RIP Steve Cropper

[waterytart]

What a career.

Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84

 

[garrow]

Dude was in the Blues Brothers.....and it was hardly the only cool thing in a storied career. RIP.

"Play it Steve!"

 

[I Should Coco]

An early high point of his career: playing guitar on "Green Onions," by Booker T. and the M.G.s. One of the best instrumentals of the 1960s.

 

[Slacker]

In 1996, British music monthly Mojo named him the second-greatest guitarist of all time, behind Jimi Hendrix. The publication said, “Cropper puts everything he’s got, which is considerable, at the disposal of the artist and the song: metronome-crisp timing; deadly-accurate chops; earth-moving bottom-line riffs; sharp, nasty little licks and grace notes. His solos never outstay their welcome or leave you wanting less.”

WOW.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

One of the greatest guitarist in rock and roll history. Proof that less is more. Imagine being the player Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young all wanted in their backup bands. The last member of Booker T. and the MGs to fall. As a tribute to the season, find the Booker T. and the MGs Christmas album out there on the Internet and play it. Just awesome.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

 

[Deskgrunt50]

An early high point of his career: playing guitar on "Green Onions," by Booker T. and the M.G.s. One of the best instrumentals of the 1960s.

I believe he also co-wrote “Green Onions.” One of the best grooves of all-time.

Hall of Famer. Legend.

And a sound powerful enough to turn goat **** into gasoline.

Rest well, Colonel.

 

[Bubbler]

RIP to a great one.

Played with so many artists. Besides his Stax stuff, I've always been fond of this track he played on.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

If you haven’t seen it, the documentary on Stax that is on HBO Max is tremendous. The way Booker T and the MGs formed is almost beyond belief. (Stax needed a band on short notice. Booker T was a high school kid in the studio’s neighborhood. Steve Cropper worked in the record store attached to the studio.)

RIP. An all time great.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

If you haven’t seen it, the documentary on Stax that is on HBO Max is tremendous. The way Booker T and the MGs formed is almost beyond belief. (Stax needed a band on short notice. Booker T was a high school kid in the studio’s neighborhood. Steve Cropper worked in the record store attached to the studio.)

RIP. An all time great.

Oh, thx for the tip. Absolutely will watch this. Mad that I didn’t know it existed.

 

[mpcincal]

I love the Fogerty brothers looking out there from offstage like a couple of starry-eyed schoolboys.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

If you haven’t seen it, the documentary on Stax that is on HBO Max is tremendous. The way Booker T and the MGs formed is almost beyond belief. (Stax needed a band on short notice. Booker T was a high school kid in the studio’s neighborhood. Steve Cropper worked in the record store attached to the studio.)

RIP. An all time great.

I saw it. Outstanding

 

[mpcincal]

I think this video was posted on Donald Dunn's RIP thread a few years ago. I love this one because I know Dunn and Cropper mainly from the Blues Brothers, and I'm just fascinated seeing those two clean-shaven and with shorter hair.

 

[playthrough]

Besides Aykroyd, who is still around from the Blues Brothers?

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Besides Aykroyd, who is still around from the Blues Brothers?

Blue Lou Marini, Murphy Dunne and Tom Bones Malone are still kicking. As is Paul Schaffer, who was supposed to be in the movie but had to drop out because he was committed to a project with Gilda Radner.

Drummers Willie Too Big Hall and Steve Jordan are alive as well.

Cropper, Duck Dunn, Matt Guitar Murphy and Mr. Fabulous are gone.

 

[playthrough]

Blue Lou Marini, Murphy Dunne and Tom Bones Malone are still kicking. As is Paul Schaffer, who was supposed to be in the movie but had to drop out because he was committed to a project with Gilda Radner.

Drummers Willie Too Big Hall and Steve Jordan are alive as well.

Cropper, Duck Dunn, Matt Guitar Murphy and Mr. Fabulous are gone.

Oh of course, Paul Shaffer. I couldn't immediately name the rest and didn't want to cheat.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

I think this video was posted on Donald Dunn's RIP thread a few years ago. I love this one because I know Dunn and Cropper mainly from the Blues Brothers, and I'm just fascinated seeing those two clean-shaven and with shorter hair.

That video is a blast. They were so young.

We threw many great parties in college, particularly senior year when we lived a couple of miles off campus in what amounted to a big electric shack. Could play music as loud as we wanted. And we did.

Our crew would chip in to fully stock the bar and buy the first keg. We charged $5 at the door.

When we ran dry and it was time to collect for the second keg, we pulled out the hat and weaved our way through the well-lubricated crowd.

The keg collection song was always “Green Onions” and I swear it just made people happy and throw a few extra bucks in the hat.

 

[Scout]

RIP to a huge part of an iconic piece of both music and film history.

 

[OscarMadison]

 

[OscarMadison]

The guys looked like they were having fun.

One of the greatest guitarist in rock and roll history. Proof that less is more. Imagine being the player Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young all wanted in their backup bands. The last member of Booker T. and the MGs to fall. As a tribute to the season, find the Booker T. and the MGs Christmas album out there on the Internet and play it. Just awesome.

The ability to sit in a song and make it better...an attribute credited to Ringo Starr as well.

Oh, thx for the tip. Absolutely will watch this. Mad that I didn’t know it existed.

Oh, seconding that. Proud owner of the Black, Red, and Orange Stax boxes. Still want to get the Blue and Yellow ones.

Besides Aykroyd, who is still around from the Blues Brothers?

And Aykroyd is 71? 72? Shutup shutup shutup shutup.