Steve Cropper is a fantastic guitarist. Not a shredder or even a virtuoso, but you have to admit that he defined soul guitar and to a certain extent, funk guitar. You can hear his influence everywhere from The Meters' "Cissy Strut" to the recent Silk Sonic album.
@@lebe220 and Otis didn't need it. The greatest soul singer of all time in my mind. But, having the quintesential soul guitarist on those tracks just made it all better.
@@g.mantua1195 PS: I wish I could write some of the songs he would have written if he hadn´t died at such a young age (Dock of the Bay is a terrific song). But he might say bout my lyrics, like he did bout a Bob Dylan song: "Too wordy!"
time is tight love it. I wish I knew how to play guitar. First time hearing soul limbo, I can dig it, & 99 1/2 won't do 😃😃. I forgot soul man was his. I can't play, but it seems to me he did not rely on blues standard riffs but designed his own style? Perhaps not the most complicated but so well put together?
I'm a hardcore Steve Cropper fan. Here are ten of my favorite Booker T and the MG'S songs you should check out here on RU-vid to really get an idea of how great he is: 10) Cruisin' 9) Foxy Lady 8) Soul Man ( Booker T and the MG'S did an instrumental version of this after they recorded the original with Sam and Dave. 7) Can't Be Still 6) I Can't Stand The Rain 5) Mrs Robinson 4) Chicken Pox 3) Funky Broadway ( It's on Steve's first solo album from 1969 but the band is more or less Booker T and the MG'S) 2) Double Or Nothing 1) Scratch My Back
@@baadtaste1337 Do you mean his solo album? I have it but I have to say I was very disappointed with it. Maybe I'll give it another listen. I recommend the two albums he recorded with Felix Caveliere of the Rascals. Two excellent albums.
The Original recording of "I Can't Stand The Rain" by Ann Peebles, was released and charted in 1973 by Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee. It features their legendary house rhythm section of the Hodges Brothers, Teenie on guitar, Leroy on bass, and Charles on the Hammond B3. Steve Cropper was never a part of that session. If he ever played on a recording of I Can't Stand The Rain, it would have been a cover version by some other artist.
I have to say that this was excellent, but you played everything like you drank way too much coffee. It's soul music, baby. 😎 Just on thing: The Soul Man riffs and fills are played on the G and high E strings throughout the song, starting at the 5th fret. I've seen this in transcriptions, and I have confirmed this by watching videos, and having seen S.C. play it live. Hung out with him, Duck, and Booker T too. Thank you just the same🙏🏻
So odd that a white guy, Steve Cropper wrote the riff to Albert Kings signature song Born Under a Bad Sign and two more white guys wrote the song. Go figure.
Booker T. Jones and William Bell wrote 'Born Under a Bad Sign' both African American as was the immortal and sadly missed Al Jackson Jr who provided the impeccable drumming on it. The MG.'s own version of this song is pretty damn awesome too!
You will enjoy reading Peter Guralnick’s “ Sweet Soul Music” the definitive telling of the history of Southern Soul music. For a surprisingly long time there was mutual respect and collaboration among black and white musicians in the Jim Crow South.
