Packy Axton

Charles Everett "Packy" Axton (17 ga Fabrairu, 1941 - Janairu 20, 1974)  ya kasance ɗan wasan raye-raye na Amurka da blues tenor saxophone da bandleader, wanda ya kasance memba na Mar-keys kuma daga baya Packers .

 Rayuwar farko 
Charles Everett "Packy" Axton  an haife shi a Memphis, Tennessee,  ɗan Everett da Estelle Axton . Estelle Axton da ɗan'uwanta, Jim Stewart, sune suka kafa Stax Records .  Ya sauke karatu daga Messick High School a 1959. 

 Sana'a 
A shekara ta 1959, Packy Axton ya zama memba na Royal Spades, ƙungiyar da Steve Cropper ya kafa, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Charlie Freeman da Terry Johnson, wanda ya fadada ya haɗa da ɓangaren ƙaho wanda ya ƙunshi Axton, Don Nix, da Wayne Jackson . A cikin shekarar 1961, sun sake suna Mar-Keys kuma sun sami babbar nasara tare da " Dare na ƙarshe " (lamba 3 akan Billboard Hot 100, lamba 2 akan ginshiƙi na R&amp;B ). Axton, Cropper da Jackson sune kawai mambobi na ƙungiyar don yin rikodin; sauran sassan mawakan zaman ne suka buga.

Makullin Mar-keys da sauri sun karye zuwa cikin ƙungiyoyi guda biyu daidai gwargwado; Maɓallan Mar-keys waɗanda suka ci gaba da yin rikodi a cikin ɗakin studio da sakin kayan akan Stax galibi sun kasance nau'ikan mawaƙa na mabambanta ga Mar-keys waɗanda suka buga wasan raye-raye. Bayan Cropper ya bar rukunin raye-raye a cikin 1961, ba da daɗewa ba Dunn ya biyo baya, Axton ya zama ingantaccen jagora na rayuwar Mar-keys. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mawaƙin zama a Stax, yana aiki tare da ɗakin studio Mar-keys (ciki har da Cropper da Dunn) bisa ga ka'ida. Axton ya bar Memphis-ya yanke dangantakarsa da Mar-keys-a cikin 1965 don ya zauna a Los Angeles, an ruwaito bayan jerin rashin jituwa tare da Jim Stewart. Bowman, Rob (2003). Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. Music Sales Group. .
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1974
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1941