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Steve Cropper: Talks in Depth about Guitars, Stax, & Booker T. & the M.G.'s. — DeepCutsArchive
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This video features Steve Cropper. It was shot in September, 2008, about a month before Booker T. & the MG's were inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Regular viewers will remember that we did another video with Steve Cropper in 2019 on the Backstage program. There's a lot of interesting information that was not included in the 2019 video. We hope you enjoy it. It's not all about talent - Steve Cropper: https://youtu.be/YtjaaTH0oZs Why I use a Telecaster Guitar - Steve Cropper: https://youtu.be/s1BgpHwelnU Full 2019 Backstage Interview: https://youtu.be/8Ws_QuY-f3E Visit us here: https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/musicianshalloffame Send inquires here: https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/contact-us View the entire Musicians Hall of Fame Backstage Vault Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNotO4QzIgI&list=PLpVZxNGBuqfAl6xIyyj8tWQS6i6efcK8O See the whole Backstage Interview Catalog here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNotO4QzIgI&list=PLpVZxNGBuqfAl6xIyyj8tWQS6i6efcK8O Support the Museum here : https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/donations/ Merch! - Get yours here: https://shop.musicianshalloffame.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicianshalloffame/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicianshalloffame/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mhfm Trip Adviser: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g55229-d621531-Reviews-Musicians_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum-Nashville_Davidson_County_Tennessee.html

About Booker T. & the MG's

Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental, R&B, and jazz band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962. The band helped shape the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the Mar-Keys, the rotating slate of musicians that served as the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists including Wilson Pi...

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