Steve Cropper

The Song Remains: Steve Cropper (1941 -2025)

December 8, 2025 Martin Johnson 2

Prime creator of the Stax sound in the 1960s and keeper of its flame. The world lost one of its most influential guitarists on December 3rd 2025, when Steve Cropper passed away in Nashville, marking the […]

The Song Remains: Don Nix (1941-2024)

January 7, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

Legendary Memphis songwriter, musician and producer. Though he released nine solo albums, Memphis musician Don Nix, who died at home in Germantown, Tennessee in his sleep on New Year’s Eve, main claim to musical fame is […]

Steve Cropper “Far Away” – Listen

February 10, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

Steve “The Colonel” Cropper – the Stax legend, the distinctive guitarist of Booker T & The MGs and The Mar-keys, who crafted his guitar style onto two solo albums by Frank Black – and who also […]

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The tribute album seems to have leapt in popularity in recent times. The tribute element can take numerous forms: celebrating, honouring an influential artist, raising the profile of an artist, raising money for good causes (including […]

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