Happy Birthday Steve Cropper: Steven Lee Steve Cropper (born October 21, 1941, Dora, Missouri, United States) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.s, and has backed artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor, also acting as producer on many of these records. He later gained fame as a member of the Blues Brothers band. Rolling Stone lists him 39th on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Mojo ranks Cropper as the second-best guitarist ever. His nickname is The Colonel. Along with influential work with Booker T & The MGs, Cropper 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. In 1969, Cropper released his first solo album, With a Little Help From My Friends. Steve Cropper at the Hamar Music Festival, 2007 When Cropper left Stax in the fall of 1970, the label lost one of its most successful producers and songwriters. Cropper then set up TMI Studios with Jerry Williams and former Mar-Key Ronnie Stoots. There he played guitar and produced various musicians including Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, John Prine, José Feliciano, The Jeff Beck Group, Ringo Starr and John Lennon. Its little-known that Cropper also played guitar on the cover of The Velvet Undergrounds Femme Fatale that appears on fellow Memphians Big Stars Third/Sister Lovers. (Wiki) Steve Cropper & Donald Duck Dunn - Green Onions youtube/watch?v=IM6MEb2xnLk Joe Louis Walker - Im Not Messin Around youtube/watch?v=cp57ouZ8ue0&list=PLEBBF3D7F9FCC004A&pxtry=1 (Proxtube must be used in Germany) John Prine - Common Sense youtube/watch?v=SJPX2SpcCqw Otis Redding - Tell The Truth youtube/watch?v=2ACNL6WUzqA
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