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RIP Bob Weir, Founding Member of the Grateful Dead

The world lost Bob Weir, founding member and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, this past weekend. NPR's Felix Contreras reports on Weir's life in...

Remembering Coltrane and Monk

Two of the greatest to ever grace the world with their musical genius are John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. Here, in a piece from...

ONE LAST TIME: “Where’s Steve?”

You know that for years, the hold music on the phone lines of Richard C. Young's companies has been Green Onions by Booker T....

Steve Cropper and Booker T.: Hall of Fame Induction

  In 1992, Booker T. Jones and Steve Cropper, along with the other members of the M.G.s, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall...

The Telecaster Master: Guitar with Steve Cropper

As a boy, I watched the Blues Brothers movie with my dad and loved Soul Man most of all. The open licks on the...

RIP Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper's family has announced his death. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist, a Stax Records cornerstone, with a career spent defining...

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