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In The Christmas Spirit

Re-release of 1966 Christmas classic

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posted by cropper / Date: September 25, 2023

R.I.P. Jim Stewart

Steve pays his respects.

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posted by cropper / Date: December 6, 2022

Stacks on STAX

The legendary session guitarist on the “fluke” of discovering Otis Redding and more!

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posted by cropper / Date: December 5, 2022

The Bio

Date: November 14, 2013

If Yankee Stadium is “the house that Babe Ruth built,” Stax Records is “the house that Booker T, and the MG’s built.” Integral to that potent combination is MG rhythm guitarist extraordinaire Steve Cropper. As a guitarist, A & R man, engineer, producer, songwriting partner of Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd and a dozen others and founding member of both Booker T. and the MG’s and The Mar-Keys, Cropper was literally involved in virtually every record issued by Stax from the fall of 1961 through year end 1970.

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