Iconic Rock Guitarist Steve Cropper Will Sit in With The Roots on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" December 23rd

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Cropper, the Grammy-nominated, Rock Hall of Fame guitarist who has played with Booker T. and the MG's as well as Otis Redding and Carla Thomas during the Stax era, will appear on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on Friday, December 23^rd.  The iconic musician, recently voted one of Rolling Stones Top 100 Greatest Guitarists (#39), will sit in with The Roots throughout the show performing both classic tracks and new songs from his acclaimed album "DEDICATED: A TRIBUTE TO THE 5 ROYALES" available on 429 Records.

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"DEDICATED", the Billboard Top 200 charting project, is a heartfelt tribute to fellow guitarist Lowman "Pete" Pauling and his pioneering R&B group The 5 Royales.  A legendary and influential musician in his own right, Cropper pays homage to the group that broke musical ground and shaped his own distinctive musical voice.  The album has steadily built an outstanding buzz from the stellar media attention that has run, such as Mojo Magazine (4 stars), Billboard, USA Today, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and the Huffington Post.

Produced by Cropper and Jon Tiven (Wilson Pickett), they put together a session player dream team consisting of David Hood (bass), Spooner Oldham (piano/electric piano, organ), Steve Ferrone (drums), Steve Jordan (drums, percussion),  Neal Sugarman (from the Dap Kings) and Tiven himself (saxophones).  As word got out about the project, A-list guests signed on to contribute their talents such as Lucinda Williams, Brian May, Sharon Jones, Steve Winwood, John Popper, BB King, Bettye LaVette, Delbert McClinton, Buddy Miller, Shemekia Copeland and others.   Even Jay  Z and Kanye West pay tribute by using the Cropper-composed sample from Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" on their smash hit collaboration "Otis." .

Says Cropper: "Part of getting older and still being able to play and all of that---at a certain point it becomes about educating the next generation.  I've already had four of five careers and I'm lucky to be alive. If I can educate these young ears as to where the music started, because they're always asking, and if I can get them interested in the Five Royales I've done something."

DEDICATED Track Listing:

• 30 Second Lover (w/ Steve Winwood)
• Don't Be Ashamed (w/ Bettye LaVette & Willie Jones)
• Baby Don't Do It (w/ BB King & Shemekia Copeland)
• Dedicated To The One I Love (w/ Lucinda Williams & Dan Penn)
• My Sugar Sugar ( w/ John Popper)
• Right Around The Corner (w/ Delbert McClinton)
• Help Me Somebody (Instrumental)
• I Do ( w/ Brian May)
• Messin' Up (w/ Sharon Jones)
• Say It (w/ Bettye LaVette)
• Slummer The Slum (w/ Buddy Miller
• Someone Mad You For Me (w/ Dan Penn)
• Think (instrumental)
• Come On And Save Me (Leblanc and Sharon Jones)
• When I Get Like This (w/ Lucinda Williams)

For more information, visit:

http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_stevecropper.asp

429 Records is a unit of The Savoy Label Group (SLG).  SLG is the North American based division of Nippon Columbia the oldest music company in Japan.  The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a Grammy Award winning and chart topping independent music company consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as monitored by Billboard Magazine. The Savoy Label Group is led by Steve Vining and is based in Los Angeles, CA.

SOURCE 429 Records

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