Steve Cropper News

We've discussed our favourite lead guitarists and bass guitarists on previous posts but what about the often overlooked and underrated rhythm guitarists? Rhythm guitarists don't get the spotlight for their ...

Recently revived Stax Records offers up two tasty summer platters by revered Stax alumni - Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere 's Nudge It Up a Notch and Eddie Floyd 's first new album in six years, Eddie Loves ...

“Steve Cropper is a guitar player's guitarist but also a songwriter's songwriter”

Joined on Nashville sessions with bassist Shake Anderson and drummer Chester Thompson, with co-producer Jon Tiven NASHVILLE, Tenn. via PR-inside.com

“But you put this much flammable material in the room and you don't just get a little heat. You get a bonfire.”

What would happen if you combined Steve Cropper, the Memphis- weaned Stax guitar powerhouse who also wrote and co-wrote many soul classics, with Felix Cavaliere, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose ... via All About Jazz

“Initially there was a lot of scepticism - people thought these comedians were making fun of the music - but that wasn't true at all”

Steve Cropper may be one of soul's finest guitarists, co-writing with Otis Redding such memorable classics as The Dock Of The Bay as a member of the Stax label's house band, or playing slinky instrumentals with ... via The Age

GUY Sebastian is famed for winning Australian Idol , but one of the fellas who arrived in Sydney to join his Memphis Album tour yesterday was once named the greatest living guitar player. via AdelaideNow...

'The Memphis Album' sold 2019 units in South Australia, making it the number one album for the state again this week. via Undercover

This is the 50th anniversary of Stax Records, the great Memphis soul label that in the 60s served as the gritty counterpoint to the more commercially potent Motown label. via Philly.com

“Knock On Wood'. Sebastian recorded his new record 'The Memphis Album”

Sebastian recently recorded his 4th album in Memphis with the soul stars. Cropper and Dunn were the backbone of Booker T & The MG's, featured and starred in The Blues Brothers movie and collectively performed ... via Undercover

Legendary soul label Stax is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the release of three DVDs, Dreams to Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding , Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story and The Stax/Volt Revue ... via CMJ