We hope you’ve been enjoying our in-depth interview with Jared “Jay B” Boyd. (Here are links to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.) We conclude with a story about the time Boyd met one of his heroes: Stax legend Booker T. Jones.

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...