It featured Stax Records' entire roster at the time. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to James Alexander of the Bar-Kays. Los Angeles, 1972. On the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots, the soul and ...

James Alexander, the last surviving member of The Bar-Kays band that backed soul music star Otis Redding, will have a street renamed after him in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, Stax Museum said.

James Alexander is the founder and bass guitarist with the Bar-Kays “Our shows are totally different. We are diverse. We play all sorts of venues, ” Alexander said. The band plays a lot of ...

Interview with Memphis In May President Mack Weaver, and James Alexander, Memphis Musician, The Bar-Kays Chief Justice Roberts Sets Record Straight On SCOTUS Overruling Precedent Tourists are ...

On Dec. 10, 1967, the private plane carrying soul singer Otis Redding and five members of the Bar-Kays band who backed him up crashed while attempting to land near Madison, Wisconsin. The plane ...

James Alexander was The Bar-Kays' bassist, and he joins us now from WKNO in Memphis, which is where Stax Records was based. Thanks for being here. JAMES ALEXANDER: Hey, thanks for having me.

The concert documentary "Wattstax" was released 50 years ago this month. It featured Stax Records' entire roster at the time. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to James Alexander of the Bar-Kays.