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Early life. Born on a farm near Willow Springs, Missouri, Cropper lived in Dora and West Plains before moving with his family to Memphis at age 9. [6] In Memphis, he was exposed to black church music, which had an impact on him musically. [6] Cropper acquired his first guitar at age 14.
14 de nov. de 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 ...
Stax’s Memphis Queen, Carla Thomas, also struck a blues feeling on “Book Of Love,” a tough boogie with Steve Cropper’s chopping guitar behind her, and hits a sweeter mood on a song from...
Hace 3 días · The Memphis soul label is the subject of the HBO Max documentary series, Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. We listen back to archival interviews with Stax musicians Steve Cropper, Booker T. and Isaac Hayes.
31 de dic. de 2020 · Associated Press. 0:00. 1:16. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer...
Hace 3 días · More of Terry's interview with guitarist Steve Cropper after a break. This is FRESH AIR. (SOUNDBITE OF BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.'S' "SOUL CLAP '69") BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. We've got a special show today about the Memphis records label Stax. Let's get back to Terry's 1990 interview with guitarist Steve Cropper.
14 de jun. de 2011 · 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: Shaking Steve Cropper’s hand is more than an honor.
