The sounds of music that came from Stax Records made walls sweat and radios breathe with excitement. Coming from my transistor radio, It was the soundtrack of my youth in the 60’s, from the moment I jumped out of bed in the morning (in those days I jumped) until the lights went out at night.
Stax Records
A big part of that early Stax sound, from the Mar-Keys, Booker T. & The MG’s, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas and so much more came from the guitar of Steve Cropper, who recently took me inside his sense memory to share what he lived from the very start, inside the converted theatre on McLemore Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
Michael Wilson
You can SEE the entire interview with Steve Cropper here.
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