‘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.
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‘One of the hardest sessions’: Legendary Stax smash was no easy task for Steve Cropper
Here’s the story behind one of Cropper’s more brilliantly concise performances.
‘What are we going to do?’: Steve Cropper remembers Otis Redding’s final recording sessions
As important, and as emotional, as “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” has always been to Otis Redding’s legacy, there has long been a misconception about it You May Also Like: No related posts.
‘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
‘Pretty raw, and pretty fresh’: On the first-take genius of Stax stars like Otis Redding
The wonder, in listening to ageless sides from Stax Records stars like Otis Redding, was how often they came from one-take performances. Too, these songs were typically written just days, or even hours, beforehand. You May Also Like: No related posts.
‘I was kind of nervous’: Journey’s Neal Schon says it took a Stax legend to intimidate him
Neal Schon has been around plenty of guitar heroes over the years. He started, after all, in Carlos Santana’s band. And so it’s perhaps of little surprise that, when asked if a player ever humbled him, Schon says: “Maybe one time.” You May Also Like: Neal Schon, “Lady M” fromRead More
‘Will you give me my job back?’: Difficult early choice led to Steve Cropper’s Hall of Fame career
Steve Cropper had a once-in-a-lifetime chance, in 1960, to become a road warrior. Yet, even while riding the crest of attention afforded by a breakout hit called “Last Night” with the Mar-Keys, the former music-shop clerk knew he had a difficult choice to make. You May Also Like: Does SteveRead More
Steve Cropper played underrated role on signature early Stax hit: ‘The place would go nuts’
No, there’s no guitar on the Mar-Keys’ Top 5 pop and R&B hit “Last Night.” But yes, Steve Cropper was part of that seminal 1961 Stax side — playing a completely different instrument the old-fashioned way. You May Also Like: Birth of Booker T. and the MGs has an intriguingRead More
‘He’d never really had a lot of success’: A move to Stax finally sparked Albert King’s career
By the time Albert King recorded his debut album for Stax, he was anything but the new kid on the block. In fact, the scorching blues guitarist had been around for ages, but somehow he’d never quite broken through. That changed in the blink of an eye with his 1967Read More
‘Everything else was sort of insignificant’: After Otis Redding sang ‘Try a Little Tenderness,’ it became his
There had been, to be sure, other versions of “Try a Little Tenderness,” beginning with the Ray Noble Orchestra in 1932. Aretha Franklin had an early-1960s hit with it, too. But none is quite so revered as Otis Redding’s take. You May Also Like: No related posts.
