Steve Cropper / Albert King / Pop Staples Jammed Together CD

 Good Stuff!
A little off beat and different, both good things in my opinion. Some good playing and some so so playing. But putting it all together makes it work as a whole. Very listenable, even toe tapping fun at times. Reminds me a little of Booker T and the MGs at times. Albert explores lots of tones as does Cropper, he gets out of his mold a little here.
Submitted by tpansarasa (San Jose CA)
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 Excellent
Great work by these guys. IF you like old bluesish misic check it out.
Submitted by wwerner2004 (springfield, mo) 
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 Stax's Best Axe Slingers Team Up
This is a fine release, spotlighting three of Stax's best guitarists: Steve Cropper of Booker T & The MG's, bluesman Albert King, and Roebuck "Pops" Staples, patriarch of the Staple Singers. It's a mostly instrumental album, although each artist takes a vocal: King kicks things off with a supercharged "What'd I Say", Pops follows with John Lee Hooker's "Tupelo", and Cropper does his own "Water". Instrumental highlights are "Opus De Soul", and "Homer's Theme". This is also available as a remastered import from CD Universe (Stax SCD24 8544-2). Type "Cropper/Staples/King" into the "Artist Search" box and you're there. Look for the words "remastered" and "Diga-Pak". For info on another great Albert King pairing, send me an e-mail.
Submitted by jonsarra (Toledo. OH)
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 REALLY DISAPPOINTED
I LOVE ALBERT KING AND HE IS THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT ON THIS RECORDING. EVEN THEN, HE GETS INTO SOME KIND OF LATE 60'S BLUES/JAZZ THING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD SOUNDTRACK.
Submitted by cbfaughn (Jacksonville, FL USA) 
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