By Gold | Published: February 22, 2010
I just can’t get over losin’ you And so if I seem, broken and blue Walk on by, walk on by Foolish pride, that’s all that I have left Thanks to a wonderful teacher in high school, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to the entire Stax singles catalog almost immediately upon becoming interested [...]
Posted in Fore & Aft | Also tagged Al Bell, Al Jackson Jr., Arthur Conley, Bar-Kays, Booker T, Carla Thomas, Charles "Skip" Pitts, Eddie Floyd, Harold Beane, Harvey Joe Henderson, Hot Buttered Soul, Jeanne and the Darlings, Johnny Taylor, Macy Skipper, Marvell Thomas, Mel Stuart, Memphis Horns, Michael Toles, Otis Redding, Peter Guralnick, Rufus Thomas, Sam and Dave, Shaft, Staples Singers, Stax Records, The Happy Song (Dum Dum), WattStax, William Bell, Willie Hall
By Gold | Published: February 14, 2010
I’ve been digging into the Stax again lately and am just floored by Steve Cropper’s versatility and style as a guitarist. His stuff on ANY given Otis Redding song would be the high-water mark for any other session musician’s career. Not that he was just a session musician, mind you. Hardly a journeyman, Cropper stuck [...]
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