Steve Cropper
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Steve Cropper – Green Onions
Biography
Cropper was born Stephen Lee Cropper on a farm outside Dora, Missouri. In 1950, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. At age ten, he strummed a guitar for the first time, his brother-in-law’s Gibson. Cropper received his first guitar at age 14, and started playing with local musicians. His hero at the time was Lowman Pauling of the Winston-Salem, NC band, The Five Royales.
The Stax years (1961-1970)
Cropper and guitarist Charlie Freeman formed (as a tip of the hat to Pauling’s band) The Royal Spades, who eventually became The Mar-Keys. The Mar-Keys was a play on the word “marquee”; referring to the marquee outside of Stax studios (at the time called Satellite Records). The band’s inexperienced sax player Charles “Packy” Axton’s mother Estelle Axton and uncle Jim Stewart owned Satellite, and eventually The Mar-Keys began playing on sessions and had a hit single of their own with 1961’s “Last Night”. Also in the band were producer/songwriter Don Nix and future legends, bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn and trumpeter Wayne Jackson.
Besides being impressed with the young guitarist’s playing, the then Stax Records president Jim Stewart saw a business sense, professionalism, and maturity in Cropper beyond his years. When American Records founder Chips Moman left Stax, the young Cropper was given the keys to the studio, which he opened every day; he became the company’s A & R man, and shared engineering duties with Stewart.
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Dedicated - A Salute To The 5 Royales
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With A Little Help From My Friends
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Jammed Together
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Dedicated: A Salute To The 5 Royales
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new album is terrific.
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reminds me of something...
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Yardbird_Live
The photo with the bio is unsourced and undated - the 70s abounded with long hair and axes - that's when I guess this was created. In the 60s Steve and the rest of the MGs were very tidy - visually and musically.
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musica23
Steve just released a new CD with former Rascal Felix Cavaliere called "Nudge It Up a Notch." Can't wait to give it a listen!
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jdhatl
Mojo was wrong: #1 guitarist of all time
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