Today's World Cafe features interviews with Steve Cropper (second from left) and Booker T. Jones (third from left), both part of the Stax Records house band.

As part of World Cafe's week-long exploration of the Memphis music scene, we've dug up an interview with two local legends from Booker T. & The M.G.'s.

As part of World Cafe's "Sense of Place" series on Memphis, Tenn., we've dug up archival interviews with two legendary Stax Records performers: guitarist Steve Cropper and organist Booker T. Jones, both of Booker T. & The M.G.'s.

Our conversation with Cropper took place in 2005 and touches on the mom-and-pop atmosphere of Stax Records, the recording of Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" and the story behind the "Green Onions" riff.

In 2009, we spoke with Jones about the creative environment at Stax, his musical education and his career after leaving the M.G.'s.

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