How Booker T. and the MGs Defined Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary Concert
Released 30 years ago, ‘Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration’ had no shortage of star power. But Booker T. and the MGs were the fulcrum.
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Steve Cropper remembers a treasured jam with John Lennon: ‘I’ve got a little something I want to show you’
Steve Cropper discusses a session where John Lennon, who’d be murdered on Dec. 8, 1980, showed off a riff he’d saved just for Booker T. and the MGs.
Steve Cropper sparked a key moment in the Blues Brothers legend: ‘They started dancing and clowning around’
The Blues Brothers’ ‘Briefcase Full of Blues,’ released on Nov. 28, 1978, was all but complete when Steve Cropper made a career-changing suggestion.
Inside the naming of Booker T. and the MGs’ ‘Green Onions’ : ‘The stinking-est music I’ve ever heard!’
Steve Cropper recalls the off-handed approach to finding a title for Booker T. and the MGs’ timeless ‘Green Onions,” released in August 1962.
John Belushi originally thought Steve Cropper was a roadie: ‘The guy with the long hair?’
John Belushi actually met Stax legend Steve Cropper early into putting together the Blues Brothers band. But he assumed Cropper was someone else.
Steve Cropper still possesses an impromptu kind of genius: ‘That’s the way we did it’
“I don’t write for myself,” Steve Cropper admits, “and I don’t write for my family.” No, he’s motivated by something else.
John Belushi’s death almost ended Steve Cropper’s career: ‘Man, that’s it; I’ve had it’
Steve Cropper’s relationship with John Belushi reached its creative apex with ‘The Blues Brothers’ movie, released on June 20, 1980. Then, he was gone.
Steve Cropper Still Can’t Get Over Producing Jeff Beck: ‘How Is He Doing That?’
As Steve Cropper watched Jeff Beck at work on 1972’s ‘Jeff Beck Group,’ he’d focus on his hands and think: “You can’t get that there.” Then, Beck would.
Steve Cropper on the Beatles’ flirtation with Stax: ‘Didn’t happen for a lot of different reasons’
At the peak of their powers, the Beatles considered recording an album at Stax Records in Memphis. Steve Cropper sorts out why it never happened.
Inside Booker T. and the MGs’ stirring ’90s-era comeback: ‘It went by like a rocket’
A single moment propelled Booker T. and the MGs toward a long-deserved return to the spotlight in the 1990s. Steve Cropper remembers.
