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TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE
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RIP Steve Cropper- “It’s one thing to contribute in a meaningful way to a “sound" or a musical movement that already exists but quite another thing entirely to be part of creating a sound or a “movement”.
Steve Cropper helped create the movement we all know as Soul Music. So many amazing musicians have made their mark and taken their place in music history by contributing their own unique styles to the genres of their choosing, but very few can claim to have invented or helped invent a genre- in Steve’s case “the Memphis sound”. The Memphis sound, which was created by Steve, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., and Donald “Duck” Dunn (among others) was an integral part of the bigger movement at that time which came to be known as Soul Music which changed the lives of millions of hungry music lovers- myself included.
Having grown up on Soul Music, I was affected deeply by this amazing music that was coming out of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and Detroit (among other places) and, long before I ever picked up a guitar, the sounds and cool licks that Steve was playing on so many of these wonderful recordings became part of my musical vocabulary- part of my DNA. He, like so many who paved the way early on, was really young when he found himself emblazoned into this new world that had no rules and no precedents. They were making it up as they went along, and creating magic that would change the world and render itself as timeless. The guitar “hooks” he played were perfect, and tunes that he co-wrote are some of the best in the American songbook. When being interviewed, Steve always downplayed his prowess on guitar but I think we can all agree that what he offered the world of music went far beyond technical ability and is much more rare than that of countless guitarists that he claimed to be less accomplished than.
I had the pleasure of being around Steve several times and always found him to be a kind soul that considered himself lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. But he was the right guy! If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and check out the documentary STAX: Soulsville USA. It offers a lot of insight into the history of this music that some of us deemed as magic.”- WH
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https://youtu.be/FTWH1Fdkjow
RIP Steve Cropper- “It’s one thing to contribute in a meaningful way to a “sound" or a musical movement that already exists but quite another thing entirely to be part of creating a sound or a “movement”.
Steve Cropper helped create the movement we all know as Soul Music. So many amazing musicians have made their mark and taken their place in music history by contributing their own unique styles to the genres of their choosing, but very few can claim to have invented or helped invent a genre- in Steve’s case “the Memphis sound”. The Memphis sound, which was created by Steve, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., and Donald “Duck” Dunn (among others) was an integral part of the bigger movement at that time which came to be known as Soul Music which changed the lives of millions of hungry music lovers- myself included.
Having grown up on Soul Music, I was affected deeply by this amazing music that was coming out of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and Detroit (among other places) and, long before I ever picked up a guitar, the sounds and cool licks that Steve was playing on so many of these wonderful recordings became part of my musical vocabulary- part of my DNA. He, like so many who paved the way early on, was really young when he found himself emblazoned into this new world that had no rules and no precedents. They were making it up as they went along, and creating magic that would change the world and render itself as timeless. The guitar “hooks” he played were perfect, and tunes that he co-wrote are some of the best in the American songbook. When being interviewed, Steve always downplayed his prowess on guitar but I think we can all agree that what he offered the world of music went far beyond technical ability and is much more rare than that of countless guitarists that he claimed to be less accomplished than.
I had the pleasure of being around Steve several times and always found him to be a kind soul that considered himself lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. But he was the right guy! If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and check out the documentary STAX: Soulsville USA. It offers a lot of insight into the history of this music that some of us deemed as magic.”- WH
"Pure signal,no noise"
Credits Goes to the respective
Author ✍️/ Photographer📸
🐇 🕳️