Jim Stewart, founder of soul-R&B powerhouse Stax Records, dies at 92 By Reuters

Jim Stewart, founder of soul-R&B powerhouse Stax Records, dies at 92 By Reuters

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Jim Stewart, the white country fiddler whose powerhouse R&B-soul label Stax Records launched such stars as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Sam & Dave, has died at age 92 in Memphis, Tennessee, where he started the label in the 1950s in an in-law's garage. Stewart, widely…

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