Steve Cropper, Fire It Up Review
Steve Cropper was born in Dora, Missouri, in 1941 and moved to Memphis at the age of ten. Growing-up in Memphis with school fellow Donald Dunn, he was already playing with the Mar-Keys when Last Night was recorded. Cropper did quite everything at Stax from selling records at the Satellite Record Shop, developing his recording techniques, playing the guitar and sometimes piano on most Stax records, and composing the music for countless hits such as “In The Midnight Hour,” “Knock On Wood,” “The Dock Of The Bay,” “Soul Man” and so on. After he departed from Stax in the early 70s, he created various independent studios and production companies. Today, he manages Insomnia Studios in Nashville and is also a well-known member of the Blues Brothers Band. For over four decades now, Steve Cropper has literally defined the art of R&B guitar. Booker T. and the MGs, the Memphis-based band, consisting of Cropper, Booker T. Jones on organ, Al Jackson on drums, and Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass was the rhythm section for almost every hit to come out of the Memphis Stax/Volt Records era. Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, and many others had hits driven by the heavy groove of this band. Cropper continues to be a driving force in the music scene today, producing and playing with almost every kind of significant act conceivable. Cropper’s tone has a metallic ferocity, yet his playing is always sparse and pervaded with a feeling of suspense. He is now releasing his album called Fire It Up.
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Fire It Up
Bush Hog, Pt. 1
Fire It Up
One Good Turn
I'm Not Havin' It
Out of Love
Far Away
Say You Don't Know Me
She's So Fine
Two Wrongs
Heartbreak Street
The Go-Getter Is Gone
Bush Hog, Pt. 2
Bush Hog
April 23, 2021
Provogue Records
9.3