Watching The Tide Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour

• 1 Tandoori Chicken 03:11
• 2 Ticket First 04:22
• 3 My Angels Are Calling 05:09
• 4 Until Now 03:23
• 5 Blood From A Stone 04:02
• 6 Here & Gone 02:59
• 7 It's Gonna Get Worse 03:37
• 8 Down & Out 04:20
• 9 Stand Right Here 02:34
• 10 Tip Off To The Rip Off 03:33
• 11 House Of Cards 03:49
• 12 Tandoori Chicken Pt. 2 00:48
• Total Runtime 41:47

Info zu Watching The Tide

Für jeden, der die Wurzeln und Zweige der amerikanischen Musik kennt, war das Ableben von Steve Cropper im Dezember 2025 seismisch. Als Gitarrist, Songwriter, Produzent und Toningenieur – nicht nur für das ikonische Stax-Plattenlabel, sondern auch bei einer Vielzahl von Sessions und Solo-Veröffentlichungen – war der Soul-Man aus Tennessee die DNA, die durch die Nachkriegszeit strömte. Wir ahnten nicht, dass diese überragende Persönlichkeit einen letzten Trumpf in seinem Leben auszuspielen hatte, mit Watching The Tide, das erstklassige Namen wie Eric Clapton, Brian May, Ronnie Wood und Billy Gibbons für 12 brandneue Songs versammelte, die Cropper zu den besten seiner Karriere zählte. „Ich weiß, dass dieses Album Steve im letzten Jahr seines Lebens große Freude bereitet hat", sagt Projektleiter Jon Tiven. „Und ich bin so froh, dass er noch einen letzten großen kreativen Schub hatte…"

Roger C. Reale, Gesang
Ana Grosh, Gesang (Titel 6, 9)
Nioshi Jackson, Schlagzeug
Eddie Gore, Keyboards, Perkussion
Gäste:
Eric Clapton, Gitarre (Titel 2)
Billy Gibbons, Gitarre (Titel 3, 9)
Brian May, Gitarre (Titel 3)
Ronnie Wood, Slide-Gitarre (Titel 4)

Steve Cropper
One of the most influential session guitarists and R&B songwriters of our time, Steve Cropper rose to prominence in the studios of Memphis. He was a guitarist, producer, engineer and songwriter at Stax Records.

Born on a Missouri farm, Cropper and his family moved to Memphis when he was nine years old. He began playing guitar at age 14. His first successes were instrumentals he wrote for the Stax band he performed in, the Mar-Keys.

His work in the Mar-Keys, plus recording-session experience for other Memphis labels, led to him becoming the house session guitarist at Stax. Cropper was soon contributing to hits by Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. He also co-wrote a series of hit instrumentals for the Stax instrumental quartet Booker T. & the MGs, for whom he served as guitarist, with an elegant, concise style.

His biggest songwriting hits include "Knock on Wood," "In the Midnight Hour," "Dock of the Bay," "See Saw" and "634-5789." These were all pop and soul hits but were also songs frequently covered by Nashville artists.

In the 1970s and '80s, Steve Cropper recorded and toured with Levon Helm and the Blues Brothers. He moved to Nashville in 1988 and eventually founded his own recording studio and record label.

Along with the other MGs, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. The group received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. In 2008, Cropper teamed up with fellow Nashvillian Felix Cavaliere to record Nudge It Up a Notch. Nominated for a Grammy Award, the album consists of songs the two co-wrote.

His classic song "Dock of the Bay," co-written with Otis Redding, has been certified as having been broadcast more than six million times.

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet