While four original members of the Bar-Kays perished in the 1967 tragedy alongside Redding, the two survivors rebuilt the ...

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, 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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (Memphis) This week marks the 45 ...

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.

As the sole original member of the Bar-Kays, bassist James Alexander has lived through more than a few pivotal moments in R&B history. He was 16 in 1966, when the Memphis-bred instrumental soul ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis music ...

His cause of death was not disclosed. He was a trumpet player, vocalist and founding member of the Stax recording group, The Bar-Kays. Cauley was also the sole survivor of the 1967 plane crash ...

Trumpeter Ben Cauley, a member of the Stax Records group the Bar-Kays and the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed most of his bandmates and Stax star Otis Redding, has died in Memphis.