Cropper Crush
Steve Cropper is a musician’s musician. He’s had a little bit of face recognition type of celebrity gigs, but mostly he works behind the scenes. He is probably the second most infamously accomplished musician, with Paul Shaeffer being the #1 in that category. I love them both for the way they remind me of my father, but I have had a serious crush on Steve Cropper for probably. . . oh, 40 years, give or take.
The most notorious role Steve played was guitar player in the Blues Brothers movies as part of The Blues Brothers Band. He was SOOO ’70′s in that too long hair and too long beard – almost a ZZ Top wannabe thing going on. But he got his big break much much earlier than that when he was writing music and playing with Booker T and the MGs.
Remember “Green Onions?” Steve Cropper.
Remember “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay?” Written by Steve for Otis.
Official Steve Cropper Website
Love that guy and I totally freak out every time I see him – it is SOOO hard to keep my cool and not run up to him gushing like a stupid groupie. But my crush on Steve continues to be a secret from him – unless he starts reading my blog!
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