‘This is something I could really get into’: Steve Cropper on the often-forgotten influence of bluesman Jimmy Reed
One key element kept him from following in Reed’s footsteps, though.
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‘We were at the piano, banging it out’: Steve Cropper’s big break didn’t come from Stax Records
Instead, a friend’s dad took Cropper’s very first song to another legendary label.
‘There was no color at Stax’: History was made, one cool-rocking single at a time
Many of Stax Records’ biggest hits were released during a period of America’s greatest racial unrest.
‘You can feel the energy’: Concerted efforts helped bring back the legend of Stax
The Stax Museum is located at 926 East McLemore Avenue in Memphis — but it is not, in fact, house in the old building where so many legendary soul sides were once cut. That facility was actually torn down in 1989 You May Also Like: Steve Cropper on the Beatles’Read More
Paul Rodgers – The Royal Sessions (2014)
In a way, The Royal Sessions project is an enraptured testament to soul that Paul Rodgers has always been destined to release. His whiskey-splashed rasp was simply made for this kind of thing You May Also Like: Why You Should Give Queen + Paul Rodgers’ ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ Another ListenRead More
Paul Rodgers on Bad Company, Free, Queen and that Memphis magic: Something Else! Interview
Paul Rodgers’ trip to Memphis to record his forthcoming Stax-stuffed Royal Sessions album quickly took on all of the religious overtones of a pilgrimage. That’s how strong his connection is with these R&B classics. You May Also Like: Why You Should Give Queen + Paul Rodgers’ ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ AnotherRead More
Badfinger’s Joey Molland, “Walk Out in the Rain” from Return to Memphis (2013): Exclusive stream
Joey Molland returns for his first solo album since 2001’s This Way Up, and it’s unlike anything from the guitarist’s seminal power pop work with Badfinger.
‘The rest is history’: Unfilled studio time led to discovery of a young Otis Redding
A trick of fate launched Otis Redding’s career. He was, in 1962, working with a flamboyant guitarist named Johnny Jenkins, who had some unused studio time at Stax Records. Up to the mic stepped Redding. You May Also Like: Otis Redding’s “Dock of the Bay” emerged out of crushing grief:Read More
Chance meeting led to groundbreaking Booker T. and the MGs lineup: ‘A complete coincidence’
Booker T. and MGs were pioneers of funky-cool soul and Civil Rights-era forward thinking. But it might not have happened, but for a chance meeting at a local Memphis record shop. You May Also Like: Inside the naming of Booker T. and the MGs’ ‘Green Onions’ : ‘The stinking-est musicRead More
‘I swept the floors’: Steve Cropper literally worked his way to the top at Stax Records
You know Steve Cropper from his legendary work with Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, William Bell, Johnnie Taylor — and, of course, with Booker T. and the MGs. His beginnings with the Stax Record label, however, were decidedly less glamorous. You May Also Like: John Belushi’s death almost ended Steve Cropper’sRead More
