[1] In 1960, while still a student at Murrah High School in Jackson, Mississippi, Tim Whitsett formed a musical combo called "The Imperial Show Band".
[2] Along with his brother, Carson, and sister, Lucy, Tim continued to perform while a student at nearby Belhaven College.
Heavily influenced by the sounds of nearby New Orleans, Tim Whitsett & The Imperials would become the most popular band in their home state of Mississippi upon its release.
Tim Whitsett turned down both offers because he had his own label (Rim), publishing company (Gulfway), and the band was having their own success.
Moman would hire session men like guitarist Reggie Young and record everyone from Wilson Pickett to Neil Diamond to Elvis Presley.
Davis wanted them to augment The Bar-Kays, as well as the remaining MGs (Booker T. Jones had left the company), as another house band for the label and its recently greatly expanded roster.
Carson Whitsett would come to Stax three years later and record an album as a member of The MG's, and Tate replaced Ollie Hoskins as the lead singer of The Nightingales.