DONALD 'DUCK' DUNN info

Hey, this is hard to track! When Donald Dunn was very young, he was a member of the magnificent band Booker T. & The MG's (previously named Mar-Keys with a slightly different lineup, including Don Nix), playing in lots of albums by soul artists from the Stax label. After that, he has been playing lots of sessions, as well as live work. In 1978, he was part of The Blues Brothers band, making fantastic albums. Booker T. & The MG's also backed Neil Young in a tour around 1993.

Sessions:

• Otis Redding (Pain in my heart, 1964)
• Wilson Pickett (In the midnight hour, 1965)
• Otis Redding (Otis blue, 1966)
• Eddie Floyd (Knock on wood, 1967)
• Albert King (Born under a bad sign, 1967)
• Otis Redding (Live in Europe, 1967)
• Albert King (Blues for Elvis, 1968)
• Isaac Hayes (Presenting Isaac Hayes, 1968)
• Delaney & Bonnie (Home, 1969)
• Mitch Ryder (The Detroit Memphis experiment, 1969)
• Muddy Waters (Fathers and sons, 1969, 2LP, with Mike Bloomfield)
• Rita Coolidge (Rita Coolidge, 1971)
• Ronnie Hawkins (The Hawk, 1971, with Duane Allman)
• Albert King (Lovejoy, 1971)
• Freddie King (Getting ready, 1971)
• Herbie Mann (Push push, 1971, with Duane Allman)
• Don Nix (Living by the days, 1971, with Chris Stainton)
• Bill Withers (Just as I am, 1971)
• Jesse Ed Davis (Ululu, 1972)
• Freddie King (Texas cannonball, 1972)
• Duane Allman (Anthology vol. 2, 1974, with Mike Bloomfield)
• John Prine (Common sense, 1975, with Rick Vito)
• Leon Russell (Will o' the wisp, 1975)
• Rod Stewart (Atlantic crossing, 1975, with Nigel Olsson)
• Joan Baez (Gulf winds, 1976)
• Carol Grimes (Carol Grimes, 1976, with Neil Hubbard)
• Richie Havens (End of the beginning, 1976, with Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter)
• Chris Hillman (Slippin' away, 1976)
• John Prine (Prime Prine, 1976, with Rick Vito)
• Rod Stewart (A night on the town, 1976, with Andy Newmark, Joe Walsh, Willie Weeks)
• Joan Baez (Blowing away, 1977, with Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter)
• Roy Buchanan (Loading zone, 1977, with Ray Gomez)
• Mickey Thomas (As long as you love me, 1977)
• Levon Helm (Levon Helm & The RCO All Stars, 1977)
• Albert King (The pinch, 1977)
• Diana Ross (Baby it's me, 1977)
• Manhattan Transfer (Pastiche, 1978)
• Bruce Roberts (Bruce Roberts, 1978, with Jim Cregan)
• Billy Swan (Your OK, I'm OK, 1978)
• Peter Frampton (Where I should be, 1979)
• Leo Sayer (Here, 1979, with Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, Al Kooper)
• Steve Cropper (Playing my thang, 1980)
• Bob Dylan (Shot of love, 1981)
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Hard promises, 1981)
• Stevie Nicks (Bella donna, 1981, with Davey Johnstone)
• Eric Clapton (Money and cigarettes, 1983)
• Eric Clapton (Behind the sun, 1985, with Chris Stainton)
• Jimmy Buffett (Hot water, 1988)
• Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert, 1993) (2CD live, with Eric Clapton)
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Playback, 1995, with Robbie Blunt, Bobbye Hall, Jack Nitzsche, Jim Keltner, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Tim Pierce, Efrain Toro, Joel Peskin, Phil Kenzie, Al Kooper, Jim Gordon, Steve Ferrone) (6-CD boxset)
• John Fogerty (Blue moon swamp, 1997)
• Tinsley Ellis (Fire it up, 1997)

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