timings shown above are for the first in the series and the others are shown above. If you cannot make all the dates it doesn't matter, just stay signed up and attend what you can. Reminders and links will be sent for each talk in the series.
Title picture is credited to Danial Hartwig.