Box Tops Stories
The Box Tops Deliver a Letter to Houston, New Article with Bill Cunningham and Houston Press
Founding member Bill Cunningham was recently interviewed by the Houston Press about upcoming Texas shows in August 2020. Here is an excerpt from the article: In many rock, blues, and country songs, written letters do not bring good or welcome news to the recipients. They usually carry messages about the death of a loved one, a dumping […]
Quentin Tarantino Discusses The Box Tops “Choo Choo Train” Selection For “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” Soundtrack
Interviewer: We mentioned the BoxTops’ “Choo Choo Train” is on here (the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood soundtrack), again one that … Quentin Tarantino: I could have put THREE Box Tops songs in (the film) and never hit their TWO nationwide hits! I love “Sweet Cream Ladies Forward March” so much! Unfortunately, I couldn’t […]
Steve Cropper Tells The Story of his first song recorded by Bill Justice, thanks to B.B. Cunningham
A written excerpt from a Steve Cropper Interview – Talks about the first song he wrote and the Cunningham family’s involvement. (Bill Cunningham vaguely remember the episode from his childhood.) A real funny story about that. I got into writing songs, and I used to write stuff down on paper and all that. And I […]
