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Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), [1] sometimes known as " The Colonel ", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor.
12. März 2021 · 49K views 2 years ago #stevecropper. "Fire It Up" is out NOW! Stream, download, or purchase the album on CD, LP or digitally here: https://lnk.to/stevecropper ...more.
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Cropper plays the riff over which King's voice and guitar fly, proving that he knew when to step back to let a colleague shine. Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love (1968) Although things were never the same in Memphis and at Stax after the death of Otis and the assassination of Martin Luther King in April 1968, the great songs kept coming like ...
14. Nov. 2013 · Born on October 21, 1941 on a farm near Dora, Missouri, Steve Cropper moved with his family to Memphis at the age of nine. In Missouri he had been exposed to a wealth of country music and little else. In his adopted home, his thirsty ears amply drank of the fountain of Gospel, R & B and nascent Rock and Roll that thundered over the airwaves of ...
22. Apr. 2021 · Features. Steve Cropper: “I say to my guitars, ‘If you don’t perform tonight, you’re going to be firewood in the morning.’. And it always works!”. By Greg Prato. published 22 April 2021. The veteran session man and member of the Blues Brothers band discusses his lengthy career, and brand-new solo album, Fire It Up.
14. Juni 2011 · Craig Havighurst. June 14, 2011. Steve Cropper, the reigning king of tasty Memphis R&B guitar for more than five decades, chronicles his ascent to musical immortality and his new tribute to childhood guitar hero Lowman Pauling of the “5” Royales. Listen to Cropper's "Dedicated to the One I Love," from Dedicated:
Steve Cropper is one of the few guitarists who can say he played on - and in many cases, co-wrote - some of the biggest hits by the likes of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Wilson Pickett, in addition to serving as a member of Booker T & the MG's and The Blues Brothers' backing band.