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Steve Cropper
American
Musician
About the author
My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could so I could research the music.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
#Research
#Music
#Favorite
Garry Trudeau put me in the Doonesbury strip many years ago. So I've been a cartoon once.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
#Years
I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
#Time
#Love
I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
#Country
I lived in a hotel across the street from Disneyland for a month.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
#People
#Brothers
Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
#Years
Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere.
Steve Cropper,
American
Musician
#Fool
#Running