10.21.09

Stax Records is a very important record company. Its influence is so important it should go in the story books. Stax Records founded some of the great talent that was big in the 60's. They signed groups like: Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, Otis Redding, or Rufus Thomas. Stax Records was founded by Jim Stewert and Estelle Stewert Axton, they were brother and sister. Later it was taken over by Al Bell, who made it as great as it was. If it was never founded, this generation would never have heard of these people or some of them would of never been founded by other people. Other record companies were not intrested in finding black musicians to promote and perform, they only wanted white people because it was during segregated times. Stax was the first to promote black people, so it became an inspiration to other black people and people of other races that were not accepted by society. It influenced people to take a stand and stand for what they believe in and never back down because you do have a voice and that a person was so much more then just trash to be walked over.I have never heard of Stax Records and I have only heard of one the artists mentioned which is Otis Redding. My mom or dad told me about them. I can never remember which. They do not intrest me because it is not the kind of music that I listin to, but if I did I think that I would of heard of them and really known about them and the artists they promoted.