The BarKays @ Beale Street Music Festival

The Bar-Kays

Budweiser Stage • 5:50 p.m.

Formed at Memphis' Porter Junior High School, the Bar-Kays grew up to be one of the hottest groups to record at Stax Records, eclipsing the MGs with an instrumental hit of their own, the '67 Volt classic "Soul Finger," and becoming Otis Redding's preferred backing group. Unfortunately, that same year, four members of the Bar-Kays were killed in the plane crash that also took Redding's life — yet surviving musicians James Alexander and Ben Cauley rallied to take the group to new heights. As famous for their flashy stage presence as for their "Shake Your Rump to the Funk" performances, the Bar-Kays are sure to pull out all the stops at this year's Beale Street Music Fest.