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How I Made It as a Musician - Steve Cropper

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porkchopbob
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Pretty cool chat with Steve Cropper about song-writing, Otis (& Johnny Jenkins), Blues Brothers...

[Edited on 12/16/2019 by porkchopbob]


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Posted : December 16, 2019 1:00 pm
robertdee
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"PLAY IT STEVE!!!"


 
Posted : December 16, 2019 2:03 pm
robertdee
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Which Sam and Dave song in the late 60's has Sam Moore saying " Play it Steve!" in the middle of the song? I remember hearing that before finding out Sam was talking about Steve Cropper. It was probably Hold On I'm Coming or I'm A Soul Man.


 
Posted : December 17, 2019 6:45 am
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Steve Cropper has always been a class act.....


 
Posted : December 17, 2019 7:08 am
Dannyspell
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And a hellava musician...


 
Posted : December 17, 2019 7:09 am
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Thanks for sharing, cryptic story of Donald Duck Dunn’s bass guitar


 
Posted : December 18, 2019 8:47 pm
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Man, that was RIGHTEOUS. Thanks, porkchop!


 
Posted : December 19, 2019 5:49 am
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Steve "The Colonel" Cropper
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
"Blue" Lou Marini
Paul "The Shiv" Shafer
"Mr. Fabulous" Alan Rubin

I couldn't resist naming most of the Blues Brothers Band, having said that Steve Cropper is one of the great underrated guitarists of all time. He's been a player on the music scene for almost 60 years. Such an understated guy. Always had the utmost respect for him.


 
Posted : December 19, 2019 4:34 pm
pixielf
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Steve Cropper is one of the great underrated guitarists of all time. He's been a player on the music scene for almost 60 years. Such an understated guy. Always had the utmost respect for him.

I agree! Mike Bloomfield was a huge fan, even wrote a song dedicated to Steve on his Electric Flag album; see track #8


 
Posted : December 20, 2019 5:34 am
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