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The Bar-Kays were part of the Stax-Volt roster in the mid-'60s and had one big hit, "Soul Finger" (#17), in 1967. The band?s career seemed finished when four members died in the icy plane crash that also killed Otis Redding in 1967. Bassist James Alexander, who'd missed the flight, and trumpeter Ben Cauley, the only passenger to survive the accident, re-formed the group in late 1968, although Caul...

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