Steve Cropper Found His Style By Accident

12/03/2014
. (The Blues) American guitarist, songwriter and producer Steve Cropper has revealed he discovered his playing style by accident. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and Rhythm And Blues Hall Of Fame inductee has played with a host of artists over the years including Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, Art Garfunkel while also forging his own music with the original Blues Brothers Band and Booker T & the MG's.

And he says when he was starting out, he had to play the role of two guitarists - a move which led to him developing his own sound. He tells Get Read To Rock: "It was all accidental. I didn't sit down with a pencil and a piece of paper and say, 'I'm going to play this tomorrow.' All of that stuff just fell out of the ceiling, and we did it.

"The way I looked at it was, I had to be two guys, because they couldn't afford two guitar players. They didn't have the money to pay in those sessions for an extra guy." Read more here.

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