Forgotten Fretmasters #11 - Steve Cropper

#bookertandthemgs #stevecropper #thebluesbrothers **SCROLL DOWN FOR PLAYING LINKS TO CROPPER PERFORMANCES!** Few musicians can lay claim to having a hand in the production, composition and performing of an entire musical genre. The player we will examine today is one of those few. Given the keys to the legendary Stax Records stable of artists, he would shape the sound of every recording released from that label for a solid decade. Soul Man, Time is Tight, Green Onions…. All these riffs were written and performed by the same man, a man whose career has spanned into 8 decades and seen him perform on literally hundreds of songs by almost as many artists, as well as some of his own. And would you believe that the man playing guitar on all these great records by amazing black soul artists was a young, skinny white farmboy from Missouri? Today, we’re going to look at none other than the Colonel, Steve Cropper, next, on Forgotten Fretmasters. The Mar-Keys "Last Night" https://youtu.be/FX5T9GvSnbY Steve live with a small band in support on "Fire It Up," 2021: https://youtu.be/rG1IkX85v4M Steve with Booker T & the MGs, 1967: https://youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8 Steve with Booker T & the MGs, Letterman 1991: https://youtu.be/zBT4VhvWTDA

Added 4 Apr 2026