Donald V. Dunn
Bassist, songwriter and producer, born 24 November 1941.
Member of
The Mar-Keys in the early 1960's. Soon after that band was effectively disbanded in the mid 1960's he joined
Stax' in-house band
Booker T & The MG's as a replacement for
Lewis Steinberg.
Dunn continued to work as a musician and producer for the label right until their bankruptcy in 1976. He joined
The Blues Brothers in 1978.