Artist: STEVE CROPPER [Booker T. and the M.G.s/ The Blues Brothers]
Album: FIRE IT UP LTD. EDIT. (DIGI)

Release date: 23.04.2021
EAN/UPS: 810020503753
Media type: CD

     Steve Cropper was one of Stax Records main producers, songwriters and guitarist their house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s. Cropper was also a member of the Blues Brothers band.
    Rolling Stone magazine ranked him in the top 40 of its 100 all-time greatest guitarists.
    Steve Cropper has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, including Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr, Dolly Parton, John Lennon, Jimmy Buffett, and many more ...

It’s hard to have surprises when you’re seven decades into a career of soul, blues and rock and roll stardom, but consider this: in a way, Steve Cropper’s new solo album, ‘Fire It Up’, is the first album since 1967 to have Steve Cropper’s solo name on it. Steve Cropper is that

guitar on “Green Onions,” the first of many hits with Booker T & the MGs. The MGs became the house band at Stax Records and Cropper one of Stax’s main producers, songwriters and guitarists. “Midnight Hour” by Wilson Pickett, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding, “Knock on Wood” by Eddie Floyd, “Soul Man” and “Hold On I’m Coming”—you can’t discuss soul music without Steve Cropper. A founding member of the Blues Brothers, Steve reintroduced classic soul to unsuspecting audiences—stage, screen, and recordings. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him in the top 40 of its 100 all-time greatest guitarists.

Cropper is both guitarist and producer on this album. But even after all these years he remains modest about his musical abilities. Cropper’s accomplishments make him careful and selective about what he’ll put his name on, so you won’t be surprised if this new album echoes sounds of yesterday combined with eternally infectious grooves. Steve Cropper’s ‘Fire It Up’, an instant classic.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1    Bush Hog Part 1
2    Fire It Up
3    One Good Turn
4    I'm Not Havin' It
5    Out of Love
6    Far Away

7    Say You Don't Know Me
8    She's So Fine
9    Two Wrongs
10    Heartbreak Street
11    The Go-Getter Is Gone
12    Bush Hog Part 2
13    Bush Hog