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Steve Cropper
Dan Markus talks with legendary guitarist Steve Cropper -
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Booker T. & The MGs hits

  • Green Onions (1962)

  • Groovin' (1967)

  • Soul Limbo (1968)

  • Hang 'Em High (1969)

  • Time Is Tight (1969)

  • Mrs. Robinson (1969)

Session hits

  • Soul Man (1978)

  • Rubber Biscuit (1979)

  • Gimme Some Lovin' (1980)

  • Who's Making Love (1980)

Blues Brothers hits

  • Soul Man (1978)

  • Rubber Biscuit (1979)

  • Gimme Some Lovin' (1980)

  • Who's Making Love (1980)

Solo albums include

  • With a Little Help from My Friends (1969)

  • Jammed Together (with Albert King and Pops Staples) (1969)

  • This Is ... Steve Cropper & His Friends (1971)

  • Playin' My Thang (1981)

  • Night After Night (1982)

  • Nudge It Up A Notch (with Felix Cavaliere) (2008)

  • Midnight Flyer (with Felix Cavaliere) (2010)

  • Steve Cropper, Lou Marini and the Original Blues Brothers Band – The Last Shade of Blue Before Black (2017)

  • Fire It Up (2021)

​More about Steve Cropper

Born - October 21, 1941, Willow Springs, Missouri.  Family moved to Memphis when Steve was 9 years old

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  • ​Nicknamed "The Colonel"

  • Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of Booker T. and the MGs

  • Joined The Blues Brothers on a Saturday Night Live skit in 1978.

  • Ranked as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (#39) by Rolling Stone Magazine

  • Co-wrote "Knock on Wood" with Eddie Floyd, "In the Midnight Hour" with Wilson Pickett and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Otis Redding. 

  • A favorite guitarist of The Beatles

  • Has recorded with John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, John Prine, José Feliciano, Tower of Power and many, many more

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