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Influenced by blues and R&B stars like BB King and Ray Charles, Dunn and Cropper formed their first band, The Royal Spades, in high school. “The name came from poker; a royal spade flush,” explains Duck.
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Apr 18, 2018 · Elvis Presley confidant and deejay George Klein interviewed Donald “Duck” Dunn, the longtime bassist of Stax instrumental hitmakers Booker T. & the M.G.’s, nine days before his untimely death on...
Dunn and Cropper arrived in Australia on February 20, 2008, to be Sebastian's backing band for an 18-date concert tour, the Memphis Tour. [ 8 ] Dunn is credited with performing on a version of the standard " I Ain't Got Nobody " with Jones, Cropper and Michel Gondry in Gondry's 2008 film Be Kind Rewind .
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What resulted was an irony-free celebration that became a platinum-selling No. 1 smash. (Belushi and Aykroyd eventually pitched in an additional $50,000 of their own money when the label advance failed to cover recording costs.) In no small way, Cropper adds, the Blues Brothers' energetic recasting of these classic songs helped them remain relevant...
"In the rehearsals in New York," Cropper told Michael Berry, "I came in late. Duck grabbed me and he said: 'We're cutting a lot of good stuff here, rehearsing a lot of good stuff, but it's all kind of blues stuff — nothing commercial.' He said: 'You need to go in there and talk to these guys.' I said: 'OK, give me a chance to see what's going on.'"...
That was actually at Belushi and Aykroyd's insistence. Atlantic, the label that released Briefcase Full of Blues, first suggested that they contact legacy artists like Floyd Dixon, Cropper, Isaac Hayesand Donnie Walsh from the Downchild Blues Band with an offer of 50 percent of the publishing royalties. "John and I refused, which was pretty unusual...
Jul 20, 2011 · Dunn was born and brought up in Memphis – the "Duck" nickname deriving from watching Donald Duck cartoons with his father. When his childhood friend Steve Cropper took up the guitar, Dunn...
May 16, 2012 · Handpicked by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, Dunn (along with Cropper) was recruited to be a member of the Blues Brothers, and the movie of the same name introduced millions of people to the music that Dunn helped create a generation earlier.
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Aug 13, 2016 · Stax Records and Booker T & The MG’s alumni bassist ‘Duck’ Dunn and guitarist Steve ‘The Colonel’ Cropper initially thought the calls they received from John Belushi to recruit them for The Blues Brothers were bogus.
